Link Grammar License

Below is a the license for using the Link Grammar system. It was modified in January 2005 to make it compatible with the GPL. Roughly what it says is that the code and data can be used, free of charge for all commercial and non-commercial purposes, with a very mild requirement that this license be included with further distributions.

   Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Daniel Sleator, David Temperley, and John
   Lafferty.  All rights reserved.

   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
   are met:

   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
      the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
      distribution.

   3. The names "Link Grammar" and "Link Parser" must not be used to
      endorse or promote products derived from this software without
      prior written permission. To obtain permission, contact
      sleator@cs.cmu.edu

   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY DANIEL SLEATOR, DAVID TEMPERLEY, JOHN
   LAFFERTY AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
   WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
   MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
   DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS
   BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
   OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
   OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
   BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
   NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
   SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.