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MIT License

The MIT License specifies the terms and conditions of use for those Adobe Open Source libraries that it covers:

Copyright (c) 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why MIT License?

The MIT License is an existing Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved license, and it covers the needs of the Adobe Source Libraries. We feel OSI approval is important and that there was not a need to introduce yet another license; the MIT License is sufficient.

Does this license cover all Adobe Open Source efforts?

No. This license only applies to the Adobe Source Libraries. Other Open Source efforts (such as XMP) are covered by their own licenses (found under each project page).

The original Adobe Open Source License as it relates to historical projects once posted at opensource.adobe.com and stlab.adobe.com can be found here. Please note that this license no longer applies to anything currently found on the Software Technology Lab website.

Other Licenses

SGI STL

Some of the pages in the documentation of the Adobe Source Libraries were copied from the SGI STL documentation. Those pages are held under the following copyrights as well as copyrights held by Adobe Systems Incorporated:

Copyright (c) 1996-1999
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and
that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
in supporting documentation.  Silicon Graphics makes no
representations about the suitability of this software for any
purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

Copyright (c) 1994
Hewlett-Packard Company

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and
that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
in supporting documentation.  Hewlett-Packard Company makes no
representations about the suitability of this software for any
purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

MD5

Some of the code in the Adobe Source Libraries leverages third-party code for use in MD5 message-digest generation (adobe::md5_t). Such code is held under the following copyrights as well as copyrights held by Adobe Systems Incorporated:

MD5C.C - RSA Data Security, Inc., MD5 message-digest algorithm

Copyright (C) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights
reserved.

License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it is
identified as the "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in
all material mentioning or referencing this software or this function.

License is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that such
works are identified as "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5
Message-Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing the
derived work.

RSA Data Security, Inc. makes no representations concerning either the
merchantability of this software or the suitability of this software for
any particular purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
warranty of any kind.

These notices must be retained in any copies of any part of this
documentation and/or software.

UUID

Some of the code in the Adobe Source Libraries leverages third-party code for use in psuedo-UUID generation (adobe::zuid_t). Such code is held under the following copyrights as well as copyrights held by Adobe Systems Incorporated:

Copyright (c) 1990 - 1993, 1996 Open Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (c) 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, Ca. &
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Mass.
Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft.

To anyone who acknowledges that this file is provided "AS IS" without any
express or implied warranty: permission to use, copy, modify, and
distribute this file for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notices and this notice appears in all
source code copies, and that none of the names of Open Software Foundation,
Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, or Digital Equipment Corporation be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
specific, written prior permission. Neither Open Software Foundation, Inc.,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft, nor Digital Equipment Corporation makes
any representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.