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\chapter{Bacula Copyright, Trademark, and Licenses}
\label{_ChapterStart29}
\index[general]{Licenses!Bacula Copyright Trademark}
\index[general]{Bacula Copyright, Trademark, and Licenses}

There are a number of different licenses that are used in Bacula. 

\section{FDL}
\index[general]{FDL }

The GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) is used for this manual.
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\section{GPL}
\index[general]{GPL }

The vast bulk of the source code is released under a modified version of the 
\ilink{GNU General Public License version 2.}{_ChapterStart20} The
modifications (actually additions) are described in the source file LICENSE,
and their purpose is not to alter the essential qualities of the GPL but to
permit more freedom in linking certain third party software supposedly non-GPL
compatible, and to clarify
contributors IP and Copyright claims and non-infringment intentions. The
details and governing text are in the file LICENSE in the main source
directory. 

Most of this code is copyrighted: Copyright \copyright 2000-2006
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.

Portions may be copyrighted by other people (ATT, the Free Software
Foundation, ...). Generally these portions are released under a
non-modified GPL 2 license.

\section{LGPL}
\index[general]{LGPL }

Some of the Bacula library source code is released under the 
\ilink{GNU Lesser General Public License.}{_ChapterStart49} This
permits third parties to use these parts of our code in their proprietary
programs to interface to Bacula. 

\section{Public Domain}
\index[general]{Domain!Public }
\index[general]{Public Domain }

Some of the Bacula code, or code that Bacula references, has been released
to the public domain.  E.g.  md5.c, SQLite.

\section{Trademark}
\index[general]{Trademark }

Bacula\raisebox{.6ex}{\textsuperscript{\textregistered}} is a registered
trademark of John Walker. 

We have trademarked the Bacula name to ensure that any program using the
name Bacula will be exactly compatible with the program that we have
released.  The use of the name Bacula is restricted to software systems
that agree exactly with the program presented here.

\section{Fiduciary License Agreement}
\index[general]{Fiduciary License Agreement }
Developers who have contributed significant changes to the Bacula code
should have signed a Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA), which 
guarantees them the right to use the code they have developed, and also
ensures that the Free Software Foundation Europe (and thus the Bacula
project) has the rights to the code.  This Fiduciary License Agreement
is found on the Bacula web site at:

\elink{http://www.bacula.org/FLA-bacula.en.pdf}{http://www.bacula.org/FLA-bacula.en.pdf}

and should be filled out then sent to:

\begin{quote}
     Free Software Foundation Europe \\
     Freedom Task Force \\
     Sumatrastrasse 25 \\
     8006 Z\"{u}rich \\
     Switzerland \\
\end{quote}

Please note that the above address is different from the officially
registered office mentioned in the document.  When you send in such a
complete document, please notify me: kern at sibbald dot com.


\section{Disclaimer}
\index[general]{Disclaimer }

NO WARRANTY 

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE
PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE
STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE
PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE,
YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY
COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE
PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR
A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH
HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 
