The Full Project Gutenberg™ License
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK
To protect the Project Gutenberg™ mission of promoting the free distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project Gutenberg™ License available with this file or online at www.gutenberg.org/license.
Section 1. General Terms of Use & Redistributing Project Gutenberg™ Electronic Works
1.A. Acceptance of Agreement
By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg™ electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to, and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy all copies of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works in your possession.
1.B. Trademark Protection
"Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg™ electronic works even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See paragraph 1.C below.
1.C. Public Domain Works & Rights
The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an individual work is unprotected by copyright law in the United States and you are located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from copying, distributing, performing, displaying, or creating derivative works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project Gutenberg™ mission of promoting free access to electronic works by freely sharing Project Gutenberg™ works in compliance with the terms of this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg™ name associated with the work.
1.D. Geographic Copyright Compliance
The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing, or creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project Gutenberg™ work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United States.
1.E. Redistribution Rules & Requirements
Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg:
- Prominent Notice Required: The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate access to, the full Project Gutenberg™ License must appear prominently whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg™ work is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, copied, or distributed:
> *"This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg™ License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook."*
- Unprotected Works: If an individual Project Gutenberg™ electronic work is derived from texts not protected by U.S. copyright law, the work can be copied and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees or charges.
- Works Posted with Permission: If an individual Project Gutenberg™ electronic work is posted with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional terms imposed by the copyright holder.
- License Integrity: Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg™ License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg™.
- Format Conversions: You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, compressed, marked up, nonproprietary, or proprietary form, including any word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or distribute copies in a format other than "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or the official HTML/EPUB versions, you must, at no additional cost, provide a copy or means of exporting the work in its original format.
- No Access Fees: Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, performing, copying, or distributing any Project Gutenberg™ works unless you pay a royalty fee of 20% of gross profits to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
1.F. Limited Warranty, Disclaimer of Damages & Indemnity
- Disclaimer of Defects: Works may contain transcription errors, corrupt data, or formatting anomalies.
- Limitation of Liability: Except for the 90-day replacement or refund for defective media, the Foundation, trademark owner, and distributors disclaim all liability to you for damages, costs, and expenses, including legal fees.
- AS-IS Distribution: This work is provided to you 'AS-IS', WITH NO OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
- Indemnity: You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the trademark owner, and distributors harmless from all liability, costs, and expenses arising directly or indirectly from alterations, distribution, or defects caused.
Section 2. Mission of Project Gutenberg™
Project Gutenberg™ is synonymous with the free distribution of electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers. It exists because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from people in all walks of life.
Section 3. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation (PGLAF)
The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi.
- Federal EIN: 64-6221541
- Business Office: 41 Watchung Plaza #516, Montclair, NJ 07042, USA
- Contact & Inquiries: www.gutenberg.org/contact
Section 4. Donations & Support
Project Gutenberg™ depends upon widespread public support and donations to carry out its mission of increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be freely distributed in machine-readable form. Donations can be made securely online at www.gutenberg.org/donate.
Section 5. General Information
Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project Gutenberg™ concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared with anyone.
