Version 1.0 - April 13th, 2012

License In Plain Language:

This license is intended to be a GPL-friendly open-source license.  The source may be used for any purpose, including any commercial purpose and for inclusion in other libraries.  No recognition for the source is required in binary distributions (although, we always appreciate a mention!), but the original copyright notice must be included on any source distribution.  Portable Knowledge assumes no liability and provides no warranty in relation to the use of this code.

The major terms of the license:

• Anyone is free to use and modify this software for any use, private or commercial, provided the original copyright and license text are maintained in any distributed source code.
• Portable Knowledge, LLC assumes no liability for use of this software
• No warranty of any kind is provided for this software
• Portable Knowledge, LLC assumes no responsibility to update or maintain this software in the future, and releases it to the public "as-is"
• In no case does the use of this software by others imply any partnership or endorsement by Portable Knowledge, LLC

License Text:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject to the following:

The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer, must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by  a source language processor.

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, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.  IN NO CASE DOES THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EXPRES OR IMPLY ANY PARTNERSHIP OR COOPERATION WITH THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF THIS SOFTWARE.