Cisco Cisco IPICS Release 2.1 Licensing Information

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* COPYING -- Describes the terms under which Nmap is distributed.  A copy *

* of the GNU GPL is appended to this file.                                *

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***********************IMPORTANT NMAP LICENSE TERMS************************

*                                                                         *

* The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996-2004 Insecure.Com LLC. Nmap       *

* is also a registered trademark of Insecure.Com LLC.  This program is    *

* free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the          *

* terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free        *

* Software Foundation; Version 2.  This guarantees your right to use,     *

* modify, and redistribute this software under certain conditions.  If    *

* you wish to embed Nmap technology into proprietary software, we may be  *

* willing to sell alternative licenses (contact sales@insecure.com).      *

* Many security scanner vendors already license Nmap technology such as  *

* our remote OS fingerprinting database and code, service/version         *

* detection system, and port scanning code.                               *

*                                                                         *

* Note that the GPL places important restrictions on "derived works", yet *

* it does not provide a detailed definition of that term.  To avoid       *

* misunderstandings, we consider an application to constitute a           *

* "derivative work" for the purpose of this license if it does any of the *

* following:                                                              *

* o Integrates source code from Nmap                                      *

* o Reads or includes Nmap copyrighted data files, such as                *

*   nmap-os-fingerprints or nmap-service-probes.                          *

* o Executes Nmap and parses the results (as opposed to typical shell or  *

*   execution-menu apps, which simply display raw Nmap output and so are  *

*   not derivative works.)                                                *

* o Integrates/includes/aggregates Nmap into a proprietary executable     *

*   installer, such as those produced by InstallShield.                   *

* o Links to a library or executes a program that does any of the above   *

*                                                                         *

* The term "Nmap" should be taken to also include any portions or derived *

* works of Nmap.  This list is not exclusive, but is just meant to        *

* clarify our interpretation of derived works with some common examples.  *

* These restrictions only apply when you actually redistribute Nmap.  For *

* example, nothing stops you from writing and selling a proprietary       *

* front-end to Nmap.  Just distribute it by itself, and point people to   *

* http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ to download Nmap.                         *

*                                                                         *

* We don't consider these to be added restrictions on top of the GPL, but *

* just a clarification of how we interpret "derived works" as it applies  *

* to our GPL-licensed Nmap product.  This is similar to the way Linus     *

* Torvalds has announced his interpretation of how "derived works"        *

* applies to Linux kernel modules.  Our interpretation refers only to     *

* Nmap - we don't speak for any other GPL products.                       *