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<h1>W3C<sup>®</sup> DOCUMENT NOTICE AND LICENSE</h1>

<h3>Copyright © 1994-2002 <a href="http://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web
Consortium</a>, (<a href="http://www.lcs.mit.edu/">Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.inria.fr/">Institut National de Recherche
en Informatique et en Automatique</a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio
University</a>). All Rights Reserved.<br>
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/</h3>

<p>Public documents on the W3C site are provided by the copyright holders
under the following license. The software or Document Type Definitions (DTDs)
associated with W3C specifications are governed by the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software.html"> Software
Notice</a>. By using and/or copying this document, or the W3C document from
which this statement is linked, you (the licensee) agree that you have read,
understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions:</p>

<p>Permission to use, copy, and distribute the contents of this document, or
the W3C document from which this statement is linked, in any medium for any
purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you
include the following on <i>ALL</i> copies of the document, or portions
thereof, that you use:</p>
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  <li>A link or URL to the original W3C document.</li>
  <li>The pre-existing copyright notice of the original author, or if it
    doesn't exist, a notice of the form: "Copyright © [$date-of-document] <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web Consortium</a>, (<a
    href="http://www.lcs.mit.edu/">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>,
    <a href="http://www.inria.fr/"> Institut National de Recherche en
    Informatique et en Automatique</a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio
    University</a>). All Rights Reserved.
    http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/" (Hypertext is preferred, but a
    textual representation is permitted.)</li>
  <li><em>If it exists</em>, the STATUS of the W3C document.</li>
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<p>When space permits, inclusion of the full text of this <b> NOTICE</b>
should be provided. We request that authorship attribution be provided in any
software, documents, or other items or products that you create pursuant to
the implementation of the contents of this document, or any portion
thereof.</p>

<p>No right to create modifications or derivatives of W3C documents is
granted pursuant to this license. However, if additional requirements
(documented in the <a href="IPR-FAQ.html">Copyright FAQ</a>) are satisfied,
the right to create modifications or derivatives is sometimes granted by the
W3C to individuals complying with those requirements.</p>

<p>THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR TITLE; THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE SUITABLE
FOR ANY PURPOSE; NOR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CONTENTS WILL NOT
INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.</p>

<p>COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE DOCUMENT OR THE
PERFORMANCE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF.</p>

<p>The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to this document or its contents without
specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this document will
at all times remain with copyright holders.</p>

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<p>This formulation of W3C's notice and license became active on April 05
1999 so as to account for the treatment of DTDs, schema's and bindings. See
the <a href="copyright-documents-19990218.html"> older formulation</a> for
the policy prior to this date. Please see our <a
href="IPR-FAQ.html">Copyright FAQ</a> for common questions about using
materials from our site, including specific terms and conditions for packages
like libwww, Amaya, and Jigsaw. Other questions about this notice can be
directed to <a href="mailto:site-policy@w3.org">site-policy@w3.org</a>.</p>
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