Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Yahoo! Widgets - systemDashboard - Wireless meter



Update 8/31/2010:  I've written my own GPL version of this widget here:



I've had a hard time hunting down the license for Yahoo! Widgets to use in my organization.  The best license I could find for Yahoo! Widgets is the Konfabulator license, which is what Yahoo! Widgets was called originally.

The widget we would like to use is systemDashboard - Wireless meter.  This has a nice transparent wireless signal reading in the form of circles, or rings that looks very polished.

The point of this post is to have a place you can copy and paste verbatim the systemDashboard - Wireless meter license for version 1.6.6.

Attached is a screenshot and the typed version of the license from within the software:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISLCAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF UES, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWERVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF HTIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.  TEH USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE SOFTWARE.
THE ORIGINAL CODE IN THIS SOFTWARE IS THE COPYWRITTEN WORK OF HTE AUTHOR AND MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED, MODIFIED, OR REDISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WITHOU THTE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.  THE SOFTWARE MAY, OR MAY NOT CONTAIN COPYWRITTEN OR OPEN SOURCE WORK OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES.  IN SUCH INSTANCES, THE CODE IN QUESTION SHALL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT OF SAID CODE.  TEH AUTHORS OF SAID WORK REATIN ALL RIGHTS TO SAID WORK.  ANY LICENSING TEXT FOR SAID CODE CAN BE FOUND INSIDE THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE.
YOU MAY NOT: (a) COPY AND/OR DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE OR ANY PORTION OF IT BY ANY METHOD WHATSOEVER WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR. (b) SUBLICENSE, LEASE ,OR RENT THIS SOFTWARE TO ANOTHER (c) REMOVE ANY PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION, COPYRIGHT NOTICES, LICENSE AGREEMENTS, OR OTHER NOTICES OR PROPRIETARY RESTRICTIONS FROM THIS SOFTWARE.


-Tres

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