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Copyright and License
=====================

Copyright © 2011-2018 University of California, Los Angeles

ndnSIM is licensed under conditions of GNU General Public License version 3.0 or later
with permission to be linked with NS-3 codebase (GPL 2.0).

ndnSIM uses a number of third-party software and libraries, licensed under the following
licenses:

- The Boost libraries are licensed under the
  `Boost Software License 1.0`_

- any-lite by Martin Moene is licensed under the
  `Boost Software License 1.0`_

- optional-lite by Martin Moene is licensed under the
  `Boost Software License 1.0`_

- variant-lite by Martin Moene is licensed under the
  `Boost Software License 1.0`_

- SQLite is in the `public domain <https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html>`__

- The waf build system is licensed under the terms of the
  `BSD license <https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx/blob/master/waf>`__

- NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD) licensed under conditions of `GNU GPL 3.0+
  <https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/COPYING.md>`__

ndnSIM also relies on several other third-party libraries with non-GPL compatible
license. These library fall into category of "System Libraries" under GPL license
definitions and are used in accordance with GPL license exception for "System Libraries":

The GPL license is provided below in this file. For more information about these licenses,
see `<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>`__

.. _Boost Software License 1.0 : http://www.boost.org/users/license.html

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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 3, 29 June 2007
=======================

    Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. http://fsf.org/ Everyone is permitted to copy
    and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Preamble
========

The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works.

The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to
share and change the works. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee
your freedom to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free software
for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the GNU General Public License for most of
our software; it applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply it
to your programs, too.

When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses
are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and
charge for them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you
can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these
things.

To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you these rights or asking you to
surrender the rights. Therefore, you have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the
software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others.

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must pass
on to the recipients the same freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, receive
or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps: (1) assert copyright on the
software, and (2) offer you this License giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or
modify it.

For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains that there is no warranty for
this free software. For both users' and authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be
marked as changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to authors of previous
versions.

Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run modified versions of the software
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protecting users' freedom to change the software. The systematic pattern of such abuse occurs in the
area of products for individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.
Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for those products. If
such problems arise substantially in other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the freedom of users.

Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents. States should not allow patents
to restrict development and use of software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we
wish to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could make it effectively
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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
====================

0. Definitions.
---------------

*"This License"* refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.

*"Copyright"* also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of works, such as
semiconductor masks.

*"The Program"* refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License. Each licensee is
addressed as *"you"*. *"Licensees"* and "recipients" may be individuals or organizations.

To *"modify"* a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring
copyright permission, other than the making of an exact copy. The resulting work is called a
*"modified version"* of the earlier work or a work *"based on"* the earlier work.

A *"covered work"* means either the unmodified Program or a work based on the Program.

To *"propagate"* a work means to do anything with it that, without permission, would make you
directly or secondarily liable for infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it
on a computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying, distribution (with or
without modification), making available to the public, and in some countries other activities as
well.

To *"convey"* a work means any kind of propagation that enables other parties to make or receive
copies. Mere interaction with a user through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
conveying.

An interactive user interface displays "Appropriate Legal Notices" to the extent that it includes a
convenient and prominently visible feature that (1) displays an appropriate copyright notice, and
(2) tells the user that there is no warranty for the work (except to the extent that warranties are
provided), that licensees may convey the work under this License, and how to view a copy of this
License. If the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a menu, a prominent
item in the list meets this criterion.

1. Source Code.
---------------

The *"source code"* for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.
*"Object code"* means any non-source form of a work.

A *"Standard Interface"* means an interface that either is an official standard defined by a
recognized standards body, or, in the case of interfaces specified for a particular programming
language, one that is widely used among developers working in that language.

The *"System Libraries"* of an executable work include anything, other than the work as a whole,
that (a) is included in the normal form of packaging a Major Component, but which is not part of
that Major Component, and (b) serves only to enable use of the work with that Major Component, or to
implement a Standard Interface for which an implementation is available to the public in source code
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system, and so on) of the specific operating system (if any) on which the executable work runs, or a
compiler used to produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it.

The *"Corresponding Source"* for a work in object code form means all the source code needed to
generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work,
including scripts to control those activities. However, it does not include the work's System
Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free programs which are used unmodified
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require, such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those subprograms and other
parts of the work.

The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can regenerate automatically from
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The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same work.

2. Basic Permissions.
---------------------

All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on the Program, and are
irrevocable provided the stated conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited
permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a covered work is covered by this
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-----------------------------

You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium,
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may be denied when the modification itself materially and adversely affects the operation of the
network or violates the rules and protocols for communication across the network.

Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided, in accord with this section
must be in a format that is publicly documented (and with an implementation available to the public
in source code form), and must require no special password or key for unpacking, reading or copying.

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8. Termination.
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under this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section 11).

However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license from a particular copyright
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terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder fails to notify you of the
violation by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after the cessation.

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holder notifies you of the violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that copyright holder, and you cure
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9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
---------------------------------------------

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Ancillary propagation of a covered work occurring solely as a consequence of using peer-to-peer
transmission to receive a copy likewise does not require acceptance. However, nothing other than
this License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered work. These actions infringe
copyright if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or propagating a covered work,
you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so.

10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
-------------------------------------------------

Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensors, to run, modify and propagate that work, subject to this License. You are not
responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties with this License.

An *"entity transaction"* is a transaction transferring control of an organization, or substantially
all assets of one, or subdividing an organization, or merging organizations. If propagation of a
covered work results from an entity transaction, each party to that transaction who receives a copy
of the work also receives whatever licenses to the work the party's predecessor in interest had or
could give under the previous paragraph, plus a right to possession of the Corresponding Source of
the work from the predecessor in interest, if the predecessor has it or can get it with reasonable
efforts.

You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under
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of rights granted under this License, and you may not initiate litigation (including a cross-claim
or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling,
offering for sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it.

11. Patents.
------------

A *"contributor"* is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this License of the Program or a
work on which the Program is based. The work thus licensed is called the contributor's "contributor
version".

A contributor's *"essential patent claims"* are all patent claims owned or controlled by the
contributor, whether already acquired or hereafter acquired, that would be infringed by some manner,
permitted by this License, of making, using, or selling its contributor version, but do not include
claims that would be infringed only as a consequence of further modification of the contributor
version. For purposes of this definition, "control" includes the right to grant patent sublicenses
in a manner consistent with the requirements of this License.

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contributor's essential patent claims, to make, use, sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise run,
modify and propagate the contents of its contributor version.

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however denominated, not to enforce a patent (such as an express permission to practice a patent or
covenant not to sue for patent infringement). To "grant" such a patent license to a party means to
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the requirements of this License, to extend the patent license to downstream recipients. "Knowingly
relying" means you have actual knowledge that, but for the patent license, your conveying the
covered work in a country, or your recipient's use of the covered work in a country, would infringe
one or more identifiable patents in that country that you have reason to believe are valid.

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12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
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you convey the Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this License would be to
refrain entirely from conveying the Program.

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Public License, section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the combination
as such.

14. Revised Versions of this License.
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Foundation.

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15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
---------------------------

THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU
ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

16. Limitation of Liability.
----------------------------

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR
ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED
INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH
ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.

17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
-----------------------------------------

If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above cannot be given local legal
effect according to their terms, reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely
approximates an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a
warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a fee.

# END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-----------------------------

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
=============================================

If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the
best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change
under these terms.

To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of
each source file to most effectively state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at
least the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

::

    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in
an interactive mode:

::

    <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'show w'.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type 'show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands *'show w'* and *'show c'* should show the appropriate parts of the General
Public License. Of course, your program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you
would use an "about box".

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if any, to sign a
"copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply
and follow the GNU GPL, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs.
If your program is a subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser
General Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html.