Software Byzance version 0.1 © INRIA 1998, (11/12/1998), hereinafter Byzance.

Byzance has been developed by Stéphane Bonhomme and Laurent Carcone at the OPERA project, research project of the INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique).

The INRIA holds all the ownership rights on Byzance.

Byzance is under process of registration with the Agence pour la Protection des Programmes (APP).

Byzance is still being currently developed. It is the INRIA's aim for Byzance to be used by the scientific community and industrial partners so as to test it, evaluate it and improve it.

Byzance includes the free software Amaya developed by the W3C, Copyright ©1995-1998 World Wide Web Consortium. All Rights Reserved (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/).

Byzance includes the free software Thot developed by INRIA, Copyright © INRIA1998, http://www.inrialpes.fr/opera/Thot/COPYRIGHT.html, registered by the Agence pour la Protection des Programmes (APP) under the number: IDDN FR 001 140011 00 R.P. 1996 000 1080.

Byzance includes the software Alliance developed by INRIA, Copyright © INRIA1997, registered by the Agence pour la Protection des Programmes (APP) under the number: IDDNFR.001.360027 00 R.P.1997-000-10000.

The INRIA freely grants the non exclusive right :

• to use the software Byzance

• and to reproduce the software Byzance.

The following conditions must be complied with :

• every user of Byzance will communicate to Laurent Carcone (Laurent.Carcone@inrialpes.fr) his or her remarks as to the use of the software Byzance.
• The above copyright notice as well as this license in full must be included in any reproduction of the software Byzance.

NO COMMERCIAL USE, EXPLOITATION NOR DISTRIBUTION IS AUTHORIZED BY THIS LICENSE.

PLEASE CONTACT THE INRIA IF SUCH USE IS DESIRED.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO , THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INRIA OR 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 USE, DATA, OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.