Using Expect In Commercial Applications—Legalese
It is not necessary to license Expect. Most of Expect is in the public domain, but two parts of it have copyrights. The Tcl core and the regular expression engine inside Expect are copyrighted but otherwise freely available, allowing the software to be used for any purpose and without fee, and with few restrictions on the code other than maintaining the copyright internally. The full copyright notices follow:
Copyright (c) 1987-1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.
In no event shall the University of California be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of this software and its documentation, even if the University of California has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
The University of California specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The software provided hereunder is on an “as is” basis, and the University of California has no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications.
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