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Name: RDL <a style="color: steelblue" href="https://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/Policies/ControlledDocumentList.html">COD14</a>
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Status: POLICY <a href="https://wiki.cacert.org/PolicyDecisions#p20140731">p20140731</a>
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Editor: Mark Lipscombe
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Licence: <a style="color: steelblue" href="https://wiki.cacert.org/Policy#Licence" title="this document is Copyright © CAcert Inc., licensed openly under CC-by-sa with all disputes resolved under DRP. More at wiki.cacert.org/Policy">CC-by-sa+DRP</a>
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<h1> Root Distribution License </h1>
<h2 id="g0.1">1. Terms </h2>
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"CAcert Inc" means CAcert Incorporated, a non-profit association.
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"CAcert Community Agreement" means the agreement entered into by each person wishing to RELY.
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"Member" means a natural or legal person who has agreed to the CAcert Community Agreement.
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"Certificate" means any certificate or like device to which CAcert Inc's digital signature has been affixed.
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"CAcert Root Certificates" means any certificate issued by CAcert Inc to
itself for the purposes of signing further CAcert Roots or for signing
certificates of Members.
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"RELY" means the human act in taking on a risk or liability on the basis
of the claim(s) bound within a certificate issued by CAcert.
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"Embedded" means a certificate that is contained within a software
application or hardware system, when and only when, that software
application or system is distributed in binary form only.
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<h2 id="g0.2">2. Copyright </h2>
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CAcert Root Certificates are Copyright CAcert Incorporated. All rights reserved.
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<h2 id="g0.3">3. License </h2>
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You may copy and distribute CAcert Root Certificates only in accordance with this license.
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CAcert Inc grants you a free, non-exclusive license to copy and
distribute CAcert Root Certificates in any medium, with or without
modification, provided that the following conditions are met:
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Redistributions of Embedded CAcert Root Certificates must take
reasonable steps to inform the recipient of the disclaimer in section 4
or reproduce this license and copyright notice in full in the
documentation provided with the distribution.
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Redistributions in all other forms must reproduce this license and copyright notice in full.
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<h2 id="g0.4">4. Disclaimer </h2>
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THE CACERT ROOT CERTIFICATES ARE 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 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL
CACERT INC, ITS MEMBERS, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED PARTIES BE
LIABLE TO THE LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY 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 IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
THESE CERTIFICATES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
IN ANY EVENT, CACERT'S LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED $1,000.00 AUSTRALIAN
DOLLARS.
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THIS LICENSE SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO RELY UPON ANY
CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CACERT INC. IF YOU WISH TO RELY ON CERTIFICATES
ISSUED BY CACERT INC, YOU MUST ENTER INTO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH
CACERT INC.
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<h2 id="g0.5">5. Statutory Rights </h2>
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Nothing in this license affects any statutory rights that cannot be
waived or limited by contract. In the event that any provision of this
license is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions
of this license remain in full force and effect.
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<h2 id="g0.6">Alternatives </h2>
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If you find the terms of the above
Root Distribution License
difficult or inadequate for your purposes, you may wish to:
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Enter into the CAcert Community Agreement by
<a href="https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1">
registering as a Member</a>.
This is free.
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Delete CAcert Root Certificates from your software.
Your software documentation should give
directions and assistance for this.
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These alternatives are outside the above
Root Distribution License
and do not incorporate.
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