License

Factsmith is licensed under the General Snapdragon Product License (GSPL); this can be found in the file GSPL.TXT distributed with Factsmith, or you can read it below. The license:

  • Allows you to use and distribute Factsmith free of charge;
  • Does NOT allow you to say you wrote it;
  • Does NOT allow you to distribute modified copies of the program, and
  • Does NOT allow you to sue the author if something goes wrong.

In short, you can use it for free for your personal research and pass it on to a friend or two if you feel like it.

Snapdragon General Product License

                     GENERAL SNAPDRAGON PRODUCT LICENSE
                  Copyright (C) 2008 Snapdragon Computing
                                 Version 2

Everyone is permitted to distribute full copies of this document without
modification of the text except for minor formatting changes.

        TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, MODIFYING, AND DISTRIBUTION

  1. You may copy and distribute complete copies of the Program, without
modification, for whatever cost you deem necessary. All distributed copies
of the Program must retain all copyright notices and licenses. You may also
offer a warranty or guarantee for a fee, at your option. The recipient of
the distributed Program will also be under the restrictions of this License,
and therefore may redistribute the Program for any cost he deems necessary.
  2. If the end user wishes to distribute modified copies of the Program, the
user must receive written permission from the author of the Program. However,
the Program may be freely reverse engineered or cloned, or disassembled for
personal examination.
  3. If you do not accept the terms and conditions of this license, you are
required to refrain from usage, modification, and distribution of the Program.
  4. Any derivative works must also be licensed under this License. Such a
"derivative" work is defined as a work containing the Program or any portion
of it, whether in whole or in part, with or without modification or
translation. The exception to this rule is if the Program is used for the
development of other programs or if the Program is defined as a library, and
hence may be included in other programs without requiring this License. In
such a case, this License applies only to the Program itself, and not to any
other works using it. Thus, a compiler or graphics library can remain licensed
under this License, while programs created using it may be licensed under
another license.

                                 NO WARRANTY

THE SOFTWARE HAS NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EITHER OF FUNCTIONALITY, USEFULNESS,
SAFETY, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANYTHING OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. SO IF THE
PROGRAM CRASHES YOUR HARD DISK, YOU CAN'T SUE US.

                         END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS