Important notice concerning the software, Others, Software license attached to the product – Tascam BD-R2000 User Manual
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Important Notice
Concerning the Software
Software License Attached to the Product
The Software embedded in the Product is composed of
several independent software components, and in each
of such individual components, a copyright of a third party
subsists.
The Product uses the software component designated in the
End-User License Agreement that was executed a third party
(hereinafter "EULA").
"EULA" covers those corresponding to free software, and,
as a condition of distribution of the software component in
executable format which is based on the license granted
under the GNU General Public License or Lesser General
Public License (hereinafter "GPL/LGPL"), it requires an
availability of the source code for the relevant component. For
details of the software component covered by "GPL/LGPL",
please visit the following website:
URL : http://www.
teac.co.jp/support/opensource/index.
html
Please note that we are unable to answer any inquiry relating
to the contents, etc. of the source code.
Please note that any software component licensed under
"EULA" which is not subject to "GPL/LGPL", and those
developed or created independently shall not be subject to
the requirement for provision of the source code.
The software component distributed under "GPL/LGPL"
shall be licensed to users without charge, and, therefore, no
warranty is given for such software component, either express
or implied, within the scope of the applicable laws and
regulations. Unless otherwise permitted by applicable laws
and regulations or agreed in written form, none of the owners
of the copyright or persons entitled to alter or redistribute the
software component under the said license shall have any
liability for any type of damage or loss resulting from the use
of or inability to use such software component. For further
details of the conditions of use of such software component
or matters required to be complied with, please refer to the
relevant "GPL/LGPL".
Users are urged to read the details for the relevant license
carefully before using the software component covered by
"GPL/LGPL" and embedded in the Product. Since the terms
and conditions of individual licenses are provided by third
parties, the original English version will be included.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version
2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away
your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU
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to share and change free software--to make sure the software
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom,
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To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if
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whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all
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We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the
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permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.
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