key: odl short_name: Open Directory License name: Open Directory License category: Permissive owner: Open Directory homepage_url: http://www.dmoz.org/license.html spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-odl text_urls: - http://www.dmoz.org/license.html other_urls: - http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor ignorable_urls: - http://dmoz.org/ - http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor text: "Open Directory License\n\nThe Open Directory is a compilation of many different editors'\ \ contributions. Netscape Communications Corporation (`Netscape') owns the copyright to the\ \ compilation of the different contributions, and makes the Open Directory available to you\ \ to use under the following license agreement terms and conditions (`Open Directory License').\ \ For purposes of this Open Directory License, `Open Directory' means only the Open Directory\ \ Project currently hosted at http://dmoz.org (or at another site as may be designated by\ \ Netscape in the future), and does not include any other versions of directories, even if\ \ referred to as an `Open Directory,' that may be hosted by Netscape on other web pages (e.g.,\ \ Netscape Netcenter).\n\n1. Basic License. Netscape grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free\ \ license to use, reproduce, modify and create derivative works from, and distribute and publish\ \ the Open Directory and your derivative works thereof, subject to all of the terms and conditions\ \ of this Open Directory License. You may authorize others to exercise the foregoing rights;\ \ provided, however, that you must have an agreement with your sublicensees that passes on\ \ the requirements and obligations of Sections 2 and 4 below and which must include a limitation\ \ of liability provision no less protective of Netscape than Section 6 below.\n\nDue to the\ \ nature of the content of the Open Directory, many third parties' trade names and trademarks\ \ will be identified within the content of the Open Directory (e.g., as part of URLs and\ \ description of link). Except for the limited license to use the Netscape attribution in\ \ Section 2 below, nothing herein shall be deemed to grant you any license to use any Netscape\ \ or third party trademark or tradename.\n\n2. Attribution Requirement. As a material\ \ condition of this Open Directory License, you must provide the below applicable attribution\ \ statements on (1) all copies of the Open Directory, in whole or in part, and derivative\ \ works thereof which are either distributed (internally or otherwise) or published (made\ \ available on the Internet and/or internally over any internal network/intranet or otherwise),\ \ whether distributed or published electronically, on hard copy media or by any other means,\ \ and (2) on any program/web page from which you directly link to/access any information contained\ \ within the Open Directory, in whole or in part, or any derivative work thereof:\n 1.\ \ If the Open Directory in whole or in part, or any derivative work thereof, is made available\ \ via the Internet or internal network/intranet and/or information contained therein is directly\ \ accessed or linked via the Internet or internal network/intranet then you must provide the\ \ appropriate Netscape attribution statement as described in the page(s) at the URL(s): http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor.\n\ \ 2. 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So long as you are\ \ exercising the license to Open Directory hereunder, you agree to use commercially reasonable\ \ efforts to check the page(s) at the URL http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor from time to time,\ \ and to use commercially reasonable efforts to make the changes/corrections/deletion of content\ \ from the Open Directory and/or attribution statements as may be indicated at such URL. \ \ Any changes to the Open Directory content posted at the page(s) at the URL http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor\ \ are part of Open Directory.\n\n5. No Warranty/Use At Your Risk. THE OPEN DIRECTORY AND ANY\ \ NETSCAPE TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS CONTAINED WITH THE REQUIRED ATTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE MADE\ \ AVAILABLE UNDER THIS OPEN DIRECTORY LICENSE AT NO CHARGE. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL NETSCAPE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES\ \ OR AFFILIATES, OR THE OPEN DIRECTORY CONTRIBUTING EDITORS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,\ \ INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF\ \ GOODWILL OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY\ \ THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY CLAIM IS BASED UPON ANY CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER LEGAL\ \ OR EQUITABLE THEORY, RELATING OR ARISING FROM THE OPEN DIRECTORY, YOUR OPEN DIRECTORY USE\ \ OR THIS OPEN DIRECTORY LICENSE AGREEMENT.\n\n7. California Law. This Open Directory License\ \ will be governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflict of laws\ \ provisions."