Cyloop use rights

This website describes and provides source files of a serie of applications having the name Cyloop (short for Cyclic loop tools) developed by Bernard Chardonneau (France).

In what follows, we understand by "source files" the main source files (suffix .c) and the associated include files (suffix .h)
We understand by "data files" files distributed in several languages containing messages generated by different applications and files containing the graphic cast of many characters.

You are allowed to :

use the applications obtained by compiling source files on as many computers as you wish,

duplicate the source files, associated data files and documentation files, and distribute them to others,

analyze the source files and data files to understand how they work,

... but also :

modify the source files and data files to suit your needs or correct any defects,
translate the source files and data files in other languages (whether national language or esperanto).

To facilitate the analysis of sources and their execution without language barrier, you can translate :

all the comments in the source files,
messages in data files which are used by different applications,
but also, and subject to proper operation of translated applications, all function names, variables, constants, present in different source files.

Data files can also be translated into new languages and existing translations of these files can be corrected..
The reference language of Cyloop is French.

distribute and translated or modified files (remember to send a copy to the author of the original file).

However, if modified or translated files, use rights should be reproduced without change.
The mention of person(s) who conducted the modification or the translation may be added after indicating the author of the original file.

The rights specified above and notably in the preceding paragraph (green) result :

The prohibition to use all or part of files in this series of applications to offer other programs in which :

sources files would not be provided,
and / or duplication and distribution of copies would be restricted or prohibited,,
or / and after acquiring a copy of the software (possibly pay for that), someting integrated with the software would limit or prevent multiple installations and relocations without additional cost.

prohibition get ownership (or attempt to appropriate) ideas, algorithms or others, resulting from the study of the files of these application, including patenting,

You can also translate into new languages or suggest improvements to the translations made by the author of Cyloop for :

the website : http://cyloop.tuxfamily.org

Cyloop man pages

other documentation files.

However, it is advisable to contact the author beforehand to avoid working on the wrong files.

Moreover, it is the French version of the use rights that will be considered valid in case of differences found in some translated versions.

To encourage the study and development of free software, rather than the mere use of products ready for use, it is recommended to distribute the source files of this series of applications (makefile included), and not only executable files resulting from their compilation.

However, if this set of applications should be integrated into GNU/Linux distributions ready for use after installation, copy of the precompiled executables for these applications is acceptable if the source files are also copied during installation in a directly readable way (ie uncompressed) in a directory easy to find by the end user.
The copy source can be avoided only if the user makes this choice during installation.