VMB Copyright
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Except where otherwise noted, all of the documentation and software included
in the vmb package is copyrighted by Martin Ruckert.

Copyright (C) 2001-2003-2006-2015 Martin Ruckert. All rights reserved.

vmb Licence and Waranty Disclaimer
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vmb is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

vmb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with vmb; if not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

The GNU General Public License is usualy found in the File COPYING.TXT
Read it!

Here is a short informal summary:

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software,
and to alter and to redistribute it,
provided that the following conditions are met:

1. All redistributions of files must retain all copyright
   notices that are currently in place, and this list of conditions without
   modification.

2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
   claim that you wrote the original software. 

3. Modified versions must be plainly marked as
   such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.

While this licence gives you the right to modify and redistribute the 
program as you please, I would like to inform you, that I consider
it appropriate if you read the styleguide before you do so and that
you can make me happy, if you inform me about use and changes you make
of the program so that the program can be improved for all users. I will
make any reasonable effort to merge changes into the main stream development 
of vmb.

While this software was developed in order to be usefull, it might not be.
It might actually format your harddisk, kill your cat, ruin your family live, and perform
other detrimental actions. While I am not aware of any such features of the program,
I warn you: You use the program on your own risk. Dont blame me! The only help
you will get from the author in these cases is the online help file.
Sady, many do not read the manual, in spite of the work I put into it.

To be precise: NO WARRANTY

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER
PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE
COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY
OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED
BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR
OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 

Martin Ruckert
ruckert@cs.hm.edu