The JsonCpp library's source code, including accompanying documentation, 

tests and demonstration applications, are licensed under the following

conditions...



The author (Baptiste Lepilleur) explicitly disclaims copyright in all 

jurisdictions which recognize such a disclaimer. In such jurisdictions, 

this software is released into the Public Domain.



In jurisdictions which do not recognize Public Domain property (e.g. Germany as of

2010), this software is Copyright (c) 2007-2010 by Baptiste Lepilleur, and is

released under the terms of the MIT License (see below).



In jurisdictions which recognize Public Domain property, the user of this 

software may choose to accept it either as 1) Public Domain, 2) under the 

conditions of the MIT License (see below), or 3) under the terms of dual 

Public Domain/MIT License conditions described here, as they choose.



The MIT License is about as close to Public Domain as a license can get, and is

described in clear, concise terms at:



   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

   

The full text of the MIT License follows:



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Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur



Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person

obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation

files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without

restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,

modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies

of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:



The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.



THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND

NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS

BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN

ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN

CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

SOFTWARE.

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The MIT license is compatible with both the GPL and commercial

software, affording one all of the rights of Public Domain with the

minor nuisance of being required to keep the above copyright notice

and license text in the source code. Note also that by accepting the

Public Domain "license" you can re-license your copy using whatever

license you like.