Article 4. License of Source Code
1. As provided for in this Article, T-Engine Forum shall
provide, and grant a license to use, the Source Code free
of charge to any person who has taken the necessary
procedure for registration as prescribed by T-Engine Forum
and agreed to the T-License.
2. The Source Code shall be distributed exclusively by
T-Engine Forum. Any person who obtains the Source Code
under Article 4.1 above shall not make any re-Distribution of
the Source Code.
3. In accordance with the license granted under Article 4.1
above, the Source Code User may perform the following
acts:
1. to copy and/or modify the Source Code provided
by T-Engine Forum hereunder for its own research,
development and the like.
2. to run the Source Code provided by T-Engine Forum
hereunder for its own research, development and the like.
3. to run the Source Code modified in accordance with the
provision of Article 4.3 (1) above for its own research,
development and the like.
4. to distribute the Binary Code created from the Source
Code provided by T-Engine Forum hereunder or from the
Source Code modified in accordance with the provision of
Article 4.3 (1) above.
4. In accordance with the license granted under Article 4.1
above, the System Developer may perform the following
acts:
1. to perform any and all acts set forth in the Article 4.3
above.
2. to develop and manufacture the Embedded Product
containing the Binary Code, and, whether with or without
payment, provide the End User with the same and
make the Binary Code available to the End User on the
Embedded Product.
5. The Source Code User and the System Developer shall
be obligated to give a notice that the Source Code is used,
in such a way as separately specified by T-Engine Forum,
when they use the Source Code or the Binary Code, or
make the Binary Code available for the End User on the
Embedded Product.
Article 5. Distribution of Modified Source Code
1. Any of A- members of T-Engine Forum may become
the Distributor of Modification by obtaining the approval
of T-Engine Forum through the registration procedure as
prescribed by the Forum provided that only the department
of the A- member which has taken the registration
procedure may distribute the Modified Source Code in such
a way as provided for in this Article as long as it holds the
Amembership.
2. The Distributor of Modification may create the Modified
Source Code based on the Source Code provided by
T-Engine Forum and the Patch for Modification to be applied
to create such Modified Source Code from the Source Code.
3. The Distributor of Modification shall, prior to the
distribution, inform T-Engine Forum of and register a name
and description of the Modified Source Code in such a way
as specified by T-Engine Forum.
4. The Distributor of Modification shall determine the name
of the Modified Source Code subject to the rules separately
established by T-Engine Forum and publish an appropriate
notice as required by the rules on the Patch for Modification
and the Modified Source Code.
5. The Distributor of Modification may distribute the Modified
Source Code to a third party, whether with or without
payment, provided that the Distributor of Modification shall
take the necessary measures to prohibit the third party from
making the re-Distribution of the Modified Source Code.
6. Developer with the Patch for Modification. Provided,
however, that the Distributor of Modification shall be
obligated to confirm that the System Developer is the Source
Code User duly licensed under Article 4.1.
7. The Distributor of Modification may perform the Vicarious
Execution of Patch Processing for the System Developer.
8. The System Developer shall not distribute the Modified
Source Code in further modified form to any third party as a
stand-alone software product.
9. The System Developer may, under the same obligation
as imposed in Article 4.5, make the Embedded Product
available for the End User through use of the Patch for
Modification distributed by the Distributor of Modification
or the Derivative Works obtained through the Vicarious
Execution of Patch Processing.
Article 6. Distribution and Registration of the Ported
Source Code
1. The Source Code User and the System Developer may,
whether with or without charge, distribute to any third party
only the following parts of the Ported Source Code on the
T-Engine Hardware or the Similar Hardware to T-Engine
Hardware:
1. The Hardware-dependent Part and/or Compiler-
dependent Part; provided that the Source Code User and
the System Developer shall inform T-Engine Forum of, and
T-Engine Forum may publish, a method for distributing
said Part(s) to third parties.
2. The Header File; provided that the Header File shall be
distributed together with the Binary Code of the Ported
Source Code.
2. Any member of T-Engine Forum may request T-Engine
Forum to register and distribute, as an original source code
for T-Kernel, the Ported Source Code on the T-Engine
Hardware or the Similar Hardware to T-Engine Hardware.
3. Any member of T-Engine Forum who requests the
distribution mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall
accede to the following conditions:
1. The member shall confirm that the object hardware is the
T-Engine Hardware or the Similar Hardware to T-Engine
Hardware.
2. The member shall provide T-Engine Forum with a
complete set of operational environment for the object
hardware and T-Kernel free of charge when requesting
the distribution.
3. The member shall submit test results of the Ported Source
Code to T-Engine Forum when requesting the distribution.
4. In the event that T-Engine Forum accepts the request
mentioned in Article 6.2, T-Engine Forum shall register and
