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2 UsingOpenSourceSoftware
2.1 General Information
Ourproductscontain,amongstothers,so-called open-source software thatis provided by third
partiesandhasbeenpublishedforfreepublicuse.Theopen-sourcesoftwareissubjecttospecial
open-sourcesoftwarelicensesandthecopyrightofthirdparties.Basically,eachcustomercanuse
theopen-sourcesoft-warefreelyincompliancewiththelicensingtermsoftherespectiveproducers.
Therightsofthecustomertousetheopen-sourcesoftwarebeyondthepurposeofourproductsare
regulatedindetailbytherespectiveconcernedopen-sourcesoftwarelicenses.Thecustomeruse
theopen-sourcesoftwarefreely,asprovidedintherespectiveeectivelicense,beyondthepur-
posethattheopen-sourcesoftwaregetsinourproducts.Incasethereisacontradictionbetween
thelicensingtermsforoneofourproductsandtherespectiveopen-sourcesoftwarelicense,the
respectiverelevantopen-sourcesoftwarelicensetakespriorityoverourlicensingterms,asfaras
therespectiveopen-sourcesoftwareisconcernedbythis.
Theuseoftheusedopen-sourcesoftwareispossiblefreeofcharge.Wedonotdemandusage
feesoranycomparablefeesfortheuseoftheopen-sourcesoftwarecontainedinourproducts.
Theuseoftheopen-sourcesoftwareinourproductsbythecustomerisnotpartoftheearningswe
achievewiththecontractualcompensation.
Allopen-sourcesoftwareprogramscontainedinourproductscanbetakenfromtheavailablelist.
Themostimportantopen-sourcesoftwarelicensesarelistedintheLicensessectionattheendof
thispublication.
As far as programs contained in our products are subject to the GNU General Public License
(GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD),
theMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)oranotheropen-sourcesoftwarelicense,which
regulatesthatthesourcecodemustbemadeavailable,andifthissoftwareisnotalreadydelivered
insourcecodeonadatacarrierwithourproduct,wewillsendyouthisatanytimeuponrequest.
Ifitisrequiredtosendthisonadatacarrier,thesendingwillbemadeagainstpay-mentofacost
compensationof€35,00.Ouroertosendthesourcecodeuponrequestceasesautomatically3
yearsafterdeliveryofourproducttothecustomer.