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Bridge PCA — LICENSE and RESTRICTIONS

Patent(s) pending.

Copyright

Code and documentation in THIS repository is copyright © 2019-2022 by Andrew Somers and/or Myndex™. All Rights Reserved.

See also: Minimum compliance to use "APCA" and related trademarks.

The Short Summary:

Files are licensed for non-commercial use and without alteration or modification, except as may be necessarry for porting to a different language than available here. The "no modification" is important to maintain consistency across tools.


NON COMMERCIAL VERSION DISCLAIMER AND RESTRICTIONS

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF USE:
SAPC and the Bridge-PCA is an embodiment of certain suprathreshold contrast prediction technologies and it is licensed on a limited basis for web content only. Bridge-PCA may be used in non-commercial software for predicting contrast for web content, and used for that specific purpose without royalty.

Said license excludes other use cases not related to web content. Prohibited uses include medical, clinical evaluation, human safety related, aerospace, transportation, military applications, and uses which are not specific to web-based content presented on self-illuminated displays or devices.

NO ALTERATION; KEEP CURRENT
Any SAPC/Bridge-PCA files in this repositiory may be used or incorporated only in tools for web-based content or web related content in support of the WCAG accessibnility guidelines, and such use must be without modification to the essential elements of the code or specific approved contstnats, except as required to port to a given language.

  • Developers incorporating this code into their applications, widgets, or other tools, have a duty to ensure that the most recent version of this code is used in their current or any future release.

  • Breaking change exception:

    • developers do not need to incorporate a future version of Bridge-PCA that has breaking changes if their release is only a minor or patch version per sematic versioning.
    • developers with minor or patch revisions are still obligated to use the latest non-breaking branch of Bridge-PCA.
    • developers with a major revision per semantic versioning are obligated to use the most recent stable Bridge-PCA.

USE OF THE Bridge-PCA LOGO AND TRADEMARK
Use of the Bridge-PCA or "Powered by APCA" logos or trademearks are prohibited without written consent from Myndex™ Techniologies, Myndex™ Research, Andrew Somers, and/or the authorized agents or assigns.

  • Developers wishing to use the Bridge-PCA or "Powered by APCA" logos or trademearks must submit their application or tools for qualification to be granted a limited license to use the Bridge-PCA or "Powered by APCA" logos or trademearks.
  • Formal details on the Bridge-PCA and "Powered by APCA" qualification process are pending. In the interim, make a qualification request in the discussion tab of this repo.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

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 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.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF USE:

Bridge-PCA is an embodiment of certain suprathreshold contrast prediction technologies. Versions marked as licensed to the W3 are strictly limited to web content use only for supporting certain accessibility guidelines.

Bridge-PCA code listed here is provided as is, with no warrantees expressed nor implied. We accept no liability for any use or misuse of the code. Suitability of purpose resides with the integrator or end user.

Commercial use is prohibited without a written and signed commercial license agreement.

Non-commercial use is permitted only for predicting contrast for web content, no other use case is authorized.

License excludes other use cases not related to web content. Prohibited uses include and are not limited to medical, clinical evaluation, human safety related, aerospace, transportation, military applications, and uses which are not specific to web-based content presented on self-illuminated displays or devices.

Other licensing information

All Files in this Repository may have different license terms on a per-file basis. This is due to the ephemeral quality of early development. Because this contrast method is part of developing standards, it is important to keep invalid verions out of distribution. Files, code, or other assets related to SAPC, APCA, Perceptex, or Myndex Perception Research, that are not currently in this repository are not available for license or use without a written agreement.

WITHDRAWN ASSETS

ONLY files that are currently in this repository are available for use under these license terms.

As some code herein is early beta, and there is a clear interest to prevent obsolete verions from propogating, license for use is revoked when any such asset is removed from this repositiory. Prior to revocation, files will be placed in the OBSOLETE/PENDING_DELETE folder for a period to allow time for revision. Please replace any stale assets with the revised assets herein as soon as practical.

The current assets shall be in:

/dist/    
/src/

Non breaking earlier versions shall be placed in:

/LEGACY/

Breaking and deprecated versions shall be placed in:

/DEPRECATED/

Breaking, invalid, and revoked versions shall be placed in:

/OBSOLETE/    
/OBSOLETE/PENDING_DELETE/
/IGNORE/

COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENT.

The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the work without specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this work will at all times remain with copyright holders.