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+RACER USAGE - READ BEFORE MODIFYING SOURCE CODE
+
+The programs and source code of the Racer project are copyright of Ruud van
+Gaal, Dolphinity, 2000-2001.
+All rights reserved. Publishing of included material without prior written
+permission of the author is prohibited.
+
+Publishing of material downloadable here may however be done on a
+non-commericial basis. In this case, I would appreciate it if you send me a
+note regarding where you make available the material.
+
+Use of any of the published source code in commercial software is explicilty
+NOT allowed without prior written permission. Distributions on Linux
+distributions (as is done on SuSE8.0 for example) IS however allowed. Use of
+(parts of) the source code in non-commercial software is allowed however.
+For commercial usage, licensing may be an option, for which you can contact
+the author.
+
+This is NOT an Open Source project, although many people think so. You CAN
+contribute to the source if you want (or cannot resist), but all changes
+will go through me to the master source code. This is done to ensure quality
+and consistent style for instance. Also, parts of Racer (the QLib/D3
+libraries) are used in other projects, and changing the source code of this
+would be counterproductive for the other products that use these libraries.
+Therefore, the decision has been made not to OpenSource the source code.
+Realise that the copyrights will stay at Dolphinity, so for many people this
+will mean that they won't contribute to the source. This is ok to me, the
+product seems not large enough to need the whole world to aid in developing
+(except for the contents; cars & tracks). To add to the Racer project and
+maintain control, it is advised to create separate executables, which may
+use parts of the source code, but are not completely separately usable
+products. This means you can create a Replay Analyzer which uses track code
+from the Racer source code, but that you may NOT create a complete racing
+game based on a specific era for example, and distribute this commercially
+as a separate product.
+
+If you have any questions on the usage of the materials presented in the
+Racer site, please contact me.
+
+ADDITIONAL COPYRIGHTS (PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN PARTS OF THE SITE)
+
+Sports Car GT Copyright Electronic Arts 1999
+F1 2000 Copyright Electronic Arts 2000
+Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
+Grand Prix Legends is a registered trademark of Papyrus
+
+All other trademarks are property of their respective companies.
+
+No SCGT tracks can and will be found on this website. You are (probably) not
+allowed to post directly converted tracks onto your website, but you can
+upload Racer-specific files (but not the images and directly converted DOF
+models).
+
+Ruud van Gaal
+last updated August 11, 2002