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README: AmbieSense Context Software GPL Source Code.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 and onwards by AmbieSense Limited,
and/or its subsidiaries and co-founders. AmbieSense Limited
is an R&D-focused company incorporated in Scotland.
PURPOSE OF THE SOFTWARE RELEASE
The AmbieSense Context Software is for storing, retrieving, and matching
context information and meta-data for applications and services.
The theoretical foundations of this software have been published in various
scientific publications.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This release has been made available for the general public to be able to
contribute and use e.g. for making ubiquitous and context-aware applications and
services, and to help in making such adaptive systems widespread in the society
to the benefit of application developers and organizations interested in
the retrieval and filtering context information and meta-data across a wide
spectrum of applications and services. A good starting point for understanding
the underlying foundations for this software, is to read:
PROPOSED READING
Information Retrieval: Searching in the 21st Century
Dr Ayse Goker (Editor), John Davies (Co-Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-03363-0
Available E-book as and hard-cover book
320 pages
December 2009
Chapter: Context and Information Retrieval
The AmbieSense Context Software Source Code is released as a
prototype software for research and development purposes
for anyone to use the way they want under the
the terms and conditions of the GPL version 3 license.
ROADMAP TO IMPLEMENTATION
This new initial version has been completely re-written with a simpler
SQL database in a datawarehouse style. The long-term goal is try to make it
a cloud-based and highly scalable solution that will use Solandra
as the storage solution.
SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE UNDER GPL LICENSE VERSION 3
The AmbieSense Context Software GPL Source Code is made available under the
GNU General Public License, Version 3. Reference: GNU General Public
License, version 3, found on http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
FREE SOFTWARE - NO WARRANTY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR AMBIESENSE
The AmbieSense Context Software GPL Source Code is free software:
you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License Version 3 as published by
the Free Software Foundation.
INFORM WHEN THE SOFTWARE IS BEING USED
If the program you make does terminal interaction, make it output a short
notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
AmbieSense Context Software. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
for details type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to
redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
QUESTIONS ABOUT LICENSE, CONTRIBUTIONS, GOVERNANCE
If you have questions concerning this license or the applicable
additional terms, or would like to contribute to the development of the
AmbieSense Context Software GPL Source Code, you may contact us in writing:
AmbieSense Limited
7 Queens Gardens
Aberdeen
AB25 4YD
Scotland
or email:
kontactATambiesense.com (replace "AT" with "@").
THANK YOU!
Please enjoy the software. We hope you will be able to contribute
to the code repository together with us!
Best regards,
Hans Myrhaug,
Co-founder,
AmbieSense Limited
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