﻿Copyright and Licensing Information for "RIWA-GIS" Copyright (C) 2007 - 2025 RIWA GmbH.

0. Index
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1. License
2. Copyright of RIWA-GIS-WebClient
3. About
4. Credits


1. License

RIWA-GIS, V2.1 - 18.09.2023

RIWA-GIS is a installation of software which consists of two separate programs.

One part the RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author is free software, the other, the RIWA-GIS-WebClient is under the copyright of RIWA GmbH; all rights reserved. The RIWA-GIS-WebClient is not under open license. It is the client for the RIWA Web Data Server. RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author and RIWA-GIS-WebClient are linked by the LGPL-licensed library "riwa.client-interface" in order to show the geometries of the datasets of WebClient in RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author.

RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later versions.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and the 
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

RIWA-GIS also contains third party software that is licensed by the copyright holder on terms specific to that software. You are responsible for complying with the terms of these licenses. For ease of reference, the file "THIRD-PARTY.txt" contains information on all of these third party licenses.


2. Copyright
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RIWA-GIS-WebClient (C) 2007 - 2025, All rights reserved.
RIWA GmbH, Germany
Zwingerstraße 2
87435 Kempten
https://www.riwa.de/

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY RIWA GmbH ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.IN NO EVENT SHALL RIWA GmbH OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


3. About
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RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author is a java based mapping application to view and edit many kinds of spatial data. It uses the geotools libraries to read and write vector data.

RIWA-GIS-WebClient is the client component for the RIWA Web Data Server. It mainly displays HTML content send by RIWA Web Data Server.

riwa.client-interface is a java library with interfaces and routines to connect a mapping application with an application that deals with alphanumeric data. 

RIWA-GIS-Viewer/Author or RIWA-GIS-WebClient can also be used as standalone applications.


4. Credits
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RIWA-GIS is based on JUMP and OpenJump.
Many thanks to all the contributors of JUMP and OpenJUMP for their time and efforts.
RIWA-GIS uses the GeoTools libraries to read and write geodata. Many thanks to all the developers involved in GeoTools.
Many thanks also to all other developers of the open source projects used by this program.
