Notice on the contents of this site  

Disclaimer: The ideas expressed on these pages are, at most, mine alone, and sometimes not even this, but just random thoughts passing through my head.

The above does not mean that the contents of this site are free for grabbing, copying, quoting in and out of context (except as allowed by international copyright law) and/or re-posting and re-publishing. In fact, I retain the copyright on everything on this site (including pages of this site that are physically located on other servers and/or at other Internet locations), except for items already copyrighted, patented or in the public domain. This applies to all items on this site, even if not stated so explicitly for each item. Quoting or reproducing any copyrighted item published on this site requires my written (or e-mail) permission. I may grant this permission if you ask for it, and explain to me how you will use the materials you want to reproduce. Unless you have my written permission, you are in violation of copyright law. I may or may not give you my permission, and I may or may not charge a fee for these uses - you need to ask me, and we must reach a written agreement before you can go ahead and use my materials.

To make it short and clear: Everything on this site is Copyright (c) by Enrico Savazzi, 1990-2010.

The only exceptions are:
- Advertisements. However, these items may be copyrighted by their authors and/or providers.
- Items that originated from other persons or entities, and are identified as such (for example, text on my page of quotations). These items, however, may be copyrighted by other persons or entities.
- Items that are identified as copyrighted and/or licensed by other persons or entities (for example, commercial software and its GUI in the upload section of this site).
- Items that are already in the public domain (for example, the colour bars near the top and bottom of these pages), or that are explicitly placed by myself in the public domain.
- External links and URLs on this site, and their names and trademarks (for example, the Apache logo on my home page, and their URL).
- Web spiders are allowed to cache and/or index the materials on this site and to make them available for public searching, as long as they link back to this site.
- In specific instances, copyright law may exempt you from the need to obtain my permission. Depending on the copyright laws of your country, for instance, you may not need my permission to make a copy for your personal use, or for scholarly studies.

The above conditions mean, for instance, that you need my written permission before you can use copyrighted text or illustrations from this site in printed materials or other web sites available to the public. This applies to all such uses, including non-profit web sites and printed materials freely distributed without charge. If I give you my permission, it applies only for the scope it is given initially. If you want to use the same materials for another book, or another web site, you need to apply again for my permission, unless my initial permission explicitly covers these new uses.

Sometimes I do place ads at the top of my pages, but I do not control what ads you will see, and I do not endorse in any way the contents of the ads or their publishers. Therefore, do not complain with me about the choice of ads on my pages. If you don't like the ads, just don't click on their links.