Copyright Notice

The book, Ada in Action (with Practical Programming Examples) is filled with copyright notices that say:

-- Copyright 1989 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved.

However, there was a clause in my publication contract that said that if John Wiley & Sons let the book go out of print, I could request them to reprint it. If they failed to reprint it in 1 year, the copyrights would be assigned back to me.

Ada in Action went out of print. I requested a reprint. John Wiley & Sons refused to reprint it, and sent me a letter (which I have on file) transferring the copyrights back to me.

The new copyright notice for the book and source code listings is:

-- -- Copyright (c) 1994 by Do-While Jones. -- All rights reserved. -- -- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or -- without modification, are permitted provided that the -- following conditions are met: -- -- 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above -- copyright notice, this list of conditions and the -- following disclaimer. -- -- 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above -- copyright notice, this list of conditions and the -- following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other -- materials provided with the distribution. -- -- 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use -- of this software must display the following -- acknowledgment: -- -- This product includes software developed by -- Do-While Jones. -- -- 4. The name of Do-While Jones may not be used to endorse -- or promote products derived from this software -- without specific prior written permission. -- -- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY DO-WHILE JONES "AS IS" AND -- ANY EXPRESS 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 DO-WHILE JONES 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. --