In order to keep beicon completely free and unencumbered by copyright, all new contributors to the beicon code base are asked to dedicate their contributions to the public domain. If you want to send a patch or enhancement for possible inclusion in the beicon source tree, please accompany the patch with the following statement:
The author or authors of this code dedicate any and all copyright interest
in this code to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of
the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We
intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of
all present and future rights to this code under copyright law.