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• This software was produced in the framework of the Zen KnowledgeBase research project at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University.
• The responsible editor is Urs App, associate director of the institute and director of the Zen KnowledgeBase project.
• Except for a few shareware and freeware programs, the copyright for all software contained on this site belongs to the IRIZ. No commercial use is allowed. Personal use of all forms is encouraged. The contribution of your publications about Zen to our library is appreciated.

Just like authors of books, we invested years of research and labor into our software. No copy protection of any kind was used, and you can freely use our software and electronic tools under two conditions:

1. No commercial use of any kind is allowed;
2. We request correct citation of the materials you make use of.

• Citation of the whole CD : Urs APP, ed. , ZenBase CD 1. Kyoto: International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism, 1995 (ISBN 4-938796-18-X).
• Citation of parts of the CD: Please follow the information included in the headers of text files.
• For software on our WWW site: same as for the ZenBase 1 software.