There are two licenses, one for the C library software, and one for
the database.

SOFTWARE LICENSE (C library)

The GeoIP C Library is licensed under the GPL.  For details see
the COPYING file.

OPEN DATA LICENSE (GeoIP Standard Edition Database)

Copyright (c) 2003 MaxMind LLC.  All Rights Reserved.

All advertising materials and documentation mentioning features or use of
this database must display the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes GeoIP data created by MaxMind, available from
http://maxmind.com/"

Redistribution and use with or without modification, are permitted provided
that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
materials provided with the distribution. 
2. All advertising materials and documentation mentioning features or use of
this database must display the following acknowledgement:
"This product includes GeoIP data created by MaxMind, available from
http://maxmind.com/"
3. "MaxMind" may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
database without specific prior written permission.

THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY MAXMIND.COM ``AS IS'' AND ANY 
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DATABASE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Some parts of this software distribution are derived from the APNIC, ARIN and
RIPE databases (copyright details below). The author of this module makes no
claims of ownership on those parts.

APNIC conditions of use:

The files are freely available for download and use on the condition that APNIC
will not be held responsible for any loss or damage arising from the application
of the information contained in these reports.

APNIC endeavours to the best of its ability to ensure the accuracy of these
reports; however, APNIC makes no guarantee in this regard.

In particular, it should be noted that these reports seek to indicate the
country where resources were first allocated or assigned. It is not intended
that these reports be considered as an authoritative statement of the location
in which any specific resource may currently be in use.

ARIN database copyright:

Copyright (c) American Registry for Internet Numbers. All rights reserved.

RIPE database copyright:

The information in the RIPE Database is available to the public for agreed
Internet operation purposes, but is under copyright. The copyright statement is:

"Except for agreed Internet operational purposes, no part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without prior
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may be prosecuted. The RIPE NCC requests to be notified of any such activities
or suspicions thereof."

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