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Copyright License for non-commercial scientific research purposes
Please read carefully the following terms and conditions and any accompanying documentation before you download and/or use files from this repository (Files). By downloading and/or using the Files, you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions, understand them, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not download and/or use the Files. Any infringement of the terms of this agreement will automatically terminate your rights under this License
Ownership / Licensees
The Files and the associated materials have been developed at the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (hereinafter "MPUSP") by members of the Bioinformatics Platform (hereinafter “developers”).
Any copyright or patent right is owned by and proprietary material of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (hereinafter “MPG”; MPUSP and MPG hereinafter collectively “Max-Planck”) hereinafter the “Licensor”.
License Grant
Licensor grants you (Licensee) personally a single-user, non-exclusive, non-transferable, free of charge right:
• To download the Files on computers owned, leased or otherwise controlled by you and/or your organization;
• To use the Files for the sole purpose of performing non-commercial scientific research, non-commercial education, or non-commercial artistic projects;
• To modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Files.
Any other use, in particular any use for commercial purposes, is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, incorporation in a commercial product, use in a commercial service, or production of other artefacts for commercial purposes. The Files may not be reproduced, modified and/or made available in any form to any third party without Max-Planck’s prior written permission. Third party funded research at academic institution is considered non-Commercial Use. By downloading the Files, you agree not to reverse engineer it.
The Licensee is encouraged to provide feedback on the use, results, modifications, bugs and technical questions or publications to [email protected].
No Distribution
The Files and the license herein granted shall not be copied, shared, distributed, re-sold, offered for re-sale, transferred or sub-licensed in whole or in part except that you may make one copy for archive purposes only and the use of the Files by Other researchers at your institution under the conditions of this license.
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Files results from basic research, is provided “AS IS”, may contain errors, and that any use of the Files is at your sole risk. LICENSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE FILES, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED, AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY LEGAL OR ACTUAL DEFECTS, WHETHER DISCOVERABLE OR NOT. Specifically, and not to limit the foregoing, licensor makes no representations or warranties (i) regarding the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the Files, (ii) that the use of the Files will not infringe any patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of a third party, and (iii) that the use of the Files will not cause any damage of any kind to you or a third party.
Limitation of Liability
Because this File License Agreement qualifies as a donation, according to Section 521 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB) Licensor as a donor is liable for intent and gross negligence only. If the Licensor fraudulently conceals a legal or material defect, they are obliged to compensate the Licensee for the resulting damage.
Licensor shall be liable for loss of data only up to the amount of typical recovery costs which would have arisen had proper and regular data backup measures been taken. The foregoing applies also to Licensor’s legal representatives or assistants in performance. Any further liability shall be excluded. Patent claims generated through the usage of the Files cannot be directed towards the copyright holders.
The Files are provided in state of development the licensor defines. If modified or extended by Licensee, the Licensor makes no claims about the fitness of the Files and is not responsible for any problems such modifications cause.
No Maintenance Services
You understand and agree that Licensor is under no obligation to provide either maintenance services, update services, notices of latent defects, or corrections of defects with regard to the Files. Licensor nevertheless reserves the right to update, modify, or discontinue the Software at any time.
Defects of the Files must be notified in writing to the Licensor with a comprehensible description of the error symptoms. The notification of the defect should enable the reproduction of the error. The Licensee is encouraged to communicate any use, results, modification or publication.
Publications using the Files
You acknowledge that the Files are a valuable scientific resource and agree to appropriately acknowledge MPUSP in any publication making use of the Files.
Commercial licensing opportunities
For commercial uses of the Files, please send an email to [email protected].
Miscellaneous
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany except for the UN Sales Convention.
This License Text is itself licensed under Creative Commons NC BY NA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en