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diff --git a/licenses/Whitehead-MIT b/licenses/Whitehead-MIT new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0a6ffa754 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/Whitehead-MIT @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +Copyright (c) 2000-2003, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical +Research; 2003-2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are subject to the +terms of the following license agreement. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- + *** (PROGRAM NAME) LICENSE AGREEMENT *** + +This License Agreement (the "Agreement") is made between the +Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a not-for-profit organization +and the licensing agent for the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical +Research ("WHITEHEAD") with a principal address at 77 Massachusetts +Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 ("M.I.T."), and the individual +downloading this program ("YOU"), and is effective at the date the +downloading is completed ("Effective Date"). WHITEHEAD and M.I.T. +are the owners of certain rights, title, and interest in the +computer program entitled (PROGRAM NAME) and related documentation, if +any, as they exist on the Effective Date and as can be downloaded +from http://www.broad.mit.edu/wga/ on the Effective Date (the +"Program"). YOU wish to obtain and M.I.T. agrees to grant, on its +own behalf and on behalf of WHITEHEAD, a non-exclusive license to +use and modify the program for internal research and educational +purposes only under the terms of the Agreement. M.I.T. and YOU, in +consideration of the above, agree as follows: + +1. M.I.T. hereby grants to YOU, on the Effective Date, nonexclusive +rights to use, reproduce, modify, and display the source code and +executable code of the Program for internal research and educational +purposes only, without any rights whatsoever to redistribute the +program, under the terms and conditions of the Agreement. WHITEHEAD +and M.I.T. retain all ownership rights in the Program, including +patent rights, copyrights, and licensing rights. YOU may retain +ownership in Modifications created by YOU, provided that YOU hereby +grant to WHITEHEAD and M.I.T. a non-exclusive, royalty-free, +irrevocable, perpetual license to use reproduce, modify, display, +and distribute the source code and executable code in all such +Modifications. YOU agree to forward to M.I.T. any and all +Modifications, sending such Modifications to: (PROGRAM NAME), Broad +Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, or in +electronic form to: wga@broad.mit.edu. YOU shall be entitled to +establish all proprietary rights for itself in the Modifications, +provided that proper copyright attributions are maintained. No +rights, express or implied, for use other than specified in this +Agreement are transferred. + +2. YOU agree to restrict the use of the Program to yourself for +research and educational purposes only. YOU agree to use the +Program only at the site where the Program is downloaded. YOU agree +that the Program will not be used as the basis of a commercial +software or hardware product and that the same will not be rewritten +in another computer language or otherwise adapted to circumvent the +need for obtaining a license from M.I.T. for use of the Program +other than as specified by this Agreement. + +3. The name of the Whitehead Institute, the "Broad Institute" or +M.I.T. may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from +this software. YOU agree to acknowledge use of the Program in any +publication resulting from use of the Program according to academic +tradition. + +4. YOU acknowledge that title to the Program (including copyright) +will remain with WHITEHEAD and M.I.T. and that any copies of the +Program or portions of the Program made by YOU shall include +WHITEHEAD and M.I.T. copyright notices in the same format and +location as the copy received by YOU under this agreement. + +5. YOU accept the above materials on an "AS IS" basis. M.I.T. and +WHITEHEAD are under no obligation to load the Program onto YOUR +machines, test for proper operation, perform any debugging, make any +corrections, provide maintenance, provide any updates, or assist in +the understanding or use of the Program. The Program is a research +program, and M.I.T. and WHITEHEAD do not represent that it is free +of errors or bugs or suitable for any particular tasks. + +6. YOU AGREE THAT THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER ARE MADE AVAILABLE +WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT +NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS +FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FURTHER INCLUDING NO WARRANTY AS TO +CONFORMITY WITH WHATEVER USER MANUALS OR OTHER LITERATURE MAY BE +ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE +CONSTRUED AS A REPRESENTATION MADE OR WARRANTY GIVEN BY M.I.T. OR +WHITEHEAD THAT THE PRACTICE BY YOU OF THE LICENSE GRANTED HEREUNDER +SHALL NOT INFRINGE THE PATENT RIGHTS, COPYRIGHTS, OR OTHER +INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF M.I.T., WHITEHEAD, OR ANY THIRD +PARTY. + +IN NO EVENT SHALL M.I.T., WHITEHEAD, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, +DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR +INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ECONOMIC +DAMAGE OR INJURY TO PROPERTY AND LOST PROFITS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER +M.I.T. OR WHITEHEAD SHALL BE ADVISED, SHALL HAVE OTHER REASON TO +KNOW, OR IN FACT SHALL KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY. + +7. To the extent allowed by law, YOU shall at all times during the +term of this Agreement and thereafter, indemnify, defend and hold +harmless M.I.T., WHITEHEAD, and their respective trustees, +directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, against all +claims, proceedings, demands, and liabilities of any kind +whatsoever, including legal expenses and reasonable attorneys fees, +arising out of, connected with, resulting from or sustained as a +result of use of the Program by YOU. In no event shall M.I.T. or +WHITEHEAD be liable for special, direct, indirect or consequential +damages, losses, costs, charges, claims, demands, fees, or expenses +of any nature or kind. + +8. This Agreement shall be construed, governed, interpreted, and +applied in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of +Massachusetts, U.S.A. + +9. The term of this Agreement is one year (the "Term"). At the end +of the Term, the Agreement shall be automatically renewed under the +same terms and conditions unless M.I.T. indicates otherwise. M.I.T. +shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason by +giving thirty (30) days written notice to YOU. Upon termination for +any reason, YOU agree to destroy the original and all copies, +including partial copies, of the Program. + +10. The parties agree that this Agreement is the entire Agreement, +and shall not be subject to any change or modification except in +writing by both parties. + +11. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any +provisions of this Agreement are determined to be invalid or +unenforceable, such determination shall not in any way affect the +validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. |