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diff --git a/licenses/bioapi b/licenses/bioapi new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a36f93899 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/bioapi @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ + +============================================================================= +===================== BioAPI Consortium Disclaimer ========================= +============================================================================= + +BioAPI Reference Implementation IMPORTANT: READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING, COPYING, +INSTALLING OR USING. + +By downloading, copying, installing or using the software you agree to this +license. If you do not agree to this license, do not download, install, copy +or use the software. Copyright (c) 2000, BioAPI Consortium All rights +reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: + +Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this +list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + +Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, +this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation +and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + +Neither the name of the BioAPI Consortium nor the names of its contributors +may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without +specific prior written permission. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' +AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR +ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER +CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, +OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE +OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + +============================================================================== +====== National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Disclaimer ====== +============================================================================== + +NOTICE OF SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER AND USE + +The NIST BioAPI Reference Implementation (NIST BioAPI software) provided +herein is released to any person, company or other legal entity (Experimenter) +by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the +U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg MD 20899, USA. The NIST BioAPI +software presented here is intended for the following purposes: (1) internal +research and development by any Experimenter or (2) subsequent integration +into an Experimenter's BioAPI commercial product. The NIST BioAPI software IS +PROVIDED "AS IS" and bears NO WARRANTY, NEITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED NOR FITNESS +FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NIST does not assume liability or responsibility for +any Experimenter's use of NIST-derived software product or the results of such +use. By using this software product you agree to assume any and all liabilities +which may arise out of your use of the software. The U.S. Government shall not +be responsible for damages or liability of any kind arising out of the use of +any of this NIST BioAPI software by the Experimenter or any party acting on +the experimenter's behalf. In no case shall any Experimenter state or imply +endorsement, approval, or evaluation of its product by NIST or the U.S. +Government. + +Please note that the NIST BioAPI software contains Intellectual Property from +other (non government) entities and it is the Experimenter's responsibility +to fully comply with existing laws before using the NIST BioAPI software, or +any derivation, in any commercial product. + +Please note that within the United States, copyright protection, under Section +105 of the United States Code, Title 17, is not available for any work of the +United States Government and/or for any works created by United States +Government employees. Experimenters acknowledge that the NIST BioAPI software +contains work which was created by NIST employees and is therefore in the +public domain and is not subject to copyright. The Experimenter may use, +distribute or incorporate this code, or any part of it, provided the +Experimenter acknowledges this via an explicitit acknowledgment of NIST-related +contributions to the Experimenter's work. The Experimenter also agrees to +acknowledge, via an explicit acknowledgment, that modifications or alterations +have been made to this software by the Experimenter before redistribution. + +============================================================================== |