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+UNAFold 3.x ACADEMIC NON-COMMERCIAL USE LICENSE AGREEMENT
+
+1. UNAFold 3.x is the work of Drs. Nicholas R. Markham and Michael Zuker. The
+ copyright in UNAFold 3.x is owned by RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
+
+2. This is a legal agreement between you, RECIPIENT, and RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
+ INSTITUTE. By accepting, receiving, and using UNAFold 3.x, you agree to be
+ bound by all of its terms. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this
+ Agreement, please DO NOT download the software; or, if you have already done
+ so, please delete all of the source code, documentation and compiled programs
+ associated with UNAFold 3.x.
+
+3. UNAFold 3.x is provided to RECIPIENT as source code. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
+ INSTITUTE grants to RECIPIENT a royalty free, non-exclusive, and non-
+ transferable license to compile, install, use UNAFold for internal research
+ only. RECIPIENT acknowledges that UNAFold 3.x is a research tool that is
+ provided free of charge and only provided "as is." RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
+ INSTITUTE, its faculty, employees, or students, or former employees who have
+ developed UNAFold 3.x, have no obligation to assist RECIPIENT in its use,
+ correction, modification, or enhancement and are without any obligation to
+ provide any updates. RECIPIENT may also offer UNAFold 3.x to the public over
+ a web server provided the program resides on a server at RECIPIENT's
+ institution and users are not able to download or modify the program.
+
+4. The title and copyright to UNAFold 3.x and any associated programs and
+ documentation shall remain with RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. RECIPIENT
+ agrees to preserve same. RECIPIENT agrees not to make any copies of UNAFold
+ except for use in RECIPIENT's laboratory without RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
+ INSTITUTE's prior written permission. Written permission can be obtained by
+ contacting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Office of Technology
+ Commercialization by e-mail at burtok2@rpi.edu, or by telephone at 518-276-
+ 3675. RECIPIENT agrees to place the appropriate copyright notice on any such
+ copies.
+
+5. RECIPIENT may not modify UNAFold 3.x, except to fix minor errors, or create
+ derivative works without RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE's permission.
+ Please send all requests for modification to markhn@rpi.edu and
+ zukerm@rpi.edu. Errors and bugs that are found should be reported to Nick
+ Markham and Michael Zuker, whether or not they are corrected.
+
+6. RECIPIENT shall not distribute UNAFold 3.x to other laboratories within
+ RECIPIENT's institution. RECIPIENT shall not transfer UNAFold 3.x to another
+ location or person outside of RECIPIENT's institution without RENSSELAER
+ POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE's prior written permission. Please send all requests
+ for distribution to markhn@rpi.edu and zukerm@rpi.edu.
+
+7. If RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE grants RECIPIENT permission to distribute
+ UNAFold 3.x, under Paragraph 6, RECIPIENT shall only export UNAFold 3.x or
+ any part thereof, directly or indirectly, to any country where such export or
+ reexport is authorized in full compliance with the laws of the United States
+ of America.
+
+8. RECIPENT shall cite the following publications in any abstract, paper, or
+ presentation referencing UNAFold:
+
+a. N. Markham & M. Zuker. (2003) DINAMelt web server for nucleic acid melting
+ prediction. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:W577-W581.
+
+9. RECIPIENT acknowledges that as UNAFold 3.x is a research tool and provided
+ free of charge, it is only provided "as is." RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
+ INSTITUTE, its faculty, employees, or students, have no obligation to assist
+ RECIPIENT in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement and are
+ without any obligation to provide any updates.
+
+10. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO
+ WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF UNAFold 3.x FOR A
+ PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE USE OF UNAFold 3.x WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY
+ PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, TRADE SECRET, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
+ RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PARTY, OR ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
+ RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO RECIPIENT FOR ANY
+ CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR RECIPIENT'S OF UNAFold 3.x, ANY CLAIM
+ FOR ANY LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR
+ CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND.