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diff --git a/licenses/vmd b/licenses/vmd deleted file mode 100644 index c62f47280..000000000 --- a/licenses/vmd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,135 +0,0 @@ -UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS -VISUAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT - -Upon execution of this Agreement by the party identified below ("Licensee"), -The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ("Illinois"), on behalf -of The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group ("TCBG") in the Beckman -Institute, will provide the Visual Molecular Dynamics ("VMD") software in -ExecutableCode and/or Source Code form ("Software") to Licensee, subject to -the following terms and conditions. For purposes of this Agreement, -Executable Code is the compiled code, which is ready to run on Licensee's -computer. Source code consists of a set of files which contain the actual -program commands that are compiled to form the Executable Code. - -1. The Software is intellectual property owned by Illinois, and all right, -title and interest, including copyright, remain with Illinois. Illinois -grants, and Licensee hereby accepts, a restricted, non-exclusive, -non-transferable license to use the Software for academic, research and -internal business purposes only, e.g. not for commercial use (see Clause 7 -below), without a fee. - -2. Licensee may, at its own expense, create and freely distribute -complimentary works that interoperate with the Software, directing others to -the TCBG server to license and obtain the Software itself. Licensee may, at -its own expense, modify the Software to make derivative works. Except as -explicitly provided below, this License shall apply to any derivative work -as it does to the original Software distributed by Illinois. Any derivative -work should be clearly marked and renamed to notify users that it is a -modified version and not the original Software distributed by Illinois. -Licensee agrees to reproduce the copyright notice and other proprietary -markings on any derivative work and to include in the documentation of such -work the acknowledgement: - - "This software includes code developed by the Theoretical and Computational - Biophysics Group in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and - Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." - -Licensee may redistribute without restriction works with up to 1/2 of their -non-comment source code derived from at most 1/10 of the non-comment source -code developed by Illinois and contained in the Software, provided that the -above directions for notice and acknowledgement are observed. Any other -distribution of the Software or any derivative work requires a separate -license with Illinois. Licensee may contact Illinois (vmd@ks.uiuc.edu) to -negotiate an appropriate license for such distribution. - -3. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED -"AS IS" AND ILLINOIS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF -ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES -OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE USE OF -THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHTS. -LICENSEE ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE -SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS. LICENSEE AGREES THAT UNIVERSITY SHALL -NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL -DAMAGES WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM BY LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY ON ACCOUNT -OF OR ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED -MATERIALS. - -4. Licensee understands the Software is proprietary to Illinois. Licensee -agrees to take all reasonable steps to insure that the Softwareis -protected and secured from unauthorized disclosure, use, or release and -will treat it with at least the same level of care as Licensee would use to -protect and secure its own proprietary computer programs and/or information, -but using no less than a reasonable standard of care. Licensee agrees to -provide the Software only to any other person or entity who has registered -with Illinois. If licensee is not registering as an individual but as an -institution or corporation each member of the institution or corporation -who has access to or uses Software must agree to and abide by the terms -of this license. If Licensee becomes aware of any unauthorized licensing, -copying or use of the Software, Licensee shall promptly notify Illinois -in writing. Licensee expressly agrees to use the Software only in the -manner and for the specific uses authorized in this Agreement. - -5. By using or copying this Software, Licensee agrees to abide by the -copyright law and all other applicable laws of the U.S. including, but not -limited to, export control laws and the terms of this license. Illinois -shall have the right to terminate this license immediately by written -notice upon Licensee's breach of, or non-compliance with, any -terms of the license. Licensee may be held legally responsible for any -copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by its failure to -abideby the terms of this license. Upon termination, Licensee agrees to -destroyall copies of the Software in its possession and to verify such -destruction in writing. - -6. The user agrees that any reports or published results obtained with -the Software will acknowledge its use by the appropriate citation as -follows: - -"VMD was developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group - in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." - -Any published work which utilizes VMD shall include the following reference: -"Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD -Visual Molecular -Dynamics', J. Molecular Graphics, 1996, vol. 14, pp. 33-38." - -Electronic documents will include a direct link to the official VMD page -at http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ - -7. Commercial use of the Software, or derivative works based thereon, -REQUIRES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE. Should Licensee wish to make commercial -use of the Software, Licensee will contact Illinois (vmd@ks.uiuc.edu) to -negotiate an appropriate license for such use. Commercial use includes: -(1) integration of all or part of the Software into a product for sale, -lease or license by or on behalf of Licensee to third parties, or -(2) distribution of the Software to third parties that need it to -commercialize product sold or licensed by or on behalf of Licensee. - -8. Government Rights. Because substantial governmental funds have been -used in the development of VMD, any possession, use or sublicense of the -Software by or to the United States government shall be subject to such -required restrictions. - -9. VMD is being distributed as a research and teaching tool and as -such, TCBG encourages contributions from users of the code that might, at -Illinois' sole discretion, be used or incorporated to make the basic -operating framework of the Software a more stable, flexible, and/or useful -product. Licensees who contribute their code to become an internal -portion of the Software agree that such code may be distributed by -Illinois under the terms of this License and may be required to sign an -"Agreement Regarding Contributory Code for VMD Software" before Illinois -can accept it (contact vmd@ks.uiuc.edu for a copy). - -UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED. - - -Contact Information: - -The best contact path for licensing issues is by e-mail to -vmd@ks.uiuc.edu or send correspondence to: - VMD Team - Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group - Beckman Institute - University of Illinois - 405 North Mathews MC-251 - Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA - FAX: (217) 244-6078 |