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daVinci V2.1.x License
IMPORTANT:
Please read this license carefully before using this software.
By using, copying or redistributing daVinci, you accept and
agree to become bound by the terms of this license. Please do
not use this software, if you do not accept the terms of this
license.
The interactive graph visualization system daVinci V2.1.x (hereinafter
refered to as "daVinci") has been developed by the daVinci
project at Bremen Institute for Safe and Secure Systems, Universität
Bremen, Germany (hereinafter refered to as "daVinci project"). The
daVinci project grants a "right to use" license of daVinci
to any user of this software (hereinafter refered to as "licensee") for use
under the following conditions:
RIGHT TO USE LICENSE
Permission to copy the system, to redistribute it, and to use it for any
purpose is granted, subject to the following restrictions and understandings:
- Grant of License
daVinci is licensed free of charge for non-profit or internal use.
Any commercial exploitation of daVinci, as a standalone program,
as part of a more comprehensive system or in any other constellation, is
prohibitted by this license. Please contact the daVinci project
if you are interested in a commercial license of daVinci to use
it in case of for-profit applications.
- Redistribution
daVinci can only be redistributed for free or as part of a free,
non-profit software. Any copy made of daVinci must cover the
complete distribution, especially this license in full, the complete
documentation, all of the tools and examples.
- Restrictions
This license does not permit the licensee to alter, modify, improve,
decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse-engineer the obtained object
code binaries of daVinci. Especially, the licensee shall not
remove any proprietary copyright legend from daVinci or any part
thereof.
- Obligations
The licensee agree to make his/her best efforts to inform the
daVinci project about bugs and noteworthy applications of this
system.
- Acknowledgement
All materials, developed as a consequence of daVinci, shall duly
acknowledge such use, in accordance with the usual standards of
acknowledging credit in academic research.
- Disclaimer of Warranty
The licensee expressly acknowledge and agree that use of daVinci
is at the sole risk of the licensee. daVinci and related
documentation are provided "as-is". The daVinci project makes no
warranty or representation, either express or implied, for
daVinci, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The
daVinci project does not warrant that daVinci will meet
the licensees requirements, or that the operation of daVinci will
run uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects in daVinci will
be corrected. The entire risk as to the functioning, faultless operation,
quality, performance and effect on hardware or other software of
daVinci is with the licensee. Should daVinci prove
defective, the licensee assumes the cost of all necessary servicing and
repair of correction.
- Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including negligence, unless required by applicable
law, shall the daVinci project be liable for any direct, indirect,
special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
or inability to use daVinci, even if the daVinci project
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Specifically, the
daVinci project is not responsible for any costs including, but
not limited to, those incurred as a result of lost profits, revenue or
other economic loss, loss of use of the product, loss of data, the costs
of recovering such software or data, the cost of substitute software or
data, claims by third parties or for other similar costs.
- Disclaimer of Support
The daVinci project is under no obligation to provide any
services, by way of maintenance, consultation, update, or otherwise.
- Non-Exclusiveness
The licensee recognises that daVinci is released on a
non-exclusive basis and the daVinci project shall have the
exclusive right to grant licenses to others or to make such other use of
daVinci as it shall desire.
- Effectiveness and Termination
This license is taking effect after using, installing, copying or
redistributing daVinci by the licensee. By using, installing,
copying or redistributing daVinci, the licensee accepts and agrees
to become bound by all terms of this license. The license is effective
until terminated. The licensee may terminate this license at any time by
destroying all components of daVinci, related documentations
and all copies thereof. This license will terminate immediately without
notice from the daVinci project if the licensee fail to comply
with any provision of this license. Upon termination, the licensee must
destroy all components of daVinci, related documentations and all
copies thereof.
Bremen, July 10th, 1998 - The daVinci project
daVinci V2.1 Online Documentation - Page update: July 10, 1998