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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Obligations
    The licensee agree to make his/her best efforts to inform the daVinci project about bugs and noteworthy applications of this system.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Disclaimer of Support
    The daVinci project is under no obligation to provide any services, by way of maintenance, consultation, update, or otherwise.
  9. 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.
  10. 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