LICENSE.TXT

Model SEED Public License (MSPL)

Copyright (c) 2009-2011 University of Chicago and Fellowship for
Interpretation of Genomes. All Rights Reserved.

 1) The "Software", below, refers to the Model SEED (in
 either source-code, or binary form and related documentation) and a
 "work based on the Software" means a work based on either the
 Software, on part of the Software, or on any derivative work of the
 Software under copyright law: that is, a work containing all or a
 portion of the Software either verbatim or with modifications.  Each
 licensee is addressed as "you" or "Licensee."

 2) The University of Chicago as Operator of Argonne National
 Laboratory and the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes are the
 copyright holders in the Software.  The holders reserve all rights
 except those expressly granted to the Licensee herein and license
 rights held by the U.S. Government.

 3) A copy or copies of the Software may be given to others, if you
 meet the following conditions:

    a) Copies in source code form must include the copyright notice
    and this license.

    b) Copies in binary form must include the copyright notice and
    this license in the documentation.

 4) All advertising materials, journal articles and documentation
 mentioning features derived from or use of the Software must display
 the following acknowledgement:

    "This product includes software developed by and/or derived from
    the SEED project (http://www.theseed.org/)."

    In the event that the product being advertised includes an intact
    SEED distribution (with copyright and license included) then this
    clause is waived.

 5) You may make modifications to the Software, however, if you modify
 a copy or copies of the Software or any portion of it, thus forming a
 work based on the Software, and give a copy or copies of such work to
 others, either in source code or binary form, you must meet the
 following conditions:

    a) The Software must carry prominent notices stating that you
    changed portions of the Software.

    b) The Software must display the following acknowledgement:

       "This product includes software developed by and/or derived
       from the SEED Project (http://www.theseed.org/) to
       which the U.S. Government retains certain rights."

 6) LICENSEE AGREES THAT THE EXPORT OF GOODS AND/OR TECHNICAL DATA
 FROM THE UNITED STATES MAY REQUIRE SOME FORM OF EXPORT CONTROL
 LICENSE FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THAT FAILURE TO OBTAIN SUCH
 EXPORT CONTROL LICENSE MAY RESULT IN CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER
 U.S. LAWS.

 7) Portions of the Software resulted from work developed under a
 U.S. Government contract and are subject to the following license:
 the Government is granted for itself and others acting on its behalf
 a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in this
 computer software to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform
 publicly and display publicly.

 8) The Software was prepared, in part, as an account of work
 sponsored by an agency of the United States Government.  Neither the
 United States, nor the University of Chicago, nor any contributors to
 the SEED Project or SEED Toolkit, nor any of their employees, makes
 any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or
 responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
 information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents
 that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

 9) IN NO EVENT WILL THE UNITED STATES, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE
 FELLOWSHIP FOR INTERPRETATION OF GENOMES, OR ANY CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
 SEED PROJECT OR SEED TOOLKIT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING
 DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
 EXERCISE OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE.

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