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| author |   Olivier Fisette <ribosome@gentoo.org> | 2008-08-27 19:18:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Olivier Fisette <ribosome@gentoo.org> | 2008-08-27 19:18:33 +0000 |
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Updated ClustalW licence.
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diff --git a/licenses/clustalw b/licenses/clustalw index 9a29cb17d35d..2bda3870c50c 100644 --- a/licenses/clustalw +++ b/licenses/clustalw @@ -1,15 +1,34 @@ - POLICY ON COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTAL W - -Clustal W is freely available to the user community. However, Clustal W is -increasingly being distributed as part of commercial sequence analysis -packages. To help us safeguard future maintenance and development, commercial -distributors of Clustal W must take out a NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENCE. Anyone -wishing to commercially distribute version 1.81 of Clustal W should contact the -authors unless they have previously taken out a licence. - -Please send bug reports, comments etc. to one of:- - - gibson@embl-heidelberg.de - thompson@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr - d.higgins@ucc.ie - +Licensing ClustalW and ClustalX
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+Date:29 November 2007
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+The copyright for ClustalW and ClustalX is held by Des Higgins, Julie Thompson and Toby Gibson
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+The binaries and source code are made available and can be distributed subject to the following conditions:
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+Users are free to redistribute ClustalW or ClustalX in it's unmodified form as long as it is not for commercial gain.
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+Anyone wishing to redistribute Clustal commercially should contact Toby Gibson at gibson@embl.de
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+If users make changes/have ideas that they believe would be useful to the broader research community they can send their suggestions to the clustal development team at clustalw@ucd.ie where they will be considered for inclusion in future releases.
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+Frequently asked questions about Clustal licensing?
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+1. Do I have to pay to use ClustalW or ClustalX?
+No - unless you wish to redistribute Clustal for profit. In this case see question 4.
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+2. Can I redistribute the Clustal binaries and source code?
+Yes. We have always wanted to see Clustal have as wide a userbase and distribution network as possible and are happy to see other sites host copies of the official Clustal code.
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+3. Can I make changes to the source code?
+You can make changes for your own purposes but you should not redistribute the changed code.
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+4. I want to include ClustalW/ClustalX in a commercial application who should I contact?
+Toby Gibson at gibson@embl.de (also cc des.higgins@ucd.ie)
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+5. There is no Clustal distribution for platform X. I have changed the code in order to compile Clustal on this platform. Can I redistribute it?
+Ideally you should send us a copy of your source code changes as well as a binary. We will include it in our contributed binaries section on our FTP site along with an acknowledgement of your contribution.
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