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UGent Academic License
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Definitions.
"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 7 of this document.
"Licensor" shall mean Ghent University who is authorized by the Authors to grant the License.
"Licensee" (or "Licensee’s") shall mean an individual or legal entity exercising permissions granted by this License.
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"Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work (as described in 5 c).
"Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain separable from the Work and Derivative Works thereof.
2. Grant of Copyright License on Work.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free copyright license to use the Work and prepare Derivative Works of the Work for non-commercial academic research purposes in Source or Object form. The Licensee shall not distribute or sub-license the Work to third parties without the prior written authorization of the Licensor.
3. Grant of Copyright License on Derived Works.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Licensee hereby grants to Licensor
a) a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Derivative Works for non-commercial academic research purposes in Source or Object form.
b) a perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Derivative Works for commercial purposes in Source or Object form.
4. Distribution of Derived Works.
Licensee may reproduce and distribute for non-commercial academic research purposes copies of the Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that Licensee meet the following conditions:
a) The distribution of the Derived Works shall be subject to the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 7 of this document.
b) Licensee must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that Licensee changed the files; and
c) Licensee must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works that Licensee distribute the following copyright and attribution notice: © copyright 2017 Ghent University – Universiteit Gent, all rights reserved; this Derivative work is made available for non-commercial academic research purposes and subject to an UGent Academic License (url to license)
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5. Trademarks.
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6. Disclaimer of Warranty.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each Licensee provides the Derivative Works) on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Licensee is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using the Work and assume any risks associated with Licensee’s exercise of permissions under this License.
7. Limitation of Liability.
In no event shall Licensor be liable to Licensee for damages, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses), even if Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS