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This
Microsoft Research Shared Source license agreement ("MSR-SSLA") is a legal
agreement between you and Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft” or “we”) for
the software or data identified above, which may include source code, and
any associated materials, text or speech files, associated media and
"online" or electronic documentation and any updates we provide in our
discretion (together, the "Software").
By
installing, copying, or otherwise using this Software, found at
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you agree to be bound by the terms of this MSR-SSLA. If you do not agree, do
not install copy or use the Software. The Software is protected by copyright
and other intellectual property laws and is licensed, not sold.
SCOPE OF
RIGHTS:
You may
use, copy, reproduce, and distribute this Software for any non-commercial
purpose, subject to the restrictions in this MSR-SSLA. Some purposes which
can be non-commercial are teaching, academic research, public demonstrations
and personal experimentation. You may also distribute this Software with
books or other teaching materials, or publish the Software on websites, that
are intended to teach the use of the Software for academic or other
non-commercial purposes.
You may not
use or distribute this Software or any derivative works in any form for
commercial purposes. Examples of commercial purposes would be running
business operations, licensing, leasing, or selling the Software,
distributing the Software for use with commercial products, using the
Software in the creation or use of commercial products or any other activity
which purpose is to procure a commercial gain to you or others.
If the
Software includes source code or data, you may create derivative works of
such portions of the Software and distribute the modified Software for
non-commercial purposes, as provided herein.
In return, we simply require that you agree:
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That
you will not remove any copyright or other notices from the Software.
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That if
any of the Software is in binary format, you will not attempt to modify
such portions of the Software, or to reverse engineer or decompile them,
except and only to the extent authorized by applicable law.
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That if
you distribute the Software or any derivative works of the Software, you
will distribute them under the same terms and conditions as in this
license, and you will not grant other rights to the Software or
derivative works that are different from those provided by this MSR-SSLA.
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That if
you have created derivative works of the Software, and distribute such
derivative works, you will cause the modified files to carry prominent
notices so that recipients know that they are not receiving the original
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sub-licensable license, to reproduce, publicly perform or display,
install, use, modify, distribute, make and have made, sell and transfer
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That
any feedback about the Software provided by you to us is voluntarily
given, and Microsoft shall be free to use the feedback as it sees fit
without obligation or restriction of any kind, even if the feedback is
designated by you as confidential.
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THAT
THE SOFTWARE COMES "AS IS", WITH NO WARRANTIES. THIS MEANS NO EXPRESS,
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OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
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SOFTWARE OR DERIVATIVE WORKS.
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THAT
NEITHER MICROSOFT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SOFTWARE WILL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE OR THIS MSR-SSLA, INCLUDING DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT THE LAW PERMITS, NO MATTER WHAT LEGAL THEORY IT IS BASED ON.
ALSO, YOU MUST PASS THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ON WHENEVER YOU
DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE OR DERIVATIVE WORKS.
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That we
have no duty of reasonable care or lack of negligence, and we are not
obligated to (and will not) provide technical support for the Software.
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That if
you breach this MSR-SSLA or if you sue anyone over patents that you
think may apply to or read on the Software or anyone's use of the
Software, this MSR-SSLA (and your license and rights obtained herein)
terminate automatically. Upon any such termination, you shall destroy
all of your copies of the Software immediately. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 13 and 14 of this MSR-SSLA shall survive any termination of this
MSR-SSLA.
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That
the patent rights, if any, granted to you in this MSR-SSLA only apply to
the Software, not to any derivative works you make.
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That
the Software may be subject to U.S. export jurisdiction at the time it
is licensed to you, and it may be subject to additional export or import
laws in other places. You agree to comply with all such laws and
regulations that may apply to the Software after delivery of the
software to you.
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That
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That
this MSR-SSLA shall be construed and controlled by the laws of the State
of Washington, USA, without regard to conflicts of law. If any
provision of this MSR-SSLA shall be deemed unenforceable or contrary to
law, the rest of this MSR-SSLA shall remain in full effect and
interpreted in an enforceable manner that most nearly captures the
intent of the original language.
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