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ASAD - License details

The ASAD package including all ASAD source code, documentation, utilities and ASAD reaction database are distributed free of any charge but without any warranty, implied or otherwise, of any kind. The ASAD package is copyright Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University, 1995-2004. We retain the copyright and all other legal rights to the package and make it available non-exclusively. All users must ensure that any and all copyright notices contained in the package remain at all times.

You are allowed to use, copy and modify the software (in source and binary forms) under the following terms and conditions. You are not allowed to distribute this software except with the written permission of the maintainer. These conditions are designed not to be restrictive but to protect the rights of the developers and users. Any documentation, announcements, scientific papers and other materials related to use should acknowledge that the software was developed at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University.

1. This license applies to the ASAD 'package' which we define to be all the files in the ASAD distribution file ('tarfile') and includes this notice, all ASAD source code, all utility source code, the ASAD reaction database and the documentation. This license also covers the ASAD code when it is included in any 'work' or program or any code derived from the program. The originating ASAD package is that held and distributed by the Centre for Atmospheric Science. This license may be changed for future versions of the ASAD package.
2. You may not distribute this package in any form without written permission of the authors.
3. You are free to modify the software in any way you choose provided:
   1. The developers wish to maintain the `master' version of the ASAD package. It is not a condition for usage but the developers would request that any changes which may be of scientific value be communicated to them so that it may be included in the originating source. Appropriate acknowledgement would be given for such changes.
   2. The user takes full responsibility for the accuracy of their results using ASAD. The authors cannot be held responsible under any circumstances for inaccuracies in results and their consequences arising out of misuse of this software.
4. You are free to use this software in any way you see fit and incorporate it or parts of it into your own programs provided:
   1. You respect the research development effort for the package and make appropriate acknowledgement for the contribution ASAD made to your work.
   2. You do not attempt to patent the ASAD package or any part of it.
   3. You do not attempt to include the ASAD package or any part of it into a commercial product without obtaining prior written permission from the developers.
   4. If the ASAD code or any part of it is included in your own programs any copyright notice within that code remains intact.
   5. Neither the name of the authors, the Centre for Atmospheric Science nor Cambridge University may be used to endorse or promote products derived from the package without prior written permission.
   6. The software is for 'non-profit' use.
5. You are not required to accept this license since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to use or modify the `package'. Therefore by using, modifying or distributing the `package' you indicate your acceptance of this license and all terms and conditions in it.
6. As this `package' is distributed free of charge, there is no warranty for the package of any kind, implied or otherwise. The package is provided `as is'. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with the user.
7. In no event will the developers or Cambridge University be held responsible for any damages, of any kind whatsoever, (including loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate) arising out of the use or inability to use the ASAD package.