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MSIS® (NRL-SOF-014-1) SOFTWARE
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OPEN SOURCE ACADEMIC RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT
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1. Agreement. The MSIS® empirical atmospheric model software (hereinafter
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“Software”) is property of The Government of the United States of America. This
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software is being made available under the following terms and conditions. By
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using, modifying, reproducing, or preparing a derivative work of this Software,
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you agree to abide by the terms and conditions herein.
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2. License. In accordance with federal law, authorization is given to use,
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reproduce, and modify the Software solely for research, academic, and non-profit
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purposes and only in accordance with the terms and conditions in this Agreement.
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Any commercial use is prohibited. No other rights or permissions are provided.
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3. Basis. The Software was written by employees of the U.S. Naval Research
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Laboratory (NRL) and is property of the United States Government, as represented
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by the Secretary of the Navy. MSIS® is a registered trademark of the Government
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of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.
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Unauthorized use of the trademark is prohibited.
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4. Restrictions and Use.
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a. Sales. A user of the Software shall not sell, or license, or transfer for a
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fee the Software or portion thereof, or any derivative work of the Software, or
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any data products generated by the Software, without first obtaining the written
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consent of IP Counsel for the Naval Research Laboratory.
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b. Modifications. All modifications to the Software and derivative works of the
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Software (including translations to other programming languages) shall carry
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prominent notices stating how the files were changed and the date of the change.
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Any party who modifies the Software shall deliver the modified portion of the
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Software to authors or NRL Code 7630, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Any
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reproductions, modified versions of the Software, or derivative works shall be
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made available to the public as open source software. A party who modifies the
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Software or creates a derivative work of the Software hereby grants the
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Government of the United States of America a non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully
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paid-up license to such modifications and derivative works, and shall deliver
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such derivative works, including any source code, data, or information that
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pertains to such derivatives works, to Code 7630, U.S. Naval Research
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Laboratory. If any modifications to the Software substantially change the model
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output (including, but not limited to, alterations of the model formulation or
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model parameter values), then the modified Software shall not be identified
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“MSIS” without first obtaining the written consent of Counsel, Office of Naval
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Research, Department of the Navy. In such cases, the MSIS acronym shall
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nonetheless still appear in the individual files in order to document the
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provenance of the modified Software.
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c. Notices. Each copy of the Software, any modified Software, or derivative
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work shall include a file containing this Agreement. Any software package that
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incorporates the MSIS® Software or derivative work shall include the following
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statement: "This software incorporates the MSIS® empirical atmospheric model
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software designed and provided by NRL. Use is governed by the Open Source
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Academic Research License Agreement contained in the file
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nrlmsis2.1_license.txt."
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5. Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability: As the owner of the MSIS® software, the
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Government of the United States of America: (1) Disclaims any warranties,
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express, or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of
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merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement,
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(2) Does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy,
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completeness, or usefulness of the software, (3) Does not represent that use of
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the software would not infringe privately owned rights, (4) Does not warrant
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that the software will function uninterrupted, that is error-free or that any
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errors will be corrected.
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6. No Support. The Software is provided without any support or maintenance, and
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without any obligation to provide modifications, improvements, enhancements, or
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updates of the Software. No oral or written information or advice given by the
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NRL authors shall create a warranty or in any way modify this agreement. Should
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the Software prove defective, the user (and not NRL or any NRL representative)
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assume the cost of all necessary correction.
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