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CeCILL-B FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
CeCILL FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
Notice
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intellectual property law, and the protection that it offers to
both authors and holders of the economic rights over software.
The authors of the CeCILL-B (for Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre])
license are:
The authors of the CeCILL (for Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre])
license are:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CEA, a public scientific, technical
and industrial research establishment, having its principal place of
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Preamble
This Agreement is an open source software license intended to give users
significant freedom to modify and redistribute the software licensed
hereunder.
The purpose of this Free Software license agreement is to grant users
the right to modify and redistribute the software governed by this
license within the framework of an open source distribution model.
The exercising of this freedom is conditional upon a strong obligation
of giving credits for everybody that distributes a software
incorporating a software ruled by the current license so as all
contributions to be properly identified and acknowledged.
The exercising of these rights is conditional upon certain obligations
for users so as to preserve this status for all subsequent redistributions.
In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy,
modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only
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Internal Module: means any or all Module, connected to the Software so
that they both execute in the same address space.
GNU GPL: means the GNU General Public License version 2 or any
subsequent version, as published by the Free Software Foundation Inc.
Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
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The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the
Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the
protection granted by the rights over said Software.
protection granted by the rights over said Software.
Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
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warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is
redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the full Source
Code of the Software at a minimum during the entire period of its
distribution of the Software, it being understood that the additional
cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of
transferring the data.
redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees unhindered access to
the full Source Code of the Software by indicating how to access it, it
being understood that the additional cost of acquiring the Source Code
shall not exceed the cost of transferring the data.
5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting
Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other
than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article
5.3.4.
5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that
may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
When the Licensee makes a Contribution to the Software, the terms and
conditions for the distribution of the resulting Modified Software
become subject to all the provisions of this Agreement.
5.3.4 CREDITS
The Licensee is authorized to distribute the Modified Software, in
source code or object code form, provided that said distribution
complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
Any Licensee who may distribute a Modified Software hereby expressly
agrees to:
1. a copy of the Agreement,
1. indicate in the related documentation that it is based on the
Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the intellectual
property notice for the Software,
2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
2. ensure that written indications of the Software intended use,
intellectual property notice and license hereunder are included in
easily accessible format from the Modified Software interface,
and that, in the event that only the object code of the Modified
Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees
unhindered access to the full source code of the Modified Software by
indicating how to access it, it being understood that the additional
cost of acquiring the source code shall not exceed the cost of
transferring the data.
3. mention, on a freely accessible website describing the Modified
Software, at least throughout the distribution term thereof, that
it is based on the Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the
Software intellectual property notice,
4. where it is distributed to a third party that may distribute a
Modified Software without having to make its source code
available, make its best efforts to ensure that said third party
agrees to comply with the obligations set forth in this Article .
5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
If the Software, whether or not modified, is distributed with an
External Module designed for use in connection with the Software, the
Licensee shall submit said External Module to the foregoing obligations.
When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that
may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
5.3.5 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CeCILL AND CeCILL-C LICENSES
5.3.4 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GNU GPL
Where a Modified Software contains a Contribution subject to the CeCILL
license, the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
The Licensee can include a code that is subject to the provisions of one
of the versions of the GNU GPL in the Modified or unmodified Software,
and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of
the GNU GPL.
A Modified Software may be distributed under the CeCILL-C license. In
such a case the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
The Licensee can include the Modified or unmodified Software in a code
that is subject to the provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL,
and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of
the GNU GPL.
Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by
the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than
that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty
as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
nature.
Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free
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12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may
only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement
or a subsequent version.
or a subsequent version, subject to the provisions of Article 5.3.4.
Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
Version 1.0 dated 2006-09-05.
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Version 2.0 dated 2006-09-05.
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