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     1  
     2  CeCILL FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
     3  
     4  
     5      Notice
     6  
     7  This Agreement is a Free Software license agreement that is the result
     8  of discussions between its authors in order to ensure compliance with
     9  the two main principles guiding its drafting:
    10  
    11      * firstly, compliance with the principles governing the distribution
    12        of Free Software: access to source code, broad rights granted to
    13        users,
    14      * secondly, the election of a governing law, French law, with which
    15        it is conformant, both as regards the law of torts and
    16        intellectual property law, and the protection that it offers to
    17        both authors and holders of the economic rights over software.
    18  
    19  The authors of the CeCILL (for Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre])
    20  license are:
    21  
    22  Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CEA, a public scientific, technical
    23  and industrial research establishment, having its principal place of
    24  business at 25 rue Leblanc, immeuble Le Ponant D, 75015 Paris, France.
    25  
    26  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, a public scientific
    27  and technological establishment, having its principal place of business
    28  at 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris cedex 16, France.
    29  
    30  Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique -
    31  INRIA, a public scientific and technological establishment, having its
    32  principal place of business at Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP
    33  105, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, France.
    34  
    35  
    36      Preamble
    37  
    38  The purpose of this Free Software license agreement is to grant users
    39  the right to modify and redistribute the software governed by this
    40  license within the framework of an open source distribution model.
    41  
    42  The exercising of these rights is conditional upon certain obligations
    43  for users so as to preserve this status for all subsequent redistributions.
    44  
    45  In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy,
    46  modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only
    47  with a limited warranty and the software's author, the holder of the
    48  economic rights, and the successive licensors only have limited liability.
    49  
    50  In this respect, the risks associated with loading, using, modifying
    51  and/or developing or reproducing the software by the user are brought to
    52  the user's attention, given its Free Software status, which may make it
    53  complicated to use, with the result that its use is reserved for
    54  developers and experienced professionals having in-depth computer
    55  knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the
    56  suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions
    57  enabling the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and,
    58  more generally, to use and operate it in the same conditions of
    59  security. This Agreement may be freely reproduced and published,
    60  provided it is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or
    61  removed herefrom.
    62  
    63  This Agreement may apply to any or all software for which the holder of
    64  the economic rights decides to submit the use thereof to its provisions.
    65  
    66  
    67      Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
    68  
    69  For the purpose of this Agreement, when the following expressions
    70  commence with a capital letter, they shall have the following meaning:
    71  
    72  Agreement: means this license agreement, and its possible subsequent
    73  versions and annexes.
    74  
    75  Software: means the software in its Object Code and/or Source Code form
    76  and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when the Licensee
    77  accepts the Agreement.
    78  
    79  Initial Software: means the Software in its Source Code and possibly its
    80  Object Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when
    81  it is first distributed under the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
    82  
    83  Modified Software: means the Software modified by at least one
    84  Contribution.
    85  
    86  Source Code: means all the Software's instructions and program lines to
    87  which access is required so as to modify the Software.
    88  
    89  Object Code: means the binary files originating from the compilation of
    90  the Source Code.
    91  
    92  Holder: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over the Initial
    93  Software.
    94  
    95  Licensee: means the Software user(s) having accepted the Agreement.
    96  
    97  Contributor: means a Licensee having made at least one Contribution.
    98  
    99  Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity, who
   100  distributes the Software under the Agreement.
   101  
   102  Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections, translations,
   103  adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the Software by any or
   104  all Contributors, as well as any or all Internal Modules.
   105  
   106  Module: means a set of sources files including their documentation that
   107  enables supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered
   108  by the Software.
   109  
   110  External Module: means any or all Modules, not derived from the
   111  Software, so that this Module and the Software run in separate address
   112  spaces, with one calling the other when they are run.
   113  
   114  Internal Module: means any or all Module, connected to the Software so
   115  that they both execute in the same address space.
   116  
   117  GNU GPL: means the GNU General Public License version 2 or any
   118  subsequent version, as published by the Free Software Foundation Inc.
   119  
   120  Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
   121  
   122  These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
   123  
   124  
   125      Article 2 - PURPOSE
   126  
   127  The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
   128  Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the
   129  Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the
   130  protection granted by the rights over said Software.
   131  
   132  
   133      Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
   134  
   135  3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and
   136  conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the
   137  following events:
   138  
   139      * (i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by
   140        downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical
   141        medium;
   142      * (ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights
   143        granted hereunder.
   144  
   145  3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the
   146  characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the
   147  fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided
   148  to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1
   149  hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and
   150  understood it.
   151  
   152  
   153      Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
   154  
   155  
   156        4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
   157  
   158  The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by
   159  the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1.
   160  
   161  
   162        4.2 TERM
   163  
   164  The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of
   165  protection of the economic rights over the Software.
   166  
   167  
   168      Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED
   169  
   170  The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following
   171  rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the
   172  Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
   173  
   174  Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents
   175  protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its
   176  components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by
   177  these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or
   178  modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor
   179  undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set
   180  forth in this paragraph.
   181  
   182  
   183        5.1 RIGHT OF USE
   184  
   185  The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation
   186  as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified
   187  that this comprises:
   188  
   189     1. permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software
   190        by any or all means and in any or all form.
   191  
   192     2. loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or
   193        all medium.
   194  
   195     3. entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to
   196        determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent
   197        elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee
   198        carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission
   199        or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled
   200        to carry out hereunder.
   201  
   202  
   203        5.2 ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
   204  
   205  The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt,
   206  arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right
   207  to reproduce the resulting software.
   208  
   209  The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contributions to the
   210  Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the
   211  author of said Contribution and indicates the date of the creation thereof.
   212  
   213  
   214        5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION
   215  
   216  In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish,
   217  transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or
   218  all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in
   219  consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the
   220  Software by any means.
   221  
   222  The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified
   223  or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and
   224  conditions set forth hereinafter.
   225  
   226  
   227          5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
   228  
   229  The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in
   230  Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution
   231  complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
   232  
   233     1. a copy of the Agreement,
   234  
   235     2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
   236        warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
   237  
   238  and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is
   239  redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees unhindered access to
   240  the full Source Code of the Software by indicating how to access it, it
   241  being understood that the additional cost of acquiring the Source Code
   242  shall not exceed the cost of transferring the data.
   243  
   244  
   245          5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
   246  
   247  When the Licensee makes a Contribution to the Software, the terms and
   248  conditions for the distribution of the resulting Modified Software
   249  become subject to all the provisions of this Agreement.
   250  
   251  The Licensee is authorized to distribute the Modified Software, in
   252  source code or object code form, provided that said distribution
   253  complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
   254  
   255     1. a copy of the Agreement,
   256  
   257     2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
   258        warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
   259  
   260  and that, in the event that only the object code of the Modified
   261  Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees
   262  unhindered access to the full source code of the Modified Software by
   263  indicating how to access it, it being understood that the additional
   264  cost of acquiring the source code shall not exceed the cost of
   265  transferring the data.
   266  
   267  
   268          5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
   269  
   270  When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and
   271  conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that
   272  may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
   273  
   274  
   275          5.3.4 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GNU GPL
   276  
   277  The Licensee can include a code that is subject to the provisions of one
   278  of the versions of the GNU GPL in the Modified or unmodified Software,
   279  and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of
   280  the GNU GPL.
   281  
   282  The Licensee can include the Modified or unmodified Software in a code
   283  that is subject to the provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL,
   284  and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of
   285  the GNU GPL.
   286  
   287  
   288      Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
   289  
   290  
   291        6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE
   292  
   293  The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or
   294  all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms
   295  and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work
   296  and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the
   297  distribution of said Initial Software.
   298  
   299  The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at
   300  least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2.
   301  
   302  
   303        6.2 OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS
   304  
   305  The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the owner of the
   306  intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by
   307  applicable law.
   308  
   309  
   310        6.3 OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES
   311  
   312  The Licensee who develops an External Module is the owner of the
   313  intellectual property rights over this External Module as defined by
   314  applicable law and is free to choose the type of agreement that shall
   315  govern its distribution.
   316  
   317  
   318        6.4 JOINT PROVISIONS
   319  
   320  The Licensee expressly undertakes:
   321  
   322     1. not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property
   323        notices attached to the Software;
   324  
   325     2. to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies
   326        of the Software modified or not.
   327  
   328  The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the
   329  intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the
   330  Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all
   331  measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights
   332  of the Holder and/or Contributors.
   333  
   334  
   335      Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES
   336  
   337  7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to
   338  provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software.
   339  
   340  However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The
   341  terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such
   342  maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the
   343  Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services
   344  shall incur liability therefor.
   345  
   346  7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under
   347  its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon
   348  itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified
   349  Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said
   350  warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application,
   351  shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor
   352  and the Licensee.
   353  
   354  
   355      Article 8 - LIABILITY
   356  
   357  8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be
   358  entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered
   359  from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant
   360  Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof.
   361  
   362  8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under
   363  this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular:
   364  (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its
   365  obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the
   366  Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more
   367  generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly
   368  agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data,
   369  loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders,
   370  opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all
   371  legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party,
   372  shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to
   373  any or all compensation from the Licensor.
   374  
   375  
   376      Article 9 - WARRANTY
   377  
   378  9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical
   379  state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all
   380  possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of
   381  possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's
   382  attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using,
   383  modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are
   384  reserved for experienced users.
   385  
   386  The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means,
   387  the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working
   388  order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons
   389  or properties.
   390  
   391  9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled
   392  to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the
   393  rights set forth in Article 5).
   394  
   395  9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by
   396  the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than
   397  that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty
   398  as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
   399  nature.
   400  
   401  Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free
   402  from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will
   403  be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software
   404  configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements.
   405  
   406  9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the
   407  Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right
   408  relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore,
   409  the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee
   410  arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be
   411  instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the
   412  Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against
   413  the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal
   414  assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be
   415  decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the
   416  Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor
   417  disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the
   418  name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of
   419  prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence
   420  of a trademark.
   421  
   422  
   423      Article 10 - TERMINATION
   424  
   425  10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations
   426  hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement
   427  thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has
   428  remained ineffective.
   429  
   430  10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be
   431  authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any
   432  licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement
   433  shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance
   434  with the terms and conditions hereof.
   435  
   436  
   437      Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
   438  
   439  
   440        11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS
   441  
   442  Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to
   443  perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force
   444  majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective
   445  functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications
   446  networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by
   447  government authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes,
   448  fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc.
   449  
   450  11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke
   451  one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be
   452  interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to
   453  invoke said provision(s) subsequently.
   454  
   455  11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements,
   456  whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same
   457  purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said
   458  Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the
   459  terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties
   460  unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized
   461  representatives.
   462  
   463  11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to
   464  conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text,
   465  said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make
   466  the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative
   467  text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity
   468  of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not
   469  cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid.
   470  
   471  
   472        11.5 LANGUAGE
   473  
   474  The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions
   475  are deemed authentic.
   476  
   477  
   478      Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
   479  
   480  12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this
   481  Agreement.
   482  
   483  12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is
   484  protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who
   485  reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the
   486  Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may
   487  address new issues encountered by Free Software.
   488  
   489  12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may
   490  only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement
   491  or a subsequent version, subject to the provisions of Article 5.3.4.
   492  
   493  
   494      Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
   495  
   496  13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to
   497  endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes
   498  that may arise during the performance of the Agreement.
   499  
   500  13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their
   501  occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the
   502  disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having
   503  jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
   504  
   505  
   506  Version 2.0 dated 2006-09-05.