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     1  
     2  CeCILL-B 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-B (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  This Agreement is an open source software license intended to give users
    39  significant freedom to modify and redistribute the software licensed
    40  hereunder.
    41  
    42  The exercising of this freedom is conditional upon a strong obligation
    43  of giving credits for everybody that distributes a software
    44  incorporating a software ruled by the current license so as all
    45  contributions to be properly identified and acknowledged.
    46  
    47  In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy,
    48  modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only
    49  with a limited warranty and the software's author, the holder of the
    50  economic rights, and the successive licensors only have limited liability.
    51  
    52  In this respect, the risks associated with loading, using, modifying
    53  and/or developing or reproducing the software by the user are brought to
    54  the user's attention, given its Free Software status, which may make it
    55  complicated to use, with the result that its use is reserved for
    56  developers and experienced professionals having in-depth computer
    57  knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the
    58  suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions
    59  enabling the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and,
    60  more generally, to use and operate it in the same conditions of
    61  security. This Agreement may be freely reproduced and published,
    62  provided it is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or
    63  removed herefrom.
    64  
    65  This Agreement may apply to any or all software for which the holder of
    66  the economic rights decides to submit the use thereof to its provisions.
    67  
    68  
    69      Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
    70  
    71  For the purpose of this Agreement, when the following expressions
    72  commence with a capital letter, they shall have the following meaning:
    73  
    74  Agreement: means this license agreement, and its possible subsequent
    75  versions and annexes.
    76  
    77  Software: means the software in its Object Code and/or Source Code form
    78  and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when the Licensee
    79  accepts the Agreement.
    80  
    81  Initial Software: means the Software in its Source Code and possibly its
    82  Object Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when
    83  it is first distributed under the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
    84  
    85  Modified Software: means the Software modified by at least one
    86  Contribution.
    87  
    88  Source Code: means all the Software's instructions and program lines to
    89  which access is required so as to modify the Software.
    90  
    91  Object Code: means the binary files originating from the compilation of
    92  the Source Code.
    93  
    94  Holder: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over the Initial
    95  Software.
    96  
    97  Licensee: means the Software user(s) having accepted the Agreement.
    98  
    99  Contributor: means a Licensee having made at least one Contribution.
   100  
   101  Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity, who
   102  distributes the Software under the Agreement.
   103  
   104  Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections, translations,
   105  adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the Software by any or
   106  all Contributors, as well as any or all Internal Modules.
   107  
   108  Module: means a set of sources files including their documentation that
   109  enables supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered
   110  by the Software.
   111  
   112  External Module: means any or all Modules, not derived from the
   113  Software, so that this Module and the Software run in separate address
   114  spaces, with one calling the other when they are run.
   115  
   116  Internal Module: means any or all Module, connected to the Software so
   117  that they both execute in the same address space.
   118  
   119  Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
   120  
   121  These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
   122  
   123  
   124      Article 2 - PURPOSE
   125  
   126  The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
   127  Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the
   128  Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the
   129  protection granted by the rights over said Software.
   130  
   131  
   132      Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
   133  
   134  3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and
   135  conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the
   136  following events:
   137  
   138      * (i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by
   139        downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical
   140        medium;
   141      * (ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights
   142        granted hereunder.
   143  
   144  3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the
   145  characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the
   146  fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided
   147  to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1
   148  hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and
   149  understood it.
   150  
   151  
   152      Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
   153  
   154  
   155        4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
   156  
   157  The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by
   158  the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1.
   159  
   160  
   161        4.2 TERM
   162  
   163  The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of
   164  protection of the economic rights over the Software.
   165  
   166  
   167      Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED
   168  
   169  The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following
   170  rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the
   171  Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
   172  
   173  Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents
   174  protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its
   175  components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by
   176  these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or
   177  modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor
   178  undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set
   179  forth in this paragraph.
   180  
   181  
   182        5.1 RIGHT OF USE
   183  
   184  The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation
   185  as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified
   186  that this comprises:
   187  
   188     1. permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software
   189        by any or all means and in any or all form.
   190  
   191     2. loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or
   192        all medium.
   193  
   194     3. entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to
   195        determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent
   196        elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee
   197        carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission
   198        or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled
   199        to carry out hereunder.
   200  
   201  
   202        5.2 ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
   203  
   204  The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt,
   205  arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right
   206  to reproduce the resulting software.
   207  
   208  The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contributions to the
   209  Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the
   210  author of said Contribution and indicates the date of the creation thereof.
   211  
   212  
   213        5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION
   214  
   215  In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish,
   216  transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or
   217  all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in
   218  consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the
   219  Software by any means.
   220  
   221  The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified
   222  or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and
   223  conditions set forth hereinafter.
   224  
   225  
   226          5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
   227  
   228  The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in
   229  Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution
   230  complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
   231  
   232     1. a copy of the Agreement,
   233  
   234     2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
   235        warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
   236  
   237  and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is
   238  redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the full Source
   239  Code of the Software at a minimum during the entire period of its
   240  distribution of the Software, it being understood that the additional
   241  cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of
   242  transferring the data.
   243  
   244  
   245          5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
   246  
   247  If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting
   248  Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other
   249  than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article
   250  5.3.4.
   251  
   252  
   253          5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
   254  
   255  When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and
   256  conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that
   257  may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
   258  
   259  
   260          5.3.4 CREDITS
   261  
   262  Any Licensee who may distribute a Modified Software hereby expressly
   263  agrees to:
   264  
   265     1. indicate in the related documentation that it is based on the
   266        Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the intellectual
   267        property notice for the Software,
   268  
   269     2. ensure that written indications of the Software intended use,
   270        intellectual property notice and license hereunder are included in
   271        easily accessible format from the Modified Software interface,
   272  
   273     3. mention, on a freely accessible website describing the Modified
   274        Software, at least throughout the distribution term thereof, that
   275        it is based on the Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the
   276        Software intellectual property notice,
   277  
   278     4. where it is distributed to a third party that may distribute a
   279        Modified Software without having to make its source code
   280        available, make its best efforts to ensure that said third party
   281        agrees to comply with the obligations set forth in this Article .
   282  
   283  If the Software, whether or not modified, is distributed with an
   284  External Module designed for use in connection with the Software, the
   285  Licensee shall submit said External Module to the foregoing obligations.
   286  
   287  
   288          5.3.5 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CeCILL AND CeCILL-C LICENSES
   289  
   290  Where a Modified Software contains a Contribution subject to the CeCILL
   291  license, the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
   292  
   293  A Modified Software may be distributed under the CeCILL-C license. In
   294  such a case the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
   295  
   296  
   297      Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
   298  
   299  
   300        6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE
   301  
   302  The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or
   303  all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms
   304  and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work
   305  and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the
   306  distribution of said Initial Software.
   307  
   308  The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at
   309  least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2.
   310  
   311  
   312        6.2 OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS
   313  
   314  The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the owner of the
   315  intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by
   316  applicable law.
   317  
   318  
   319        6.3 OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES
   320  
   321  The Licensee who develops an External Module is the owner of the
   322  intellectual property rights over this External Module as defined by
   323  applicable law and is free to choose the type of agreement that shall
   324  govern its distribution.
   325  
   326  
   327        6.4 JOINT PROVISIONS
   328  
   329  The Licensee expressly undertakes:
   330  
   331     1. not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property
   332        notices attached to the Software;
   333  
   334     2. to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies
   335        of the Software modified or not.
   336  
   337  The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the
   338  intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the
   339  Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all
   340  measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights
   341  of the Holder and/or Contributors.
   342  
   343  
   344      Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES
   345  
   346  7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to
   347  provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software.
   348  
   349  However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The
   350  terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such
   351  maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the
   352  Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services
   353  shall incur liability therefor.
   354  
   355  7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under
   356  its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon
   357  itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified
   358  Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said
   359  warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application,
   360  shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor
   361  and the Licensee.
   362  
   363  
   364      Article 8 - LIABILITY
   365  
   366  8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be
   367  entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered
   368  from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant
   369  Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof.
   370  
   371  8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under
   372  this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular:
   373  (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its
   374  obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the
   375  Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more
   376  generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly
   377  agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data,
   378  loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders,
   379  opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all
   380  legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party,
   381  shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to
   382  any or all compensation from the Licensor.
   383  
   384  
   385      Article 9 - WARRANTY
   386  
   387  9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical
   388  state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all
   389  possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of
   390  possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's
   391  attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using,
   392  modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are
   393  reserved for experienced users.
   394  
   395  The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means,
   396  the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working
   397  order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons
   398  or properties.
   399  
   400  9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled
   401  to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the
   402  rights set forth in Article 5).
   403  
   404  9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by
   405  the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than
   406  that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty
   407  as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
   408  nature.
   409  
   410  Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free
   411  from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will
   412  be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software
   413  configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements.
   414  
   415  9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the
   416  Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right
   417  relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore,
   418  the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee
   419  arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be
   420  instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the
   421  Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against
   422  the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal
   423  assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be
   424  decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the
   425  Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor
   426  disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the
   427  name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of
   428  prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence
   429  of a trademark.
   430  
   431  
   432      Article 10 - TERMINATION
   433  
   434  10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations
   435  hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement
   436  thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has
   437  remained ineffective.
   438  
   439  10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be
   440  authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any
   441  licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement
   442  shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance
   443  with the terms and conditions hereof.
   444  
   445  
   446      Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
   447  
   448  
   449        11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS
   450  
   451  Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to
   452  perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force
   453  majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective
   454  functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications
   455  networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by
   456  government authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes,
   457  fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc.
   458  
   459  11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke
   460  one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be
   461  interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to
   462  invoke said provision(s) subsequently.
   463  
   464  11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements,
   465  whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same
   466  purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said
   467  Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the
   468  terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties
   469  unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized
   470  representatives.
   471  
   472  11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to
   473  conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text,
   474  said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make
   475  the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative
   476  text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity
   477  of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not
   478  cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid.
   479  
   480  
   481        11.5 LANGUAGE
   482  
   483  The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions
   484  are deemed authentic.
   485  
   486  
   487      Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
   488  
   489  12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this
   490  Agreement.
   491  
   492  12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is
   493  protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who
   494  reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the
   495  Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may
   496  address new issues encountered by Free Software.
   497  
   498  12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may
   499  only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement
   500  or a subsequent version.
   501  
   502  
   503      Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
   504  
   505  13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to
   506  endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes
   507  that may arise during the performance of the Agreement.
   508  
   509  13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their
   510  occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the
   511  disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having
   512  jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
   513  
   514  
   515  Version 1.0 dated 2006-09-05.