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     1  
     2  CeCILL-C 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-C (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 re-use the software governed by this license.
    40  
    41  The exercising of this right is conditional upon the obligation to make
    42  available to the community the modifications made to the source code of
    43  the software so as to contribute to its evolution.
    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  Integrated 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 Integrated
    98  Contribution.
    99  
   100  Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity, who
   101  distributes the Software under the Agreement.
   102  
   103  Integrated Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections,
   104  translations, adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the
   105  Source Code by any or all Contributors.
   106  
   107  Related Module: means a set of sources files including their
   108  documentation that, without modification to the Source Code, enables
   109  supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered by the
   110  Software.
   111  
   112  Derivative Software: means any combination of the Software, modified or
   113  not, and of a Related Module.
   114  
   115  Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
   116  
   117  These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
   118  
   119  
   120      Article 2 - PURPOSE
   121  
   122  The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
   123  Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the
   124  Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the
   125  protection granted by the rights over said Software.
   126  
   127  
   128      Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
   129  
   130  3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and
   131  conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the
   132  following events:
   133  
   134      * (i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by
   135        downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical
   136        medium;
   137      * (ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights
   138        granted hereunder.
   139  
   140  3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the
   141  characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the
   142  fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided
   143  to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1
   144  hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and
   145  understood it.
   146  
   147  
   148      Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
   149  
   150  
   151        4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
   152  
   153  The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by
   154  the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1.
   155  
   156  
   157        4.2 TERM
   158  
   159  The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of
   160  protection of the economic rights over the Software.
   161  
   162  
   163      Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED
   164  
   165  The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following
   166  rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the
   167  Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
   168  
   169  Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents
   170  protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its
   171  components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by
   172  these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or
   173  modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor
   174  undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set
   175  forth in this paragraph.
   176  
   177  
   178        5.1 RIGHT OF USE
   179  
   180  The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation
   181  as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified
   182  that this comprises:
   183  
   184     1. permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software
   185        by any or all means and in any or all form.
   186  
   187     2. loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or
   188        all medium.
   189  
   190     3. entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to
   191        determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent
   192        elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee
   193        carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission
   194        or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled
   195        to carry out hereunder.
   196  
   197  
   198        5.2 RIGHT OF MODIFICATION
   199  
   200  The right of modification includes the right to translate, adapt,
   201  arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right
   202  to reproduce the resulting software. It includes, in particular, the
   203  right to create a Derivative Software.
   204  
   205  The Licensee is authorized to make any or all modification to the
   206  Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the
   207  author of said modification and indicates the date of the creation thereof.
   208  
   209  
   210        5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION
   211  
   212  In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish,
   213  transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or
   214  all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in
   215  consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the
   216  Software by any means.
   217  
   218  The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified
   219  or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and
   220  conditions set forth hereinafter.
   221  
   222  
   223          5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
   224  
   225  The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in
   226  Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution
   227  complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
   228  
   229     1. a copy of the Agreement,
   230  
   231     2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
   232        warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
   233  
   234  and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is
   235  redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the full Source
   236  Code of the Software at a minimum during the entire period of its
   237  distribution of the Software, it being understood that the additional
   238  cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of
   239  transferring the data.
   240  
   241  
   242          5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
   243  
   244  When the Licensee makes an Integrated Contribution to the Software, the
   245  terms and conditions for the distribution of the resulting Modified
   246  Software become subject to all the provisions of this Agreement.
   247  
   248  The Licensee is authorized to distribute the Modified Software, in
   249  source code or object code form, provided that said distribution
   250  complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
   251  
   252     1. a copy of the Agreement,
   253  
   254     2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
   255        warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
   256  
   257  and that, in the event that only the object code of the Modified
   258  Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the
   259  full source code of the Modified Software at a minimum during the entire
   260  period of its distribution of the Modified Software, it being understood
   261  that the additional cost of acquiring the source code shall not exceed
   262  the cost of transferring the data.
   263  
   264  
   265          5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF DERIVATIVE SOFTWARE
   266  
   267  When the Licensee creates Derivative Software, this Derivative Software
   268  may be distributed under a license agreement other than this Agreement,
   269  subject to compliance with the requirement to include a notice
   270  concerning the rights over the Software as defined in Article 6.4.
   271  In the event the creation of the Derivative Software required modification
   272  of the Source Code, the Licensee undertakes that:
   273  
   274     1. the resulting Modified Software will be governed by this Agreement,
   275     2. the Integrated Contributions in the resulting Modified Software
   276        will be clearly identified and documented,
   277     3. the Licensee will allow effective access to the source code of the
   278        Modified Software, at a minimum during the entire period of
   279        distribution of the Derivative Software, such that such
   280        modifications may be carried over in a subsequent version of the
   281        Software; it being understood that the additional cost of
   282        purchasing the source code of the Modified Software shall not
   283        exceed the cost of transferring the data.
   284  
   285  
   286          5.3.4 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CeCILL LICENSE
   287  
   288  When a Modified Software contains an Integrated Contribution subject to
   289  the CeCILL license agreement, or when a Derivative Software contains a
   290  Related Module subject to the CeCILL license agreement, the provisions
   291  set forth in the third item of Article 6.4 are optional.
   292  
   293  
   294      Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
   295  
   296  
   297        6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE
   298  
   299  The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or
   300  all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms
   301  and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work
   302  and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the
   303  distribution of said Initial Software.
   304  
   305  The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at
   306  least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2.
   307  
   308  
   309        6.2 OVER THE INTEGRATED CONTRIBUTIONS
   310  
   311  The Licensee who develops an Integrated Contribution is the owner of the
   312  intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by
   313  applicable law.
   314  
   315  
   316        6.3 OVER THE RELATED MODULES
   317  
   318  The Licensee who develops a Related Module is the owner of the
   319  intellectual property rights over this Related Module as defined by
   320  applicable law and is free to choose the type of agreement that shall
   321  govern its distribution under the conditions defined in Article 5.3.3.
   322  
   323  
   324        6.4 NOTICE OF RIGHTS
   325  
   326  The Licensee expressly undertakes:
   327  
   328     1. not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property
   329        notices attached to the Software;
   330  
   331     2. to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies
   332        of the Software modified or not;
   333  
   334     3. to ensure that use of the Software, its intellectual property
   335        notices and the fact that it is governed by the Agreement is
   336        indicated in a text that is easily accessible, specifically from
   337        the interface of any Derivative Software.
   338  
   339  The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the
   340  intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the
   341  Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all
   342  measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights
   343  of the Holder and/or Contributors.
   344  
   345  
   346      Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES
   347  
   348  7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to
   349  provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software.
   350  
   351  However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The
   352  terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such
   353  maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the
   354  Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services
   355  shall incur liability therefor.
   356  
   357  7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under
   358  its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon
   359  itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified
   360  Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said
   361  warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application,
   362  shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor
   363  and the Licensee.
   364  
   365  
   366      Article 8 - LIABILITY
   367  
   368  8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be
   369  entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered
   370  from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant
   371  Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof.
   372  
   373  8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under
   374  this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular:
   375  (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its
   376  obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the
   377  Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more
   378  generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly
   379  agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data,
   380  loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders,
   381  opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all
   382  legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party,
   383  shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to
   384  any or all compensation from the Licensor.
   385  
   386  
   387      Article 9 - WARRANTY
   388  
   389  9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical
   390  state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all
   391  possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of
   392  possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's
   393  attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using,
   394  modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are
   395  reserved for experienced users.
   396  
   397  The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means,
   398  the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working
   399  order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons
   400  or properties.
   401  
   402  9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled
   403  to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the
   404  rights set forth in Article 5).
   405  
   406  9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by
   407  the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than
   408  that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty
   409  as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
   410  nature.
   411  
   412  Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free
   413  from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will
   414  be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software
   415  configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements.
   416  
   417  9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the
   418  Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right
   419  relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore,
   420  the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee
   421  arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be
   422  instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the
   423  Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against
   424  the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal
   425  assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be
   426  decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the
   427  Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor
   428  disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the
   429  name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of
   430  prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence
   431  of a trademark.
   432  
   433  
   434      Article 10 - TERMINATION
   435  
   436  10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations
   437  hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement
   438  thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has
   439  remained ineffective.
   440  
   441  10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be
   442  authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any
   443  licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement
   444  shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance
   445  with the terms and conditions hereof.
   446  
   447  
   448      Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
   449  
   450  
   451        11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS
   452  
   453  Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to
   454  perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force
   455  majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective
   456  functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications
   457  networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by
   458  government authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes,
   459  fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc.
   460  
   461  11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke
   462  one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be
   463  interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to
   464  invoke said provision(s) subsequently.
   465  
   466  11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements,
   467  whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same
   468  purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said
   469  Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the
   470  terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties
   471  unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized
   472  representatives.
   473  
   474  11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to
   475  conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text,
   476  said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make
   477  the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative
   478  text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity
   479  of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not
   480  cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid.
   481  
   482  
   483        11.5 LANGUAGE
   484  
   485  The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions
   486  are deemed authentic.
   487  
   488  
   489      Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
   490  
   491  12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this
   492  Agreement.
   493  
   494  12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is
   495  protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who
   496  reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the
   497  Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may
   498  address new issues encountered by Free Software.
   499  
   500  12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may
   501  only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement
   502  or a subsequent version.
   503  
   504  
   505      Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
   506  
   507  13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to
   508  endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes
   509  that may arise during the performance of the Agreement.
   510  
   511  13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their
   512  occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the
   513  disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having
   514  jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
   515  
   516  
   517  Version 1.0 dated 2006-09-05.