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===================== BioAPI Consortium Disclaimer =========================
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BioAPI Reference Implementation IMPORTANT: READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING, COPYING,
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INSTALLING OR USING.
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By downloading, copying, installing or using the software you agree to this
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license. If you do not agree to this license, do not download, install, copy
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====== National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Disclaimer ======
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NOTICE OF SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER AND USE
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The NIST BioAPI Reference Implementation (NIST BioAPI software) provided
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herein is released to any person, company or other legal entity (Experimenter)
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by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg MD 20899, USA. The NIST BioAPI
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software presented here is intended for the following purposes: (1) internal
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research and development by any Experimenter or (2) subsequent integration
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into an Experimenter's BioAPI commercial product. The NIST BioAPI software IS
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PROVIDED "AS IS" and bears NO WARRANTY, NEITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED NOR FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NIST does not assume liability or responsibility for
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any Experimenter's use of NIST-derived software product or the results of such
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use. By using this software product you agree to assume any and all liabilities
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which may arise out of your use of the software. The U.S. Government shall not
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be responsible for damages or liability of any kind arising out of the use of
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any of this NIST BioAPI software by the Experimenter or any party acting on
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the experimenter's behalf. In no case shall any Experimenter state or imply
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endorsement, approval, or evaluation of its product by NIST or the U.S.
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Government.
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Please note that the NIST BioAPI software contains Intellectual Property from
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other (non government) entities and it is the Experimenter's responsibility
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to fully comply with existing laws before using the NIST BioAPI software, or
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any derivation, in any commercial product.
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Please note that within the United States, copyright protection, under Section
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105 of the United States Code, Title 17, is not available for any work of the
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United States Government and/or for any works created by United States
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Government employees. Experimenters acknowledge that the NIST BioAPI software
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contains work which was created by NIST employees and is therefore in the
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public domain and is not subject to copyright. The Experimenter may use,
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distribute or incorporate this code, or any part of it, provided the
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Experimenter acknowledges this via an explicitit acknowledgment of NIST-related
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contributions to the Experimenter's work. The Experimenter also agrees to
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acknowledge, via an explicit acknowledgment, that modifications or alterations
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have been made to this software by the Experimenter before redistribution.
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