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UNAFold 3.x ACADEMIC NON-COMMERCIAL USE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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1. UNAFold 3.x is the work of Drs. Nicholas R. Markham and Michael Zuker. The
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copyright in UNAFold 3.x is owned by RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
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2. This is a legal agreement between you, RECIPIENT, and RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
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INSTITUTE. By accepting, receiving, and using UNAFold 3.x, you agree to be
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bound by all of its terms. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this
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Agreement, please DO NOT download the software; or, if you have already done
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so, please delete all of the source code, documentation and compiled programs
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associated with UNAFold 3.x.
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3. UNAFold 3.x is provided to RECIPIENT as source code. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
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INSTITUTE grants to RECIPIENT a royalty free, non-exclusive, and non-
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transferable license to compile, install, use UNAFold for internal research
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only. RECIPIENT acknowledges that UNAFold 3.x is a research tool that is
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provided free of charge and only provided "as is." RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
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INSTITUTE, its faculty, employees, or students, or former employees who have
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developed UNAFold 3.x, have no obligation to assist RECIPIENT in its use,
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correction, modification, or enhancement and are without any obligation to
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provide any updates. RECIPIENT may also offer UNAFold 3.x to the public over
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a web server provided the program resides on a server at RECIPIENT's
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institution and users are not able to download or modify the program.
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4. The title and copyright to UNAFold 3.x and any associated programs and
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documentation shall remain with RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. RECIPIENT
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agrees to preserve same. RECIPIENT agrees not to make any copies of UNAFold
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except for use in RECIPIENT's laboratory without RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
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INSTITUTE's prior written permission. Written permission can be obtained by
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contacting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Office of Technology
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Commercialization by e-mail at burtok2@rpi.edu, or by telephone at 518-276-
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3675. RECIPIENT agrees to place the appropriate copyright notice on any such
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copies.
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5. RECIPIENT may not modify UNAFold 3.x, except to fix minor errors, or create
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derivative works without RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE's permission.
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Please send all requests for modification to markhn@rpi.edu and
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zukerm@rpi.edu. Errors and bugs that are found should be reported to Nick
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Markham and Michael Zuker, whether or not they are corrected.
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6. RECIPIENT shall not distribute UNAFold 3.x to other laboratories within
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RECIPIENT's institution. RECIPIENT shall not transfer UNAFold 3.x to another
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location or person outside of RECIPIENT's institution without RENSSELAER
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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE's prior written permission. Please send all requests
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for distribution to markhn@rpi.edu and zukerm@rpi.edu.
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7. If RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE grants RECIPIENT permission to distribute
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UNAFold 3.x, under Paragraph 6, RECIPIENT shall only export UNAFold 3.x or
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any part thereof, directly or indirectly, to any country where such export or
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reexport is authorized in full compliance with the laws of the United States
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of America.
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8. RECIPENT shall cite the following publications in any abstract, paper, or
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presentation referencing UNAFold:
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a. N. Markham & M. Zuker. (2003) DINAMelt web server for nucleic acid melting
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prediction. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:W577-W581.
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9. RECIPIENT acknowledges that as UNAFold 3.x is a research tool and provided
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free of charge, it is only provided "as is." RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
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INSTITUTE, its faculty, employees, or students, have no obligation to assist
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RECIPIENT in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement and are
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without any obligation to provide any updates.
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10. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO
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WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF UNAFold 3.x FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE USE OF UNAFold 3.x WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY
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PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, TRADE SECRET, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PARTY, OR ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
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RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO RECIPIENT FOR ANY
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CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR RECIPIENT'S OF UNAFold 3.x, ANY CLAIM
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FOR ANY LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND.
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