ICOT Free Software Licence

A permissive open source licence used Japanese state sponsored Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT).

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF "ICOT FREE SOFTWARE"

1. Purposes and Background of "ICOT Free Software."
The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology ("ICOT") has been promoting  the  Fifth Generation  Computer Systems   project (the "Project") under the commitment of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan (the "MITI"). The Project is aimed at creating basic technology for novel computers that realizes  parallel inference processing as its core mechanism, and contributing toward the progress of computer science by sharing the innovative knowledge and technology with the research community worldwide.

Innovative hardware and software parallel inference technology was developed through the Project, which  involved varieties  of advanced software  for experiments and evaluation. This software,  being at a basic stage of research and development, should be diffused  widely to the research community.

According to the aims of  the Project, ICOT  decided to make this software, the copyright of which does not belong to the government but to ICOT itself, available to the public  in order to contribute to the world, and, moreover, removed all  the  restrictions on its usage that may impede further research and  development in  order  that large numbers of researchers can use it freely to  begin a  new  era  of computer science.

This program together with  any  attached documentation  (collectively, the "Program") is being distributed  by ICOT free of charge as "ICOT Free Software."

2. Free Use, Modification, Copying and Distribution.
Persons wanting to use the Program ("Users") may freely do so and may also freely  modify  and copy the  Program. The term "modify," as used here, includes,  but is not limited to, any act  to improve or expand the Program for the purposes of enhancing and/or improving its function, performance and/or quality as  well  as to add one or more programs or documents developed by Users of the Program.

Each User may also freely distribute the Program, whether in  its original  form or modified, to  any  third party or parties, PROVIDED, that the  provisions of Section 3 ("NO  WARRANTY") will  ALWAYS appear on, or be attached to, the Program, which is distributed substantially in  the  same   form  as set  out  herein   and   that  such  intended distribution, if  actually made, will   neither  violate or  otherwise contravene any  of  the laws and regulations  of the countries  having jurisdiction over the User or the intended distribution itself.

3. NO WARRANTY
THE PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS IN THE COURSE OF THE RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT  CONDUCTED DURING  THE  PROJECT AND IS PROVIDED TO USERS  AS  SO PRODUCED ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. ACCORDINGLY, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE TERM "WARRANTY" USED HEREIN INCLUDES, BUT IS  NOT LIMITED  TO,  ANY  WARRANTY  OF THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,  MERCHANTABILITY  AND  FITNESS FOR A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THEPROGRAM AND THE NONEXISTENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR VIOLATION OF ANY RIGHT OF ANY THIRD PARTY.

EACH USER OF THE PROGRAM WILL AGREE AND UNDERSTAND, AND BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED AND  UNDERSTOOD, THAT  THERE IS NO  WARRANTY WHATSOEVER FOR THE PROGRAM AND,   ACCORDINGLY, THE ENTIRE RISK  ARISING  FROM OR OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THE PROGRAM IS ASSUMED BY THE USER.

THEREFORE, NEITHER  ICOT,   THE COPYRIGHT  HOLDER, OR  ANY  OTHER ORGANIZATION  THAT PARTICIPATED IN  OR  WAS  OTHERWISE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND  THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICIALS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND  OTHER EMPLOYEES SHALL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, INCLUDING,  WITHOUT LIMITATION, GENERAL,  SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL AND  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF  OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE  PROGRAM OR ANY PRODUCT, MATERIAL OR  RESULT  PRODUCED  OR  OTHERWISE  OBTAINED BY  USING  THE  PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY  HAVE  BEEN  ADVISED OF,  OR OTHERWISE  HAD KNOWLEDGE OF, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH  DAMAGES  AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROJECT OR THEREAFTER. EACH USER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO THE FOREGOING BY HIS OR HER COMMENCEMENT OF USE OF THE PROGRAM. THE TERM "USE" AS  USED HEREIN INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE USE, MODIFICATION,   COPYING AND  DISTRIBUTION   OF  THE  PROGRAM  AND  THE PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY PRODUCTS FROM THE PROGRAM.

IN THE CASE  WHERE THE PROGRAM,  WHETHER IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM OR MODIFIED, WAS DISTRIBUTED OR DELIVERED TO OR  RECEIVED BY  A USER FROM ANY PERSON, ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY OTHER THAN ICOT, UNLESS IT MAKES OR GRANTS INDEPENDENTLY  OF ICOT ANY  SPECIFIC WARRANTY TO THE USER IN WRITING, SUCH  PERSON, ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY,  WILL ALSO BE EXEMPTED FROM AND NOT BE HELD LIABLE TO THE USER FOR ANY SUCH DAMAGES AS NOTED ABOVE AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM IS CONCERNED.