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1 CONTENTS
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3 Public Domain Notice
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4 Exceptions (for bundled 3rd-party code)
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5 Copyright F.A.Q.
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8 ==============================================================
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9 PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
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10 National Center for Biotechnology Information
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12 With the exception of certain third-party files summarized below, this
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13 software is a "United States Government Work" under the terms of the
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14 United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of the authors'
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15 official duties as United States Government employees and thus cannot
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16 be copyrighted. This software is freely available to the public for
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17 use. The National Library of Medicine and the U.S. Government have not
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18 placed any restriction on its use or reproduction.
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20 Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy
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21 and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S.
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22 Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that
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23 may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S.
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24 Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including
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25 warranties of performance, merchantability or fitness for any
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26 particular purpose.
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28 Please cite the authors in any work or product based on this material.
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31 ==============================================================
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32 Copyright F.A.Q.
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35 --------------------------------------------------------------
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36 Q. Our product makes use of the NCBI source code, and we made changes
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37 and additions to that version of the NCBI code to better fit it to
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38 our needs. Can we copyright the code, and how?
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40 A. You can copyright only the *changes* or the *additions* you made to the
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41 NCBI source code. You should identify unambiguously those sections of
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42 the code that were modified, e.g. by commenting any changes you made
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43 in the code you distribute. Therefore, your license has to make clear
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44 to users that your product is a combination of code that is public domain
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45 within the U.S. (but may be subject to copyright by the U.S. in foreign
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46 countries) and code that has been created or modified by you.
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48 --------------------------------------------------------------
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49 Q. Can we (re)license all or part of the NCBI source code?
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51 A. No, you cannot license or relicense the source code written by NCBI
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52 since you cannot claim any copyright in the software that was developed
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53 at NCBI as a 'government work' and consequently is in the public domain
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54 within the U.S.
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56 --------------------------------------------------------------
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57 Q. What if these copyright guidelines are not clear enough or are not
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58 applicable to my particular case?
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60 A. Contact us. Send your questions to 'sra-tools@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov'.
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