License agreement (version 2)
between the licensor
Ralf Möller
Computer Engineering
Faculty of Technology
Bielefeld University
www.ti.uni-bielefeld.de
and the licensee (the user of the software and the databases)
regarding the use of the following software
- the low-level C++ template SIMD library
- the SIMD implementation of the MinWarping and the 2D-Warping methods for local visual homing
in the following referred to as "the software",
and on the use of the
- panoramic image databases
in the following referred to as "the databases".
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The licensor grants the licensee the non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-licensable right to use and modify the software and the databases. The software and the databases are licensed free of charge.
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The licensee agrees not to transfer or to disclose the software and the databases in original or modified form to other individuals or to other institutions.
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The software and the databases will only be used for the licensee's own scientific study, scientific research, or academic teaching. Use for commercial or business purposes is not permitted. Use for any purposes with military background is not permitted.
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The licensee agrees not to use the software and the databases in applications where the life and health of humans and the property of humans or institutions is potentially endangered.
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The software is provided entirely in the form of source code. It is the sole responsibility of the licensee to check the correctness of all parts of the software that are used by the licensee. The licensee has to be able to understand the functionality of all parts of the software that the licensee uses. The licensee accepts that the software was not tested in depth and agrees to perform in-depth tests and to correct errors for all parts that are used by the licensee.
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The software contains code fragments taken from other software which is licensed by "The MIT license" (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) and code fragments from software help sites on the internet (e.g. stackoverflow.com). The software was inspired by and contains code fragments from Agner Fog's "Vector Class Library" (http://www.agner.org/optimize/#vectorclass). Agner Fog declared that he sees no violation of his copyright by the software in its present form.
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Because the software and the databases are provided free of charge, there is no warranty for the software and the databases (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The software including the databases is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk of using the software and the databases lies with the licensee.
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In no event (unless required by applicable law) will the licensor or any contributor be liable for any claim, any sort of damage or any other liability arising from the use of the software and the databases or arising from the inability to use the software and the databases.
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The licensor is not obligated to provide any support for the licensee regarding the use of the software and the databases.
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This license agreement comes into force without signatures as soon as the licensee obtains the software and/or the databases. If the licensee disagrees with any of the clauses of this license, the licensee is not permitted to obtain or keep the software and the image databases.
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Should any provision of this license agreement be or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. Any invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision which corresponds to the meaning and purpose of the invalid provision.
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This license agreement (file LICENSE.md) has to accompany the files of the software and the files of the databases. The header text of the source files referring to the license agreement has to remain unchanged.
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German law applies and the place of jurisdiction is Bielefeld.