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<h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;">Climate Data Analysis
Tools (CDAT)</h1>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;">UCRL-CODE-2002-0021</h2>
This work was produced at the University of California, Lawrence
Livermore
National Laboratory (UC LLNL) under contract no. W-7405-ENG-48
(Contract 48) between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and The
Regents of
the University of California (University) for the operation of UC LLNL.
The rights of
the Federal Government are reserved under Contract 48 subject to the
restrictions agreed upon by the DOE and University as allowed under DOE
Acquisition Letter 97-1.
<h2 align="center">DISCLAIMER</h2>
<p>This work was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an
agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government
nor the University of California
nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or
assumes
any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness
of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or
represents
that its use would not infringe privately-owned rights.
Reference herein to any specific commercial
products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or
otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the
University
of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do
not necessarily
state or reflect those of the United States Government or the
University of California, and shall not be
used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;">NOTIFICATION OF
COMMERCIAL USE</h2>
<p>Commercialization of this product is prohibited without
notifying the Department of Energy (DOE) or Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory (LLNL).</p>
<h2 align="center">NOTE</h2>
<p>Portions of this software, including especially portions
of the contents of subdirectories pysrc, contrib, and cdat/Tars, were
not written by us and are redistributed here under the terms of their
own licenses.</p>
<h2 align="center">External License Agreements</h2>
<p>This release of CDAT incorporates modules from other organizations
besides LLNL some of which are distributed under software licenses
of their choosing, and therefore may be subject to different terms and
conditions. We ask that users respect these all terms and conditions as
well as any copyright notices requirements. <br>
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<p>This release is subject to different terms and conditions associated
with some component parts.
By installing software components covered by third party licenses you
are agreeing to their terms and conditions. (Terms and Conditions can
be found below.) </p>
<h2 align="center">CCLRC License for CCLRC Software forming part of the
Climate Data Analysis Tools Package</h2>
<p> The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
(CCLRC) grants any person who obtains a copy of this software (the
Software), free of charge, the non-exclusive, worldwide right to use,
copy, modify, distribute and sub-license the use of the Software on the
terms and conditions appearing below:
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1)The Software may be used only as part of the Climate Data Analysis
Tools Package, made available to users free of charge.
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2)The CCLRC copyright notice and any other notice placed by CCLRC on
the Software must be reproduced on every copy of the Software, and on
every Derived Work. A Derived Work means any modification of, or
enhancement or improvement to, any of the Software, and any software or
other work developed or derived from any of the Software.
3)CCLRC gives no warranty and makes no representation in relation to
the Software. The Licensee and anyone to whom the Licensee makes the
Software or any Derived Work available, use the Software at their own
risk. <br>
4)All warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and obligations on
the part of CCLRC, implied by statute, common law, custom, trade usage,
course of dealing or in any other way are excluded to the fullest
extent permitted by law.&nbsp;
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5)Subject to condition 6, CCLRC will not be liable for:
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a)any loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss or corruption of data,
loss of contracts or opportunity, loss of savings or third party claims
(in each case whether direct or
indirect);
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b)any indirect loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the
Software;
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c)any direct loss or damage arising out of, or in connection with, the
Software
in each case, whether that loss arises as a result of CCLRC&acirc;&#8364;&#8482;s
negligence, or in any other way, even if CCLRC has been advised of the
possibility of that loss arising, or if it was within CCLRC's
contemplation.
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6)None of these conditions limits or excludes CCLRC's liability for
death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any fraud, or
for any sort of liability that, by law, cannot be limited or excluded.
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7)These conditions set out the entire agreement relating to the
Software. The licensee acknowledges that it has not relied on any
warranty, representation, statement, agreement or undertaking given by
CCLRC, and waives any claim in respect of any of the same.
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8)The rights granted above will cease immediately on any breach of
these conditions and the licensee will destroy all copies of the
Software and any Derived Work in its control or possession. Conditions
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will survive termination and continue
indefinitely.
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9)The licence and these conditions are governed by, and are to be
construed in accordance with, English law. The English Courts will have
exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may
arise out of or in connection with the Software, the rights granted and
these conditions, except that CCLRC may bring proceedings for an
injunction in any jurisdiction.
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10)If the whole or any part of these conditions are void or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the other provisions, and the rest
of the void or unenforceable provision, will continue in force in that
jurisdiction, and the validity and enforceability of that provision in
any other jurisdiction will not be affected.</p>
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