Research and Academic Use License

Cognitive Computation Group

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Under this Agreement, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ("University"), a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois with its principal offices at 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A., on behalf of its Department of Computer Science on the Urbana-Champaign Campus, provides the software ("Software") described in Appendix A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, to the Licensee identified below ("Licensee") subject to the following conditions:

1. Upon execution of this Agreement by Licensee below, the University grants, and Licensee accepts, a roylaty-free, non-exclusive license:

A. To use unlimited copies of the Software for its own academic and research purposes.

B. To make derivative works. However, if Licensee distributes any derivative work based on or derived from the Software (with such distribution limited to binary form only), then Licensee will (1) notify the University (c/o Professor Dan Roth, e-mail: [email protected]) regarding its distribution of the derivative work and provide a copy if requested, and (2) clearly notify users that such derivative work is a modified version and not the original Software distributed by the University.

C. To redistribute (sublicense) derivative works based on the Software in binary form only to third parties provided that (1) the copyright notice and any accompanying legends or proprietary notices are reproduced on all copies, (2) no royalty is charged for such copies, and (3) third parties are restricted to using the derivative work for academic and research purposes only, without further sublicensing rights.

No license is granted herein that would permit Licensee to incorporate the Software into a commercial product, or to otherwise commercially exploit the Software. Should Licensee wish to make commercial use of the Software, Licensee should contact the University, c/o the Office of Technology Management ("OTM") to negotiate an appropriate license for such commercial use. To contact the OTM: [email protected]; telephone: (217)333-3781; fax: (217) 265-5530.

2. THE UNIVERSITY GIVES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, FOR THE SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

3. Licensee understands the Software is a research tool for which no warranties as to capabilities or accuracy are made, and Licensee accepts the Software on an "as is, with all defects" basis, without maintenance, debugging , support or improvement. Licensee assumes the entire risk as to the results and performance of the Software and/or associated materials. Licensee agrees that University shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages with respect to any claim by Licensee or any third party on account of or arising from this Agreement or use of the Software and/or associated materials.

4. Licensee understands the Software is proprietary to the University. Licensee will take all reasonable steps to insure that the source code is protected and secured from unauthorized disclosure, use, or release and will treat it with at least the same level of care as Licensee would use to protect and secure its own proprietary computer programs and/or information, but using no less than reasonable care.

5. In the event that Licensee shall be in default in the performance of any material obligations under this Agreement, and if the default has not been remedied within sixty (60) days after the date of notice in writing of such default, University may terminate this Agreement by written notice. In the event of termination, Licensee shall promptly return to University the original and any copies of licensed Software in Licensee's possession. In the event of any termination of this Agreement, any and all sublicenses granted by Licensee to third parties pursuant to this Agreement (as permitted by this Agreement) prior to the date of such termination shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

6. The Software was developed, in part, with support from the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Government has certain license rights in the Software.

7. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A..

8. This Agreement shall be subject to all United States Government laws and regulations now and hereafter applicable to the subject matter of this Agreement, including specifically the Export Law provisions of the Departments of Commerce and State. Licensee will not export or re-export the Software without the appropriate United States or foreign government license.

By its registration below, Licensee confirms that it understands the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and agrees to be bound by them. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date of execution by Licensee.