Conditions of Use
The sequence and annotation data displayed in the Genome Browser are freely available for any use with the following conditions:
- +The UCSC Genome Browser was created by the Genome Bioinformatics +Group of UC Santa Cruz. Software Copyright (c) The Regents of the University of California. All +rights reserved. The software is made available with the following conditions:
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- Genome sequence data use restrictions are noted within the species sections on the Credits page. -
- Some annotation tracks contributed by external collaborators contain proprietary data that have specific use restrictions. To check for restrictions associated with a particular genome assembly, review the database/README.txt file in the assembly's downloads directory. +
- The Genome Browser and Blat software are free for academic, nonprofit, and personal +use. A license is required for commercial use. +
- Please cite us if you use the Genome Browser software or +data in a publication or web page. +
- Program-driven use of this software is limited to a maximum of one hit every 15 +seconds and no more than 5,000 hits per day.
The UCSC, Ensembl, and NCBI browser and annotation groups have established a common set of minimum requirements for public display of genome data made available after Spring 2009, described in the Browser Genome Release Agreement.
- -The Genome Browser and Blat software are free for academic, nonprofit, and personal use. A license is required for commercial use. See the Licenses page for more information.
+The sequence and annotation data displayed in the Genome Browser are freely available for +any use with the following conditions:
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- Usage restrictions for genome sequence data are noted within the species sections on +the Credits page. +
- Some annotation tracks contributed by external collaborators contain data that have +specific use restrictions. To check for restrictions associated with a particular annotation data +set, review the Genome Browser description page associated with the track. (To display the +description page, click on the track's name in the section below the Genome Browser tracks image.) + +
- Please credit the data contributor when using Genome Browser data in a publication +or web page. In most cases, this information can be found on the +Credits page (for genome assemblies) or in the +"Credits" section on the track description page (for annotation tracks). +
Program-driven use of this software is limited to a maximum of one hit every 15 seconds and no more than 5,000 hits per day.
+ -For assistance with questions or problems regarding the UCSC Genome Browser software, database, genome assemblies, or release cycles, see the FAQ.
+For assistance with questions or problems regarding the UCSC Genome Browser software, +database, genome assemblies, or release cycles, click here.