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Obtaining permission to reproduce a graphic produced by the Genome Browser

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Obtaining permission to share a graphic produced by the Genome Browser

Permission is granted for reuse of all graphics produced -by the UCSC Genome Browser website. There is no need to contact us to get permission. If your publisher, -notably Elsevier, insist on getting approval, please direct them to this webpage. However, when you use the UCSC -Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of our publications.

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+by the UCSC Genome Browser website. There is no need to contact us to get permission. If your +publisher, notably Elsevier, insists on getting approval, please direct them to this webpage. +However, when you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of our +publications.

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+The data displayed by the browser is freely available for both public and commercial use with a few +exceptions. The README.txt file in the download directory of each assembly shows the use +restrictions pertaining to that data set. Additional details can be found in the track +description pages.

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Obtaining a Commercial License for the Genome Browser

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When using applications from the Genome Browser tool suite or +

When using applications from the Genome Browser tool suite, including LiftOver and BLAT, or data from the UCSC Genome Browser database in a research work that will be published in a journal or on the Internet, there is no need to get permission from us. -When you use the UCSC -Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of our publications. +When you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your work, +please cite one of our publications.

The Genome Browser binaries and source code are freely available for academic, nonprofit, and personal use. A license is required for commercial download and installation of most Genome Browser -binaries and source code, with the exception of the items in the following directories that are -freely available for all uses:

- +binaries and source code, with the exception of the items in the section below. +To purchase a commercial license for Genome Browser source code, LiftOver, GBiB, or GBiC, please +visit the Genome Browser store.

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-The data displayed by the browser is freely available for both public and commercial use with a few -exceptions. The README.txt file in the download directory of each assembly shows the use -restrictions pertaining to that data set.

-To purchase a license visit the Genome Browser store. If you would like to purchase more than 20 copies of the Genome Browser source code, please follow these instructions: -

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  • After your license application has been processed, + you will receive instructions for downloading the + browser software and data.
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    -After your license application has been processed, you will receive instructions for downloading the -browser software and data. CDs are also available upon request.

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    -Genome Browser licensing inquiries should be made to +Genome Browser licensing questions should be directed to genome-www@soe.ucsc.edu. For information about commercial licensing of the Blat and In-Silico PCR tools, see the Kent Informatics website or contact kent@soe.ucsc.edu.

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    Tools and directories freely available for all uses

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    +The following directories are available without license for all uses, academic, +non-profit, and commercial:

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    When you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of +our publications.