e13d75a6e72d627977de49db254580c701485b1c max Wed Nov 17 06:15:47 2021 -0800 cleaning up the license situation a little more, refs #27614 diff --git LICENSE LICENSE index 89cc06e..db38710 100644 --- LICENSE +++ LICENSE @@ -1,51 +1,68 @@ -The default license of this repository is the MIT License, but LICENSE files in -subdirectories override the text of this LICENSE file. +The default license of this repository is the MIT License (copied below), but +LICENSE files in subdirectories override this default. As a result, the +majority of the source code falls under the MIT license, however, some parts +are under two non-commercial licenses (see below). The Genome Browser Web CGI +programs are under a non-commercial license by UC, the BLAT program suite is +licensed by Kent Informatics. Two librarires are bundled for convenience and +are under their original open source licenses. -Therefore the code in this repository is covered by five different licenses: +As a result, if you are a non-commercial entity, you can use all the source +code for free. However, if you are commercial, you may need to pay if you want +to install a web-based Genome Browser locally or use BLAT locally (command line +or web GUI). + +This means that all UCSC Genome Browser command-line tools and their required +libraries are released under the MIT License. This includes our various file +format converters, like bedToBigBed and wigToBigWig and any tools to create +files needed for track hubs. They can be redistributed in any way necessary. + +In total, the code in this repository is covered by five different licenses: FREE Licenses: -1. the default MIT license (attached below) for code in src/ and most subdirectories - - this directory includes all code to build and use tools and libraries to - read and write the Genome Browser file formats, such as bigBed and bigWig, and - the command line tools for these, bedToBigBed, wigToBigWig and the tagStorm - tools and the parasol job scheduler. +1. the default MIT license (attached below) + - for example, all code to read and write the Genome Browser file formats, + such as bigBed and bigWig, and the command line tools for these, + bedToBigBed, wigToBigWig and the tagStorm tools and the parasol job + scheduler. - also, third-party code from open-source projects bundled for convenience, - in src/htslib (MIT), and ./src/optimalLeaf (public domain, with attribution). - - the directories src/hg/autoSql and src/hg/autoXml have MIT LICENSE files, so they are also - under the MIT License + in src/htslib (MIT) 2. A modified BSD license for src/htslib/cram/, see src/htslib/LICENSE. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Genome Research Ltd. 3. Public domain "with attribution" license, see src/optimalLeaf/LICENSE NON-COMMERCIAL licenses: -4. A non-commercial license from UC for the genome browser website code in src/hg/ - and subdirectories (see src/hg/LICENSE), see https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ -5. A non-commercial license from Kent Informatics for the BLAT and isPCR code in src/blat/ and - src/jkOwnLib/, for more information see https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ and http://www.kentinformatics.com/ +4. A non-commercial license from UC for the genome browser website code in + the following subdirectories of src/hg/ (see the LICENSE files in these directories): + cgilib das encode hgApi hgCollection hgFileSearch hgFileUi hgGateway + hgGene hgGenome hgIntegrator hgPal hgPcr hgPhyloPlace hgPublicSessions + hgSession hgSuggest hgTables hgTrackUi hgTracks hgVai hgc hubApi near + visiGene +5. A non-commercial license from Kent Informatics for the BLAT and isPCR code + in src/blat/ and src/jkOwnLib/, for more information see + https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ and http://www.kentinformatics.com/ See https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ for more details and on how to obtain a license -for commercial use for the cases (4) and (5). Commercial users should contact -kent@soe.ucsc.edu for access to other modules including jkOwnLib and blat. +for commercial use for the licenses (4) and (5). 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