94c1a35520847138f6b7ceb9a702022a561e95e4 max Thu Nov 18 06:05:43 2021 -0800 More fixes to the license files, refs #27614 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/license/index.html src/hg/htdocs/license/index.html index 7ffa5f0f..f44852f 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/license/index.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/license/index.html @@ -39,61 +39,69 @@ <h1 id="free">Software: Most command-line tools and directories are freely available for all uses</h1> <p> The majority of the Genome Browser source code is available under the MIT license, see <a href="https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/blob/master/LICENSE" target=_blank>the file LICENSE in our source code repository</a>. As such, the Unix command line utilities needed to build tracks and track hub files, or that can be part of computational pipelines except BLAT/liftOver, and our hundreds of tools to filter , sort, rearrange, join and process genome annotation files, can be used by anyone freely and they can be redistributed via package managers and installation tools, even for commercial use. Notable examples are bedToBigBed, wigToBigWig, overlapSelect, featureBits, pslMap, pslFilter and pslCDnaFilter. </p> <p> -The exception are kent/src/blat, kent/src/jkOwnLib and the -the programs that produce the graphical images and the graphical user interface -for the UCSC Genome Browser, the following subdirectories under kent/src/hg: +The exception are source code directories with special LICENSE files in them. +These are kent/src/blat, kent/src/jkOwnLib and the programs that produce +the graphical images and the graphical user interface +for the UCSC Genome Browser, so the following subdirectories under kent/src/hg: </p> <p> <pre>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 liftOver</pre> </p> <p> -See the LICENSE file in the top level of our source code for a listing of licenses and directories that they apply to: +See the LICENSE file in the top level of our source code for a listing of +licenses and directories that they apply to: <a href="https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/blob/master/LICENSE">https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/blob/master/LICENSE</a>. -</p> +Directories under non-commercial licenses have LICENSE files in them that start +with the "LicenseRef-proprietary" SPDX tag. </p> <p>When you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of our <a href="../goldenPath/pubs.html">publications</a>.</p> +<br> <h1>Software: download and local installation of the graphical Genome Browser software and access to the source code is free for non-commercial uses but not commercial usage</h1> <p>Non-commercial usage for the Genome Browser graphical interface (primarily the "hgTracks" program), including download and local installation, aka setting up a <a href="../goldenPath/help/mirror.html">"mirror"</a>, is free. When you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your work, please cite one of our <a href="../goldenPath/pubs.html">publications</a>. </p> <p> For commercial use, a license is required for download and local installation of -certain Genome Browser webserver CGI binaries and source code. -As specified above, this applies to the following subdirectories and programs under kent/src/hg, these are the -programs that produce the graphical images and the graphical user interface for the UCSC Genome Browser: +certain Genome Browser webserver CGI binaries and source code. In the source +code repository, the respective directories are marked by special LICENSE +files in them. +As specified above, this applies to kent/src/blat, kent/src/jkOwnLib and the +following subdirectories and programs under kent/src/hg, the majority are the programs +that produce the graphical images and the graphical user interface for the UCSC +Genome Browser: <br> <p> <pre>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 liftOver</pre> </p> <p> Also, BLAT and isPCR, if needed, are covered by a separate license (see below). This concerns the source code directories src/blat and src/jkOwnLib. </p> <p> To purchase a commercial license for Genome Browser source code, LiftOver, GBiB, or GBiC, please visit the <a href="https://genome-store.ucsc.edu">Genome Browser store</a>. </p>