e13d75a6e72d627977de49db254580c701485b1c max Wed Nov 17 06:15:47 2021 -0800 cleaning up the license situation a little more, refs #27614 diff --git src/LICENSE src/LICENSE index f92183c..d23032e 100644 --- src/LICENSE +++ src/LICENSE @@ -1,52 +1,63 @@ The default license of this repository is the MIT License, but LICENSE files in -subdirectories override the text of this LICENSE file. +subdirectories override the text of this LICENSE file for files in these subdirectories. Therefore the code in this repository falls into three different license types: -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 +1 OPEN: the default MIT license (attached below) for code in src/ and most + subdirectories of src/hg + - this includes all code to build and use tools and libraries to read and write the Genome Browser file formats, like bigBed and bigWig, and the command line tools for these, bedToBigBed, wigToBigWig and the tagStorm tools and the parasol job scheduler. + - code to build all other UCSC command line tools, like pslCDnaFilter, + overlapSelect or featureBits and hundreds of others. - 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 -2 A non-commercial license from UC for the genome browser website code in - src/hg/ and subdirectories (see src/hg/LICENSE), see https://genome-store.ucsc.edu/ -3 A non-commercial license from Kent Informatics for the BLAT code in src/blat/ and + +2 NON-COMMERCIAL: A non-commercial license from UC for the genome browser website code in + selected subdirectories of src/hg, see src/hg/LICENSE and https://genome-store.ucsc.edu/ + + - for source code under directories in src/hg: + 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 + + +3 NON-COMMERCIAL: A non-commercial license from Kent Informatics for the BLAT code in src/blat/ and src/jkOwnLib/, see http://www.kentinformatics.com/ -See https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ for more details and on how to obtain a license. + - for source code under directories: src/blat/ and src/jkOwnLib + +See https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ for more details and on how to obtain a license for (2) and (3) ---- MIT License Copyright (C) 2001 UC Regents Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or non-commercial entity obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Commercial users should contact kent@soe.ucsc.edu for access to other modules including jkOwnLib and blat. Commercial users interested in the UCSC Genome Browser in particular please see http://genome.ucsc.edu/license/. The code in /src/htslib is distributed with two licenses as noted in the LICENSE file in that directory.