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COPYRIGHT

This file is part of the UFZ CHS Fortran library for Computational Environmental Systems (FORCES).

COPYRIGHT HOLDERS

Copyright(c) 2005-2024, the CHS Developers, Sabine Attinger: All rights reserved.

The code is a property of:

The Department Computational Hydrosystems (CHS) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ
Registered Office: Leipzig
Registration Office: Amtsgericht Leipzig
Trade Register: Nr. B 4703

The chronological list of FORCES developers is provided in the AUTHORS file.

The UFZ (CHS) FORCES code is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the free Software Foundation either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the UFZ CHS FORCES code. It can be found in the files COPYING and COPYING.LESSER provided with this software. The complete GNU license text can also be found at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Contact

Department Computational Hydrosystems (CHS)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Redistribution

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, the following disclaimer and the modification conditions.
  • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, the following disclaimer and the modification conditions in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  • Neither the name of Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
  • Redistributions of source code are allowed for research purposes ONLY. For commercial applications you need to consult the contact persons of the Department Computational Hydrosystems (CHS) at the UFZ.

Modification

If the software is modified to produce derivative works, such modified software should be clearly marked, so as not to confuse it with the version available from UFZ.

We request to include the following notice in any derivative work based on FORCES. Please include the following lines at every location of the derivative code where pieces of the original FORCES code have been taken:

!> \note The following lines have been obtained from the FORCES source (https://git.ufz.de/chs/forces)
!! - gitversion:        < Provide git version of the original source >
!! - origin:            < Provide the name of the original subroutine >
!! - lines:             < Provide from-to lines in the original subroutine >
!! - authors:           < Provide the complete list of original authors >
!! - modifications:     < Indicate in detail your contribution >
!! - date_modification: < Indicate the date of the modification >
!> \copyright (c) 2005 - today, CHS-Developers (CHS)

NOTE Failure to provide this information in derivative works constitutes a breach of the FORCES Copyright. < .. > information need to be provided by any developer using the original code of FORCES.

Breach of the Copyright

The following are the potential causes for the Breach of FORCES Copyright.

  • Deletion of the original copyright in the derived codes.
  • Improper citation of the used material in the derived codes. See the notice above.
  • Deletion of the original author's list and the development history (partially or in totality).
  • Changing any paragraph of the GNU licence provided.
  • Not inclusion of the GNU licence in the derived code.
  • Not citing the suggested papers in any written work that is based on the FORCES code or derived software.

If the derived FORCES code has breached the Copyright, the Copyright Holders will request the repository provider (e.g., GitHub) to take down the respective code following the corresponding guidelines. In the case of GitHub, this is specified at

https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/content-removal-policies/dmca-takedown-policy

Disclaimer of Warranty

THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THIS SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ AND CONTRIBUTORS PROVIDE THIS SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL THE HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ AND CONTRIBUTORS OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE USER OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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