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     1 Copyright (c) 2016, IRI (Institute d Recherche de d'Innovation)
       
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     7 CeCILL-B FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
       
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     9 
       
    10     Notice
       
    11 
       
    12 This Agreement is a Free Software license agreement that is the result
       
    13 of discussions between its authors in order to ensure compliance with
       
    14 the two main principles guiding its drafting:
       
    15 
       
    16     * firstly, compliance with the principles governing the distribution
       
    17       of Free Software: access to source code, broad rights granted to
       
    18       users,
       
    19     * secondly, the election of a governing law, French law, with which
       
    20       it is conformant, both as regards the law of torts and
       
    21       intellectual property law, and the protection that it offers to
       
    22       both authors and holders of the economic rights over software.
       
    23 
       
    24 The authors of the CeCILL-B (for Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre])
       
    25 license are:
       
    26 
       
    27 Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CEA, a public scientific, technical
       
    28 and industrial research establishment, having its principal place of
       
    29 business at 25 rue Leblanc, immeuble Le Ponant D, 75015 Paris, France.
       
    30 
       
    31 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, a public scientific
       
    32 and technological establishment, having its principal place of business
       
    33 at 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris cedex 16, France.
       
    34 
       
    35 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique -
       
    36 INRIA, a public scientific and technological establishment, having its
       
    37 principal place of business at Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP
       
    38 105, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, France.
       
    39 
       
    40 
       
    41     Preamble
       
    42 
       
    43 This Agreement is an open source software license intended to give users
       
    44 significant freedom to modify and redistribute the software licensed
       
    45 hereunder.
       
    46 
       
    47 The exercising of this freedom is conditional upon a strong obligation
       
    48 of giving credits for everybody that distributes a software
       
    49 incorporating a software ruled by the current license so as all
       
    50 contributions to be properly identified and acknowledged.
       
    51 
       
    52 In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy,
       
    53 modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only
       
    54 with a limited warranty and the software's author, the holder of the
       
    55 economic rights, and the successive licensors only have limited liability.
       
    56 
       
    57 In this respect, the risks associated with loading, using, modifying
       
    58 and/or developing or reproducing the software by the user are brought to
       
    59 the user's attention, given its Free Software status, which may make it
       
    60 complicated to use, with the result that its use is reserved for
       
    61 developers and experienced professionals having in-depth computer
       
    62 knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the
       
    63 suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions
       
    64 enabling the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and,
       
    65 more generally, to use and operate it in the same conditions of
       
    66 security. This Agreement may be freely reproduced and published,
       
    67 provided it is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or
       
    68 removed herefrom.
       
    69 
       
    70 This Agreement may apply to any or all software for which the holder of
       
    71 the economic rights decides to submit the use thereof to its provisions.
       
    72 
       
    73 
       
    74     Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
       
    75 
       
    76 For the purpose of this Agreement, when the following expressions
       
    77 commence with a capital letter, they shall have the following meaning:
       
    78 
       
    79 Agreement: means this license agreement, and its possible subsequent
       
    80 versions and annexes.
       
    81 
       
    82 Software: means the software in its Object Code and/or Source Code form
       
    83 and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when the Licensee
       
    84 accepts the Agreement.
       
    85 
       
    86 Initial Software: means the Software in its Source Code and possibly its
       
    87 Object Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when
       
    88 it is first distributed under the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
       
    89 
       
    90 Modified Software: means the Software modified by at least one
       
    91 Contribution.
       
    92 
       
    93 Source Code: means all the Software's instructions and program lines to
       
    94 which access is required so as to modify the Software.
       
    95 
       
    96 Object Code: means the binary files originating from the compilation of
       
    97 the Source Code.
       
    98 
       
    99 Holder: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over the Initial
       
   100 Software.
       
   101 
       
   102 Licensee: means the Software user(s) having accepted the Agreement.
       
   103 
       
   104 Contributor: means a Licensee having made at least one Contribution.
       
   105 
       
   106 Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity, who
       
   107 distributes the Software under the Agreement.
       
   108 
       
   109 Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections, translations,
       
   110 adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the Software by any or
       
   111 all Contributors, as well as any or all Internal Modules.
       
   112 
       
   113 Module: means a set of sources files including their documentation that
       
   114 enables supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered
       
   115 by the Software.
       
   116 
       
   117 External Module: means any or all Modules, not derived from the
       
   118 Software, so that this Module and the Software run in separate address
       
   119 spaces, with one calling the other when they are run.
       
   120 
       
   121 Internal Module: means any or all Module, connected to the Software so
       
   122 that they both execute in the same address space.
       
   123 
       
   124 Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
       
   125 
       
   126 These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
       
   127 
       
   128 
       
   129     Article 2 - PURPOSE
       
   130 
       
   131 The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
       
   132 Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the
       
   133 Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the
       
   134 protection granted by the rights over said Software.
       
   135 
       
   136 
       
   137     Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
       
   138 
       
   139 3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and
       
   140 conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the
       
   141 following events:
       
   142 
       
   143     * (i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by
       
   144       downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical
       
   145       medium;
       
   146     * (ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights
       
   147       granted hereunder.
       
   148 
       
   149 3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the
       
   150 characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the
       
   151 fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided
       
   152 to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1
       
   153 hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and
       
   154 understood it.
       
   155 
       
   156 
       
   157     Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
       
   158 
       
   159 
       
   160       4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
       
   161 
       
   162 The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by
       
   163 the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1.
       
   164 
       
   165 
       
   166       4.2 TERM
       
   167 
       
   168 The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of
       
   169 protection of the economic rights over the Software.
       
   170 
       
   171 
       
   172     Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED
       
   173 
       
   174 The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following
       
   175 rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the
       
   176 Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
       
   177 
       
   178 Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents
       
   179 protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its
       
   180 components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by
       
   181 these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or
       
   182 modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor
       
   183 undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set
       
   184 forth in this paragraph.
       
   185 
       
   186 
       
   187       5.1 RIGHT OF USE
       
   188 
       
   189 The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation
       
   190 as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified
       
   191 that this comprises:
       
   192 
       
   193    1. permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software
       
   194       by any or all means and in any or all form.
       
   195 
       
   196    2. loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or
       
   197       all medium.
       
   198 
       
   199    3. entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to
       
   200       determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent
       
   201       elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee
       
   202       carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission
       
   203       or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled
       
   204       to carry out hereunder.
       
   205 
       
   206 
       
   207       5.2 ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
       
   208 
       
   209 The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt,
       
   210 arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right
       
   211 to reproduce the resulting software.
       
   212 
       
   213 The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contributions to the
       
   214 Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the
       
   215 author of said Contribution and indicates the date of the creation thereof.
       
   216 
       
   217 
       
   218       5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION
       
   219 
       
   220 In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish,
       
   221 transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or
       
   222 all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in
       
   223 consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the
       
   224 Software by any means.
       
   225 
       
   226 The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified
       
   227 or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and
       
   228 conditions set forth hereinafter.
       
   229 
       
   230 
       
   231         5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
       
   232 
       
   233 The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in
       
   234 Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution
       
   235 complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
       
   236 
       
   237    1. a copy of the Agreement,
       
   238 
       
   239    2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's
       
   240       warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
       
   241 
       
   242 and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is
       
   243 redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the full Source
       
   244 Code of the Software at a minimum during the entire period of its
       
   245 distribution of the Software, it being understood that the additional
       
   246 cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of
       
   247 transferring the data.
       
   248 
       
   249 
       
   250         5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
       
   251 
       
   252 If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting
       
   253 Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other
       
   254 than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article
       
   255 5.3.4.
       
   256 
       
   257 
       
   258         5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
       
   259 
       
   260 When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and
       
   261 conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that
       
   262 may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
       
   263 
       
   264 
       
   265         5.3.4 CREDITS
       
   266 
       
   267 Any Licensee who may distribute a Modified Software hereby expressly
       
   268 agrees to:
       
   269 
       
   270    1. indicate in the related documentation that it is based on the
       
   271       Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the intellectual
       
   272       property notice for the Software,
       
   273 
       
   274    2. ensure that written indications of the Software intended use,
       
   275       intellectual property notice and license hereunder are included in
       
   276       easily accessible format from the Modified Software interface,
       
   277 
       
   278    3. mention, on a freely accessible website describing the Modified
       
   279       Software, at least throughout the distribution term thereof, that
       
   280       it is based on the Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the
       
   281       Software intellectual property notice,
       
   282 
       
   283    4. where it is distributed to a third party that may distribute a
       
   284       Modified Software without having to make its source code
       
   285       available, make its best efforts to ensure that said third party
       
   286       agrees to comply with the obligations set forth in this Article .
       
   287 
       
   288 If the Software, whether or not modified, is distributed with an
       
   289 External Module designed for use in connection with the Software, the
       
   290 Licensee shall submit said External Module to the foregoing obligations.
       
   291 
       
   292 
       
   293         5.3.5 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CeCILL AND CeCILL-C LICENSES
       
   294 
       
   295 Where a Modified Software contains a Contribution subject to the CeCILL
       
   296 license, the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
       
   297 
       
   298 A Modified Software may be distributed under the CeCILL-C license. In
       
   299 such a case the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional.
       
   300 
       
   301 
       
   302     Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
       
   303 
       
   304 
       
   305       6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE
       
   306 
       
   307 The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or
       
   308 all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms
       
   309 and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work
       
   310 and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the
       
   311 distribution of said Initial Software.
       
   312 
       
   313 The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at
       
   314 least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2.
       
   315 
       
   316 
       
   317       6.2 OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS
       
   318 
       
   319 The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the owner of the
       
   320 intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by
       
   321 applicable law.
       
   322 
       
   323 
       
   324       6.3 OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES
       
   325 
       
   326 The Licensee who develops an External Module is the owner of the
       
   327 intellectual property rights over this External Module as defined by
       
   328 applicable law and is free to choose the type of agreement that shall
       
   329 govern its distribution.
       
   330 
       
   331 
       
   332       6.4 JOINT PROVISIONS
       
   333 
       
   334 The Licensee expressly undertakes:
       
   335 
       
   336    1. not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property
       
   337       notices attached to the Software;
       
   338 
       
   339    2. to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies
       
   340       of the Software modified or not.
       
   341 
       
   342 The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the
       
   343 intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the
       
   344 Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all
       
   345 measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights
       
   346 of the Holder and/or Contributors.
       
   347 
       
   348 
       
   349     Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES
       
   350 
       
   351 7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to
       
   352 provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software.
       
   353 
       
   354 However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The
       
   355 terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such
       
   356 maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the
       
   357 Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services
       
   358 shall incur liability therefor.
       
   359 
       
   360 7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under
       
   361 its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon
       
   362 itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified
       
   363 Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said
       
   364 warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application,
       
   365 shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor
       
   366 and the Licensee.
       
   367 
       
   368 
       
   369     Article 8 - LIABILITY
       
   370 
       
   371 8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be
       
   372 entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered
       
   373 from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant
       
   374 Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof.
       
   375 
       
   376 8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under
       
   377 this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular:
       
   378 (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its
       
   379 obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the
       
   380 Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more
       
   381 generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly
       
   382 agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data,
       
   383 loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders,
       
   384 opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all
       
   385 legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party,
       
   386 shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to
       
   387 any or all compensation from the Licensor.
       
   388 
       
   389 
       
   390     Article 9 - WARRANTY
       
   391 
       
   392 9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical
       
   393 state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all
       
   394 possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of
       
   395 possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's
       
   396 attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using,
       
   397 modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are
       
   398 reserved for experienced users.
       
   399 
       
   400 The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means,
       
   401 the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working
       
   402 order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons
       
   403 or properties.
       
   404 
       
   405 9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled
       
   406 to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the
       
   407 rights set forth in Article 5).
       
   408 
       
   409 9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by
       
   410 the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than
       
   411 that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty
       
   412 as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant
       
   413 nature.
       
   414 
       
   415 Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free
       
   416 from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will
       
   417 be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software
       
   418 configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements.
       
   419 
       
   420 9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the
       
   421 Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right
       
   422 relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore,
       
   423 the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee
       
   424 arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be
       
   425 instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the
       
   426 Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against
       
   427 the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal
       
   428 assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be
       
   429 decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the
       
   430 Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor
       
   431 disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the
       
   432 name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of
       
   433 prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence
       
   434 of a trademark.
       
   435 
       
   436 
       
   437     Article 10 - TERMINATION
       
   438 
       
   439 10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations
       
   440 hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement
       
   441 thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has
       
   442 remained ineffective.
       
   443 
       
   444 10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be
       
   445 authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any
       
   446 licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement
       
   447 shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance
       
   448 with the terms and conditions hereof.
       
   449 
       
   450 
       
   451     Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
       
   452 
       
   453 
       
   454       11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS
       
   455 
       
   456 Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to
       
   457 perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force
       
   458 majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective
       
   459 functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications
       
   460 networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by
       
   461 government authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes,
       
   462 fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc.
       
   463 
       
   464 11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke
       
   465 one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be
       
   466 interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to
       
   467 invoke said provision(s) subsequently.
       
   468 
       
   469 11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements,
       
   470 whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same
       
   471 purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said
       
   472 Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the
       
   473 terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties
       
   474 unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized
       
   475 representatives.
       
   476 
       
   477 11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to
       
   478 conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text,
       
   479 said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make
       
   480 the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative
       
   481 text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity
       
   482 of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not
       
   483 cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid.
       
   484 
       
   485 
       
   486       11.5 LANGUAGE
       
   487 
       
   488 The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions
       
   489 are deemed authentic.
       
   490 
       
   491 
       
   492     Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
       
   493 
       
   494 12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this
       
   495 Agreement.
       
   496 
       
   497 12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is
       
   498 protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who
       
   499 reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the
       
   500 Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may
       
   501 address new issues encountered by Free Software.
       
   502 
       
   503 12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may
       
   504 only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement
       
   505 or a subsequent version.
       
   506 
       
   507 
       
   508     Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
       
   509 
       
   510 13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to
       
   511 endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes
       
   512 that may arise during the performance of the Agreement.
       
   513 
       
   514 13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their
       
   515 occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the
       
   516 disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having
       
   517 jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
       
   518 
       
   519 
       
   520 Version 1.0 dated 2006-09-05.