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| 1 | +# GEMC Software License |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +*Version 1.0, August 25, 2025* |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +> [!WARNING] |
| 6 | +> Copyright (c) 2006–2025, |
| 7 | +> Maurizio Ungaro and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (`Jefferson Lab`). |
| 8 | +> <br/> |
| 9 | +> All rights not expressly granted under this license are reserved. |
| 10 | +
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| 11 | +<br/> |
| 12 | +This software includes voluntary contributions made to the GEMC project. |
| 13 | +Additional information about GEMC may be provided in the accompanying |
| 14 | +documentation or repository. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Installation, use, reproduction, display, modification, and redistribution of |
| 17 | +this software, with or without modification, in source and binary forms, are |
| 18 | +permitted on a non-exclusive basis. Any exercise of rights by you under this |
| 19 | +license is subject to the following conditions: |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +<br/> |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +----- |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +<br/> |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +### 1\. Redistributions |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Redistributions of this software, in whole or in part, with or without |
| 30 | +modification, must reproduce the above copyright notice and these license |
| 31 | +conditions in (a) the source code, (b) the user documentation, and (c) any |
| 32 | +other materials provided with the redistributed software. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +<br/> |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +----- |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +<br/> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +### 2\. User Documentation |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +The user documentation, if any, included with a redistribution, must |
| 43 | +include the following notice: |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +``` |
| 46 | +This product includes the GEMC software developed by Maurizio Ungaro |
| 47 | +at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). |
| 48 | +``` |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +If that is where third-party acknowledgments normally appear, this |
| 51 | +acknowledgment must also be reproduced in any modified version of this |
| 52 | +software itself. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +<br/> |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +----- |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +<br/> |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +### 3\. Scientific Citation |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Publications or presentations that use this software |
| 63 | +or results produced with it must include the following citation: |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +```bash |
| 66 | +M. Ungaro, Geant4 Monte-Carlo (GEMC): A database-driven simulation program, |
| 67 | +EPJ Web of Conferences 295, 05005 (2024), |
| 68 | +https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429505005 |
| 69 | +``` |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +```latex |
| 72 | +\bibitem{2024EPJWC.29505005U} |
| 73 | +{Ungaro}, M.: Geant4 Monte-Carlo (GEMC) A database-driven simulation program. |
| 74 | +\newblock European Physical Journal Web of Conferences \textbf{295}, 05005 (2024). |
| 75 | +\newblock \doi{10.1051/epjconf/202429505005} |
| 76 | +``` |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +```bibtex |
| 79 | +@INPROCEEDINGS{2024EPJWC.29505005U, |
| 80 | + author = { {Ungaro}, Maurizio, |
| 81 | + title = "{Geant4 Monte-Carlo (GEMC) A database-driven simulation program}", |
| 82 | + booktitle = {European Physical Journal Web of Conferences}, |
| 83 | + year = 2024, |
| 84 | + series = {European Physical Journal Web of Conferences}, |
| 85 | + volume = {295}, |
| 86 | + month = may, |
| 87 | + eid = {05005}, |
| 88 | + pages = {05005}, |
| 89 | + doi = {10.1051/epjconf/202429505005}, |
| 90 | + adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024EPJWC.29505005U}, |
| 91 | + adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System} |
| 92 | +} |
| 93 | +``` |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +<br/> |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +----- |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +<br/> |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +### 4\. Names and Endorsement |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +The names `GEMC` and `GEMC: Geant4 Monte-Carlo` may not be used to endorse or promote |
| 104 | +software or products derived from this software except with prior written permission |
| 105 | +from the copyright holders. For permissions, contact: [gemc@jlab.org](mailto: gemc@jlab.org). |
| 106 | +If this software is redistributed in a modified form, the name and reference of the modified |
| 107 | +version must be clearly distinguishable from that of this software. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +<br/> |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +----- |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +<br/> |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +### 5\. Modifications |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +You are under no obligation to provide anyone with any modifications of this software |
| 118 | +that you may develop, including but not limited to bug fixes, patches, upgrades, or other |
| 119 | +enhancements or derivatives of features, functionality, or performance. |
| 120 | +However, if you publish or distribute your modifications without contemporaneously |
| 121 | +requiring users to enter into a separate written license agreement, then you are deemed to |
| 122 | +have granted Maurizio Ungaro, Jefferson Lab, and all contributors to GEMC a license to your |
| 123 | +modifications, including modifications protected by any patent owned or controlled by you, |
| 124 | +under the conditions of this license. |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +<br/> |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +----- |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +<br/> |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +### 6\. Patents |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +You may not include this software, in whole or in part, in any patent o |
| 135 | +r patent application in respect of any modification of this software developed |
| 136 | +by you. |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +<br/> |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +----- |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +<br/> |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +### 7\. Third-Party Software |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +This software may be distributed with or may require third-party components (including, |
| 147 | +without limitation, Geant4, CLHEP, Qt, ROOT, SQLite, Assimp, and others) that are separately |
| 148 | +licensed. Such components are provided under their respective licenses, and you must comply |
| 149 | +with those licenses in addition to this one. Where required (for example, by the Geant4 |
| 150 | +license), you must reproduce the applicable notices and acknowledgments in your redistribution. |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +<br/> |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +----- |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +<br/> |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +### 8\. DISCLAIMER |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +**THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY |
| 161 | +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
| 162 | +MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE |
| 163 | +ARE DISCLAIMED. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT |
| 164 | +THE SOFTWARE, OR MODIFICATIONS THEREOF, WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, |
| 165 | +TRADE SECRET, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHT.** |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +<br/> |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +----- |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +<br/> |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +### 9\. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +**IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, |
| 176 | +INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY |
| 177 | +CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, |
| 178 | +LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY |
| 179 | +OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, |
| 180 | +ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY |
| 181 | +OF SUCH DAMAGES.** |
| 182 | + |
| 183 | +<br/> |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +----- |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +<br/> |
| 188 | + |
| 189 | +### 10\. Termination |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +This license shall terminate with immediate effect and without notice if you fail |
| 192 | +to comply with any of its terms, or if you institute litigation against any copyright |
| 193 | +holder or contributor with regard to this software. |
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