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| 1 | +GEMC Software License |
| 2 | +Version 1.0, August 25, 2025 |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +Copyright (c) 2006–2025, |
| 5 | +Maurizio Ungaro and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (“Jefferson Lab”). |
| 6 | +All rights not expressly granted under this license are reserved. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +This software includes voluntary contributions made to the GEMC project. |
| 9 | +Additional information about GEMC may be provided in the accompanying |
| 10 | +documentation or repository. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Installation, use, reproduction, display, modification, and redistribution of |
| 13 | +this software, with or without modification, in source and binary forms, are |
| 14 | +permitted on a non-exclusive basis. Any exercise of rights by you under this |
| 15 | +license is subject to the following conditions: |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +1. Redistributions of this software, in whole or in part, with or without |
| 18 | + modification, must reproduce the above copyright notice and these license |
| 19 | + conditions in (a) the source code, (b) the user documentation, and (c) any |
| 20 | + other materials provided with the redistributed software. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +2. The user documentation, if any, included with a redistribution, must |
| 23 | + include the following notice: |
| 24 | + “This product includes software developed by Maurizio Ungaro and the |
| 25 | + GEMC project at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
| 26 | + (Jefferson Lab).” |
| 27 | + If that is where third-party acknowledgments normally appear, this |
| 28 | + acknowledgment must also be reproduced in any modified version of this |
| 29 | + software itself. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +3. Scientific citation. Publications or presentations that use this software |
| 32 | + or results produced with it must include the following citation: |
| 33 | + M. Ungaro, “Geant4 Monte-Carlo (GEMC) A database-driven simulation |
| 34 | + program,” EPJ Web of Conferences 295, 05005 (2024), |
| 35 | + https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429505005 |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +4. Names and endorsement. The names “GEMC” and “GEMC: Geant4 Monte-Carlo” |
| 38 | + may not be used to endorse or promote software or products derived from |
| 39 | + this software except with prior written permission from the copyright |
| 40 | + holders. For permissions, contact: gemc@jlab.org. If this software |
| 41 | + is redistributed in modified form, the name and reference of the modified |
| 42 | + version must be clearly distinguishable from that of this software. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +5. Modifications. You are under no obligation to provide anyone with any |
| 45 | + modifications of this software that you may develop, including but not |
| 46 | + limited to bug fixes, patches, upgrades, or other enhancements or |
| 47 | + derivatives of features, functionality, or performance. However, if you |
| 48 | + publish or distribute your modifications without contemporaneously |
| 49 | + requiring users to enter into a separate written license agreement, then |
| 50 | + you are deemed to have granted Maurizio Ungaro, Jefferson Lab, and all |
| 51 | + contributors to GEMC a license to your modifications, including |
| 52 | + modifications protected by any patent owned or controlled by you, under |
| 53 | + the conditions of this license. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +6. Patents. You may not include this software, in whole or in part, in any |
| 56 | + patent or patent application in respect of any modification of this |
| 57 | + software developed by you. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +7. Third-party software. This software may be distributed with or may require |
| 60 | + third-party components (including, without limitation, Geant4, CLHEP, Qt, |
| 61 | + ROOT, SQLite, Assimp, and others) that are separately licensed. Such |
| 62 | + components are provided under their respective licenses, and you must |
| 63 | + comply with those licenses in addition to this one. Where required (for |
| 64 | + example, by the Geant4 license), you must reproduce the applicable notices |
| 65 | + and acknowledgments in your redistribution. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +8. DISCLAIMER |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” |
| 70 | + AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, |
| 71 | + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND FITNESS |
| 72 | + FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE ARE DISCLAIMED. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND |
| 73 | + CONTRIBUTORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE SOFTWARE, OR MODIFICATIONS |
| 74 | + THEREOF, WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADE SECRET, OR OTHER |
| 75 | + PROPRIETARY RIGHT. |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY |
| 80 | + DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR |
| 81 | + PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, |
| 82 | + PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, |
| 83 | + OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF CONTRACT, |
| 84 | + WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, |
| 85 | + ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE |
| 86 | + POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +10. Termination. This license shall terminate with immediate effect and without |
| 89 | + notice if you fail to comply with any of its terms, or if you institute |
| 90 | + litigation against any copyright holder or contributor with regard to this |
| 91 | + software. |
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