Argot2 web service for Academic Users

Argot2 Software is provided at no charge as a web application service to the academic research community for noncommercial, nonprofit internal research use. If you are a commercial user, please contact the Research Group by sending an email to Dott. Stefano Toppo (stefano.toppo at unipd.it) or Dott. Paolo Fontana (paolo.fontana at fmach.it), otherwise read and follow the terms posted below.

This agreement is made by and between the Argot2 Research Group, hereinafter referred to as "licensor," and an academic user for Argot2 web service, hereinafter referred to as "licensee."

By using the Argot2 web service, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the terms and conditions of this License and agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Use of the Argot2 web service by licensee signifies licensee acceptance of each and every term set forth in this license agreement. The license granted under this license agreement is expressly conditioned upon your acceptance of all of the terms of this license agreement. If you cannot accept the terms of this license agreement or do not wish to comply with any term or condition set forth herein, you should refrain from using the Argot2 web service. Once you use the web service, the terms hereof will be deemed to have been accepted by you and you will be bound by all of the terms, conditions, and restrictions contained herein.

Whereas, licensor has developed a proprietary computer program entitled "Argot2 web service" (hereinafter referred to as "program") and licensee desires to obtain and licensor desires to grant a license to use the program named above for noncommercial, nonprofit internal research purposes only. This software is copyrighted and the owner of the copyright claims all exclusive rights to such software, except as licensed to users hereunder and subject to strict compliance with the terms of this license.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the promises and covenants herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

I. LICENSE

An academic user for Argot2 web service receives a non-exclusive, nontransferable right to use the program provided by licensor through a Web server subject to the terms and conditions of this License.

II. LIMITATION OF LICENSE AND RESTRICTIONS

Licensee agrees to restrict use of program to noncommercial, nonprofit internal research purposes only.

Licensee shall not use, print, copy, translate or display the program, in whole or in part, unless expressly authorized by Licensor.

Licensee agrees that it shall use the program only for licensee's sole and exclusive use, and shall not disclose, sell, assign, license, or otherwise distribute the program to any third party without the prior written consent of licensor.

Any modification to the program made by licensee shall be considered part of the program.

Except as required under section IV of this license, licensee shall not use the name or names of Argot, Argot2, or any adaptation, abbreviation or derivative of any of them, whether oral or written, without the prior written permission of theLicensor.

III. TITLE AND OWNERSHIP

Sole title and ownership rights in the program shall remain with licensor.

Licensee acknowledges licensor's proprietary rights in the program and agrees to reproduce all copyright notices supplied by licensor on all references to the program.

Licensee will acknowledge the program authors on any publication of scientific results based in part on use of the program and cite the articles for the algorithms of the program: 

Falda M., Toppo S., Pescarolo A., Lavezzo E., Di Camillo B., Facchinetti A., Cilia E., Velasco R., Fontana P.
Argot2: a large scale function prediction tool relying on semantic similarity of weighted Gene Ontology terms. 
BMC bioinformatics, 13(4). 2012.

IV. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

The program is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Licensor does not warrant that the functions contained in the program will meet licensee's requirements or that operation will be uninterrupted or error free.

Licensee fully indemnifies licensor so that licensor shall not be liable for special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, even if it has been or is hereafter advised of the possibility of such damages, from licensee's use of, or inability to use the program.

V. MISCELLANEOUS

This license represents the complete and final statements between licensor and licensee and supersedes all prior agreements, proposals, representations and other communications between them with respect to use of the PROGRAM. This License may be modified only with the mutual written approval of an authorized representative of licensee and licensor.

Licensee agrees if any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, it is to that extent to be deemed omitted. The remainder of the Agreement will be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent possible. The waiver or failure of licensor to exercise in any respect any right provided for in this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any further right under this Agreement. Duplication or resale of the program without prior authorization is prohibited.

 
IMPORTANT: Use of Argot2 web service under the Argot2 web service license agreement for academic users is restricted to non-commercial internal research use only. Commercial use requires a separate commercial license which may be requested by contacting Dott. Stefano Toppo (stefano.toppo at unipd.it), Dept. of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova (Italy), or Dott. Paolo Fontana paolo.fontana at fmach.it), Fondazione Edmund Mach - Center of Computational Biology, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento (Italy).