licence.txt

一种新颖的SVM算法

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY AND COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORM TO SHOW ACCEPTANCE
OF THE TERMS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT

THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU ("THE LICENSEE") AND ROYAL
HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE ("ROYAL HOLLOWAY") OF EGHAM, SURREY TW20
0EX, UNITED KINGDOM AND AT&T LABORATORIES - RESEARCH ("AT&T") OF 100 SCHULZ
DRIVE, RED BANK, NJ 07701-7033, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY COMPLETING THE
REGISTRATION FORM AND CLICKING THE 'ACCEPT' ICON, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME
BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE IS ONLY
ACTIVATED BY SUCH ACCEPTANCE.

Royal Holloway and AT&T own the copyright in the computer program(s) "SVM"
and associated source code and user documentation contained on the Royal
Holloway website "http:\\svm.dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk", which program(s) and
documentation are hereinafter called "the SVM Software". In order to
preserve and protect their rights under applicable laws, Royal Holloway and
AT&T do not sell any rights in the SVM Software but grant licences for the
use of the SVM Software in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.

The Licensee wishes to be granted a licence by Royal Holloway and AT&T to
use the SVM Software.

1 GRANT OF LICENCE

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Royal Holloway and AT&T hereby grant
to the Licensee a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual licence to use the
SVM Software. The Licensee shall be responsible for installing the SVM
Software. In consideration of the rights granted hereunder by Royal Holloway
and AT&T to the Licensee in respect of the SVM Software, the Licensee shall:

1.1 make reference to Royal Holloway and AT&T in any work published using
results produced using the SVM Software and include reference to the Royal
Holloway Technical Report "Support Vector Machine - Reference Manual"
CSD-TR-98-03 by C Saunders, M O Stitson, J Weston, L.Bottou, B.Sch鰈kopf and
A.Smola, published by Royal Holloway 1998 in the bibliography of such
publications;

1.2 provide Royal Holloway and AT&T with a copy of any work published using
results produced using the SVM Software;

1.3 provide to Royal Holloway and AT&T comments on the accuracy, performance
and fitness for use of the SVM Software.

2 PERMITTED USE OF THE SVM SOFTWARE

2.1 The SVM Software is strictly for NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY and may only be
used for research, evaluation or teaching purposes.

2.2 The licence permits employees of the Licensee to use the SVM Software
only on one (1) computer. If such computer is part of a network of
computers, then while the SVM Software is being accessed on such computer,
the SVM Software shall not be copied to, or used on, any other computer on
such network, nor shall the SVM Software be accessed for use through any
other computer on such network.

3 OBLIGATIONS OF THE LICENSEE

The Licensee hereby undertakes that it will not:

3.1 make any use of the SVM Software other than as permitted under Clause 2
of this Agreement; or

3.2 make any copies of the SVM Software other than as required for the
purposes of the permitted use under Clause 2 of this Agreement; or

3.3 cause, directly or indirectly, the transfer of the SVM Software to any
third party, or the acquisition of the SVM Software by any third party; or

3.4 modify the SVM Software without the prior written consent of both Royal
Holloway and AT&T.

4 WARRANTY

Neither Royal Holloway nor AT&T give any warranty and make no representation
about the performance or characteristics of the SVM Software.

5 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Licensee shall assume full responsibility for any use by the Licensee or
by any third party (including any employee of the Licensee) of the SVM
Software and/or any other information provided under this Agreement and
shall indemnify and hold harmless Royal Holloway and AT&T against any claims
which may be brought against either Royal Holloway or AT&T arising out of
the said use of the SVM Software and/or such other information.

6 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All intellectual property rights in the SVM Software remain the property of
Royal Holloway and AT&T. At no time shall any property rights in the SVM
Software or any part thereof be vested in the Licensee. Royal Holloway and
AT&T make no warranty or representation that the use of the SVM Software
and/or any information provided by Royal Holloway or AT&T to the Licensee
under the terms of this Agreement does not infringe the rights of any third
party.

7 CONFIDENTIALITY

The Licensee shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the SVM
Software is treated as confidential.

8 TERMINATION

Royal Holloway and AT&T may terminate this Agreement at any time if the
Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.

9 ASSIGNMENT

The Licensee shall not assign or transfer any rights, duties or obligations
under this Agreement.

10 APPLICABLE LAW

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and
subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts of England.