RBVI Open Source Software License

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RBVI Open Source Software License

Most of the software developed within our Resource Center is distributed as "Open Source." Open Source refers to software that has been licensed so as to permit modification and redistribution by others in either source code or binary form. We subscribe to the philosophy promoted by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) organization. As OSI says on their web site, "The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs."
Our open source software uses a modified form of the "Simplified BSD license". The modification consists of the addition of an acknowledgment to our primary funding agency, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and is necessary for our continued support. Our Open Source License is as follows:
Copyright (c) <YEAR> The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
     copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following
     disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
     with the distribution.
  3. Redistributions must acknowledge that this software was
     originally developed by the UCSF Resource for Biocomputing,
     Visualization, and Informatics with support from the National
     Institute of General Medical Sciences, grant P41-GM103311.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER "AS IS" AND ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.