License Agreement for Evaluation (Electronic Version)

The AMD software tools have been developed at the Center for Bioinformatics Hamburg (ZBH), Bundesstrasse 43, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany, a center of Universität Hamburg (Hamburg University), Mittelweg 177, D-20148 Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg University grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to the AMD software tools for academic use or evaluation.

• Academic use is defined as the usage of the software within an academic institution for teaching and research, including publicly funded collaborative research projects with non-academic institutions for the duration and the purpose of the project. The usage for consultancy, service, and application within collaborative projects funded by non-academic institutions is excluded.
• Evaluation is defined as the usage of the software to test the functionality, performance, and purpose of fit excluding production runs and large scale applications. In case of an evaluation license, all data produced has to be deleted with the termination of the license.

A license for academic use is granted on an annual base, an evaluation license is granted once for one month. Any license under this Conditions of Use is granted according to subsequent terms and conditions:

• As AMD tools are provided without charge, you agree that the software is provided on an *as is* basis, and that any warranty is excluded, whether with regard to the functionality or fitness for purpose or otherwise. Furthermore, the software is for internal use only and must not be re-distributed or made available to any third party.
• Hamburg University is not liable for any damages resulting from use unless Hamburg University acted with gross negligence or bad faith. Hamburg University is not liable for AMD tools or provided know-how being subject to third-party rights. Strict liability according to German law, in particular product liability remains unaffected.
• All AMD tools must be used in their entirety. No parts of the package may be integrated in or used with software other than the standard operating system of the computer, and this is restricted solely to the extent that is unavoidable. AMD tools may be integrated into scripting and pipelining environments provided that the origin of the software is clearly marked.
• AMD tools may not be renamed, changed, disassembled, reverse-engineered, decoded, translated, rearranged, manipulated or debugged (collectively ‘Manipulated’). If AMD tools need to be manipulated in order to eradicate a fault or to achieve interoperability with an independently created computer program, ZBH at Hamburg University reserves the right to resolve such problems itself within an appropriate period of time.

Privacy Policy

Collecting and Usage of personal data

We collect personal data when you provide it to us through registration, completion of forms, or e-mails in order to use our services. We use those data to supply you with the requested services or for other purposes for which you have given your consent.

Furthermore, your computer provides us with the following data automatically:

• type of internet browser and operating system used
• domain name of the web site from which you come
• date of visit
• average time spent on the site
• pages viewed
• size of files transferred
• status of data transfer
• IP-address

We store und use this information in two ways:

1. anonymously and only for statistical purposes
2. personally in order to protect the Web Interface against abuse

No personal data will be made available to any third party except (i) with your consent; (ii) as may be required by law or the competent governmental or judicial authorities; or (iii) if it is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense. Anonymous data may be transferred to third parties in order to improve our services.

No personal data will be made available to any third party except (i) with your consent; (ii) as may be required by law or the competent governmental or judicial authorities; or (iii) if it is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense. Anonymous data may be transferred to third parties in order to improve our services.

Acceptance and Revoking Consent

Using the send button on the registration form you state voluntarily your consent to the conditions of use and the privacy policy and allow us to store and use your personal data in the described manner. You may revoke any consent concerning the storage or use of personal data at any time. Please contact us in such case under license(at)zbh.uni-hamburg.de.

Miscellaneous

Neither Party shall assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent the other Party shall not unreasonably withhold.

Any modification or amendment of this Agreement must be in writing and executed by both Parties.

Should any clause in this Agreement be determined to be or become invalid or unenforceable in full or in part, such determination shall not affect the validity of the other clauses of the Agreement or the remaining parts of the clause concerned. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace any invalid clause by an effective one which conforms as far as possible to the original purpose of the invalid clause and shall then so-amend this Contract in writing.

This Contract, performance hereunder, and any related dispute, controversy or claim shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Germany without reference to its conflict of laws provisions. Place of venue shall be Hamburg.

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