                               General Notice

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there are no misunderstandings about terms and conditions of such use.

Please read the following notice carefully. If you do not understand any
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credit where credit is due by citing this package, its authors and the URL
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in the literature with the same authors.

Some of the software and documents included within this software package are
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does not in any way imply that any such rights have in any way been waived
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Even though the authors of the various documents and software found here
have made a good faith effort to ensure that the documents are correct and
that the software performs according to its documentation, and we would
greatly appreciate hearing of any problems you may encounter, the programs
and documents any files created by the programs are provided **AS IS**
without any warranty as to correctness, merchantability or fitness for any
particular or general use.

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FROM THE USE OF PROGRAMS OR
DOCUMENTS OR ANY FILE OR FILES CREATED BY USE OF THE PROGRAMS OR DOCUMENTS
LIES SOLELY WITH THE USERS OF THE PROGRAMS OR DOCUMENTS OR FILE OR FILES AND
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Subject to your acceptance of the conditions stated above, and your respect
for the terms and conditions stated in the notices below, if you are not
going to make any modifications or create derived works, you are given
permission to freely copy and distribute this package, provided you do the
following:

   * 1. Either include the complete documentation, especially the file
     NOTICE, with what you distribute or provide a clear indication where
     people can get a copy of the documentation; and
   * 2. Give credit where credit is due citing the version and original
     authors properly; and
   * 3. Do not give anyone the impression that the original authors are
     providing a warranty of any kind.

In addition, you may also modify this package and create derived works
provided you do the following:

   * 4. Explain in your documentation how what you did differs from this
     version of RasMol; and
   * 5. Make your modified source code available.

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                              RasMol 2.6 Notice

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does
not represent a commitment on the part of the supplier. This package is
sold/distributed subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade
or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without
the supplier's prior consent, in any form of packaging or cover other than
that in which it was produced. No part of this manual or accompanying
software may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system on optical or
magnetic disk, tape or any other medium, or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise for
any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use.

This product is not to be used in the planning, construction, maintenance,
operation or use of any nuclear facility nor the flight, navigation or
communication of aircraft or ground support equipment. The author shall not
be liable, in whole or in part, for any claims or damages arising from such
use, including death, bancruptcy or outbreak of war.

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                               The IUCr Policy
                                     on
           the Use of the Crystallographic Information File (CIF)

The Crystallographic Information File (Hall, Allen & Brown, 1991) is, as of
January 1992, the recommended method for submitting publications to Acta
Crystallographica Section C. The International Union of Crystallography
holds the Copyright on the CIF, and has applied for Patents on the STAR File
syntax which is the basis for the CIF format.

It is a principal objective of the IUCr to promote the use of CIF for the
exchange and storage of scientific data. The IUCr's sponsorship of the CIF
development was motivated by its responsibility to its scientific journals,
which set the standards in crystallographic publishing. The IUCr intends
that CIFs will be used increasingly for electronic submission of manuscripts
to these journals in future. The IUCr recognises that, if the CIF and the
STAR File are to be adopted as a means for universal data exchange, the
syntax of these files must be strictly and uniformly adhered to. Even small
deviations from the syntax would ultimately cause the demise of the
universal file concept. Through its Copyrights and Patents the IUCr has
taken the steps needed to ensure strict conformance with this syntax.

The IUCr policy on the use of the CIF and STAR File processes is as follows:

   * 1. CIFs and STAR Files may be generated, stored or transmitted, without
     permission or charge, provided their purpose is not specifically for
     profit or commercial gain, and provided that the published syntax is
     strictly adhered to.
   * 2. Computer software may be developed for use with CIFs or STAR files,
     without permission or charge, provided it is distributed in the public
     domain. This condition also applies to software for which a charge is
     made, provided that its primary function is for use with files that
     satisfy condition 1 and that it is distributed as a minor component of
     a larger package of software.
   * 3. Permission will be granted for the use of CIFs and STAR Files for
     specific commercial purposes (such as databases or network exchange
     processes), and for the distribution of commercial CIF/STAR software,
     on written application to the IUCr Executive Secretary, 2 Abbey Square,
     Chester CH1 2HU, England. The nature, terms and duration of the
     licences granted will be determined by the IUCr Executive and Finance
     Committees.

In summary, the IUCr wishes to promote the use of the STAR File concepts as
a standard universal data file. It will insist on strict compliance with the
published syntax for all applications. To assist with this compliance, the
IUCr provides public domain software for checking the logical integrity of a
CIF, and for validating the data name definitions contained within a CIF.
Detailed information on this software, and the associated dictionaries, may
be obtained from the IUCr Office at 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU,
England.

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                             CBFlib V0.1 Notice

The following Diclaimer Notice applies to CBFlib V0.1, from which this code
is in part is derived.

   * The items furnished herewith were developed under the sponsorship of
     the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S., nor the U.S. D.O.E., nor the
     Leland Stanford Junior University, nor their employees, makes any
     warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or
     responsibility for accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any
     information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents
     that its use will not infringe privately-owned rights. Mention of any
     product, its manufacturer, or suppliers shall not, nor is it intended
     to, imply approval, disapproval, or fitness for any particular use. The
     U.S. and the University at all times retain the right to use and
     disseminate the furnished items for any purpose whatsoever.

Notice 91 02 01

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                               CIFPARSE Notice

Portions of this software are loosely based on the CIFPARSE software package
from the NDB at Rutgers university (see
http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/NDB/mmcif/software). CIFPARSE is part of the
NDBQUERY application, a program component of the Nucleic Acid Database
Project [ H. M. Berman, W. K. Olson, D. L. Beveridge, J. K. Westbrook, A.
Gelbin, T. Demeny, S. H. Shieh, A. R. Srinivasan, and B. Schneider. (1992).
The Nucleic Acid Database: A Comprehensive Relational Database of
Three-Dimensional Structures of Nucleic Acids. Biophys J., 63, 751-759.],
whose cooperation is gratefully acknowledged, especially in the form of
design concepts created by J. Westbrook.

Please be aware of the following notice in the CIFPARSE API:

This software is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. RUTGERS MAKE
NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY
PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHT.
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Updated 27 March 1999. yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com
