HeuristicLab License

HeuristicLab is Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Wagner, Orionstr. 21a, 4030 Linz, Austria and Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael Affenzeller, Fadingerstrasse 7/3, 4020 Linz, Austria.

Currently, HeuristicLab is distributed as a binary only. Although it is distributed free of charge, please note that it is NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN.

The HeuristicLab License gives you the freedom to give away verbatim copies of the HeuristicLab distribution (which include the license). We do not allow modified copies of our software or software derived from it to be distributed. You may, however, distribute your modifications as separate files along with our unmodified HeuristicLab software. We encourage users to send changes and improvements which would benefit many other users to us so that all users may receive these improvements in a later version. The restriction not to distribute modified copies is also useful to prevent bug reports from someone else's modifications.

For our protection, we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND for the HeuristicLab software.

License Agreement

1. This License Agreement applies to the HeuristicLab program and all accompanying programs and files that are distributed with a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of the HeuristicLab License. 'HeuristicLab', below, refers to any such program or work, and a 'work based on HeuristicLab' means either HeuristicLab or any work containing HeuristicLab or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications. Each licensee is addressed as 'you'.
2. You may not use HeuristicLab (or any work based on HeuristicLab) commercially. The use of HeuristicLab (or any work based on HeuristicLab) under this license is strictly limited to non-commercial and educational use. If you want to use HeuristicLab in a commercial way, please ask the copyright holders for a commercial license.
3. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the HeuristicLab distribution as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty, keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty, and give any other recipients of HeuristicLab a copy of this license along with HeuristicLab.
4. You may modify your copy or copies of HeuristicLab or any portion of it only for your own use. You may not distribute modified copies of HeuristicLab. You may, however, distribute your modifications as separate files (e.g. new algorithm or problem implementations) along with our unmodified HeuristicLab software. We also encourage users to send changes and improvements which would benefit many other users to us so that all users may receive these improvements in a later version. The restriction not to distribute modified copies is also useful to prevent bug reports from someone else's modifications.
5. If you distribute copies of HeuristicLab (or any work based on HeuristicLab) you may not charge anything except the cost for the media and a fair estimate of the costs of computer time or network time directly attributable to the copying.
6. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, distribute or transfer HeuristicLab except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense, distribute or transfer HeuristicLab is void, and will automatically terminate your rights to use HeuristicLab under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights to use copies, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
7. By copying, distributing or modifying HeuristicLab (or any work based on HeuristicLab) you indicate your acceptance of this license to do so, and all its terms and conditions.
8. Each time you redistribute HeuristicLab (or any work based on HeuristicLab), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify HeuristicLab subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
9. Because HeuristicLab is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty for it, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The copyright holders and/or other parties provide HeuristicLab 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of HeuristicLab is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
10. In no event will any copyright holder, or any other party who may redistribute HeuristicLab as permitted above, be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use HeuristicLab (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of HeuristicLab to operate with any other programs), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.