LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR USE OF SOFTWARE AND/OR DATA BY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS

This agreement is between The Met Office, on behalf of the
Secretary of State for Defence (The Authority) and 



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1.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Authority grants to
the Licensee a non-exclusive Licence to use, adapt and modify the data
and/or software detailed below;

          Joint UK Land Exchange System (JULES)

for bona fide research in connection with:

          Land-surface Modelling

2.  Such Licence does not permit the use of the data/software for
commercial exploitation, business use, resale or transfer to any third
party without the written consent of the Authority.

3.  The Authority shall provide one copy of the data/software and
associated documentation where appropriate on payment of the following
charges:
          No Charge

4.  The data/software has been developed and/or produced for the
purposes of the Authority and no warranty is given as to its
suitability for use on the Licensee's equipment.

5.  No liability is accepted by the Authority for any errors or
omissions in the data, software or associated information and/or
documentation.

6.  Licensed use of the data/software shall include acknowledgement of
Crown Copyright where appropriate.

7.  The Authority retains the intellectual property rights on the
data/software.

8. The Authority reserves the right to require acknowledgements and,
where appropriate, co-authorship in any publication of scientific
papers arising out of use of the data/software and/or information
supplied by the Authority.

9. The Licence shall run from the date of the signing of this agreement.  
The Authority reserves the right to terminate this Licence without notice 
if the Licensee is in breach of any of the conditions herein.


Signed ........................    Date ..........
on behalf of the licensee


Print Name: ........................


e-mail address: ........................
 
Please send completed forms to:
JULES
Matthew Pryor
JCHMR
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (1491) 838800