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Licence Agreement

The subject matter of this Licence Agreement are the files for the Thesaurus Ethics in the Life Sciences (Thesaurus) made available as a download in conjunction with the reference implementation.

The licensors are:

• German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), Bonn, Germany (editor in chief)
• Centre de documentation en éthique, CCNE/Inserm, Paris, France
• Information and Documentation Centre on Ethics in Medicine (IDEM), Göttingen, Germany
• International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen, Germany
• Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE), Washington, DC, USA

represented jointly by DRZE.

1. Right of use

On conclusion of the licence agreement the licensee shall acquire the unlimited right in terms of time and space to use the Thesaurus extensively for his own non-commercial purposes. This shall include the right to use the Thesaurus in digital or analogue form, online or offline, physically or non-physically. Permission to use shall be granted free of charge.

2. Restrictions on the right of use

The following shall be excluded from the right of use:

• the right to hire out the work or to pass on said work subject to payment or a licence fee. The right of use acquired through this licence may not be transferred to third parties. Third parties shall only acquire the rights of use by concluding their own licence agreement directly from DRZE as the representative of the licensor.
• any form of processing or alteration of the work.

Processing shall be deemed to exist when the Thesaurus

• is combined with another independent work or other stocks of terms. This shall also apply when the combined works or stocks of terms are used as one overall work;
• is translated into other languages;
• is supplemented, abbreviated or reformulated in any way.

Processing shall not be deemed to exist when the Thesaurus as a whole is input into a database or another compilation. In this case there must be clear mention of the fact that the Thesaurus is governed by this Licence.

3. Other terms and conditions of use

The Thesaurus must always be immediately identifiable as an independent work irrespective of the form in which it is used. The following information must be given:

• clear identification of the Thesaurus by the designation "Thesaurus Ethics in the Life Sciences" and mention of the version used (year);
• references to the validity of this licence which may not be amended or deleted;
• enclosure of this licence or details of an Internet address on which the licence text may always be accessed;
• names of the authors;
• clear indication of the reference source of the reference implementation (http://www.drze.de/thesaurus/).

4. Termination of rights in the event of violation

Any violation of the licence terms and conditions shall automatically terminate the rights of use of every offender.

5. Liability

In conjunction with the rights granted by this licence, the licensor shall only be liable for the fraudulent non-disclosure of defects of title.

6. Applicable law

This licence agreement shall be governed by German law with the exception of conflict of laws provision.