allegiance/license.txt

Allegiance Source Code - Version 1.0

This Microsoft Research Shared Source license agreement ("MSR-SSLA") is a legal 
agreement between you and Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft” or “we”) for the software 
or data identified above, which may include source code, and any associated materials, 
text or speech files, associated media and "online" or electronic documentation (together, 
the "Software"). 

By installing, copying, or otherwise using this Software, found at 
http://research.microsoft.com/downloads, you agree to be bound by the terms of this 
MSR-SSLA. If you do not agree, do not install copy or use the Software. The Software is 
protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and is licensed, not sold.    

SCOPE OF RIGHTS:
You may use this Software for any non-commercial purpose, subject to the restrictions in 
this License. Some purposes which can be non-commercial are teaching, academic 
research, public demonstrations and personal experimentation. You may also distribute 
this Software with books or other teaching materials, or publish the Software on 
websites, that are intended to teach the use of the Software for academic or other non-
commercial purposes.
You may not use or distribute this Software or any derivative works in any form for 
commercial purposes. Examples of commercial purposes would be running business 
operations, licensing, leasing, or selling the Software, distributing the Software for use 
with commercial products or any other activity which purpose is to procure a commercial 
gain to you or others.
If the Software includes source code or data, you may modify such portions of the 
Software and distribute the modified Software for non-commercial purposes, as provided 
herein. 
 
You may use any information in intangible form that you remember after accessing the 
Software. However, this right does not grant you a license to any of Microsoft's 
copyrights or patents for anything you might create using such information. 
 
In return, we simply require that you agree: 
1.	That you will not remove any copyright or other notices from the Software.
2.	That if any of the Software is in binary format, you will not attempt to modify such 
portions of the Software, or to reverse engineer or decompile them, except and 
only to the extent authorized by law. 
3.	That if you distribute the Software or any derivative works of the Software, you 
will distribute them under a verbatim copy of this License, and you will not grant 
rights to the Software or derivative works that are broader than those provided by 
this License. For example, you may not distribute modifications of the Software 
under terms that would permit commercial use, or under terms that purport to 
require the Software or such derivative works to be sublicensed to others.
4.	That if you have modified the Software or created derivative works, and distribute 
such modifications or derivative works, you will cause the modified files to carry 
prominent notices so that recipients know that they are not receiving the original 
Software. Such notices must state: (i) that you have changed the Software; and 
(ii) the date of any changes.
5.	That Microsoft is granted back, without any limitations and on a royalty free basis, 
the rights to reproduce, install, use, modify, distribute and transfer your 
modifications to the Software source code or data.
6.	That any feedback about the Software provided by you to us is voluntarily given, 
and Microsoft shall be free to use the feedback as it sees fit without obligation or 
restriction of any kind, even if the feedback is designated by you as confidential.
7.	THAT THE SOFTWARE COMES "AS IS", WITH NO WARRANTIES. THIS 
MEANS NO EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY, INCLUDING 
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ANY WARRANTY AGAINST 
INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY 
WARRANTY OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THERE IS NO WARRANTY 
THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL FULFILL ANY OF YOUR PARTICULAR 
PURPOSES OR NEEDS. ALSO, YOU MUST PASS THIS DISCLAIMER ON 
WHENEVER YOU DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE OR DERIVATIVE WORKS.
8.	THAT NEITHER MICROSOFT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SOFTWARE 
WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE OR 
THIS LICENSE, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT 
THE LAW PERMITS, NO MATTER WHAT LEGAL THEORY IT IS BASED ON. 
ALSO, YOU MUST PASS THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ON WHENEVER 
YOU DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE OR DERIVATIVE WORKS.
9.	That we have no duty of reasonable care or lack of negligence, and we are not 
obligated to (and will not) provide technical support for the Software.
10.	That if you breach this MSR-SSLA or if you sue anyone over patents that you 
think may apply to the Software or anyone's use of the Software, your license to 
the Software ends automatically and you shall destroy all of your copies of the 
Software immediately.  Section 5 of this MSR-SSLA shall survive any termination 
of this license.
11.	That the patent rights, if any, granted in this License only apply to the Software, 
not to any derivative works you make.
12.	That the Software is subject to U.S. export jurisdiction at the time it is licensed to 
you, and it may be subject to additional export or import laws in other 
places.  You agree to comply with all such laws and regulations that may apply to 
the Software after delivery of the software to you.
13.	That if you are an agency of the U.S. Government, (i) Software provided 
pursuant to a solicitation issued on or after December 1, 1995, is provided with 
the commercial license rights set forth in this License, and (ii) Software provided 
pursuant to a solicitation issued prior to December 1, 1995, is provided with 
“Restricted Rights” as set forth in FAR, 48 C.F.R. 52.227-14 (June 1987) or 
DFAR, 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7013 (Oct 1988), as applicable.
14.	That your rights under this License end automatically if you breach it in any way.
15.	That all rights not expressly granted to you in this License are reserved.
16.	That this MSR-SSLA shall be construed and controlled by the laws of the State of 
Washington, USA, without regard to conflicts of law.  If any provision of this 
MSR-SSLA shall be deemed unenforceable or contrary to law, the rest of this 
MSR-SSLA shall remain in full effect and interpreted in an enforceable manner 
that most nearly captures the intent of the original language. 

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