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PRECIS Licence AgreementPRECIS Workshop, University of Reading, 20th – 24th September 2010

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Aims of this session

• Present the main features of the PRECIS licence agreement

• Explain the obligations of the licensee

• to inform the Met Office of intended uses of PRECIS

• to supply a report on the use of PRECIS and any publications resulting from this use

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Some important definitions in the licence

Licence – a legal agreement between the Met Office and the licensee

Licensee – the institution granted the licence

PRECIS software:• Executables, source and control code of the PRECIS RCM; • a set of sample lateral boundary conditions for driving the RCM; • installation software; • software for setting up, controlling and monitoring the RCM; • software for managing and post-processing output data;• documentation • any amendments, improvements or upgrades which we may provide

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Definitions of permitted use

• Educational use – in the course of teaching or generating teaching materials

• Internal business use – use by staff in the course of the day-to-day business of the institute/company

• excludes sharing of the software with third parties

• Non-commercial research – original investigation not commissioned exclusively by the private sector

• Results not to be used to build commercial relationships

• Results to made public and freely available (or at the cost of delivery)

• Research aims to be summarised for and to the satisfaction of the Met Office

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Obligations of the licensee

• Acknowledge PRECIS and the Met Office in any publications or presentation using results from PRECIS

• Provide the Met Office with an annual report on the results obtained with PRECIS and any associated work

• Provide the Met Office a copy of any papers publishing work with PRECIS or conclusions or findings if no papers result

• The licensee should not:

• Distribute, licence, sell etc PRECIS or any components to third parties without permission from the Met Office

• Use PRECIS or its outputs to generate a commercial benefit

• Do anything that may bring the name of the Met Office into disrepute

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