End User License Agreement (EULA) For The ORCA Software
End User License Agreement (EULA) For The ORCA Software
End User License Agreement (EULA) For The ORCA Software
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY, BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE DOWNLOAD OR
INSTALLATION. BY CLICKING ON THE “I ACCEPT” BUTTON, YOU (LICENSEE) ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS
OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT OR AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT,
YOU MUST NOT CONTINUE WITH THE DOWNLOAD OR INSTALLATION.
In accordance with their respective license conditions, several third party software libraries or products,
which are not subject to this license agreement, are delivered and installed with SOFTWARE. All
relevant license agreements are delivered with SOFTWARE and are accepted upon installation.
1. DEFINITIONS
a. “ACADEMIA” refers to all schools, colleges, universities and the Institutes of the Max-Planck-
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Expressly excluded from this term are
institutions with a connection to the military.
b. “ACADEMIC PURPOSE” refers to research and teaching in ACADEMIA. Expressly excluded from
this term are research and development for commercial purposes, research and development
in cooperation or other collaboration with or sponsored by a for-profit organization, research
and development for a for-profit organization and to make research, development or results
available free of charge to a for-profit organization.
c. “SOFTWARE” refers to the Software ORCA, version 4.0 or later, including its documentation.
d. “PRIVATE USE” refers to the usage of SOFTWARE by a single, private person for private, non-
commercial, not work-related research only. Expressly excluded from PRIVATE USE is use for a
for-profit, a non-profit, governmental or any other type of organization. Expressly excluded
from PRIVATE USE is a use that results or contributes to any commercial activity. Expressly
excluded from PRIVATE USE are persons whose work could potentially benefit from or could
potentially be influenced in any way through the usage of SOFTWARE.
2. CONDITIONS OF USE
SOFTWARE may be used exclusively in ACADEMIA for ACADEMIC PURPOSES and for PRIVATE USE.
SOFTWARE is an academic program code in development. LICENSEE is aware that it is possible that
SOFTWARE will not have standard properties, or may not be suitable for use or fit for a particular
purpose.
If SOFTWARE is being used by a research group, LICENSEE guarantees such research group members’
compliance with the rights and obligations arising from this Agreement and shall be available to the
MPI and SGK as a point of contact.
LICENSEE is entitled to use the SOFTWARE within the scope of the Agreement. The license granted to
LICENSEE under this Agreement is a simple, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable
right to use SOFTWARE in ACADEMIA for ACADEMIC PURPOSES and for PRIVATE USE, limited in time
to the term of this Agreement.
Use in accordance with the Agreement includes installation of the SOFTWARE and loading, display and
running of the installed SOFTWARE. LICENSEE may duplicate SOFTWARE insofar as such duplication is
required to use SOFTWARE.
d. to share DATA to a database other than under the following conditions: DATA may only be
shared, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes and according the conditions of this
EULA, with the exception that DATA may be sub-licensed. The shared DATA must include a
copyright notice and a notice that explicitly refers to this EULA and the disclaimer of warranties,
repeating the wording, according to clause 7 hereunder.
e. Any software using DATA, even if only partly and /or any software produced, even if only partly,
with DATA obtained by SOFTWARE must be used subject to the conditions of this EULA, with
the exception that DATA may be sub-licensed.
f. to use DATA to generate DATABASES which may be used for commercial purposes or to upload
DATABASES to databases, which do not prohibit commercial purposes. Software may only be
used to generate DATABASES for ACADEMIC PURPOSES under open source license.
g. to use SOFTWARE or DATA for machine learning except for ACADEMIC PURPOSES;
i. to transfer SOFTWARE from one computer via a network or other data transfer channel to
another computer or another receiving device if said transfer is not within the scope of this
Agreement;
4. OWNERSHIP
Any and all ownership rights of MPI and/or SGK in and to SOFTWARE shall remain unaffected, even if
LICENSEE changes SOFTWARE or combines it with LICENSEE’s own programs or those of a third party.
5. OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE
LICENSEE shall immediately notify SGK if LICENSEE or ACADEMIA LICENSEE is working for, is filing a
patent as a result of LICENSEE’s use of SOFTWARE.
LICENSEE already assigns all claims against third party which violates license terms under which
LICENSEE made DATA public or accessible to that third party in any way, including but not limited to
DATABASES, to the MPI and SGK. If LICENSEE excluded third party from liability, LICENSEE is fully liable
for any damages arising from the violation by the third party to the MPI and SGK.
MPI and SGK are entitled to use the information in the patent application for marketing purposes and
to publish it for this specific purpose.
If results obtained with SOFTWARE are published in the scientific literature, LICENSEE shall reference
the SOFTWARE as:
“F. Neese: Software update: the ORCA program system, version 4.0 (WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2018,
8:e1327. doi: 10.1002/wcms.1327)”. Using specific methods included in SOFTWARE may require citing
additional articles, as described in the manual. LICENSEE agrees to honor the request to cite additional
papers as appropriate.
6. REMUNERATION
Neither MPI nor SGK shall be obliged to provide any maintenance or support for SOFTWARE.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
There is no warranty for SOFTWARE, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except when otherwise
stated in writing, the copyright holders and/or other parties provide SOFTWARE “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 SOFTWARE is with LICENSEE. Should SOFTWARE prove defective, LICENSEE assumes
the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing will any copyright holder, or any
other party who modifies and/or conveys SOFTWARE as permitted above, be liable to LICENSEE for
damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or
inability to use SOFTWARE (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate
or losses sustained by LICENSEE or third parties or a failure of SOFTWARE to operate with any other
programs), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. TERMINATION
The Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period.
The right to extraordinary termination for cause remains unaffected.
In the event of termination, LICENSEE shall surrender use of SOFTWARE, remove all copies of
SOFTWARE installed on his or her computers and either immediately return any backup copies created
to SGK or, at its discretion, destroy such copies.