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LICENSE
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This software is copyrighted and the founders of HDFql claim all exclusive
rights, except as licensed to users hereunder.

If you agree to the following terms and conditions, you have the right to
install and use HDFql in both commercial and non-commercial products free of
charge, subject to the terms and conditions below.


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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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1. This is a legal agreement between you (hereafter, the "USER") and the
founders of HDFql.

2. Downloading or using the software Hierarchical Data Format query language,
HDFql, (hereafter, the "SOFTWARE") indicates the acceptance of the terms and
conditions of this license by the USER, and shall be effective and bind the
USER immediately upon downloading or using the SOFTWARE. The SOFTWARE is
considered in use on a computer when it is loaded into temporary memory or
installed into permanent memory.

3. The SOFTWARE is exclusively owned and copyrighted by the founders of HDFql,
and this license does not transfer any proprietary rights to the USER.

4. The founders of HDFql hereby grant the USER a non-exclusive license and the
right to use the SOFTWARE.

5. The USER may not translate, disassemble, decompile, modify, enhance, or
otherwise reverse engineer the SOFTWARE from its current state.

6. The USER may distribute and sublicense the SOFTWARE in object code form as
part of a product, provided it is not distributed on a standalone basis and no
additional licensing restrictions are imposed on the SOFTWARE. The SOFTWARE
itself may not be distributed, sold or licensed independently.

7. The USER is only granted a license for the machine-readable, object code
form of the SOFTWARE.

8. Use within the scope of this license is free of charge and no royalty or
licensing fees shall be payable by the USER. Use beyond the scope of this
license shall constitute copyright infringement.

9. The SOFTWARE is licensed to the USER on an "AS IS" with all faults basis,
and without any warranty of any kind, whether oral, written, express, implied
or statutory regarding any aspect of the SOFTWARE, including but not limited to
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

10. The USER understands and agrees that in no event will the founders of HDFql
be liable or responsible for special or consequential damages that might arise
out of or in connection with the performance or non-performance of this License
or of the SOFTWARE, even if the founders of HDFql have been advised of the
possibility of such damages. This includes, but is not limited to, lost profits
due to errors, inaccuracies, omissions, incompleteness or insufficiency of the
SOFTWARE or materials, nor for the usefulness of the SOFTWARE to the USER.

11. The founders of HDFql shall not be liable for any damages, injuries or
liabilities whatsoever arising directly or indirectly out of or related to the
use of or inability to use the SOFTWARE, including but not limited to direct,
indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages.

12. The failure to enforce any rights specified in this License or its
copyright by the founders of HDFql shall not be construed as amending this
License or waiving any of the founders of HDFql's rights under any provision
of law. If any part of this License is found invalid or unenforceable by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this License shall be
interpreted so as to reasonably express the intention of the founders of HDFql.

