ProDom License Agreements The ProDom database is copyrighted by INRA and CNRS. The use of Prodom by Academic users (academic institutions and non-profit organisations) requires the acceptation of a standard license agreement and is limited to internal research and development activities aimed at the production of scientific knowledge or teaching and excludes any research activity sponsored by profit organization and any commercial use, whether to supply services to third parties or to sell information, data or any product of commercial value. The use of ProDom by commercial entities requires a license agreement. The academic license is available in english and in french For information on license terms and conditions, please click here.

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First name *: Last name *: Research Institute or Non Profit Organization *: Dpt/division: Address *: Town *: State (if relevant): ZIP Code *: Country *: Telephone: Fax: e-mail *: Please read carefully the license License agreement for final academic user Definitions Database means the content of the downloaded file or of any else medium (CD, floppy disk, ...) supplied with this agreement including: - the data from INRA and / or third parties; - the presentation of theses data and the structure of the database; - the indexation system; - the associated documentation (explicative files or other written documents); - all updating, modified versions, additions, copies. Use means the access, downloading, installation, execution, copy of the database or any else advantage resulting from the use of its functions. INRA means Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France, as well as any affiliate(s) of INRA, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and/or any coowner, coproducer or co author of the database. Final Academic User means the beneficiary of this License who is employed by a non-profit organization being aimed at conducting research works or teaching activities and hereafter referred to as "The FAU". Entitled Research Units means the administrative entities acting under the authority of the same non-profit organization as the FAU, not being legally independent and being located at the same address as the FAU.. Domain of the license means internal research and development activities aimed at the production of scientific knowledge or the teaching. Is excluded of this domain any research activity sponsored by profit organization except if this organism obtains a valid license of the database, any commercial use, whatever to supply services to third parties or to sale information, datas, databases or any product of commercial value, except specific and written consent from INRA. 1) Intellectual Property Rights a) The database, as well as any copy of it, is the intellectual property of INRA. The structure and the organization of the database constitute trade secrets and confidential information that The FAU is not allowed to use or disclose, except for the purposes mentioned in this agreement. b) The database is protected by the code de la propriété intellectuelle in France and abroad by international agreements on authors rights. The breach of one of the producer's rights constitutes a crime punished in France by article L343-1 of the code de la propriété intellectuelle and punished of 2 years in prison and a 150 000 € fine. c) INRA reserves all rights that are not expressly cited in the present license agreement. d) The FAU accepts to respect and not to remove, obliterate, or cancel from view any copyright, trademark, confidentiality or other proprietary notice, mark, or legend appearing on the DATABASE, and to reproduce and include same on each copy of the DATABASE as permitted herein. 2) License of the database a) INRA grants to The FAU by this agreement a non-exclusive, world-wide and royalty-free license to use the database to the end described hereunder in the domain of the license, for a period of one year from the acceptation of this license agreement. b) After acceptation of this license agreement, the FAU will receive by automatic e-mailing a confidential key code. The FAU will then be authorized to download the database via the ftp protocol. This key code will be valid during the week of the subscription (from Monday to Saturday). c) The FAU is authorised to download, install, execute the database on the FAU computers but only within the Entitled Research Units. Only the permanent or temporary staff of the Entitled Research Units will have access to the Database. The UFA is responsible for the respect of the ban of access to any unauthorized person from the Entitled Research Units. d) The current use of the database requires the use of a browser. However, the FAU may choose to install and execute a software, such as RasMol, VRML browser or others. The grant of a license to use such software is independent from this license agreement and may be negotiated directly between The FAU and the owner of rights on such software. In any case can be INRA liable for the impossibility to use the database in case of lake of a valid license of the appropriate software. e) The FAU is not authorised to rent, sell, sublease, distribute, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise share the database or one of INRA's rights on the database. f) The FAU may personalize the set up of the database or extend its functions. As well, The FAU may translate, adapt, fix, modify the database when theses acts are necessary for the use of the database in accordance with this agreement. g) INRA reserves the right to correct errors, without implying as regard to INRA any undertaking to supply any else assistance, maintenance or services associated with the database. h) The FAU is authorised to extract (that is transfer permanently or temporarily) whole or a part of the content of the database (data) onto an other medium, by any mean and in any form, for its use in the Domain of the license. i) On the other hand, the FAU is in any case authorised to re-use (that is to put at the public's disposal) whole or a part of the content of the database (data) whatever the form may be. j) The FAU is allowed to produce supplementary modules for the database, to improve or adapt the database provided however that the use of these modules, supplementary versions, improvements, additions or upgrades will be used in accordance with this agreement and strictly in the domain of the licence. 3) Limitation of warranty Except as expressly set forth in this agreement, the database is provided on a " as is " basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied including, without limitation any warranties or conditions of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The FAU are responsible for determining the appropriateness of using the database and assume all risks associated with its exercise of rights under this agreement including but not limited to the risks and costs of program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment and unavailability or interruption of operations. 4) Disclaimer of liability Except as expressly set forth in this agreement, under no circumstances shall INRA be liable to any person for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including without limitation work stoppages, download stoppages, viruses, computer failure or malfunction, loss of goodwill, lost profits), however caused and arising in any way out of the use of the database or the exercise of any rights granted hereunder, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. 5) Termination In case of failure of the FAU to comply with any term of this agreement, the license will automatically terminate. In case of termination, The FAU must immediately destroy the database as well as any copy, adaptation, improvement or any part of the database or of the data merged in a other database. 6) Applicable law This contract and all disputes arising out of the execution or interpretation of this license shall be governed by French law. 7) Disputes The parties undertake to settle their differences amicably. In case of persistent disagreement, the courts of Paris will be competent. 8) Language The present license has been established in two versions, one in French and one in English. In case of difficulties of interpretation, French version shall be authoritative. I Accept the terms of this license

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