
Copyright Notice and License Terms for 
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
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Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
Copyright 2006 by The HDF Group.

NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
Copyright 1988-2006 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
modification, are permitted for any purpose (including commercial purposes) 
provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
   this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
   this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
   and/or materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of The HDF Group, the name of the University, nor the 
   name of any Contributor may be used to endorse or promote products derived 
   from this software without specific prior written permission from The HDF
   Group, the University, or the Contributor, respectively.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE HDF GROUP AND THE CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 
WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  IN NO EVENT 
SHALL THE HDF GROUP OR THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED 
BY THE USERS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 

You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches, or 
upgrades to the features, functionality or performance of the source code 
("Enhancements") to anyone; however, if you choose to make your Enhancements 
available either publicly, or directly to The HDF Group, without imposing a 
separate written license agreement for such Enhancements, then you hereby grant 
the following license: a non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual license to 
install, use, modify, prepare derivative works, incorporate into other computer 
software, distribute, and sublicense such enhancements or derivative works 
thereof, in binary and source code form.

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Contributors:   National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at
the University of Illinois, Fortner Software, Unidata Program Center (netCDF), 
The Independent JPEG Group (JPEG), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip), 
and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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