<div dir="ltr">FYI - the CeCILL folks have asked us to take this up again. I will send a summary shortly, but if others want to weigh in, please do.<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Moreau</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick.moreau@inria.fr" target="_blank">patrick.moreau@inria.fr</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:24 AM<br>Subject: [License-review] CeCILL license V2.1 for Approval<br>To: <a href="mailto:license-review@opensource.org" target="_blank">license-review@opensource.org</a><br><br><br>
  
    
  
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            Cecill 2.1 licence Approval<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Dear all,



We wish to submit the CeCILL license v.2.1 for approval by OSI. An HTML version of the license in English can be found herewith attached. <u></u><u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">France</span><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> is <u></u>Europe<u></u>'s largest market for open source software with a market worth €2.4 billion in 2011, according to consultancy Pierre Audoin Conseil [<i>Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), Le logiciel libre ne connaît pas la crise, 11 mars 2010]</i> as shown in Figure below.<u></u><u></u></span></pre>


      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img src="cid:part1.03090301.06010703@inria.fr" height="337" width="577"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></pre>


      <pre style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Figure: Breakdown of the <u></u><u></u>OSS<u></u><u></u> market by country, PAC<u></u><u></u></span></pre>


      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">An American study published in April 2009 by the Georgia Technology Institute in collaboration with RedHat <i>[D. S. Noonan, P. M. Baker, and N. W. Moon. Open source software potential index: Development considerations. <a href="http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/OSSI_Research.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/OSSI_Research.pdf</a>, 2008]</i> evaluates <u></u><u></u>France<u></u><u></u> as the country that is most favourable to the development of <u></u><u></u>OSS<u></u><u></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></pre>


      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CEA, CNRS and Inria continue to demonstrate a commitment to free software. Convinced that free software has a vital role to play in the development of the digital society, and with plenty of experience behind it, CEA, CNRS and Inria are strengthening their policy in the field, particularly with a view to technology transfer.<u></u><u></u></span></pre>


      <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></pre>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We remind everybody that we submitted the CeCILL
          license v.2.0 in 2005 but our request had been rejected
          because of unclear <a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_OLE_LINK1"><span>source
              distribution language</span></a>. You can find all the
          discussions from 2005 at </span><a href="http://osdir.com/ml/licenses.open-source.general/2005-06/threads.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://osdir.com/ml/licenses.open-source.general/2005-06/threads.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">
          and </span><a href="http://osdir.com/ml/licenses.open-source.general/2005-09/threads.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://osdir.com/ml/licenses.open-source.general/2005-09/threads.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">.
          <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We have understood arguments and decided to write
          a modified version of the CeCILL license (v.2.1), notably in
          order to clarify the obligation to provide source code
          (articles 5.3.1 and 5.3.2). This is this modified version that
          we would like to submit today. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The three required sections for the submission of
          the CeCILL license v.2.1 are at the end of this message, as
          well as the analysis for the three criteria.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The team who wrote CeCILL (composed of lawyers,
          software engineers and computer scientists) will welcome all
          your comments and answer your questions.<span> </span><br>
          <br>
          </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Patrick Moreau<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><a href="mailto:Patrick.moreau@inria.fr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Patrick.moreau@inria.fr</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>
          - <u>Part one: The existing OSI-approved license that is most
            similar to CeCILL: <u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Since 2005, the GNU GPL stays the most similar
          OSI approved license to CeCILL. The publication of the GPL
          license v.3 doesn’t change the similarity between the 2
          licenses.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Nevertheless, since 2005, we have noted 2 others
          licenses similar to CeCILL: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Affero GPL license
          v.3<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The EUPL v.1.1. <u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">As CeCILL license, all these licenses have the
          same aim of maintaining the distribution of software,
          including modified software, under the same or similar open
          source license. These similarities are on the principles: from
          a legal point of view, CeCILL license v.2.1 is really
          different.<span> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>
          <u>Why this license was not sufficient for our needs:<span> <u></u><u></u></span></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">At first, these licenses don’t clearly refer to
          an applicable law. We believe that it’s as necessary for open
          source licenses to refer to an applicable law as for others
          type of agreements because it reduces legal uncertainties for
          companies: in case of litigation, the dispute can be easily
          analyzed by lawyers and companies don’t have to wait for the
          judge decision to know which the applicable law is.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Moreover, theses licenses are not, in our
          opinion, sufficiently clear on developments which shall be
          keep under the same license: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In GPL v.3 and Affero
          GPL v.3 the difference between the covered works and an
          aggregate is not simple to understand in all cases <i>(“</i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#35382a" lang="EN-US">A compilation of a covered work with other
            separate and independent works, which are not by their
            nature extensions of the covered work, and which are not
            combined with it such as to form a larger program, in or on
            a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an
            “aggregate” if the compilation and its resulting copyright
            are not used to limit the access or legal rights of the
            compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit.
            Inclusion of a covered work in an aggregate does not cause
            this License to apply to the other parts of the aggregate.”)</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span>       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">the “derivatives works”
          in the EUPL v.1.1 are defined as <i>“the works or software
            that could be created by the Licensee, based upon the
            Original Work or modifications thereof. This Licence does
            not define the extent of modification or dependence on the
            Original Work required in order to classify a work as a
            Derivative Work; this extent is determined by copyright law
            applicable in the country mentioned in Article 15”</i>. This
          definition undertakes users to search themselves for each
          software program distributed under EUPL v.1.1 which is the
          applicable law and, in this law, which is the meaning of a
          derivative work.<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Furthermore in terms of compatibility, the EUPL
          doesn’t include the GNU GPL v3 on its compatibility clause
          list having these two licenses “copyleft” provisions in
          conflict. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">However, CeCILL includes a provision that allows
          the distribution of its code within code covered by GNU GPL,
          making it explicitly compatible with any version of the GNU
          GPL including the v3.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We also believe that CeciLL covers many details
          of software law, such as the right to translate,<span>  </span>provides efficient and
          detailed provisions about using rights, distribution rights,
          warranties and responsibility. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CeciLL also provides a satisfying solution to
          issues on moral rights of the authors and compatibility with
          other licenses.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">According to these developments, we believe that
          CeCILL is safer from a legal point of view.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>
          - <u>Part two: How software distributed under your license
            can be used in conjunction with software distributed under
            other open source licenses:<u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Software distributed under CeCILL license v.2.1
          can be used freely with other open source licenses. This
          license contains no restrictions as to possible</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">use together with other software.<br>


          CeCILL provides, since its version 2.0, a special exception
          for the GPL license. In its version 2.1, we add another
          special exception: when a work covered by CeCILL is combined
          with a work covered by Affero GPL, the Affero GPL takes
          precedence (see clause 5.3.4 of CeCILL).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Software licenses that are entirely
            incompatible with CeCILL:<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>


          Any software licenses that are entirely incompatible with the
          GNU GPL.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>
          <u>- Part three: </u>the plain text of CeCILL v.2.1 follows.<u><u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Concerning the three criteria here is our
          analysis:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">1. The license must not be duplicative<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CeCILL v.2.1 retains the principles of the GNU
          GPL but it cannot be seen as duplicative for the following
          reasons. We believe that CeCILL is worth adding as an Open
          Source license because it addresses the corresponding problems
          not addressed by the GPL: better and safer legal foundation
          (at least in Europe), better protection of the programmer and
          clearer mechanisms:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- from a legal point of view, at least by
          referring to a specific law, CeCILL is very different.
          Moreover, the liability clause of CeCILL is taking into
          account consumer's rights effectively to provide the minimum
          level of liability for the programmer<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- for developers, the notions of "covered work"
          and “aggregate” are different than the mechanism of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> “external modules” and “internal modules” more
          flexible. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span> </span>With
          CeCILL, the programmer can choose to develop an internal
          module if he wants to distribute its development under CeCILL
          but he still has the choice to develop an external module if
          he prefers to choose another license for this module. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">To elaborate more on the better legal safety:<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- The mention of a (reasonable) applicable law
          considerably reduces the risk of having a judge declare some
          provisions of the license invalid or interpret some provisions
          differently from the intent of the authors of the license. The
          Munich court that examined in 2004 the GPL determined that
          German law should apply but nevertheless was not able to tell
          whether some clauses of the GPL are really valid or not
          (according to the German Copyright Act). That examplifies
          legal risks of the GPL, at least in Europe.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Even if CeCILL is submitted to the French Law, it
          <span> </span>was written to be
          conformant to the relevant European directives and regulations
          (directive on the legal protection of computer programs,
          directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts, directive on
          the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
          provisions of the Member States concerning liability for
          defective products, convention on the law applicable to
          contractual obligations, and regulation on jurisdiction and
          the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and
          commercial matters). That makes it as close as possible to
          what a multinational (European) license can be now.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">2. The license must be clearly written, simple,
          and understandable.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Although CeCILL has been written and reviewed by
          lawyers, it has been designed to be read and understood by a
          programmer (computer scientists and software engineers were
          indeed part of the team that wrote the license). Note that
          although the text of CeCILL is significantly longer than the
          text of other Open Source licenses, we believe that it makes
          CeCILL much clearer than most shorter licenses.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We now have more than 6 years experience with the
          version 2 of CeCILL that has been debated by various non legal
          Open Source Software users and we collected a lot of feedback
          from programmers. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">As recommended by OSI board in 2005, we choose to
          modify articles 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 of CeCILL v.2.1 in order to
          clarify the obligation of the licensee to allow access to the
          source code in the event that only the object code of the
          software is redistributed. CeCILL v.2.1 provides that: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">the Licensee undertakes
          to allow effective access to the full source code of the
          software,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">this obligation is
          limited in time : at least 3 years from the distribution of
          the modified software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3. The license must be reusable.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CeCILL is clearly reusable (it has not been
          designed for a specific Program or specific licensees or
          licensors)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">------------- CeCILL annotated text begins here
          --------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h1 style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal" lang="EN-US">CeCILL FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
          V2.1<u></u><u></u></span></h1>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></h2>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Notice<span style="color:teal"><u></u><u></u></span></span></h2>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">This Agreement is a Free Software license
          agreement that is the result of discussions between its
          authors in order to ensure compliance with the two main
          principles guiding its drafting:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">firstly, compliance
            with the principles governing the distribution of Free
            Software: access to source code, broad rights granted to
            users, <u></u><u></u></span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">secondly, the election
            of a governing law, French law, with which it is conformant,
            both as regards the law of torts and intellectual property
            law, and the protection that it offers to both authors and
            holders of the economic rights over software. <u></u><u></u></span></li>
      </ul>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The authors of the CeCILL</span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_footnote1"><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> license are:<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux énergies
          alternatives - CEA, a public scientific, technical and
          industrial research establishment, having its principal place
          of business at 25 rue Leblanc, immeuble Le Ponant D, 75015
          Paris, France.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique -
          CNRS, a public scientific and technological establishment,
          having its principal place of business at 3 rue Michel-Ange,
          75794 Paris cedex 16, France.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Institut
National

          de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - INRIA, a
          public scientific and technological establishment, having its
          principal place of business at Domaine de Voluceau,
          Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, France.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This Note does not interact with the
          OSD (Open Source Definition).</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Preamble<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The purpose of this Free Software license
          agreement is to grant users the right to modify and
          redistribute the software governed by this license within the
          framework of an open source distribution model. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The exercising of these rights is conditional
          upon certain obligations for users so as to preserve this
          status for all subsequent redistributions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In consideration of access to the source code and
          the rights to copy, modify and redistribute granted by the
          license, users are provided only with a limited warranty and
          the software's author, the holder of the economic rights, and
          the successive licensors only have limited liability. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In this respect, the risks associated with
          loading, using, modifying and/or developing or reproducing the
          software by the user are brought to the user's attention,
          given its Free Software status, which may make it complicated
          to use, with the result that its use is reserved for
          developers and experienced professionals having in-depth
          computer knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and
          test the suitability of the software as regards their
          requirements in conditions enabling the security of their
          systems and/or data to be ensured and, more generally, to use
          and operate it in the same conditions of security. This
          Agreement may be freely reproduced and published, provided it
          is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or
          removed herefrom.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">This Agreement may apply to any or all software
          for which the holder of the economic rights decides to submit
          the use thereof to its provisions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Frequently asked questions can be found on the
          official website of the CeCILL licenses family (</span><a href="http://www.cecill.info/index.en.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://www.cecill.info/index.en.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">). This FAQ is available
          for any necessary clarification.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This Preamble does not interact with
          the OSD. The mention of "reserved for developpers and
          experienced users" does not contradict condition 5 as it is a
          warning (for liability and guarantee, with respect to French
          law) and not a prohibition of use.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>1 </span>-
          DEFINITIONS<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">For the purpose of this Agreement, when the
          following expressions commence with a capital letter, they
          shall have the following meaning:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Agreement</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means this license agreement, and its
          possible subsequent versions and annexes. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Software</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the software in its Object Code
          and/or Source Code form and, where applicable, its
          documentation, "as is" when the Licensee accepts the
          Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Initial Software</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the Software in its Source Code
          and possibly its Object Code form and, where applicable, its
          documentation, "as is" when it is first distributed under the
          terms and conditions of the Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Modified Software</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the Software modified by at least
          one Contribution. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Source Code</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means all the Software's instructions
          and program lines to which access is required so as to modify
          the Software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Object Code</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the binary files originating from
          the compilation of the Source Code. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Holder</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over
          the Initial Software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Licensee</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the Software user(s) having
          accepted the Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Contributor</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means a Licensee having made at least
          one Contribution. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Licensor</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the Holder, or any other
          individual or legal entity, who distributes the Software under
          the Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Contribution</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means any or all modifications,
          corrections, translations, adaptations and/or new functions
          integrated into the Software by any or all Contributors, as
          well as any or all Internal Modules. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Module</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means a set of sources files including their
          documentation that enables supplementary functions or services
          in addition to those offered by the Software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">External Module</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means any or all Modules, not derived
          from the Software, so that this Module and the Software run in
          separate address spaces, with one calling the other when they
          are run. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Internal Module</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means any or all Module, connected to
          the Software so that they both execute in the same address
          space. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">GNU GPL</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the GNU General Public License
          version 2 or any subsequent version, as published by the Free
          Software Foundation Inc. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">GNU Affero GPL</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: means the GNU Affero
          General Public License version 3 or any subsequent version, as
          published by the Free Software Foundation Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Parties</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
          <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">These expressions may be used both in singular
          and plural form.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>2 </span>-
          PURPOSE<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the
          Licensor to the Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and
          worldwide license for the Software as set forth in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_scope"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> hereinafter for the whole term of the protection
          granted by the rights over said Software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>3 </span>-
          ACCEPTANCE<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_accepting"></a><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted
          the terms and conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence
          of the first of the following events:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">(i) loading the
            Software by any or all means, notably, by downloading from a
            remote server, or by loading from a physical medium;<u></u><u></u></span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">(ii) the first time
            the Licensee exercises any of the rights granted hereunder.<u></u><u></u></span></li>
      </ul>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice
          relating to the characteristics of the Software, to the
          limited warranty, and to the fact that its use is restricted
          to experienced users has been provided to the Licensee prior
          to its acceptance as set forth in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_accepting"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3.1</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby
          acknowledges that it has read and understood it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article interact with condition
          10. We believe this article fulfills the requirement of
          condition 10 by not imposing specific ways to accept the
          license.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>4 </span>-
          EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">4.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">EFFECTIVE DATE<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Agreement shall become effective on the date
          when it is accepted by the Licensee as set forth in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_accepting"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3.1</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <h3><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_term"></a><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">4.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">TERM<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Agreement shall remain in force for the
          entire legal term of protection of the economic rights over
          the Software.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_scope"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>5 </span>-
          SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who
          accepts, the following rights over the Software for any or all
          use, and for the term of the Agreement, on the basis of the
          terms and conditions set forth hereinafter. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one
          or more patents protecting all or part of the functions of the
          Software or of its components, the Licensor undertakes not to
          enforce the rights granted by these patents against successive
          Licensees using, exploiting or modifying the Software. If
          these patents are transferred, the Licensor undertakes to have
          the transferees subscribe to the obligations set forth in this
          paragraph. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 6 of the
          OSD. It fulfills condition 6 ("any or all use").</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">RIGHT OF USE<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee is authorized to use the Software,
          without any limitation as to its fields of application, with
          it being hereinafter specified that this comprises: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">permanent or temporary reproduction of all
          or part of the Software by any or all means and in any or all
          form. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">loading, displaying, running, or storing
          the Software on any or all medium.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">entitlement to observe, study or test its
          operation so as to determine the ideas and principles behind
          any or all constituent elements of said Software. This shall
          apply when the Licensee carries out any or all loading,
          displaying, running, transmission or storage operation as
          regards the Software, that it is entitled to carry out
          hereunder.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 6 of the
          OSD. It fulfills condition 6 ("any or all use").</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The right to make Contributions includes the
          right to translate, adapt, arrange, or make any or all
          modifications to the Software, and the right to reproduce the
          resulting software.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee is authorized to make any or all
          Contributions to the Software provided that it includes an
          explicit notice that it is the author of said Contribution and
          indicates the date of the creation thereof.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 3 of the
          OSD, fulfilling its first part (allowing modifications and
          derived work).</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In particular, the right of distribution includes
          the right to publish, transmit and communicate the Software to
          the general public on any or all medium, and by any or all
          means, and the right to market, either in consideration of a
          fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the Software by
          any means.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee is further authorized to distribute
          copies of the modified or unmodified Software to third parties
          according to the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 1, 3 and
          7, partially fulfilling them (see 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 for the
          entire fulfillment).</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h4><span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3.1 </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" lang="EN-US">DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE
          WITHOUT MODIFICATION<u></u><u></u></span></h4>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee is authorized to distribute true
          copies of the Software in Source Code or Object Code form,
          provided that said distribution complies with all the
          provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">a copy of the Agreement,<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">a notice relating to the limitation of
          both the Licensor's warranty and liability as set forth in
          Articles 8 and 9, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">and that, in the event that only the Object Code
          of the Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows
          effective access to the full Source Code of the Software for a
          period of at least three years from the distribution of the
          Software, it being understood that the additional acquisition
          cost of the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of the data
          transfer. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with conditions 1, 2 and
          7 of the OSD. It fulfills these conditions.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h4><span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3.2 </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" lang="EN-US">DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED
          SOFTWARE<u></u><u></u></span></h4>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">When the Licensee makes a Contribution to the
          Software, the terms and conditions for the distribution of the
          resulting Modified Software become subject to all the
          provisions of this Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee is authorized to distribute the
          Modified Software, in source code or object code form,
          provided that said distribution complies with all the
          provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">a copy of the Agreement,<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">a notice relating to the limitation of
          both the Licensor's warranty and liability as set forth in
          Articles 8 and 9,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">and, in the event that only the Object Code of
          the Modified Software is redistributed,</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:35.45pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>3<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">a note stating the conditions of effective
          access to the full Source Code for a period of at least three
          years from the distribution of the Modified Software, it being
          understood that the additional acquisition cost of the Source
          Code shall not exceed the cost of the data transfer. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 3 and 4
          of the OSD. It fulfills these two conditions.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h4><span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3.3 </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" lang="EN-US">DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL
          MODULES<u></u><u></u></span></h4>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">When the Licensee has developed an External
          Module, the terms and conditions of this Agreement do not
          apply to said External Module, that may be distributed under a
          separate license agreement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This does not interact with the OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h4><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_compatibility"></a><span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3.4 </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" lang="EN-US">COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GNU GPL<u></u><u></u></span></h4>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee can include a code that is subject
          to the provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL and/or
          GNU Affero GPL in the Modified or unmodified Software, and
          distribute that entire code under the terms of the same
          version of the GNU GPL and/or GNU Affero GPL.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee can include the Modified or
          unmodified Software in a code that is subject to the
          provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL or GNU Affero
          GPL, and distribute that entire code under the terms of the
          same version of the GNU GPL or GNU Affero GPL. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This interacts with condition 3 of the
          OSD. In these cases, the resulting derived work would be both
          a work derived from a CeCILL program and a work derived from a
          GNU GPL or GNU Affero GPL program. To be able to license the
          resulting work without violating the GPL ou Affero GPL, we
          have to authorize this.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>6 </span>-
          INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">6.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Holder owns the economic rights over the
          Initial Software. Any or all use of the Initial Software is
          subject to compliance with the terms and conditions under
          which the Holder has elected to distribute its work and no one
          shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the
          distribution of said Initial Software.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software
          will remain ruled at least by this Agreement, for the duration
          set forth in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_term"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">4.2</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">6.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the
          owner of the intellectual property rights over this
          Contribution as defined by applicable law.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">6.3 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee who develops an External Module is
          the owner of the intellectual property rights over this
          External Module as defined by applicable law and is free to
          choose the type of agreement that shall govern its
          distribution.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <h3><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_mention"></a><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">6.4 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">JOINT PROVISIONS<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee expressly undertakes:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">not to remove, or modify, in any manner,
          the intellectual property notices attached to the Software;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">to reproduce said notices, in an identical
          manner, in the copies of the Software modified or not. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee undertakes not to directly or
          indirectly infringe the intellectual property rights of the
          Holder and/or Contributors on the Software and to take, where
          applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all measures required
          to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights of the
          Holder and/or Contributors.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>7 </span>-
          RELATED SERVICES<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">7.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige
          the Licensor to provide technical assistance or maintenance
          services for the Software.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this
          type of services. The terms and conditions of such technical
          assistance, and/or such maintenance, shall be set forth in a
          separate instrument. Only the Licensor offering said
          maintenance and/or technical assistance services shall incur
          liability therefor.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">7.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to
          its licensees, under its sole responsibility, a warranty, that
          shall only be binding upon itself, for the redistribution of
          the Software and/or the Modified Software, under terms and
          conditions that it is free to decide. Said warranty, and the
          financial terms and conditions of its application, shall be
          subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor
          and the Licensee.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>8 </span>-
          LIABILITY<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">8.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the
          Licensee shall be entitled to claim compensation for any
          direct loss it may have suffered from the Software as a result
          of a fault on the part of the relevant Licensor, subject to
          providing evidence thereof. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">8.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensor's liability is limited to the
          commitments made under this Agreement and shall not be
          incurred as a result of in particular: (i) loss due the
          Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its
          obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is
          suffered by the Licensee due to the use or performance of the
          Software, and (iii) more generally, any consequential loss. In
          particular the Parties expressly agree that any or all
          pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data, loss of
          profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders,
          opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or
          any or all legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee
          by a third party, shall constitute consequential loss and
          shall not provide entitlement to any or all compensation from
          the Licensor. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>9 </span>-
          WARRANTY<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">9.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and
          technical state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed
          did not enable all possible uses to be tested and verified,
          nor for the presence of possible defects to be detected. In
          this respect, the Licensee's attention has been drawn to the
          risks associated with loading, using, modifying and/or
          developing and reproducing the Software which are reserved for
          experienced users.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying,
          by any or all means, the suitability of the product for its
          requirements, its good working order, and for ensuring that it
          shall not cause damage to either persons or properties. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_good-faith"></a><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">9.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith,
          that it is entitled to grant all the rights over the Software
          (including in particular the rights set forth in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_scope"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">).<u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">9.3 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is
          supplied "as is" by the Licensor without any other express or
          tacit warranty, other than that provided for in Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_good-faith"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">9.2</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> and, in particular, without any warranty as to
          its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or
          relevant nature. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that
          the Software is free from any error, that it will operate
          without interruption, that it will be compatible with the
          Licensee's own equipment and software configuration, nor that
          it will meet the Licensee's requirements. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span lang="EN-US">9.4 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly
          warrant that the Software does not infringe any third party
          intellectual property right relating to a patent, software or
          any other property right. Therefore, the Licensor disclaims
          any and all liability towards the Licensee arising out of any
          or all proceedings for infringement that may be instituted in
          respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the
          Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted
          against the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with
          technical and legal expertise for its defense. Such technical
          and legal expertise shall be decided on a case-by-case basis
          between the relevant Licensor and the Licensee pursuant to a
          memorandum of understanding. The Licensor disclaims any and
          all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the name of the
          Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of
          prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the
          existence of a trademark.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>10 </span>-
          TERMINATION<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">10.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its
          obligations hereunder, the Licensor may automatically
          terminate this Agreement thirty (30) days after notice has
          been sent to the Licensee and has remained ineffective.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">10.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no
          longer be authorized to use, modify or distribute the
          Software. However, any licenses that it may have granted prior
          to termination of the Agreement shall remain valid subject to
          their having been granted in compliance with the terms and
          conditions hereof. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>11 </span>-
          MISCELLANEOUS<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">EXCUSABLE EVENTS<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Neither Party shall be liable for any or all
          delay, or failure to perform the Agreement, that may be
          attributable to an event of force majeure, an act of God or an
          outside cause, such as defective functioning or interruptions
          of the electricity or telecommunications networks, network
          paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by government
          authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes,
          fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Any failure by either Party, on one or more
          occasions, to invoke one or more of the provisions hereof,
          shall under no circumstances be interpreted as being a waiver
          by the interested Party of its right to invoke said
          provision(s) subsequently.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11.3 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all
          previous agreements, whether written or oral, between the
          Parties and having the same purpose, and constitutes the
          entirety of the agreement between said Parties concerning said
          purpose. No supplement or modification to the terms and
          conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties
          unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly
          authorized representatives. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11.4 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In the event that one or more of the provisions
          hereof were to conflict with a current or future applicable
          act or legislative text, said act or legislative text shall
          prevail, and the Parties shall make the necessary amendments
          so as to comply with said act or legislative text. All other
          provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity of a
          provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall
          not cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <h3><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11.5 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">LANGUAGE<u></u><u></u></span></h3>


      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Agreement is drafted in both French and
          English and both versions are deemed authentic. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>12 </span>- NEW
          VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">12.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Any person is authorized to duplicate and
          distribute copies of this Agreement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">12.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this
          Agreement is protected and may only be modified by the authors
          of the License, who reserve the right to periodically publish
          updates or new versions of the Agreement, each with a separate
          number. These subsequent versions may address new issues
          encountered by Free Software. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">12.3 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Any Software distributed under a given version of
          the Agreement may only be subsequently distributed under the
          same version of the Agreement or a subsequent version, subject
          to the provisions of Article </span><a href="#13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_compatibility"><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">5.3.4</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">. <u></u><u></u></span></p>


      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Article <span>13 </span>-
          GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">13.1 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Agreement is governed by French law. The
          Parties agree to endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any
          disagreements or disputes that may arise during the
          performance of the Agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">13.2 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Failing an amicable solution within two (2)
          months as from their occurrence, and unless emergency
          proceedings are necessary, the disagreements or disputes shall
          be referred to the Paris Courts having jurisdiction, by the
          more diligent Party. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### This article does not interact with the
          OSD.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p><a name="13d389d85f8bce1c_135bf35e82b8b97d_footnote1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">1 CeCILL stands for Ce(a) C(nrs) I(nria)
            L(ogiciel) L(ibre) </span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Version 2.1 dated 2012-02-13.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">##### For conditions 5, 8, 9 that are not
          addressed in the above analysis of the text of CeCILL we
          believe they are trivially fulfilled:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- for condition 5: there is no discrimination
          in the text of the license<u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- for condition 8: there is no mention of the
          Software being part of a distribution <u></u><u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background:aqua;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">- for condition 9: there is no mention of
          software that may be distributed along with the Software</span><sub><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></sub></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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