Terms of Use

BioModels Database: A Database of Annotated Published Models

Copyright (c) 2005-2010 The BioModels Team

Definitions:

"Reference Publication"

Document describing the structure of a model. This document is quoted within the model.

"Model Creators"

The individuals who wrote the model present in the BioModels Database, based on the reference publication. Model creators are listed within the model.

"Complete Dataset"

The entire content of the BioModels Database, including the models and their annotations.

1. The copyright on the encoded form of a model distributed by BioModels Database does not imply any copyright of the model characteristics, whether interaction graph, mathematical description or simulation results, as they are described in the original publication. Each individual model retains the copyright assigned by the author(s) of the reference publication.
2. You may distribute verbatim copies of the complete dataset or a subset of the models, provided that you duplicate this copyright notice and the disclaimers shown below.
3. You may otherwise modify your copy of any of the models in any way, provided that you also do at least ONE of the following:
   1. Use the modified model only within your organization.
   2. Contact BioModels team to include your modifications in the standard version of the model.
   3. Rename the modified model, and remove both the BioModels Database identifier and any mention of the model creators.

THE DATASET IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE BIOMODELS TEAM OR THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DATASET OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE DATASET.