© Crown copyright Met Office PRECIS Licence Agreement PRECIS Workshop, University of Reading, 20 th – 24 th September 2010

© Crown copyright Met Office Aims of this session Present the main features of the PRECIS licence agreement Explain the obligations of the licensee to inform the Met Office of intended uses of PRECIS to supply a report on the use of PRECIS and any publications resulting from this use

© Crown copyright Met Office Some important definitions in the licence Licence – a legal agreement between the Met Office and the licensee Licensee – the institution granted the licence PRECIS software: Executables, source and control code of the PRECIS RCM; a set of sample lateral boundary conditions for driving the RCM; installation software; software for setting up, controlling and monitoring the RCM; software for managing and post-processing output data; documentation any amendments, improvements or upgrades which we may provide

© Crown copyright Met Office Definitions of permitted use Educational use – in the course of teaching or generating teaching materials Internal business use – use by staff in the course of the day-to-day business of the institute/company excludes sharing of the software with third parties Non-commercial research – original investigation not commissioned exclusively by the private sector Results not to be used to build commercial relationships Results to made public and freely available (or at the cost of delivery) Research aims to be summarised for and to the satisfaction of the Met Office

© Crown copyright Met Office Obligations of the licensee Acknowledge PRECIS and the Met Office in any publications or presentation using results from PRECIS Provide the Met Office with an annual report on the results obtained with PRECIS and any associated work Provide the Met Office a copy of any papers publishing work with PRECIS or conclusions or findings if no papers result The licensee should not: Distribute, licence, sell etc PRECIS or any components to third parties without permission from the Met Office Use PRECIS or its outputs to generate a commercial benefit Do anything that may bring the name of the Met Office into disrepute

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