Introduction
The following Terms and Conditions apply for use of MetaMap and associated
MetaMap Tools. Using MetaMap and MetaMap Tools indicates your acceptance
of the following Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply
to all MetaMap and MetaMap Tools components, independent of format and
method of acquisition.
Availability
MetaMap and MetaMap Tools are available to all requesters, both within and
outside the United States, at no charge.
Use of MetaMap and MetaMap Tools
- Redistributions of MetaMap and MetaMap Tools in source or binary
form must include this list of conditions in the documentation and other
materials provided with the distribution.
- In any publication or distribution of all or any portion of MetaMap
and MetaMap Tools (1) you must attribute the source of the tools as
MetaMap and MetaMap Tools with the release number and date; (2) you must
clearly annotate within the source code, any modification made to
MetaMap and MetaMap Tools; and (3) any subsequent distribution of
program, tool, or material based on MetaMap and MetaMap Tools, must be
accomplished within the context of an open source set of terms and
conditions such as the GNU General License.
- Bugs, questions, issues relating to MetaMap and MetaMap Tools should
be directed to the most recent of the chain of entities that may have
modified and re-distributed this code.
- You shall not assert any proprietary rights to any portion of
MetaMap and MetaMap Tools, nor represent MetaMap and MetaMap Tools or
any part thereof to anyone as other than a United States Government
product.
- The name of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, and Lister
Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications may not be used to
endorse or promote products derived from MetaMap and MetaMap Tools
without specific prior written permission.
- Neither the United States Government, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of
Medicine, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications,
nor any of its agencies, contractors, subcontractors or employees of
the United States Government make any warranties, expressed or implied,
with respect to MetaMap and MetaMap Tools, and, furthermore, assume no
liability for any party's use, or the results of such use, of any part
of these tools.
These terms and conditions are in effect as long as the user retains any
part of MetaMap and MetaMap Tools.
