NCI THESAURUS Copyright and Terms of Use

NCI THESAURUS Terms of Use

NCI THESAURUS^TM is a registered trademark of the National Cancer Institute.

Permission is hereby granted in perpetuity, without payment of license fees or royalties, to use, copy, or distribute the NCI THESAURUS^TM ontology, NCI THESAURUS^TM Users' Guide, and the NCI THESAURUS^TM database for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, subject to the following terms and conditions:

1) To further the purpose of the NCI THESAURUS ontology and NCI THESAURUS database of providing a ontology and taxonomy specialized for modeling concepts relevant to cancer science, treatment and prevention, the only source of the NCI THESAURUS Users' Guide, the NCI THESAURUS ontology, its codes, and/or the NCI THESAURUS database shall be the National Cancer Institute.

2) Users may freely modify the content of the NCI THESAURUS ontology, database or documentation. However any such modified content may not be identified or represented as being the NCI Thesaurus ontology, database or documentation, or part of the NCI Thesaurus ontology, database or documentation. Users are prohibited from using the NCI THESAURUS trademarks in conjunction with such modified content or work derived from the NCI THESAURUS, except to provide acknowledgement that the content was derived from the NCI THESAURUS.

4) NCI THESAURUS concept names, concept codes and other information from the NCI THESAURUS ontology and database may be used in tagging records in users’ databases and electronic messages, without the need to include any NCI THESAURUS License. When the NCI THESAURUS concept identifier is used in tagging records in users’ databases and electronic messages, users are encouraged, but not required, to include the corresponding NCI THESAURUS Preferred Name (from the Preferred_Name attribute) if the database or message provides a place for a text name representation of the code.

5) Users may make and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the unmodified NCI THESAURUS database. Each copy of the unmodified NCI THESAURUS database must include this NCI THESAURUS License, and must include the version number of the database. This NCI THESAURUS License must appear on every printed copy of the NCI THESAURUS database. Where the NCI THESAURUS database is distributed on a fixed storage medium (such as DVD-ROM or CD-ROM), a printed copy of this NCI THESAURUS License must be included on or with the storage medium, and a text file containing this information also must be stored on the storage medium in a file called "NCI_THESAURUS_license.txt". Where the NCI THESAURUS database is distributed via the Internet, this NCI THESAURUS License must be accessible on the same Internet page from which the NCI THESAURUS database is available for download.

6) Users may incorporate in toto the NCI THESAURUS database into another ontology or vocabulary database or software program.

Every copy of the NCI THESAURUS database incorporated into or distributed in conjunction with another database or software program must include the following notice:

"This product includes the NCI THESAURUS^TM database, or is derived from the NCI THESAURUS^TM database, subject to a license from the National Cancer Institute. Your use of the NCI THESAURUS database and NCI THESAURUS ontology also is subject to this license, a copy of which is available at ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS/NCI_THESAURUS_license.txt. The current complete NCI THESAURUS database and Users' Guide are available for download at ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS. The NCI THESAURUS DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NCI THESAURUS^TM is a registered trademark of the National Cancer Institute."

If the NCI THESAURUS database or software program containing the NCI THESAURUS database is distributed with a printed license, this statement must appear in the printed license. Where the NCI THESAURUS database or software program containing the NCI THESAURUS database is distributed on a fixed storage medium, a text file containing this information also must be stored on the storage medium in a file called "NCI_THESAURUS_short_license.txt". Where the NCI THESAURUS or software program containing the NCI THESAURUS database is distributed via the Internet, this information must be accessible on the same Internet page from which the product is available for download.

7) Use and distribution of the NCI THESAURUS concept codes and NCI THESAURUS database in ways that are not specifically discussed herein shall be accompanied by the notice provided in Section 6 hereof. The guidelines for providing the notice that are contained in the last paragraph of Section 6 also shall apply. If a user has a question about whether a particular use of the NCI THESAURUS ontology and/or the NCI THESAURUS database is permissible, the user is invited to contact the National Cancer Institute by e-mail at ncievs.project@mail.nih.gov.

8) The names “National Cancer Institute”, “NCI” and “NCI Thesaurus" may not be used in a way that could be interpreted as an endorsement or a promotion of any product or service without prior written permission of the National Cancer Institute. To request written permission; please contact the National Cancer Institute by e-mail at ncievs.project@mail.nih.gov.

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