Academic License Agreement
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Introduction 

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Please note that Phase Focus Limited, UK, holds a portfolio of international patents regarding ptychography, which you can find listed here: https://www.phasefocus.com/patents

Implementations of ptychography included within this computer software program fall within the scope of patents owned by Phase Focus Limited.

If you intend to pursue ANY commercial interest in technologies making use of the patents, please contact Phase Focus Limited to discuss a commercial-use licence here: https://www.phasefocus.com/licence
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This license agreement sets forth the terms and conditions under which the authors (hereafter "LICENSOR") grant you (hereafter "LICENSEE") a royalty-free, non-exclusive license for academic, non-commercial purposes ONLY (hereafter "LICENSE") to use the "ThreePIE" ptychography computer software program and associated documentation furnished hereunder (hereafter "PROGRAM").

Terms and Conditions of the LICENSE
 1.	LICENSOR grants to LICENSEE a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the PROGRAM for academic, non-commercial purposes, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out and until termination of this license as set forth below.

 2.	LICENSEE acknowledges that the PROGRAM is a research tool still in the development stage. The PROGRAM is provided without any related services, improvements or warranties from LICENSOR and that the LICENSE is entered into in order to enable others to utilise the PROGRAM in their academic activities. It is the LICENSEE's responsibility to ensure its proper use and the correctness of the results.

 3.	THE PROGRAM 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 NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LICENSOR, THE AUTHORS OR THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM OR THE USE OF THE PROGRAM OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE PROGRAM.

 4.	LICENSEE agrees that it will use the PROGRAM and any modifications, improvements, or derivatives of PROGRAM that LICENSEE may create (collectively, "IMPROVEMENTS") solely for academic, non-commercial purposes and that any copy of PROGRAM or derivatives thereof shall be distributed only under the same license as PROGRAM. The terms "academic, non-commercial", as used in this Agreement, mean academic or other scholarly research which (a) is not undertaken for profit, or (b) is not intended to produce works, services, or data for commercial use, or (c) is neither conducted, nor funded, by a person or an entity engaged in the commercial use, application or exploitation of works similar to the PROGRAM.

 5.	Except for the above-mentioned acknowledgment, LICENSEE shall not use the PROGRAM title or the names or logos of LICENSOR, nor any adaptation thereof, nor the names of any of its employees or laboratories, in any advertising, promotional or sales material without prior written consent obtained from LICENSOR in each case.

 6.	Ownership of all rights, including copyright in the PROGRAM and in any material associated therewith, shall at all times remain with LICENSOR, and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. LICENSEE agrees not to use any portion of the PROGRAM or of any IMPROVEMENTS in any machine-readable form outside the PROGRAM, nor to make any copies except for its internal use, without prior written consent of LICENSOR. LICENSEE agrees to place this licence on any such copies.

 7.	The LICENSE shall not be construed to confer any rights upon LICENSEE by implication or otherwise except as specifically set forth herein.

 8.	This Agreement shall be governed by the material laws of ENGLAND and any dispute arising out of this Agreement or use of the PROGRAM shall be brought before the courts of England and Wales.