QHELIX ACADEMIC NON-COMMERCIAL USE LICENSE AGREEMENT

QHELIX is the work of Hui Sun Lee, Jiwon Choi and Sukjoon Yoon. The copyright in QHELIX is owned by SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY.

This is a legal agreement between you, RECIPIENT, and SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY. By accepting, receiving, and using QHELIX, you agree to be bound by all of its terms. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this Agreement, please DO NOT use the software; or, if you have already done so, please delete all of the source code and compiled programs associated with QHELIX.

QHELIX is provided to RECIPIENT as source code. SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY grants to RECIPIENT a royalty free, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to compile, install, use QHELIX for internal research only. RECIPIENT acknowledges that QHELIX is a research tool that is provided free of charge and only provided "as is." SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY, its faculty, employees, or students, or former employees who have developed QHELIX, have no obligation to assist RECIPIENT in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement and are without any obligation to provide any updates.

The title and copyright to QHELIX and any associated programs shall remain with SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY. RECIPIENT agrees to preserve same. RECIPIENT agrees not to make any copies of QHELIX except for use in RECIPIENT's laboratory without SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY's prior written permission.

RECIPIENT shall not distribute QHELIX to other laboratories within RECIPIENT's institution. RECIPIENT shall not transfer QHELIX to another location or person outside of RECIPIENT's institution without SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY's prior written permission. Please send all requests for distribution to yoonsj@sookmyung.ac.kr.

RECIPENT shall cite the following publications in any abstract, paper, or presentation referencing QHELIX:
Hui Sun Lee, Jiwon Choi, Sukjoon Yoon. (2007) QHELIX: A Computational Tool for the Improved Measurement of Inter-Helical Angles in Proteins. . Protein J. Sep 1; [Epub ahead of print]

RECIPIENT acknowledges that as QHELIX is a research tool and provided free of charge, it is only provided "as is." SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY, its faculty, employees, or students, have no obligation to assist RECIPIENT in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement and are without any obligation to provide any updates.

SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF QHELIX FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE USE OF QHELIX WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, TRADE SECRET, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PARTY, OR ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO RECIPIENT FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR RECIPIENT'S OF QHELIX, ANY CLAIM FOR ANY LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND.

Sukjoon Yoon, PhD.
Department of Biological Sciences
Laboratory of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sookmyung Women's University
Seoul, Korea
2007-10-08