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LICENCE AGREEMENT and ORDER FORM (commercial companies)
Please print this page, complete the Order Form, and send it by
mail, together with your payment, to the address below. We cannot
accept faxed copies.
Order Form: printer-compatible
version
LICENCE AGREEMENT
In the following, “DCPSE” and “the Corpus” refer to “The Diachronic Corpus of Present-Day SpokeEnglish”, and “the Software” refers to the "International Corpus of English Corpus Utility Programme", whole or part. The Licensee is the purchaser of the Corpus and Software, and agrees to abide by this licence agreement. By placing the CD in the CD-ROM drive of their computer, the Licensee is agreeing to the terms of this licence. “The User” refers to every individual granted access to the Corpus and Software by the terms of the particular licence purchased.
General terms and conditions
The Corpus and Software must be used for non-profit research purposes only. The licence cannot be transferred, lent, or re-sold.
The Corpus and Software may be fully installed onto the User's computer, by copying the relevant files from the CD supplied onto the computer's hard disk, providing that this does not infringe copyright and the terms of the licence. The User is not entitled to make copies of the Corpus or Software on other computers in breach of the licence, nor to allow unlicenced users to have access to the Corpus and Software on the User's computer. The Corpus and Software are supplied "as-is" with no express guarantee as to its suitability.
Copyright in all DCPSE Texts is retained by the original copyright holders.
The Licensee agrees not to reproduce or redistribute the DCPSE Texts or to use all or any part of the DCPSE Texts in any commercial product or service.
Copyright in ICECUP belongs to the Survey of English Usage. No part of ICECUP may be used in any commercial product or service.
Publications based on the DCPSE Corpus may include citations from DCPSE Texts only in a way which would be permitted under the fair dealings provision of copyright law.
No part of the DCPSE Corpus may be distributed to a third party. A copy of the DCPSE Corpus may be made for backup purposes.
All publications based on the DCPSE Corpus must give credit to the DCPSE Corpus and to the Survey of English Usage, University College London.
The Licensee agrees to cooperate in any future enquiries made by the Survey of English Usage concerning the use of the DCPSE Corpus.
Licencing terms
There are two types of licence, as outlined below.
Single-copy licence
The Licensee is allowed to make one copy of the Corpus
and Software on one computer within the company. The licence
entitles all employees of the company to make use of the Corpus
and Software on that computer. It is the responsibility of the Licensee
to ensure that employees of the company understand the conditions
imposed by this Licence. Note that this licence does not entitle
the Licensee to make the Corpus and Software available over a network
to other users within the company. The general terms and conditions
apply.
Multiple-copy network licence
The Licensee is allowed to make any number of copies of the
Corpus and Software on computers within the company. The licence
entitles all employees of the company to make use of the Corpus
and Software on these computers. The Licensee can also install the
Corpus and Software on a network, providing that this network cannot
be accessed from outside the company. The licence does not
entitle the Licensee to include the Corpus and Software in a public-access
internet site. The general terms and conditions apply.
Copies of the CD-ROM may not be loaned to third parties.
ORDER FORM
Click to open and print order form (3 pages)Upon receipt of order form and payment, the software will be sent out to you. Any queries regarding your order should be addressed to Christine Bowles (ucleseu@ucl.ac.uk).
This page last modified 14 May, 2020 by Survey Web Administrator.