License Checker Terms of Use

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the License Checker website (https://izus.uni-stuttgart.de/licenseChecker) (the Site) and the services offered on or through the Site (collectively, the Service). The site and the service are operated by the University of Stuttgart. The offer of the service is subject to the unchanged acceptance of all conditions listed here and all other operating rules, guidelines and processes published on the site by the University of Stuttgart, in particular the Rules of Use for Digital Information Processing and Communication Technology (IuK) at the University of Stuttgart, which apply in addition to these Terms of Use.

The operator of the License Checker reserves the right to change or replace the terms of use at any time with effect for the future. The operator refers to changed terms of use on the License Checker website. It is your responsibility to inform yourself about them and to regularly check the terms of use for changes. Your continued use of the service after the publication of changes to the Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of these changes.

The purpose of LicenseChecker is to support researchers in selecting a suitable open source software licence. The service offers you the opportunity to upload content in the form of research software and/or files for listing dependencies of software in order to determine the software licences contained. The content is analysed and the analysis results are stored. The content itself, however, is not stored and is deleted after the analysis.  The analysis results, on the other hand, can also be accessed by third parties. You affirm and warrant that you are legally entitled and authorised to transmit any content to the University of Stuttgart. You will not provide the University of Stuttgart with any confidential or copyrighted information that you want to or must keep secret. The University of Stuttgart is not obliged to monitor the website, the service, the content or the user contributions.

By posting contents or using the Service, you make the following representations and warranties to the University of Stuttgart:

1. You hereby undertake to use the Service in accordance with the relevant DFG or university codes of conduct for scientific integrity and for the use of personal data in research. See also the Guidelines for the Handling of Research Data of the DFG, the Research Data Policy of the University of Stuttgart as well as the Statutes of the University of Stuttgart for Safeguarding the Integrity of Scientific Practice and for Handling Misconduct in Science.
2. You take maximum precautions to ensure that the contributions (content) you post via DaRUS are free of harmful software, such as viruses, etc.

Irrespective of § 6 of the Regulations for the Use of Digital Information Processing and Communication Technology (IuK) at the University of Stuttgart, you are obliged to compensate the University of Stuttgart for all damages resulting from the violation of these Terms of Use.

For ensuring the service operation, access to the service is logged, including the accessing IP address. Detailed information can be found in the License Checker Privacy Policy.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without any express or implied warranties of any kind. In particular, the use of the service cannot replace legal advice. Specifically, the University of Stuttgart DOES NOT warrant that:

1. the content is timely, accurate, complete, reliable or accurate;
2. the Service is available at a particular time or place;
3. The results of the use of the service will meet your requirements.

Your use of the Service is entirely at your own risk.