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MERLOT Web Services and Related Software Agreement
MERLOT’s goal is to meet the needs of MERLOT community members who wish to search and use MERLOT metadata from within their own application, while still protecting the needs of the MERLOT project. Your feedback on how to improve this document to achieve this goal is welcome. We require that an authorized representative of your organization agree to the terms of this Agreement before MERLOT authorizes you to deploy or use its Web Services and/or Related Software (WSRS).
This Agreement applies to both:
- Developers wishing to deploy WSRS within an application or a Learning Management System (LMSs)
- Those wishing to use those applications.
This Agreement:
- Provides access to MERLOT Web Services and/or Related Software (WSRS) from the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) project for exclusive use from within users’ applications.
- Allows for customizing the look and feel of MERLOT metadata from within developers’ own applications, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
- Allows MERLOT to keep track of access to the MERLOT WSRS and technical contacts in order to coordinate and provide technical updates.
- Allows all MERLOT WSRS users to share lessons learned from using MERLOT WSRS.
- Protects against the development of unauthorized commercial products and services using MERLOT metadata or derivatives of it, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
- Prevents the use of the MERLOT metadata or derivatives of it to create competing initiatives to MERLOT.
WSRS Use Agreement
By agreeing to the terms of this WSRS Use Agreement, and subject to MERLOT’s Acceptable Use Agreement, MERLOT grants a non-exclusive, limited license to use the MERLOT WSRS. The terms of this Agreement apply to both developers who deploy the WSRS and users who use the deployed WSRS.
- Deployment: Developers agree:
- To enable access to the WSRS only through a key generation process defined and managed by MERLOT.
- To display, at a minimum, the following information together with MERLOT metadata returned by a WSRS search:
- Not to use the WSRS or MERLOT metadata or any other technology to create projects that compete with MERLOT.
- Ownership: The MERLOT WSRS has been developed by the MERLOT project and California State University. Copyright of the MERLOT WSRS is held by The California State University. Copyright for the MERLOT Metadata is held by the California State University and MERLOT Metadata submitter as described in the MERLOT Acceptable Use Agreement.
- Warranty: MERLOT WSRS is provided "as is" without warranty against software errors, and without guarantee of fitness for any particular purpose. Neither the California State University System nor any vendor within whose product MERLOT’s WSRS has been deployed shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that may result from use of MERLOT WSRS or metadata.
- Support: MERLOT is not obligated to provide any support of the WSRS. Bug reports and feature requests should be sent to webmaster@merlot.org
- Termination of Agreement:
- MERLOT reserves the right to terminate this agreement without cause or explanation at any time.
- If the WSRS is deployed from within a vendor LMS or other application and the LMS or application license agreement is terminated, the use of the MERLOT WSRS must also end or alternative agreements must be developed and approved by MERLOT.
- Privacy. MERLOT and the California State University System are authorized to use any personal information described in or related to this Agreement to provide the services described herein and to determine our compliance with this Agreement.
Questions or comments regarding this policy should be sent to webmaster@merlot.org.
Revised September 22, 2008
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