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No waiver has been selected for this dataset.

Linguistic Data Consortium Data Use Agreement

A. Except as to the extent prohibited by any user agreement, the user shall have the right to

1. incorporate portions of the LDC (Linguistic Data Consortium) data into its own work products for internal, non-commercial use and not for redistribution,
2. incorporate small excerpts of text or audio data from the LDC data for display or publication in a scientific or technical context, but only for the purpose of descriving the research and related issues, and
3. publish statistics and other summaries of the LDC data.

B. License

Except as otherwise provided herein, the user shall have no right to copy, redistribute, transmit, publish, sell, transfer, or otherwise use the LDC data for any purpose. The user shall give appropriate attribution to the LDC data in all scholarly or similar publications for which the LDC data or potions thereof have been used.

C. Access to Individual Users

Only individuals who are then-current faculty, students or staff members of LDC Member institutions or consultants or individuals providing services or doing research for Member institutions shall have access to the LDC data.

D. Copyright

The LDC data is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the laws of the United States and other countries. All content, material, and other elements comprising LDC data are also copyrighted works. Users must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in the LDC data license agreement supplements.

Avocado Collection End User Agreement LDC2015T03

_______ ("End User"), a person engaging in linguistic research or technology development, agrees to use the data designated as The Avocado Collection (the "Collection") and distributed by the Linguistic Data Consortium ("LDC") subject to the following understandings, terms and conditions.

The owners of the Collection, Sherwood Partners ("Owners"), have made it available for use in linguistic research and technology development for the public good. The data was provided to LDC for distribution under a specific set of restrictions that require LDC to impose the following conditions on its use.

The Collection may contain sensitive personally identifiable information that requires protections different from, and in some cases more restrictive than, other types of linguistic resources that End User may previously have worked with. Please read this agreement carefully.

In consideration for access to the Collection, End User agrees to abide by the following terms :

1. End User may not redistribute the Collection, in whole or in part, or give access to the Collection, to any person at, or outside of, End User's organization.

2. The Collection may only be used for linguistic research and technology development including but not limited to information retrieval, text classification, natural language processing, machine learning, social and organizational analysis and like fields.

3. End User may not publicly reproduce, in whole or in part, any document from the Collection for any purpose, including use as examples in scientific papers. Synthetic examples that illustrate the form and nature of the content, but that contain no actual information from the Collection, may be made public (e.g ., as examples in scientific papers). Because the Collection may contain information that qualifies as personally identifiable information under some definition, no portion of the Collection, however small, may be publicly reproduced .

4. End User may not place any work derived from the Collection on an Internet accessible server unless access to that server is controlled and limited (for example, by password) to authenticated users within End User's organization who have signed the End User Agreement.

5. End User may not use the name of the company that created the Collection in public or private discussions or in print; End User may only identify it, and the Collection, by the pseudonym "Avocado." End User may use only the following prescribed text to describe the company:

   "Avocado was an Information Technology software and services firm developing products for the mobile Internet market, operating from the late 1990s to the middle of the first decade of the 21st century ."

   Moreover, End User may not identify, or speculate on the identity of, any investor in the company in conjunction with End User's use of the Collection, even if that information is available from public sources .

6. Due to the potential presence of personally identifiable information in the Collection, End User will obtain whatever training and approval is required by their organization for working with human subjects data.

7. If End User becomes aware of a breach of any of the terms of this End User Agreement, by End User or by others, End User must report this promptly to the person responsible for the use of the Collection at End User's organization.

8. In the event that End User violates the terms of this Avocado Collection End User Agreement, then upon notice from the Owners or LDC End User shall cease use of the Collection and destroy all copies of the Collection and other documents that contain excerpts from the Collection. The Owners and LDC each also reserve the right to bar subsequent access to the Collection by End User.

9. The Owners are a third party beneficiary of this Avocado Collection End User Agreement.

Terms of Use

1. Introduction

   1. The "Service" means, collectively, all aspects of the Abacus / NESSTAR and associated services and websites.
   2. The term "Content" means the data, text, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features, software, scripts, and any other electronic materials you may view on or access through the Service.

2. Your Acceptance of this Agreement

   1. By clicking you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which supplement the policies, rules and requirements of your institution.
   2. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use you must not log in, access, browse or otherwise use the Service. If you have questions or concerns, please contact abacus-support@lists.ubc.ca.

3. Use of the Service and Content

   Use of the Service and Your Content. You may access and use the Content uploaded on the Service strictly in compliance with the copyright terms identified on or associated with such Content.

4. General Conditions of Use

   1. Without limiting the foregoing and the prohibited uses set out in Policy #104, Acceptable Use and Security of UBC Electronic Information and Systems, which is hereby incorporated by reference, the following is not permitted:
      1. using any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," to harvest or scrape information from the Service or any part(s) thereof, or to send more request messages in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser; or
      2. in any way intentionally placing undue burden on the technical systems or networks connected to the Service.
   2. UBC may suspend your account, or access to the Service, if it learns or is credibly notified (as determined by UBC) that your conduct is in violation of these Terms of Use.

5. Liability and Indemnity

   1. The Service and the Content is provided to you AS IS. You understand that UBC does not endorse any Content submitted to the Service by any user, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and UBC expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content, including without limitation all direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage or any other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service or any Content, or in reliance on the Service or the Content.
   2. In addition, the Service may contain links to third party websites. UBC has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites.
   3. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless UBC, its Board of Governors, agents, contractors, licensors, and licensees against any all claims arising from or in any way relating to your use of the Service.

6. Trademarks

   Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the Site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of the UBC or other entities. The display of any such marks or names on the Site does not imply that UBC or other entities have granted a license or authorization of any kind to use such marks or names. You may not use any of UBC's trademarks, service marks or trade names without UBC's prior written permission.

7. Choice of Law

   The laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern as to the interpretation, validity and effect of this document, notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions of your domicile, residence or physical location. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia in any action or proceeding instituted under or related to your use of the Service.