Software License

Downloading and using the paramsearch software package implies that you
accept the following license terms:

Tilburg University (henceforth ``Licensers'') grant you, the
registered user (henceforth ``User'') the non-exclusive license to
download a single copy of the paramsearch software code and related
documentation (henceforth jointly referred to as ``Software'') and to
use the copy of the code and documentation solely in accordance with
the following terms and conditions:

1. User may only use the Software for educational or non-commercial
   research purposes.

2. Users may make and use copies of the Software internally for their
   own use.

3. Without executing an applicable commercial license with Licensers,
   no part of the code may be sold, offered for sale, or made
   accessible on a computer network external to your own or your
   organization's in any format; nor may commercial services utilizing
   the code be sold or offered for sale. No other licenses are granted
   or implied.

5. Licensers have no obligation to support the Software it is
   providing under this license. To the extent permitted under the
   applicable law, Licensers are licensing the Software "AS IS", with
   no express or implied warranties of any kind, including, but not
   limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
   for any particular purpose or warranties against infringement of
   any proprietary rights of a third party and will not be liable to
   you for any consequential, incidental, or special damages or for
   any claim by any third party.

6. Under this license, the copyright for the Software remains the
   property of the ILK Research Group at Tilburg University.  Except
   as specifically authorized by the above licensing agreement, User
   may not use, copy or transfer this code, in any form, in whole or
   in part.

7. Licensers may at any time assign or transfer all or part of their
   interests in any rights to the Software, and to this license, to an
   affiliated or unaffiliated company or person.

8. Licensers shall have the right to terminate this license at any
   time by written notice. User shall be liable for any infringement
   or damages resulting from User's failure to abide by the terms of
   this License.

9. In publication of research that makes use of the Software, the
   following reference should be given: Van den Bosch,
   A. (2004). Wrapped Progressive Sampling Search for Optimizing
   Learning Algorithm Parameters. In L. Schomaker, R. Verbrugge, and
   N. Taatgen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Belgian-Dutch
   Artificial Intelligence Conference, Groningen. To appear.

For information about commercial licenses for the Software, contact
Antal.vdnBosch@uvt.nl, or send your request in writing to

Antal van den Bosch
ILK / Computational Linguistics
Tilburg University
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands