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PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
National Center for Biotechnology Information
With the exception of certain third-party files summarized below,
this software /database is a "United States Government Work" under
the terms of the United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of the
author's official duties as a
United States Government employees and
thus cannot be copyrighted.
This software /database is freely available to the public for use.
The NLM
and the U.S. Government have not placed any restriction on its use or reproduction.
Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy and reliability
of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S. Government do not and cannot warrant
the performance or results that may be obtained by using this software or data.
The NLM and the U.S. Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including
warranties of performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
Please cite the author in
any work or product based on this material.
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Q. Our product makes use of the NCBI source code, and we made changes and additions to that version of the NCBI code to better fit it to our needs. Can we copyright the code, and how?
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