Conditions on the use of ICAME corpus material
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The primary purposes of the International Computer Archive of Modern and
Medieval English (ICAME) are:

  a. collecting and distributing information on (i) English language
     material available for computer processing; and (ii) linguistic
     research completed or in progress on this material;
  b. compiling an archive of corpora to be located at the University of
     Bergen, from where copies of the material can be obtained at cost.

The following conditions govern the use of corpus material distributed
through ICAME:

  1. No copies of corpora, or parts of corpora, are to be distributed under
     any circumstances without the written permission of ICAME.
  2. Print-outs of corpora, or parts thereof, are to be used for bona fide
     research of a non-profit nature. Holders of copies of corpora may not
     reproduce any texts, or parts of texts, for any purpose other than
     scholarly research without getting the written permission of the
     individual copyright holders, as listed in the manual or record sheet
     accompanying the corpus in question. (For material where there is no
     known copyright holder, the person(s) who originally prepared the
     material in computerized form will be regarded as the copyright
     holder(s).)
  3. Commercial publishers and other non-academic organizations wishing to
     make use of part or all of a corpus or a print-out thereof must obtain
     permission from all the individual copyright holders involved.
  4. The person(s) who originally prepared the material in computerized
     form must be acknowledged in every subsequent use of it. Please, keep
     ICAME informed of research completed or in progress on the material.
     If possible, send a copy of publications and research reports to the
     Centre in Bergen.



Use of ICAME texts within an institution

Though ICAME texts cannot be used and distributed outside the institution
making the order, they can be freely used within the institution
(department, faculty, university) for the purposes of research and
teaching. To prevent any use of the material for commercial and
profit-making purposes, it is advisable to limit access to registered
computer users within the institution. The way this is done may vary
depending upon the institution making the order.

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