MISCAN/MISCore License
These terms of use (hereinafter: “Terms and Conditions”) have been drawn up by Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam, address kept at Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands (“Erasmus MC”) .
By using the Software, you (hereinafter "You" or "Your") agree to these terms.
Article 1 The Software
1.1 Erasmus MC is the author and copyright holder of the software described as “MISCAN: MIcrosimulation SCreening
ANalysis” and “MICore: MISCAN Core”, including software and related documentation made available through the repository
(hereinafter: "Software").
1.2 Erasmus MC allows You to use the Software under the following conditions.
Article 2 The License
2.1 Erasmus MC, after making the Software available, grants You a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable
right to use the Software at your public institution for academic and non-commercial research and/or educational
purposes (hereinafter: “the Use”). By using the Software, you agree to the terms and conditions as described below.
2.2 Access to Software includes the following modules or parts thereof:
MISCAN models of disease natural history and intervention effectiveness, defined as any and all code defined in the
“miscore/processes/ec” and "miscore/processes/ec_screening" subfolders in the publicly available repository.
MISCore, defined as any and all code in the publicly available repository that facilitates microsimulation modeling and
the processing of results obtained from running the software. This includes all code in the repository, except the code
that falls under the MISCAN models.
2.3 Your use is subject to the following terms:
A. You are authorized to use the Software only for academic research and educational purposes only at your institution.
B. You may not use the Software for commercial purposes without a prior written consent from Erasmus MC and without
entering into a separate license agreement regarding such commercial use.
C. Your Use of the Software is at your own expense and risk.
D. The Software must be used ethically and responsibly.
E. Erasmus MC reserves the right to continue using the Software in the broadest sense of the word.
F. The use of MISCore only does not constitute the use of MISCAN, and may not be published as such. For the use of
MISCAN, condition 2.3G applies.
G. The use of MISCAN, as defined in article 2.2, implies adherence to the MISCAN parameters specified in the “data”
subfolder of each individual model. Any deviation from the supplied parameters does not constitute the use of MISCAN
model, and may not be published as such. Some parameters are exempted from this condition, as specified in the data
file.
H. The use of the MISCAN parameters outside the MISCAN and MISCore code does not constitute the use of the MISCAN model,
and may not be published as such.
2.3 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a license to this Software, to deal in the
Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute
the Software, subject to the following conditions:
(a) the Software is used, copied, modified or distributed only for academic research and trainings purposes in
accordance with section 2.2 of the Agreement and;
(b) if You create any derivate Software using or containing Software or any parts thereof You will apply only public
license and make the code available for public review and require that all derivative Software have the same license
and;
2.4 Erasmus MC has the right at all times to deny You the Use of the Software by terminating the license, terminating
the Use of the Software or denying access to the Software in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently.
Article 3 Cooperation and Publication
3.1 If you want to collaborate with Erasmus MC regarding the Software, with a view to further development and
validation, you can contribute to the members of the MISCAN core team, as listed in the MISCAN documentation, or to
MISCAN@erasmusmc.nl
3.2 If you are going to publish the results of the Use of the Software, you must make an appropriate reference to the
Software. This reference is as follows:
a) Academic reference: TODO
3.3 You will also observe the academic authoring standards of the ICMJE, so that the authors of the Software may also be
included as co-authors in such publication.
Article 4 Guarantee and liability
4.1 Erasmus MC does not guarantee that the Software is correct or complete, or free of errors.
4.2 Erasmus MC is not liable for any direct or indirect damages resulting from or related to the Use of the Software
and/or the inability to Use it. Indirect damages includes, but is not limited to, consequential damage, reputational
damage, damage as a result of business interruption and loss of profit and turnover.
4.3 You indemnify Erasmus MC against all possible claims from third parties as a result of the Use of (the content of)
the Software. You will compensate Erasmus MC for all damages and costs (including but not limited to judicial and extra
judicial costs) that Erasmus MC suffers as a result of such claims.
Article 5 Duration & Termination
5.1 These Terms are effective from the date that the Software is available to You.
5.2 If the license is terminated pursuant to Article 2.4, You will stop using the Software and if requested by Erasmus
MC, destroy the Software and any copies thereof and will issue a certificate of destruction and provide it to Erasmus
MC.
Article 6 Applicable law and dispute resolution
6.1 These Terms and Conditions are governed by law of the Netherlands.
6.2 All disputes that may arise as a result of the Conditions or their implementation will be submitted exclusively to
the competent court in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.