JLab Software License

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The standard Jefferson Lab software license is as follows:

Copyright (c) 2020, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Redistribution
and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted as a
licensed user provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
   materials provided with the distribution.
3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission.

This material resulted from work developed under a United States Government Contract.
The Government retains a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in such
copyrighted data to reproduce, distribute copies to the public, prepare derivative works,
perform publicly and display publicly and to permit others to do so.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC OR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY
THIRD PARTES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


The license text should be pasted into a LICENSE file at the top-level directory of each repository. The following text should be pasted at the top of each file containing source code:

// Copyright 2020, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC.
// Subject to the terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory.