Copyright
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Copyright  2006 Centre Europeen de Recherche et Formation
Avancee en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS).  

This software and ancillary information called OASIS3 is free
software.  CERFACS has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute
OASIS3. The public may copy, distribute, use, prepare derivative works and
publicly display OASIS3 under the terms of the Lesser GNU General
Public License (LGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation,
provided that this notice and any statement of authorship are
reproduced on all copies. If OASIS3 is modified to produce derivative
works, such modified software should be clearly marked, so as not to
confuse it with the OASIS3 version available from CERFACS.

The developers of the OASIS3 software are researchers attempting to
build a modular and user-friendly coupler accessible to the climate
modelling community. Although we use the tool ourselves and have made
every effort to ensure its accuracy, we can not make any
guarantees. We provide the software to you for free. In return,
you--the user--assume full responsibility for use of the software. The
OASIS3 software comes without any warranties (implied or expressed) and
is not guaranteed to work for you or on your computer. Specifically,
CERFACS and the various individuals involved in development and
maintenance of the OASIS3 software are not responsible for any damage
that may result from correct or incorrect use of this software.

Reference to the software:
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If you feel that your research has benefited from the use of the OASIS3
software, we will greatly appreciate your reference to the following 
report:

Sophie Valcke, 2006:  
OASIS3 User Guide (prism_2-5). PRISM Report Series, No 2, 6th Ed.
http://www.prism.enes.org/Publications/Reports/all_editions/index.php#report02

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