DBLP - Legal Information

Version of December 5th, 2011

1. Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 1993-2011 by Michael Ley (University of Trier, Informatik, [email protected]) and Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik GmbH

The data provided by DBLP on its webpages as well as the XML files available at our website are released under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). You are free to copy, distribute, use, modify, transform, build upon, and produce derived works from our data as long as you attribute any public use of the data, or works produced from the data, in the manner specified in the license. Read the full ODC-BY 1.0 license text at

http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/

for the exact terms that apply. The ODC-BY 1.0 license is courtesy of the Open Knowledge Foundation (http://okfn.org/).

In the eyes of DBLP, a simple note refering to DBLP and/or a link back to DBLP's website is sufficient to meet the attribution criterion. Individual use of only a small number of records (such as a publication list of a few authors or the table of content of a proceedings volume) does not need attribution. Of course, we are always happy if you link to us.

2. Terms of Use and Disclaimer

By using our web service you acknowledge the following disclaimer of liability:

The DBLP team puts much effort into guaranteeing that this web service is as up-to-date, factually correct, and complete as possible. However, it cannot be precluded that there are flaws, errors, inconsitencies, and missing entries in the provided data. No liability whatsoever shall be assumed for claims following from material or immaterial damage or loss as the result of the use of or the inability to use our data, or the use of erroneous or incomplete data, unless premeditation or gross negligence on the part of DBLP can be demonstrated. Your use of the data provided on this website is at your own risk.

In DBLP, brand, product and company names are used without mentioning eventual existing patents, gebrauchsmuster, or trademark rights, as it is the customary practice in scientific bibliographies. The use without mentioning existing patents, gebrauchsmuster, or trademarks does not give reason for the assumption, a brand or tradename is free of such rights. All protected brands, products or company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners.

The web service provided by DBLP includes hyperlinks to third-party websites. Only hyperlinks to websites are included whose content, in our fair judgment, does not violate applicable law at the time of inclusion. However, we do not have any influence on the content of third-party websites. Despite careful examination and taking every precaution, we assume no liability whatsoever for the past, present, or future content of third-party websites. The content of linked websites is the sole responsibility of the authors of these websites. If you have the certain knowledge that a linked third-party website violates applicable law, please let us know. We will take care that such hyperlinks are removed.

These terms are part of the web service provided by DBLP. If a provision of these terms is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect the validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of these terms; or the validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other provision of these terms.

3. See also

For more information, see also our legal information page at

http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/copyright.html