# NIST DISCLAIMER

The following information applies to the software code developed
by employees of NIST.

Additional LICENSES are located within the code base and are provided by 3rd 
party developers.
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This software was developed by employees of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government and is
being made available as a public service. Pursuant to title 17 United States
Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright
protection in the United States.  This software may be subject to foreign
copyright.  Permission in the United States and in foreign countries, to the
extent that NIST may hold copyright, to use, copy, modify, create derivative
works, and distribute this software and its documentation without fee is hereby
granted on a non-exclusive basis, provided that this notice and disclaimer of
warranty appears in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY
THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FREEDOM FROM
INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONFORM TO THE
SOFTWARE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE.  IN NO EVENT
SHALL NIST BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM,
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT BASED UPON
WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS SUSTAINED
BY PERSONS OR PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT LOSS WAS SUSTAINED
FROM, OR AROSE OUT OF THE RESULTS OF, OR USE OF, THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES
PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

To see the latest statement, please visit:
[https://www.nist.gov/director/copyright-fair-use-and-licensing-statements-srd-data-and-software](Copyright, Fair Use, and Licensing Statements for SRD, Data, and Software)
