# NIST Disclaimer of Copyright and Warranty

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.