GOLLUM2 ACADEMIC LICENCE
Version 3.0
1 Preamble and Definition
The GOLLUM2 program has been devised for general use in research within the academic
community. Some conditions have been defined for the use, distribution and modification of
GOLLUM2. These are considered fair by the authors and are common practice within the
academic community.
The GOLLUM2 “Copyright Holders” are:
Jaime Ferrer Universidad de Oviedo*
Colin J. Lambert University of Lancaster‡
Victor M. Garcia-Suarez Universidad de Oviedo*
Hatef Sadeghi University of Lancaster‡
Steven W. D. Bailey University of Lancaster‡
The GOLLUM2 team comprising currently-active “Authors” is: Jaime Ferrer; Hatef Sadeghi;
David Visontai; Victor M. Garcia-Suarez; Sara Sangtarash and Steven W. D. Bailey.
Past authors include: Laszlo Oroszlany; David Zs. Manrique; Iain Grace; Ruben Rodriguez-
Ferradas; Katalin Gillemot; Laith A. Algharagholy; Zain Al-Milli.
The “Copyright Holder” of the GOLLUM2 Package are the valid “Distributors”. The
“Licensee” is the person (not the institution) to whom the GOLLUM2 Package is distributed
(under the terms of this License) by the Distributors. The Licensee is bound by this
agreement. The “GOLLUM2 Package” is the suite of software, including the GOLLUM2
code itself, but also all other software, documentation, scripts, and ancillary support material
distributed as a single entity. This Licence covers the entirety of the GOLLUM2 Package.
2 No Warranty
There is no warranty for any part of the GOLLUM2 Package. The GOLLUM2 Package is
provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the
Distributors be liable 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 for the
use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. The entire risk as to the
quality or performance of the program, or any action the Licensee may take based on the
output of any part of the GOLLUM2 Package, is with the Licensee.
3 Grant and Limitations
The Licensee is hereby provided with a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use any part of
the GOLLUM2 Package, and to display, publish, perform, or otherwise use results obtained
by use of the GOLLUM2 Package in any form.
The use of the GOLLUM2 Package under the present Licence is restricted solely to
academic institutions (including universities and non-military public research laboratories)
and for academic purposes, i.e. leading to open publication of results, with neither
withholding of information nor intentional delay in publication. Notwithstanding these general
definitions, the Copyright Holders reserve the exclusive right to determine what purposes
and institutions are eligible for using the GOLLUM2 Package under this Licence, and to
withhold the right to use the GOLLUM2 Package.
Further, the Copyright Holders reserve the right to revoke the Licence (by 30 days
notice in writing) where they have reasonable evidence to believe that their original decision
to grant the licence was incorrect, or changes of Licensee, institution and/or use being
made of the GOLLUM2 Package render use of this Licence no longer valid.
The Licensee is subject to the following restrictions:
1. In any paper or other academic publication containing results wholly or partially derived
from the use of the GOLLUM2 Package, the following paper must be cited:
GOLLUM: a next-generation simulation tool for electron, thermal and spin
transport, Jaime Ferrer, Colin J. Lambert, Victor M. Garcia-Suarez, David Zs.
Manrique, David Visontai, Laszlo Oroszlany, R. Rodriguez-Ferradas, Iain Grace,
Steven W. D. Bailey, Katalin Gillemot, Hatef Sadeghi and Laith A. Algharagholy, New
Journal of Physics, 16, 093029 (2014). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093029
2. If the GOLLUM2 Package used wholly or partially to perform phonon related calculations,
in addition to the above paper, the following paper must be cited:
Oligoyne molecular junctions for efficient room temperature thermoelectric power
generation, Hatef Sadeghi, Sara Sangtarash, and Colin J. Lambert, Nano Letters, 15(11),
7467 (2015). doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03033
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3. Other papers relevant to the GOLLUM2 Package and method should be cited as best
scientific practice dictates.
4. Licensees are required to send to the Authors the reference of any publication containing
results wholly or partially derived from the results of use of the GOLLUM2 Package.
The above-mentioned right to use the GOLLUM2 Package extends to the members of
the research group of the Licensee as long as the use is in collaboration with the Licensee
leading to co-authored publication(s).
4 Support
The present Licence does not imply support services of any kind to the Licensee by the
Distributors, including, but not limited to, installation, compilation and use of the software in
the GOLLUM2 Package.
5 Modification
Licensees are permitted to modify the GOLLUM2 package for their own private use; in any
paper containing results wholly or partially derived from the use of a modified version of
GOLLUM2, the authors are required to state that a privately modified version of GOLLUM2 is
used, and satisfy the conditions of use stated in paragraph above.
The Authors encourage Licensees to submit their modifications of the GOLLUM2
Package to them, so that the GOLLUM2 Package does not fork, and furthermore so that the
GOLLUM2 Package can be improved for all users. Licensees can thereby benefit from the
all developments of GOLLUM2.
To this end, the Copyright Holders wish to encourage Licensees to make any such
modifications to the GOLLUM2 Package in as modular a fashion as possible: for example,
interacting via files, or via well-defined interface calls. This permits maintenance of these
modifications as a separate entity in many cases, and may allow their separation from
GOLLUM2 and distribution as a separate piece of software: in which case, such separable
software is not subject to this Licence, and its creators are free to choose the licensing
terms they desire.
However, if a given modification must be incorporated directly into the GOLLUM2
Package, the creator(s) of any such modifications must provide a perpetual royalty-free,
irrevocable licence to the Copyright Holders, to further modify their modifications (the
“Contributed Code”) as may prove necessary for the future development of GOLLUM2, and
to distribute the ”Contributed Code” (in its original or any later modified form) as part of the
GOLLUM2 Package.
The Authors, in the interests of maintaining the efficiency of the GOLLUM2 Package
and the modularity of its code base, actively encourage all those considering modifications
to the GOLLUM2 Package to discuss their planned modifications with the Copyright Holders
beforehand.
6 Redistribution
The Copyright Holders reserve the exclusive right to distribute the GOLLUM2 Package.
Licensees have no right to distribute the GOLLUM2 Package, a modified or alternative
version thereof, or any other program making direct use of parts of the GOLLUM2 Package,
without the prior written consent of the Copyright Holders.
7 All Other Rights
All other rights not explicitly mentioned in this document are reserved. In particular, the
Authors reserve all rights to resolve any and all conflicts arising in the development and
distribution policies of the GOLLUM2 Package.
All Licensees, receiving the GOLLUM2 Package for any purpose, accept all the
conditions in this Licence by signing below.
All Licensees, receiving the GOLLUM2 Package that accepted “GOLLUM ACADEMIC
LICENCE, Version 1.0” or “GOLLUM ACADEMIC LICENCE, Version 2.0” Licences by
signing, accept all the conditions in this Licence.
This Licence takes effect when a copy of this document (previously signed and dated
by the prospective Licensee and sent to the Copyright Holders) is returned counter-signed
by one of the Copyright Holders to the Licensee, and not before.
Without a valid License, a prospective Licensee does not have the right to use or
modify the GOLLUM2 Package.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this Licence document,
but changing it is not permitted.
Webpage: http://www.physics.lancs.ac.uk/gollum
* Department of Physics, University of Oviedo, 33007, Asturias, Spain
‡ Physics Department, Lancaster University, LA1 4YB, Lancaster, United Kingdom
FOR THE GOLLUM COPYRIGHT HOLDERS:
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GOLLUM2 ACADEMIC LICENCE, Version 3.0 - Feb 2018