Use and Support of Software from the
Centre for Computational Geostatistics (CCG)
Last Revised August 30, 2016
The Centre for Computational Geostatistics (CCG) at the University of Alberta has evolved over the years, yet the basic idea remains the same: organizations provide research funding for access to research results. CCG software is intellectual property of CCG; the following principles apply to the use and support of CCG software.
- Openness within the CCG Community
All researchers within CCG share all software developed at the CCG openly within the CCG community. All software aims for high standards, but many programs are works in progress. - Support of CCG Software
There is no support provided for CCG software. CCG researchers may address questions and reports of errors and deficiencies. CCG Research Partners receive greater consideration. - Software Use for Short Courses and the Citation Program in Applied Geostatistics
Course participants use CCG software for exercises and projects, but should not use the software for commercial application outside of the CCG community after the training course. - Use in Commercial Software
A CCG member may embed CCG software within commercial software that they develop or apply, if they take responsibility for the product. - Software Use if a CCG Member Drops Support
It is an expectation of the CCG community that former CCG members discontinue the use of CCG software embedded within their practices and applications, unless they were the developer. - Software Use by the Developer
A particular researcher within CCG can distribute their software as they see fit. Special care is required for derivative works built on previous CCG software. - Released Software
Certain software is released as part of journal publications or on our website. Such software is released and licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The following text should be disclosed within CCG code and when CCG code is executed:
This software is the intellectual property of the Centre for Computational Geostatistics (CCG). It is made available to the CCG community, but no support is provided. For more information, please refer to the terms of use on https://www.ccgalberta.com/software-terms-of-use
