LEGAL.txt

Legal
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### License ###

The DC3 Digital Crime Scene Challenge (hereafter “Software”) constitutes as a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 
17 USC § 105.

This Software utilizes code licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and therefore is licensed under GPL v2 or later:
> - Date Format 1.2.3 by [Scott Trenda](scott.trenda.net) and Kris Kowal (MIT License)
> - Countdown for jQuery v1.5.9 by Keith Wood (GPL v2 or MIT Licenses)
> - jQuery JavaScript Library v1.5.1 by The Dojo Foundation (GPL v2 or MIT or BSD Licenses)
> - jQuery UI 1.8.13 by [AUTHORS.txt](http://jqueryui.com/about/) (GPL v2 or MIT Licenses)
> - jQuery Mobile v1.0b3 by the jQuery Project (GPL v2 or MIT Licenses)
> - jQuery UI Widget by [AUTHORS.txt](http://jqueryui.com/about/) (GPL v2 or MIT Licenses)
> - jquery.dataTables v1.7.5 by Allan Jardine (GPL v2 or BSD 3 point style)

This Software is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This Software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


### Disclaimer of Use ###

An individual or organization (hereafter "User") that downloads or uses the DC3 Digital Crime Scene Challenge (hereafter “Software”)  agrees to indemnify and hold harmless DC3, the U.S. Air Force, and the Department of Defense and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and assigns, as applicable, against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), as incurred, arising from or in connection with or otherwise with respect to any claim, demand or legal action by a client, potential client, employee, consultant, independent contractor or agent of the User, the User themselves, any of the User's affiliates, or by a third party, related directly or indirectly to the User's use of or inability or failure to use the Software for any purpose.

In no event shall DC3 be liable for any damages, direct or indirect (including, without limitation, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, lost profits, business interruption, or lost information), arising out of the User's use of or inability (or failure) to use the Software, and whether in an action based on contract, warranty, strict liability, tort (including, without limitation, negligence) or otherwise.

### Disclaimer of Endorsement ###

Reference to, or identification of, any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, by the DC3 Digital Crime Scene Challenge does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. Neither the United States Government nor any of its employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.