Linguistic Data Consortium Data Use Agreement
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- incorporate portions of the LDC (Linguistic Data Consortium) data into its own work products for internal, non-commercial use and not for redistribution,
- incorporate small excerpts of text or audio data from the LDC data for display or publication in a scientific or technical context, but only for the purpose of descriving the research and related issues, and
- publish statistics and other summaries of the LDC data.
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Not-for-Profit Member User License Agreement for IARPA Babel Tamil Language Pack, IARPA-babel204b-v1.1b (LDC2017S13)
The User agrees to use the data designated as IARPA Babel Tamil Language Pack, IARPA-babel204b-v1.1b (LDC2017S13) (the “Data”) and distributed by the Linguistic Data Consortium (“LDC”) subject to the provisions of the LDC Not-For Profit Membership Agreement and to the following understandings, terms and conditions.
Please see the README for more details on the Data
The User agrees to:
- Insert the following statement in any product, report, publication, presentation and/or other document that references the data: “This product contains or makes use of IARPA data, IARPA Babel Tamil Language Pack, IARPA-babel204b-v1.1b (LDC2017S13).”
- Accept the Data “as is”. User is solely responsible for any damage that may arise from its use of the Data. User agrees to hold the US Government (“USG”), the source of the Data, harmless and to indemnify the USG for all liabilities, demands, damages, expenses and losses arising out of its use for any purpose of the Data. Unless prohibited by law, User assumes all liability for claims for damages against it by third parties which may arise from the use, storage or disposal of the Data, regardless of whether such liability is based on breach of contract, tort, strict liability, breach of warranties, infringement of intellectual property, failure of essential purpose or otherwise.
- Not further distribute the Data.
LDC has entered into License Agreement with IARPA to distribute the Data. Under the terms of that License Agreement, LDC may be required to identify recipients of the Data to IARPA.
User shall give appropriate reference to the Data in scholarly publications whenever they are mentioned. The following citation format is required:
Aric Bills, Thomas Conners, Dr. Miriam Corris, Anne David, Eyal Dubinski, Jon Fiscus, Mary Harper, Alice Kaiser-Schatzlein, Jennifer Melot, Shelley Paget, Jessica Ray, Anton Rytting, Wade Shen, Ronnie Silber, Evelyne Tzoukermann,Arun Viswanath. IARPA Babel Tamil Language Pack, IARPA-babel204b-v1.1b LDC2017S13. Web Download.Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, 2017.