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Terms and conditions of use of Meteorological Data via RSS or WeatherLink (the "Applications")

Version 1.0 October 2010

WHEREAS Environment Canada (EC) is the owner or licensee of rights in the Data provided through the Applications;

THEREFORE permission is hereby granted to download and use the Data and Applications, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this license agreement.

1. Downloading and/or using the Data provided through the Applications will indicate your acceptance to enter into a license agreement with Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, acting through and as represented by the Minister of the Environment. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, do not download or use the Data provided through the Applications.
2. EC is pleased to grant you a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive and non-assignable license to use the Data provided through the Applications subject to the terms and restrictions set forth herein. If you are acting on behalf of an organization, you represent to EC that you are duly authorized to act on behalf of this organization and that the organization hereby gives its assent to be bound to EC by the terms and conditions of this license agreement. As used herein, "you" and "your" refers to you and to any organization on behalf of which you are acting.
3. You will have access to the Data as offered at the time of access of the said Data. EC has no obligation whatsoever to keep on providing services and/or upgrades of the Data.
4. The Data and all the accompanying documentation are copyrighted, with all rights reserved to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. You may use and customize the Data to adapt it to your end purpose as well as redistribute the Data and/or its customization. No fee will be charged explicitly for the Data distributed to any third party, but you can charge for customization and/or value-added services. Redistribution to any other third party is only permitted when that third party has been informed by you of the terms and conditions of use of the Data provided through the Applications as described herein, and that accessing and using the redistributed Data provided through the Applications imply their acceptance of those conditions.
5. Furthermore, in consideration of the royalty-free license herein given and in accordance with the content of the accompanying documentation and material, such as the Applications, you shall acknowledge EC as the source of the Data provided through the RSS or WeatherLink Applications. It must be easily identifiable for any individual given access to your services and/or products that the source of the Data provided through these Applications is Environment Canada.
6. EC does not warrant the quality, accuracy, or completeness of any information or Data found on its Web site. Such information and Data are provided on an "AS IS" basis without warranty or condition of any nature. EC disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the Data retrieved, and any accompanying materials.
7. Furthermore, in no event shall Her Majesty, the Government of Canada, EC, or any of their officers, employees or agents be liable for any damages whatsoever in respect of any claim, action, demand or proceeding of any kind arising out or related to your use, inability to use or performance of the Data and the Applications.
8. This license and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of receiving written advice from EC.

Terms of Use

1. Introduction

   1. The "Service" means, collectively, all aspects of the Abacus / NESSTAR and associated services and websites.
   2. The term "Content" means the data, text, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features, software, scripts, and any other electronic materials you may view on or access through the Service.

2. Your Acceptance of this Agreement

   1. By clicking you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which supplement the policies, rules and requirements of your institution.
   2. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use you must not log in, access, browse or otherwise use the Service. If you have questions or concerns, please contact abacus-support@lists.ubc.ca.

3. Use of the Service and Content

   Use of the Service and Your Content. You may access and use the Content uploaded on the Service strictly in compliance with the copyright terms identified on or associated with such Content.

4. General Conditions of Use

   1. Without limiting the foregoing and the prohibited uses set out in Policy #104, Acceptable Use and Security of UBC Electronic Information and Systems, which is hereby incorporated by reference, the following is not permitted:
      1. using any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," to harvest or scrape information from the Service or any part(s) thereof, or to send more request messages in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser; or
      2. in any way intentionally placing undue burden on the technical systems or networks connected to the Service.
   2. UBC may suspend your account, or access to the Service, if it learns or is credibly notified (as determined by UBC) that your conduct is in violation of these Terms of Use.

5. Liability and Indemnity

   1. The Service and the Content is provided to you AS IS. You understand that UBC does not endorse any Content submitted to the Service by any user, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and UBC expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content, including without limitation all direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage or any other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service or any Content, or in reliance on the Service or the Content.
   2. In addition, the Service may contain links to third party websites. UBC has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites.
   3. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless UBC, its Board of Governors, agents, contractors, licensors, and licensees against any all claims arising from or in any way relating to your use of the Service.

6. Trademarks

   Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the Site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of the UBC or other entities. The display of any such marks or names on the Site does not imply that UBC or other entities have granted a license or authorization of any kind to use such marks or names. You may not use any of UBC's trademarks, service marks or trade names without UBC's prior written permission.

7. Choice of Law

   The laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern as to the interpretation, validity and effect of this document, notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions of your domicile, residence or physical location. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia in any action or proceeding instituted under or related to your use of the Service.