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The computer files on this CD-ROM were prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); both are agencies of the U.S. Government. Copyright protection under Title 17 is not available for any work of the United States Government (U.S. Copyright Office, 2000). Therefore, the information generated by the Government on this computer disk is in the public domain and may not be protected for commercial use. The information and software included on this computer disk are provided solely for the purposes of private study, scholarship, or research.

Software and related material (data and (or) documentation) contained in or furnished in connection with a software distribution are made available by the FHWA in cooperation with the USGS to be used in the public interest and in the advancement of science. You may, without any fee or cost, use, copy, modify, or distribute this software, and any derivative works thereof, and its supporting documentation, subject to the following restrictions and understandings.

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The software is public property, and you therefore have the right to the source code, if desired. The source code is included on the CD-ROM.

You may charge fees for distribution, warranties, and services provided in connection with the software or derivative works thereof. The names FHWA and USGS can be used in any advertising or publicity to endorse or promote any products or commercial entity using this software if specific written permission is obtained from the FHWA and USGS, respectively.

You agree to appropriately acknowledge the authors, the FHWA, and the USGS in publications that result from the use of this software or in products that include this software in whole or in part.

Some software, file formats, and computer technology on this disk, however, have been generated by the private sector and as such are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and (or) other intellectual property laws, and any unauthorized use of these materials may violate such laws. Inclusion on this computer disk does not grant any express or implied rights to you or the government under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade-secret information with respect to the included materials. The private-sector software included on this computer disk, however, may be used solely for the purposes of private study, scholarship, or research under the distribution licenses provided for this commercial software.

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Because the software and related material are free (other than nominal material and handling fees) and provided "as is," the authors, the USGS, the FHWA, and the United States Government are not obligated to provide users with any support, consulting, training, or assistance of any kind with regard to the use, operation, and performance of this software nor to provide users with any updates, revisions, new versions, or "bug fixes".

U.S. Copyright Office, 2000, Copyright law of the United States of America and related laws contained in Title 17 of the United States Code: U.S. Copyright Office Circular 92, 237 p.