General Terms of License

Version 1 – 2026/02/01
The following General Terms of License (the « GTL ») apply to any Licensee that wishes to use the MIC-learning software. The GTL set forth the terms and conditions under which Licensee and its Users may use this software.
The capitalized terms shall have the following meaning:
    • « Licensee » means any legal entity authorized by Licensor to access and use the Software.
    • « Licensor » means : Institut Curie, a public interest state approved foundation, having its registered office 26 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
    •  « Software » means the MIC-learning, version number 1.0. MIC-learning is a set of Fiji plugins that allows the user to run different kind of articial intelligence (AI) based algorithms directly from Fiji.
    • « User(s) » means any employees, agents or other person acting on behalf of Licensee whose authorization to access and use the Software has been granted by Licensor.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Different terms apply depending on whether Licensee is an Academic Partner or an Industrial Partner.
“Academic Partner” means any non-profit research institution or organization, public or private, which is not controlled directly or indirectly by an Industrial Partner. An Academic Partner is deemed controlled by an Industrial Partner where (i) at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights or other rights to manage the Academic Partner are held by an Industrial Partner, or (ii) an Industrial Partner holds a significative influence over the Academic Partner’s activities or management.
“Industrial Partner” means any firm, company or other private for-profit organization.
The qualification of Academic or Industrial Partner will be determined solely by Licensor upon first request to be granted a license by Licensee.
Licensee warrants that its Users will comply with the User Terms and Conditions (the « UTC ») accessible below
Licensor reserves the right to modify or replace the GTL by different terms. In such case, Licensor will inform Licensee by issuing a thirty (30) days prior notice. If Licensee does not accept the modified GTL, then Licensee shall cease to use the Software.
Should Licensor and Licensee enter into specific terms of license (notably for Industrial Partners), the following precedence shall apply: in case of conflicting terms between the GTL and the aforementioned specific terms of license, the provisions of the specific terms of license shall prevail.



If Licensee is an Academic Partner
The following terms apply exclusively to Licensee if Licensee qualifies as Academic Partner:

    1. Scope of Rights
    1.1. Licensor grants Licensee and its Users a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and to use the Software, including the right to access and modify the source code of the Software, for the legal term of copyright protection, pursuant to the terms and subject to the limitations provided herein.
    1.2. Pursuant to the GTL, Licensee may:
    (i) access and use all applications and software modules composing the Software,
    (ii) display, execute, charge and storage the Software,
    (iii) observe, study or test the operation of the Software to determine the ideas and principles underlying any element composing the Software,
    (iv) translate, adapt, arrange, correct, or otherwise modify the Software (to “Contribute” or make a “Contribution”), provided that Licensee informs Licensor of any Contribution.
    1.3. This license is strictly granted to Licensee for internal research purposes. Any other purpose to use requires prior authorization from Licensor and shall be subject separate agreement. To that extent, Licensee shall submit its request to RD.partnerships@curie.fr.
Research projects involving third parties are considered as internal research provided that the third party/parties involved qualify as Academic Partner. In any case, Licensee must inform Licensor prior to any use of the Software with a third party.
    1.4. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO STATUTORY PROVISIONS OR TO ANY SPECIFIC TERMS OF LICENSE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE WHICH IS NOT EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED HEREIN IS PROHIBITED.
Without prejudice from section 1.3, Licensee shall notably refrain from (i) broadcasting, distributing or making the Software available to third parties, (ii) processing or trying to process to any fraudulent or unauthorized attempt to the Software.
    1.5. Furthermore, Licensee warrants that:
    • Its authorized Users will use the Software strictly in accordance with applicable terms, notably the GTL and the UTC ;
    • It will not delete, alter, change or otherwise modify any trademark, logo, copyright or any other distinctive mark displayed on the Software ;
    • Any data, databases, files or any other kind of Licensee’s content uploaded or processed on or with the Software, in whatever form or nature (« Licensee’s Content »), are compliant with any applicable law and/or regulation.

    2. Intellectual Property
    2.1. Software. The Software is and remains under any circumstances, subject to the rights of any third parties, the sole property of Licensor. The GTL shall not be interpreted as a transfer of intellectual property rights attached to the Software from Licensor to Licensee.
Licensee shall refrain from undertaking any action infringing or likely to infringe Licensor’s intellectual property rights on the Software.
    2.2. Contributions. Any Contribution obtained by Licensee and, if applicable, any subsequent version of the Software released based on a Contribution (“Results”) will be the joint property of Licensor and Licensee, with equal shares. To the extent that Results are subject to copyrights, Licensee and Licensor will enter into a separate co-ownership agreement as soon as necessary and in any case before any commercial exploitation or use with any third party.
    2.3. Licensee’s Content. If necessary and subject to applicable data privacy laws, Licensee grants Licensor the right to reproduce Licensee’s Content for the sole purpose of allowing Licensee to use the Software and for the duration of this license.
Licensee’s Content will remain the sole property of Licensee. The GTL shall not be interpreted as a transfer of intellectual property rights attached to Licensee’s Content from Licensee to Licensor.

If Licensee is an Industrial Partner

The following terms apply exclusively to Licensee if Licensee qualifies as Industrial Partner:
Licensor grants Licensee and its Users a royalty-bearing, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and to use the Software pursuant to the terms and subject to the limitations provided in specific terms which will be entered into in a separate agreement. To that extent, Licensee shall submit a request to techtransfer@curie.fr.

Whether Licensee is an Academic or an Industrial Partner

The following terms apply notwithstanding the qualification of Licensee as Academic or Industrial Partner:

    1. Disclaimer
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ABSENCE OF ERRORS OR INTERRUPTIONS, RESULTS ACCURACY OR ABSENCE OF INFRINGEMENT.
Licensee acknowledges that the current state of scientific and technical knowledge at the time of release of the Software does not allow it to be tested and verified for all its uses, nor to detect the existence of any defects. Licensee's attention is drawn to the risks associated with loading, using, modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software, which are reserved for experienced users.
It is the Licensee's responsibility to check the suitability of the Software for its needs, its proper functioning and to ensure that it will not cause damage to persons or property.
    2. Services
Licensor does not provide any preventive, corrective, or progressive maintenance services to Licensee. Licensor may from time-to-time correct software bugs, update and upgrade the Software but shall under no circumstances be required to do so.
    3. Liability
Licensee shall be liable, within the conditions set out in the French Civil Code, for any damage caused by it or its Users to Licensor. Licensee recognizes that it has made all arrangements to cover its liability pursuant to its use of the Software.
Under no circumstances will Licensor be liable for (i) damages due to Licensee's total or partial failure to perform its obligations, (ii) direct or indirect damages arising from the use or performance of the Software suffered by the Licensee or any third party, and (iii) more generally, any indirect damage whatsoever. In particular, Licensor and Licensee expressly agree that any financial loss or any action brought against the Licensee by a third party shall constitute indirect damage and shall not entitle the Licensee to compensation.
    4. Termination
Should Licensee fail to comply with the provisions of the GTL (as well as any other applicable terms, if any), Licensor reserves the right to terminate Licensee’s right to use the Software.
Licensee will no longer be authorized to access and to use the Software upon expiration or termination of the license for any reason whatsoever. Licensee must deinstall the Software at the latest thirty (30) days after termination or expiration of the license and may be required to justify of the deinstallation of the Software in writing.
    5. Governing Law and Competent Court
The GTL are governed exclusively by French law.
Licensor and Licensee will endeavor to amicably resolve any disputes which may arise pursuant to Licensee’s use of the Software within three (3) months as of the notification sent by the first party to take the initiative. In case of any persistent disagreement, the courts of Paris, France, shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

User Terms and Conditions

Version 1 – 2026/02/01

These User Terms and Conditions (UTC) shall be read carefully and fully before any use of the MIC-learning.

MIC-learning is the property of Institut Curie, a public interest state approved foundation, having its registered office 26 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France, (hereafter referred to as “Licensor”).

Licensor has granted to the research institution, organization, firm or company You work for (hereafter referred to as “Your Organization”) a license to use MIC-learning. As an employee, agent or other person working under the authority of Your Organization (hereafter referred to as “You”), You have been authorized to use MIC-learning in accordance with the license terms entered into by Licensor and Your Organization.

By using MIC-learning, You agree to be bound without restrictions nor reserves by these UTC as long as you use MIC-learning. Licensor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these UTC at any time. Would You refuse to be bound by these UTC pursuant to its modification or replacement, we invite You to no longer use MIC-learning.

Licensor encourages You to get familiar with your responsibilities before using MIC-learning.


What are you allowed to do with MIC-learning?

You are granted the right to:

    (i) access and use all applications and software modules composing MIC-learning,
    (ii) display, execute, charge and storage MIC-learning,
    (iii) observe, study or test the operation of MIC-learning to determine the ideas and principles underlying any element composing MIC-learning ;
    (iv) translate, adapt, arrange, correct, or otherwise modify the Software (to “Contribute” or make a “Contribution”).
More specifically, “Contribution(s)” shall mean any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to the Source Code, that is intentionally submitted by You directly to Licensor or through Your Organization for inclusion in, or documentation of, the Source Code.

“Source Code” means MIC-learning source code written in any programming language contained in any format, including human and machine-readable formats, such code including all comments and procedural code plus all related development documents such as, but not limited to, flow charts, schematics, statements of principles of operations or any other specifications.

You are hereby allowed to browse, use, install, operate, compile, run, display, adapt, arrange, make additions to or otherwise modify the Source Code.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO STATUTORY PROVISIONS, ANY USE OF MIC-learning WHICH IS NOT EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED HEREIN IS PROHIBITED. Therefore, You shall notably refrain from (i) broadcasting, distributing or making MIC-learning available to people outside of Your Organization, (ii) processing or trying to process to any fraudulent or unauthorized attempt to MIC-learning.

For how long?

You may use MIC-learning for the term of the license entered into by Licensor and Your Organization. Please contact Your Organization for further details regarding the license term.

For which purpose(s)?

You may use MIC-learning for internal research purposes. Please contact Your Organization for further details regarding permitted purpose(s) of use.

What about your Contributions?

The intellectual property rights pertaining to your Contributions may be devoted to Your Organization and/or Licensor depending on the license terms entered into by Licensor and Your Organization.

You represent that your Contributions do not infringe on any patent, model, trademark or any other intellectual property right. You warrant you have obtained any necessary authorization, permission or license from any third-party holding any intellectual property right on any element included in the Contributions that you submit.

Once they have been accepted by Licensor, You are not expected to provide support for your Contributions (e.g. fix issues and defects or maintain compatibility with newer versions of operating systems).

Property of MIC-learning

MIC-learning is and remains under any circumstances, subject to the rights of any third parties, the sole property of Licensor. Licensee shall refrain from undertaking any action infringing or likely to infringe Licensor’s intellectual property rights on the Software.
You warrant that:
    • You will not delete, alter, change or otherwise modify any trademark, logo, copyright or any other distinctive mark displayed on MIC-learning;
    • Any data, databases, files or any other kind of content that You may upload or processed on or with MIC-learning, are compliant with any applicable law and/or regulation and do not infringe any intellectual property rights.

Third-party terms and conditions
You acknowledge that several third-party licenses may be an underlying part of MIC-learning. You acknowledge that You should be aware of all third-party terms and conditions applicable to such licenses and commits to comply with such third-party terms and conditions as long as You use MIC-learning.

Language

These UTC have been written in English.  By using MIC-learning, You acknowledge and agree that You have read and understood these UTC and that You are fully aware of the rights and obligations arising therefrom.

Where a translation is required, should there be any discrepancy between the English and translated texts, the English text shall prevail and shall be used to resolve any doubts arising in respect of interpretation and/or application of the UTC.