Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ShATR - A Corpus for Auditory Scene Analysis From: Brian Karlsen <B.Karlsen(at)DCS.SHEF.AC.UK> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:29:55 GMTUnfortunately, a few errors were made in the announcement of this corpus. First of all I would like to stress that 'shorten' by Tony Robinson is *not* public-domain! And neither are the findsegs and sndextrc tools. Shorten is provided under the following license: SHORTEN SOFTWARE LICENSE This software is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Tony Robinson under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions: This software may not be sold or incorporated into any product which is sold without prior permission from the author. When no charge is made, this software may be copied and distributed freely. Permission is granted to use this software for decoding and non-commercial encoding. Commercial encoding licences may be negotiated. DISCLAIMER This software carries no warranty, expressed or implied. The user assumes all risks, known or unknown, direct or indirect, which involve this software in any way. Dr AJ Robinson Tel +44 1223 332815 Fax +44 1223 332662 Email ajr4(at)cam.ac.uk Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UK The two latter tools are provided with this license: UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD SOFTWARE LICENCE Please read this licence carefully. By using the software and associated data files on this CD-ROM, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. 1. LICENSE The program code, data files and associated documentation ("the software") are licensed to you by the University of Sheffield. The license is non-exclusive. You may transfer your license rights in the software to another party, provided that the other party reads and agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this license. 2. RESTRICTIONS The copyright in the software shall be retained by the University of Sheffield and you may make copies thereof only for use in your own work. You may modify the software for your own use, but software so modified may not be distributed to a third party either in whole or in part. 3. TERMINATION This license is effective until terminated. You may terminate this license at any time by destroying the software and related documentation and all copies thereof. This license will terminate immediately without notice from the University of Sheffield if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the software is at your sole risk. The University of Sheffield expressly disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, the University of Sheffield can accept no responsibility for maintenance of the software and is under no obligation to provide enhancements, updates and improvements to the software, written or telephone consultations, correction of errors or deficiencies of the software, or revised or additional supporting documentation. 5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY The University of Sheffield accepts no responsibility for the correct operation of the software or for the correctness of the results obtained from it, and no legal liability in contract, tort or otherwise shall attach to you arising from your use of the software. It is further agreed that in the event of the University of Sheffield being sued by a third party in an action arising out of this agreement, you will indemnify the University of Sheffield in respect of any damages or costs incurred in such action. 6. APPLICABLE LAW This license shall be construed according to the Law of England and the venue for any legal proceedings shall be in England. Secondly, an error in the WWW address was made. This is the correct one: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/spandh/ShATR/ShATR.html I apologise very much for any inconveniences this may have caused. Cheers Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Lykkegaard Karlsen | Speech and Hearing Research Group Research Associate | Department of Computer Science | University of Sheffield E-mail: B.Karlsen(at)dcs.shef.ac.uk | Regent Court http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~brian | 211 Portobello Street Phone: (+44) (0)114 282 5562 | Sheffield S1 4DP Fax: (+44) (0)114 278 0972 | U.K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------