Bertini Policies
Bertini is distributed free of charge on an ``as is'' basis with no
warranties, implied or otherwise, that it is suitable for any purpose. Its intended
usage is for educational and for research purposes, so that the user may gain a
greater understanding of numerical homotopy continuation for solving systems of
polynomial equations. Any other use is strictly the user's responsibility.
There
is no license fee for Bertini.
You may convey verbatim copies of Bertini (source code, binary files, libbertini)
in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that Bertini's License applies to Bertini;
keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all recipients a copy of Bertini's License
along with Bertini.
You may not charge a fee for any copy that you convey, and you may not offer support or
warranty protection for a fee.
The use of Bertini is for education and research purposes, subject only to professional ethical conduct, as follows.
In publications based on results obtained using Bertini or its successors, the use of Bertini should be acknowledged. The authors of the code are Daniel Bates, Jonathan Hauenstein, Andrew Sommese, and Charles Wampler.