ELSA's Acceptable Use Policy

The ELSA software archive is made available under current copyright law (Title 17, United States Code), which governs the circumstances under which computer files may be copied. All "original works of authorship" that are produced or distributed are covered by copyright law. An individual cannot store or distribute (make available), in part or in whole, any item that is protected by copyright law without the permission of the copyright owner. Certain exceptions are permitted under the Fair Use Doctrine (Section 107 of the copyright law).

When you submit or download contributions to the ELSA software archive, you are agreeing to utilize the archive in compliance with all copyright laws. In particular, by sending material to us you are agreeing to public use without your written permission. We also ask that you do not submit any files that incorporate proprietary code or copyrighted documentation without the written permission of the author/owner. ELSA will not knowingly archive any submissions that contain proprietary and/or copyrighted material without proper authorization.

Authors retain full intellectual property rights and any applicable copyrights to their contributed material. The Econometrics Laboratory welcomes your use of the ELSA archive, and requests that as a courtesy to the authors and to this archive, you provide acknowledgements as appropriate. We believe that the entire research community benefits from careful citation, and we encourage people who use algorithms from this location to make appropriate citations and to generously acknowledge authorship.