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The CADIA Clause

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The “CADIA Clause” is a paragraph that restricts the use of software or other copyrighted material for military purposes or human-rights violations.

Anyone is free to copy the clause and add to their license (the clause itself is licensed under the Creative Commons (CC) license, which means you need to give credit to its original authors and you may not modify it in any way).

CADIA Clause: The license granted in and to the software under this agreement is a limited-use license. The software may not be used in furtherance of: (i) intentionally causing bodily injury or severe emotional distress to any person; (ii) invading the personal privacy or violating the human rights of any person; or (iii) committing or preparing for any act of war.

_{To use this Clause in your own license, copy the text above and be sure to include the following somewhere in the license: CADIA Clause (CC) CADIA, Reykjavik University, 2009}

The CADIA Clause is included in the extended BSD License used for all software pertaining to the HUMANOBS project.

The CADIA Clause was authored by Kristinn R. Thórisson, with advice from Brent C. J. Britton.
The CADIA Clause logo is (CC) Kristinn R. Thórisson, 2009 (same CC license as the Clause itself).
Look at CC License for CADIA Clause and CADIA Clause logo.