What: NCBI BLAST Public Domain Dedication Copy integrated into Diamond upstream repository: https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/blob/master/src/lib/blast/blast_def.h Various files in that directory also contain the same public domain notice. Attribution: The authors of the files in the "blast" directory are: Aaron Ucko, E. Michael Gertz, Alejandro Schaffer, Christiam Camacho, Ilya Dondoshansky, Denis Vakatov, Greg Boratyn, Tom Madden, Viatcheslav Gorelenkov Primary Source of license from the BLAST tarballs from NIH: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ Retrieved: 20-Jun-2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* =========================================================================== * * PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE * National Center for Biotechnology Information * * This software/database is a "United States Government Work" under the * terms of the United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of * the author's official duties as a United States Government employee and * thus cannot be copyrighted. This software/database is freely available * to the public for use. The National Library of Medicine and the U.S. * Government have not placed any restriction on its use or reproduction. * * Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy * and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S. * Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that * may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S. * Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including * warranties of performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular * purpose. * * Please cite the author in any work or product based on this material. * * ===========================================================================*/