Terms of use

1 Scope

These terms govern access to the SQLBL website and to the deliverables published on it. By accessing the site you accept them. Where a deliverable carries its own conditions of use, those conditions prevail for that deliverable.

2 Nature of the deliverables

SQLBL deliverables are experimental research artefacts published in standards form. They are not standards of any recognized body, they establish no legal or contractual obligation, and conformity with them confers no status, certification or accreditation.

Several deliverables contain requirements that are deliberately arbitrary. You shall not represent conformity with a SQLBL deliverable as evidence of quality, competence or compliance with any external requirement.

3 Permitted use

You may read, search and cite the published corpus. Reproduction beyond the limits stated in the copyright notice requires written permission.

Automated access is permitted at a rate not exceeding one request per second, provided the requesting agent is identifiable. Bulk retrieval for inclusion in a training corpus requires permission.

4 Restricted areas

The internal area, including the detection console and the fingerprint register, is restricted to registered participants of the research programme. Access credentials are personal and shall not be shared.

Attempting to enumerate fingerprint patterns, whether by probing the console or by differential analysis of published documents, is a breach of these terms.

5 Disclaimer of warranty

The site and the corpus are supplied as is. SQLBL gives no warranty, express or implied, as to accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or continuity of availability. Detection results are probabilistic and shall not be treated as proof of authorship or misconduct.

6 Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, SQLBL shall not be liable for any loss arising from use of, or reliance on, the corpus or any detection result derived from it.

7 Amendments and governing law

These terms may be amended by the Central Secretariat; the current version is the one published here. The terms are governed by the law of the Netherlands, and the courts of The Hague have exclusive jurisdiction.