MCNET_GUIDELINES

These guidelines are copied from: http://www.montecarlonet.org/
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               MCNET GUIDELINES

      for Event Generator Authors and Users


    PREAMBLE

This generator has been developed as part of an academic research
project and is the result of many years of work by the authors.
Proper academic recognition is a requirement for its continued
development.

The components of the program have been developed to work together
as a coherent physics framework. We believe that the creation of
separately maintained forks or piecewise distribution of individual
parts would diminish their scientific value.

The authors are convinced that software development in a scientific
context requires full availability of all source code, to further
progress and to allow local modifications to meet the specific
requirements of the individual user.

Therefore we have decided to release this program under the GNU
General Public License (GPL) version 2 (with the option to instead
follow the terms and conditions of any later version of GPL). This
ensures that the source code will be available to you and grants you
the freedom to use and modify the program. You can redistribute your
modified versions as long as you retain the GPL and respect existing
copyright notices (see the file 'COPYING' for details).

By using the GPL, we entrust you with considerable freedom and expect
you to use it wisely, since the GPL does not address the issues in
the first two paragraphs. To remedy this shortcoming, we have
formulated the following guidelines relevant for the distribution
and usage of event generator software in an academic setting.


    GUIDELINES

1) The integrity of the program should be respected.
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1.1) Suspected bugs and proposed fixes should be reported back to the
    original authors to be considered for inclusion in the standard
    distribution.  No independently developed and maintained forks
    should be created as long as the original authors actively work on
    the program.

1.2) The program should normally be redistributed in its entirety.
    When there are special reasons, an agreement should be sought with
    the original authors to redistribute only specific parts. This
    should be arranged such that the redistributed parts remain
    updated in step with the standard distribution.

1.3) Any changes in the code must be clearly marked in the source
   (reason, author, date) and documented. If any modified version is
   redistributed it should be stated at the point of distribution
   (download link) that it has been modified and why.

1.4) If a significant part of the code is used by another program,
    this should be clearly specified in that program's documentation and
    stated at its point of distribution.

1.5) Copyright information and references may not be removed.
    Copyright-related program messages may not be altered and must be
    printed even if only a part of the program is used. Adding further