Note: Free Mercury is only for Non-Commercial use. Please contact us at admin@ccdc.cam.ac.uk for Commercial use.
IMPORTANT: Mercury and EnCIFer now require activation in order to be used. This can be performed for free using the included CCDC Activator tool and selecting the CSD-Community option. You can also activate with a CSD-Core licence if you have one
In order to download this version of Mercury, you must first read and accept the terms of the following licence agreement:
Mercury (the "Program") is a copyright work of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ("CCDC") and its licensors. In consideration of the access to the Program granted you, you agree to download and use the Program solely in accordance with the following terms. If the Program is supplied to you under a licence with CCDC Software Ltd or under a licence of access agreement to the Cambridge Structural Database System with the CCDC, the terms of that licence shall prevail. Otherwise the terms below shall apply.
You are permitted to download and to use a single copy of the Program and the documentation solely for Non-Commercial purposes and for no other purpose whatsoever. Results generated using the Program may be published, provided all such publications include an acknowledgement of the Program. Within 14 days of permanently discontinuing use of the Program you agree to delete all copies of the downloaded Program from your computers and storage systems.
You may not supply, assign, transfer or sublicense (in whole or part) the Program to any third party as part of a commercial transaction or for any consideration, in money, money's worth or otherwise, or free of charge. The Program shall only be accessible to your employees.
You may not bundle this Program together with any other software product or products without the prior written consent of CCDC.
You may copy the Program only to the extent strictly necessary for backup purposes. Subject thereto or as otherwise expressly permitted by applicable law, you may not copy, reproduce, translate, adapt, decompile, modify, reverse engineer or disassemble the Program. You shall ensure at all times that all copies of the Programs made by you contain the copyright notice issued by CCDC and contained in the Program. You shall not amend or obscure this notice or any logos or trademarks of CCDC contained in the Program.
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