verbnet-license.3.0.txt

            VerbNet 3.0 License (also applies to VerbNet 3.X versions)

This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by
the University of Colorado under the following license.  By obtaining, using
and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have
read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.:

Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and
database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or
royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with
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and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and
documentation, including modifications that you make for internal
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VerbNet 3.0 (or 3.X) Copyright 2009 by University of Colorado.  All rights reserved.

THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE UNIVERSITY 
OF COLORADO  MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
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OF COLORADO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
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The name of University of Colorado or CU may not be used in
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University of Colorado and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. 

Please reference the following document(s) in any description of 
applications based on VerbNet 3.0 or 3.X: 

Karin Kipper, Anna Korhonen, Neville Ryant, Martha Palmer, 
A Large-scale Classification of English Verbs, 
Language Resources and Evaluation Journal, 42(1), pp. 21-40, 
Springer Netherland, 2008.

and/or

Karin Kipper Schuler, Anna Korhonen, Susan W. Brown, VerbNet overview,
extensions, mappings and apps, Tutorial, NAACL-HLT 2009, Boulder,
Colorado.