SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

Name of software being licensed:  MENDEL

THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY)
AND KENNETH L. LANGE. BY INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE
BOUND BY AND ARE BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO
ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL MENDEL.

THIS LICENSE COVERS THE YEAR 2003 ONLY. AT THE EXPIRATION OF 2003, YOU MUST
DESTROY YOUR COPY OF MENDEL. IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE USING MENDEL, YOU MUST
THEN DOWNLOAD A NEW COPY AND AGREE TO A NEW LICENSE.

TERMS OF THE YEAR 2003 LICENSE:

FEES: You may download Mendel as often as necessary, free of charge.

RESTRICTIONS: You may not 

a.) copy, redistribute, post, or otherwise enable or permit other individuals
    to access or use MENDEL except under the terms listed herein;

b.) permit concurrent use of the Software except under the terms listed herein;

c.) modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create
    derivative works based on MENDEL;

d.) rent, lease, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer rights to
    Mendel; or

e.) remove or put any proprietary notices or labels on MENDEL.

TITLE: Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in MENDEL
shall remain with Kenneth Lange. MENDEL is protected by copyright and other
intellectual property laws and by international treaties.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: MENDEL IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
KENNETH LANGE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF MENDEL AND ITS
DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH LICENSEE. IN NO EVENT SHALL KENNETH LANGE BE LIABLE
FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR
OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR
OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR
INABILITY TO USE MENDEL. 

INSTALLATION: LICENSEE warrants and represents that a competent System
Administrator will install MENDEL, and that the System Administrator will
carefully review all documentation, manual pages, and release notes included
with MENDEL prior to installation.

USE: LICENSEE agrees to provide KENNETH LANGE with a report of any errors
encountered in LICENSEE'S use of MENDEL.

RISK: The entire risk as to the use and performance of MENDEL is assumed by
LICENSEE. LICENSEE shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless KENNETH LANGE
AND HIS EMPLOYER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, for and against any and all
claims, demands, damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including but not
limited to attorneys' fees), relating to or arising from any use or disposition
by LICENSEE or its transferees of MENDEL. 

MAINTENANCE: Neither KENNETH LANGE nor the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is
obligated to provide maintenance, technical support, interpretation of results,
or updates for MENDEL. 

TERMINATION: This license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply
with the limitations described herein. On termination, you must destroy all
copies of the Software and Documentation. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: LICENSEE agrees to reference MENDEL in every publication
that employs it. See the top of every standard output file generated by MENDEL
for the preferred citation to use.