Endeavour is free for use, however please carefully read the terms and conditions (see below) before use. Please do not hesitate to read our help section in case you have questions / problems regarding the tool. If you can not find the answer to your question in that section, please contact us, we will do our best to help you.

It is preliminary stated that Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, more specifically its Division ESAT STADIUS, for the purposes of this Agreement represented by K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, Waaistraat 6, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, ("hereinafter referred to as K.U. LEUVEN"), and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology vzw, Rijvisschestraat 120, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium ("hereinafter referred to as VIB") jointly own the copyright of the ENDEAVOUR software. Therefore it is convened the following.

1. Use of the ENDEAVOUR software

K.U.LEUVEN and VIB grant you a royalty-free, non-exclusive and non-transferable limited license (with no right to sub-license) to use the ENDEAVOUR software.



2. Warranty, Liability and Indemnity

1. The ENDEAVOUR software is provided on an "as is," "as available" basis without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent possible pursuant to the applicable law, K.U. LEUVEN and VIB disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement or other violation of rights. K.U. LEUVEN and/or VIB do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise respecting, the information and materials on the ENDEAVOUR software or any sites linked to the ENDEAVOUR software.

2. Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall K.U.LEUVEN, VIB or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, loss of data or loss of profits arising out of the use, or the inability to use the site or the materials contained herein or accessed through, the ENDEAVOUR software, even if K.U. LEUVEN, VIB or a K.U.Leuven authorized representative or a VIB authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

By using the ENDEAVOUR software, you do not acquire any intellectual property right to the ENDEAVOUR software or any part thereof, nor do you acquire any license or other rights under any patents, patent applications, trade secrets or other proprietary rights of K.U. LEUVEN or VIB, except as expressly granted herein.

4. Publication
The Academic User shall acknowledge K.U.LEUVEN and VIB as the provider of software and shall include a reference to:
1. Aerts S, Lambrechts D, Maity S, Van Loo P, Coessens B, De Smet F, Tranchevent LC, De Moor B, Marynen P, Hassan B, Carmeliet P, Moreau Y. " Gene prioritization through genomic data fusion." Nat Biotechnol. 2006 May;24(5):537-544
2. Tranchevent L., Ardeshirdavani A., ElShal S., Alcaide D., Aerts J., Auboeuf D., Moreau Y., "Candidate gene prioritization with Endeavour", Nucleic Acids Research, Web Server Issue, vol. 44, no. 1, Jul. 2016, pp. 117-121.
in any manuscript describing data obtained using Licensed Software.