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Legal Stuff: Permissions and Notices

CERT is part of the Software Engineering Institute. The Software Engineering Institute is operated by Carnegie Mellon University for the Department of Defense.

Linking to the CERT® Website

You may link to the CERT® website by using "CERT" or "CERT/CC" as a text hyperlink. If you wish to use an image to link to our website, send mail to webmaster@cert.org and include the URL of the website where you plan to place the link.

Copyright Notices and Permissions

Because we update many of our documents regularly, please link to our web pages whenever possible rather than reproduce them.

  1. Internal use
    You have our permission is to reproduce documents and web pages and to prepare derivative works for internal use, provided the following are included with all reproductions and derivative works: credit to CERT; copyright statement; "no warranty" statement; and indication that CERT® is a registered trademark and service mark of Carnegie Mellon University.

  2. External use and translations
    You must request our permission to use our documents or prepare derivative works for external use, or to make translations. Requests should be addressed to the SEI Licensing Agent through email to permission@sei.cmu.edu or surface mail to SEI Licensing Agent, Software Engineering Institute,Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213.

    Please include the following information:

    • Full title(s) and report number(s) of the material you wish to use.
    • The specific page numbers, figure numbers, chapters, modules, etc. of the material(s) you wish to use. Indicate URLs from our website, if appropriate.
    • A description of your intended use (e.g., reproduce "as is" in whole or in part, create derivative work, etc.) For derivative work, describe the nature of the derivative work and the delivery medium (for example, training course material, software application, interactive CD-ROM, assessment methodology, textbook, technical paper).
    • Your full contact information, including mailing address, phone, fax, and URL.

  3. U.S. Government only
    Software Engineering Institute authored documents are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense under Contract F19628-95-C-0003. Carnegie Mellon University retains copyrights in all material produced under this contract. The U.S. Government retains a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes only pursuant to the copyright license under the contract clause at 252.227-7013.

No Warranty

Any material furnished by Carnegie Mellon University and the Software Engineering Institute is furnished on an "as is" basis. Carnegie Mellon University makes no warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied as to any matter including, but not limited to, warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability, exclusivity or results obtained from use of the material. Carnegie Mellon University does not make any warranty of any kind with respect to freedom from patent, trademark, or copyright infringement.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Although the CERT intends to keep links current on the CERT website, there may be omissions or errors. These links are provided as a convenience for the software engineering and Internet communities. Carnegie Mellon, the SEI, and CERT do not endorse or recommend any particular organization, individual, product, process, or service that is linked to the CERT website, nor can we assure the quality of the work of any organization or individual linked to the CERT website. The ideas and findings of authors expressed in reports or other material should not be construed as an official Carnegie Mellon, SEI, or Department of Defense position and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Monitoring Notice

The use of this system may be monitored for computer security purposes.

CERT and CERT Coordination Center are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University.