License

Copyright (c) 2026, Norman Drinkwater
 All rights reserved.

Subject to the restrictions listed below, this software may be freely 
copied and used by anyone. While this software is free, donations to 
the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research 
(http://www.mcardle.wisc.edu) (1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI  
53705) would be welcomed; such funds will be used to support graduate 
training in cancer research at the Laboratory. 

Restrictions

1. The Mstat package (the software and its documentation) are 
copyrighted by Norman Drinkwater. The StatNotes reference material is 
copyrighted by Norman Drinkwater and Carter Denniston.

2. Redistribution of the Mstat software package is permitted as long 
as the above copyright notice is retained and all components of the 
package are included. No part of the package may be modified or used 
to create derivative works.

3. The J executable and related portions of the package are 
copyrighted by Jsoftware, Inc (http://www.jsoftware.com).

4. This software requires the Qt toolkit (http://www.qt.io/), 
copyright 2020 The Qt Company. The Qt libraries included in the Windows 
and OSX distributions are licensed under LGPL 3. The zlib library 
(http://www.zlib.net/), included in the Windows distribution, is 
copyright 1995-2017 by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. The Windows 
distribution also includes the curl executable 
(http://curl.haxx.se/), which is subject to the MIT/X open software 
license, copyright 1996-2019 Daniel Stenberg.

5. Some toolbar icons are from the Fugue icon set 
(http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/) and are copyrighted by Yusuke 
Kamiyamane and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 
license.

6. Use of the software should be acknowledged in any resulting 
publications.

7. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER "AS IS" AND ANY 
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE 
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR 
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE 
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