**Public Domain Notice**
Parts of this software are a United States Government Work. Anyone may use the software on a worldwide and royalty-free
 basis for any purpose and anyone may reproduce and prepare derivative works without restriction. Although all
 reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the software, the National Human Genome
 Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Government do not and cannot warrant the
 performance or any results that may be obtained by using this software. NHGRI, NIH and the U.S. Government disclaim
 all warranties as to performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.  No indemnification is
 intended or provided by the US government.

In any work produced using or in any product derived from this material, the authors would appreciate being
 acknowledged per scientific custom as the source of the software.

**Copyrighted Works**
BuddySuite uses copyrighted work and distributes these works under the terms of their respective licenses. All
 copyright restrictions still apply to these 'third-party' packages. Furthermore, BuddySuite is a community project
 with contributors outside of the US Government; these authors retain copyright on their work. Below is a list of
 contributors, and the license under which their work is governed.

**List of Contributors**
Stephen Bond        2014 - Present          Public Domain
Karl Keat           June 2015 - Aug 2015    Public Domain
Jeremy LaBarge      2015 - Present          Public Domain
Jason Bowen         2016 - Present          Public Domain
Todd Smith          2016 - Present          Public Domain
Adam Palmer         2016 - Present          Public Domain
Dustin J. Mitchell  June 2016               Public Domain
