prepare derivative works or download, mount or distribute any part of the Licensed Material on any electronic system or network, including without limitation the Internet and the World Wide Web, other than the Secure Network, except where expressly permitted by this License under clause
3.2.6;
| | Comment: Making derivative works is one of the copyright owner’s rights, so agreeing not to make them without permission is fine. Since the library doesn’t obtain copyright ownership through the license, you cannot distribute the content on the open Internet. Sending links to users that can access the content is fine, though, because you are not making copies. |
reverse engineer, decompile, alter, abridge or otherwise modify the Licensed Materials or any part of them for any purpose whatsoever, except as expressly provided in this License.
| | Comment: This catch-all language means if the license doesn’t authorize a use, then it is prohibited. This is why carefully reading the authorized uses language is so important. |
The Publisher’s explicit written permission must be obtained in order to: use all or any part of the Licensed Materials for any Commercial Use;
| | Comment: This does not bother us. “Commercial Use” is defined earlier as selling or transferring the licensed information for money. Presumably you can use the information in support of grants. If you are in a for-profit institution, make sure that “Commercial Use” does not include the day-to-day operations of the enterprise. |
systematically distribute the whole or any part of the Licensed Materials to anyone other than Authorized Users;
| | Comment: No problem. |
publish, distribute or make available the Licensed Materials, works based on the Licensed Materials or works which combine them with any other material, other than as permitted in this License;
| | Comment: We assume “publish, distribute, or make available” means very wide distribution, but those words aren’t defined. Even so, we can live with this section. |
alter, abridge, adapt or modify the Licensed Materials, except to the extent necessary to make them perceptible on a computer screen to Authorized
