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CRADLE Copyright Notice

1. Ownership

Copyright and other rights in the proprietary CRADLE compiler, assembler and associated original implementation materials are owned or lawfully controlled by National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL), except where another rights holder is expressly identified.

CRADLE proprietary materials may include:

source code
object code and executable binaries
original implementation documentation
architecture documentation and diagrams
original specifications
CRADLE-owned SDK components, libraries, schemas and templates
original website and documentation content
other copyright-protected expression supplied as part of CRADLE

Ideas, concepts, methods, systems, functionality and algorithms are protected only to the extent provided by applicable law. This Notice does not claim copyright over matters that are not protected by copyright.

2. Proprietary Status

The CRADLE compiler, assembler and associated proprietary implementation materials are proprietary software.

The Software is licensed, not sold. Downloading, accessing, installing, executing or possessing the Software does not transfer copyright or ownership.

All rights not expressly granted under an applicable licence or written agreement are reserved.

3. Scope

This Notice applies only to CRADLE-owned or lawfully controlled materials.

It does not replace or override:

third-party copyright notices
third-party software licences
release-specific terms
licence schedules
contributor agreements
separately executed written agreements

Where a component identifies another copyright owner or licence, the terms identified for that component apply.

4. Independent Plugins

Copyright and other rights in independently developed Plugin code remain with the Plugin's author or other lawful rights holder unless otherwise agreed in writing.

An independent Plugin does not become NCL property solely because it:

uses documented CRADLE syntax
consumes or produces a documented CRADLE Intermediate Representation
communicates through a documented CRADLE API or plugin interface
integrates CRADLE with a cyber range, testbed or other system
processes output generated by CRADLE

A Plugin owner may select a lawful licence for independently authored Plugin code, subject to any licence obligations applying to CRADLE-owned or third-party material incorporated into the Plugin.

5. CRADLE Development Materials

CRADLE-owned SDK components, libraries, templates, schemas and other development materials remain subject to the licence expressly identified for those materials.

Authorised use of CRADLE development materials does not, by itself, transfer ownership of independently authored Plugin code to NCL.

Any CRADLE-owned or third-party material copied, modified, incorporated or distributed as part of a Plugin remains subject to its applicable terms.

6. User-Created `.cradle` Files

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, rights in independently authored .cradle files remain with their authors or other lawful rights holders.

Use of CRADLE to create, edit, validate, compile, assemble or process a .cradle file does not, by itself, transfer ownership of that file to NCL.

7. Generated Output

Use of CRADLE does not, by itself, transfer ownership of independently generated configuration, deployment, script, data or testbed-specific output to NCL.

Where Generated Output contains CRADLE-owned code, templates, libraries, runtime components or third-party materials, those portions remain subject to their applicable copyright and licence terms.

8. Contributions

ownership is validly assigned
ownership belongs to another person under applicable law
an employment, contractor, research or institutional agreement provides otherwise
separate contribution terms apply

Nothing in this Notice alone transfers copyright in a contribution.

Contributors may be required to enter separate terms granting NCL sufficient rights to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, sublicense and incorporate their contributions into CRADLE.

9. Future Releases

A future CRADLE release may use different licence terms where the relevant rights holder possesses authority to grant those terms.

A licence change for a future release does not, by itself, amend the terms governing an earlier release or transfer the underlying copyright.

Nothing in this Notice commits NCL to release CRADLE under any particular licensing model.

10. Singapore Copyright Law

This Notice is intended to operate consistently with the Copyright Act 2021 of Singapore.

Relevant provisions include:

section 13, concerning works in which copyright may subsist
sections 133 and 134, concerning first ownership
sections 137 to 140, concerning transfers and assignments
section 153, concerning infringement proceedings
sections 238 to 240, concerning certain permitted uses of computer programs

Nothing in this Notice excludes a permitted use or other right that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.

11. Reservation of Rights

Except for rights expressly granted under an applicable licence or written agreement, all rights in proprietary CRADLE materials are reserved.

1. Ownership​

2. Proprietary Status​

3. Scope​

4. Independent Plugins​

5. CRADLE Development Materials​

6. User-Created .cradle Files​

7. Generated Output​

8. Contributions​

9. Future Releases​

10. Singapore Copyright Law​

11. Reservation of Rights​