PART 1 - General Terms

BY DOWNLOADING, COPYING, ACCESSING, YOU, AS “LICENSEE”, AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE AND CONFIRM THAT YOU, AS LICENSEE, ARE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER*. IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS ON BEHALF OF LICENSEE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND LICENSEE TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

* ACCESS TO THE FUNSD DATASET IS NOT AVAILABLE TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18).

PART 2

1. Definitions

"EPFL" means Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, a university located in Switzerland.

"LTS5" means Laboratoire de Traitement des Signaux, a laboratory at EPFL.

“FUNSD Dataset” means the EPFL-LTS5 Form Understanding in Noisy Scanned Documents (“FUNSD”) dataset to be used for non-commercial, research purposes only and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

“Website” means the website hosted on GitHub, at this URL: https://guillaumejaume.github.io/FUNSD/, website where Licensee can download the FUNSD Dataset.

2. Purpose

Use of the FUNSD Dataset is solely for non-commercial, research and educational purposes.

The FUNSD Dataset include annotations and images of real scanned forms.

Licensee’s use of the images is governed by a copyright. Licensee is solely responsible for determining what additional licenses, clearances, consents and releases, if any, must be obtained for its use of the images. Original images are part of the dataset RVL-CDIP.

3. Charges

The parties will be responsible for their own costs and expenses related to these Terms of Use.

4. No Warranties

THE FUNSD DATASET AND THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED FOR OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY OR ACCURACY OF DATA. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FUNSD WEBSITE AND THE FUNSD DATASET.

5. Limitation of Liability

EPFL-LTS5 is not liable for any claim arising from Licensee’s use of the FUNSD Website and/or the FUNSD Dataset. Licensee assumes all risks associated with the use of the FUNSD Dataset. The risks include, but are not limited to, the risks of errors; intellectual property rights related to publicly available images; and unavailability or interruption of access to the FUNSD Website. EPFL-LTS5 is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, content or availability of the FUNSD Website and/or the FUNSD Dataset.

6. General

a) If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.

b) Unless otherwise required by applicable law without the possibility of contractual waiver or limitation: 1) neither party will bring a legal action, regardless of form, for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms of Use more than one year after the cause of action arose; and 2) upon the expiration of such time limit, any such claim and all respective rights related to the claim lapse.

c) Neither Licensee nor EPFL-LTS5 are responsible for failure to fulfil any obligations due to causes beyond its control.

d) No right or cause of action for any third party is created by these Terms of Use, nor is EPFL-LTS5 responsible for any third party claims against Licensee.

f) Any terms of these Terms of Use that by their nature extend beyond termination of these Terms of Use remain in effect until fulfilled, and apply to both parties' respective successors and assignees.

g) Both parties agree that all information exchanged is non-confidential.

h) Each party represents and warrants that it has, or will have, in place appropriate agreements with its employees or others whose services the party may require to enable it to comply with all the provisions of these Terms of Use.

7. Modifications to the FUNSD Dataset and to these Terms of Use

EPFL-LTS5 may make an update or modify the FUNSD Dataset at any time without notice. The FUNSD Dataset may never be made generally available. EPFL-LTS5 may modify or discontinue any of the terms and conditions under which the FUNSD Dataset is offered, at any time without notice.