CDCB
Connection August 2017
End User Agreement Required for File Access
Protecting
the use of the data and products resulting from CDCB evaluations is very important,
as CDCB is a non-profit organization mandated to provide value to dairy farmers
and the organizations that contribute data to the U.S. database. In that
spirit, the CDCB has adopted an end
user agreement. If you
have recently tried to access CDCB queries or download files from CDCB's ftp
site, a pop-up window has appeared with the terms of agreement.
This
agreement was customized for CDCB and based on a standard agreement used by
most websites that offer online services. In marking 'I agree' to the terms,
the user accepts to acknowledge CDCB as the source of the results being
accessed, whenever the information is made available in any format to third
parties. How CDCB should be acknowledged was defined in December 2015 when CDCB
became solely responsible for the Cooperator Database and U.S. genomic
evaluations. the early formation of CDCB. Find the
labeling expectation here. Users also explicitly agree not to use results for purposes
that are not expressly specified in the agreement. For instance, CDCB results cannot
be used for the purpose of reverse engineering CDCB predictions or to generate
any products that compete with the Council's products.