SEXTANT
Academic licence
SEXTANT ACADEMIC LICENCE (v1, October 2026) — Echo Life Sciences
Copyright (c) 2025–2026 Echo Life Sciences. All rights reserved.
This bundle ("Sextant for Claude") contains Sextant Pipeline 0.1.6 and its modules Sextant Process 0.1.18.0,
Sextant MR 0.1.9.0, Sextant Build 0.3.1.4 and Sextant Refine 0.2.17.1 (the "Software").
1. Grant. Echo Life Sciences grants you, a member of an academic or non-profit research institution, a free,
non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Software for non-commercial research and teaching, and to
modify it for your own use.
2. Modified versions. A modified copy must identify itself as "User Modified version (base <version>)" in its
interface and outputs (the bundled scripts/sextant_stamp.py does this). Echo Life Sciences gives no support or
warranty for modified versions. Modified copies may be shared within your research group but not redistributed
publicly or sold.
3. Commercial use. Any use by or for a commercial entity, or in paid services, requires a separate licence:
licences@echolifesciences.com.
4. Attribution. Publications and depositions using results from the Software cite "Sextant (Echo Life Sciences,
https://www.echolifesciences.com/sextant/)" and the version printed in the program's output.
5. No warranty. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT SHALL ECHO LIFE
SCIENCES BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE.
6. Third-party components are listed in NOTICE.txt and keep their own licences.
(Draft for legal review — align with the licence text on the registration page of echolifesciences.com before
distribution.)