Open Source Licence Agreement

NovoPsych’s mission is to help mental health services use psychometric science to improve client outcomes.

In line with this mission we are pleased to offer clinicians, researchers and organisations free assess to resources, with no permission needed in most circumstances. Please review our licence agreement below.

NovoPsych Resources Licence Agreement

Updated January 2025

This Licence Agreement (“Agreement”) governs the use, distribution, and modification of resources related to psychometric assessments (“Resources”) created by NovoPsych Pty Ltd (“NovoPsych”). This Agreement does not apply to measures or scales themselves for which NovoPsych is not the copyright holder, but does apply to novel Resources created in relationship to all scales found on NovoPsych.com.au.

This Agreement is designed to allow broad use consistent with open-source principles, with certain limitations on commercial uses. By downloading or accessing the Resources, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

  1. Resources

    Resources covered by this licence agreement include material that has been produced by NovoPsych and published on the NovoPsych website, including:

    • Descriptions of psychometric scales, their use, qualities or considerations for practitioners.
    • Writing related to the synthesis of literature or psychometric properties.
    • Graphical representation of psychometric results, including graphs, tables, formatting, including the organisation of colours, descriptors and all novel graphical representation of metrics for particular assessments.
    • Metrics developed by NovoPsych for particular scales, including percentiles, average scores, scaled scores.
    • Clinical thresholds or categories developed by NovoPsych, including clinical cutoffs, severity ratings.
    • Change metrics such as reliable change index, minimally important differences.
    • Descriptors and interpretive text, describing the meaning of results or other text related to assessment results.
    • Methods for data synthesis and reporting.
    • Dashboard formats, metrics, methods, and descriptions.
    • Technical reports, research papers or manuals created by NovoPsych.
  2. Licence Grant

    NovoPsych grants you a worldwide, non-exclusive licence to use, administer, copy, distribute, and modify the Resources, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

  3. Permitted Uses
    • Healthcare Settings: Health practitioners are permitted to use, copy, and modify the Resources for clinical purposes within healthcare settings.
    • Non-Commercial Use: Use, copy, and modify the Resources for educational, health, and academic purposes without commercial intent is permitted.
    • Within NovoPsych Platform: Individuals or organisations who are using the Resources as part of their use of the NovoPsych Platform, where they have a paid subscription to NovoPsych and agree to the Terms and Conditions & Saas Contract, may use the Resources in accordance with that agreement.
    • Research Use: Researchers are permitted to use, copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works from the Resources, and to disseminate and publish works based on or including the Resources.
    • Commercial Use: Subject to the following limits, commercial use is permitted:
      1. Use of the Resources does not exceed 1,000 instances per calendar year, where one instance is defined as one application of a Resource to a client, patient or other person.
      2. If integrating the Resources into software or websites, access to the Resources is restricted to no more than 100 unique users per calendar year.
  4. Restrictions
    • Commercial Use Limits: If your commercial use exceeds the specified limits, a separate licence must be obtained from NovoPsych, granted on a case-by-case basis.
    • The licencee is expressly prohibited from granting sublicences to third parties for commercial purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, sublicencing the Resources for use, distribution, modification, or any other commercial exploitation. Any attempt to sublicence the Resources commercially shall be considered a material breach of this Agreement and will result in immediate termination of the licence granted hereunder.
  5. No Additional Permissions Required

    If your use complies with terms set out in “Permitted Uses”, you may use the Resources in compliance with this Agreement without seeking additional permissions.

  6. Attribution and Derivative Works
    • Distribution of Derivative Works: You may distribute, publicly display, and perform derivative works based on the Resources, provided they comply with this Agreement.
    • Attribution and ShareAlike: If you modify or create derivative works based on the Resources, you must:
      1. Provide appropriate credit to NovoPsych as the original creator, and link to the specific URL where NovoPsych has published the original Resources.
      2. Inform NovoPsych via email about any derivative works distributed to more than 100 individuals.
      3. Distribute your derivative work under the same open terms as this Agreement.
  7. Intellectual Property
    • Ownership: NovoPsych retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the original Resources, including any intellectual property rights. This Agreement does not transfer ownership of any intellectual property rights to you.
    • You must not represent ownership of the Resources.
    • Derivative Works: NovoPsych reserves the right to use any derivative works of the Resources without restriction.
  8. Disclaimer of Warranties

    The Resources are provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

  9. Limitation of Liability

    NovoPsych shall not be liable for any damages arising from the use or inability to use the Resources.

  10. Termination
    • Automatic Termination: This licence will automatically terminate if you fail to comply with its terms.
    • Discretionary Termination: NovoPsych can terminate this Agreement at its discretion with 30 days’ notice.
    • Survival: Intellectual Property, Disclaimers, and Liability Limitations provisions survive the termination of this Agreement.
  11. Governing Law

    This Agreement is governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.

  12. Entire Agreement

    This document constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding its subject matter.

  13. Amendment

    NovoPsych reserves the right to amend this Agreement at any time.

  14. Monitoring and Accountability

    NovoPsych reserves the right to monitor use of the Resources and audit compliance with this Agreement.