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+# ecFlow
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+  <a href="https://github.com/ecmwf/codex/raw/refs/heads/main/ESEE"><img src="https://github.com/ecmwf/codex/raw/refs/heads/main/ESEE/production_chain_badge.svg" alt="Static Badge"></a>
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+  <a href="https://github.com/ecmwf/codex/raw/refs/heads/main/Project%20Maturity"><img src="https://github.com/ecmwf/codex/raw/refs/heads/main/Project%20Maturity/graduated_badge.svg" alt="Static Badge"></a>
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+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> This software is **Graduated** and subject to ECMWF's guidelines on [Software Maturity](https://github.com/ecmwf/codex/raw/refs/heads/main/Project%20Maturity).
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+*ecFlow* is a client/server workflow package that enables users to run a large number of programs (with dependencies on each other and on time) in a controlled environment. It provides tolerance for hardware and software failures, combined with restart capabilities. It is used at ECMWF to run all our operational suites across a range of platforms.
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+The documentation can be found at https://ecflow.readthedocs.io/.
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+## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
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+Copyright 2005- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
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+This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
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+In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
+virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.