This data is made available before scientific publication with the following understanding:

The data may be freely downloaded, used in analyses, and repackaged in databases.
Users are free to use the data in scientific papers analyzing particular genes and regions if the providers of this data are properly acknowledged. Please cite the BCM-HGSC web site or publications from BCM-HGSC referring to the genome sequence.
BCM HGSC plans to publish the assembly and genomic annotation of the dataset, including large-scale identification of regions of evolutionary conservation.
This is in accordance with, and with the understandings in the Fort Lauderdale meeting discussing Community Resource Projects and the resulting NHGRI policy statement.
Any redistribution of the data should carry this notice.