ECOCLIMAP is a sofware that is able to produce surface parameters for 
land surface models from a database of covers.
It has been developed by CNRM/GAME (UMR 3589 CNRS/Météo-France) (UMR 3589 CNRS/Météo-France)
The holder of the database is Météo-France.

This software is governed by the CeCILL-C license under French law and biding
by the rules of distribution of free software. See the CeCILL-C_V1-en.txt
(English) and CeCILL-C_V1-fr.txt (French) for details. The CeCILL is a free
software license, explicitly compatible with the GNU GPL
(see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#CeCILL)

The CeCILL-C licence agreement grants users the right to modify and re-use the
software governed by this free software license. The exercising of this right
is conditional upon the obligation to make available to the community the
modifications made to the source code of the software so as to contribute to
its evolution.

In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy, modify
and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only with a limited
warranty and the software's author, the holder of the economic rights, and the
successive licensors only have limited liability. In this respect, the risks
associated with loading, using, modifying and/or developing or reproducing the
software by the user are brought to the user's attention, given its Free
Software status, which may make it complicated to use, with the result that its
use is reserved for developers and experienced professionals having in-depth
computer knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the
suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions enabling
the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and, more generally, to
use and operate it in the same conditions of security. 

The ECOCLIMAP sofware can be uploaded at 
http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/surfex/spip.php?article19
The fact that you upload the software deemed that you had knowledge of the 
CeCILL-C license and that you accept its terms.
Attempts to use this software in a way not complying with CeCILL-C license
may lead to prosecution.