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Restrictions on Using Bliss.

Bliss is designed, programmed and copyright 1985, 1995 and 2002 by John Mertus. It may be freely used and copied subject to the following restrictions.

  1. The authors name and copyright may not be deleted or altered in any manner.
  2. No charge, except for a nominal media charge, may be made for the copying.
  3. Bliss cannot be distributed with other software, freeware, shareware, using any electronic media including CD ROM or Web pages without the expressed written consent of John Mertus.
  4. You may link to the download area freely

Liability disclaimer

This product and/or license is provided as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation any representations or endorsements regarding the use of, the results of, or performance of the product, its appropriateness, accuracy, reliability, or correctness. The entire risk as to the use of this product is assumed by the user and/or licensee. Neither John Mertus or Brown University assume liability for the use of this program. In no event will John Mertus or Brown University be liable for additional direct or indirect damages including any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from any defects, or the use or inability to use these programs.

Information on Downloading

There are two available current downloads: the release and thethe Beta branch. The trunk build is closed. Unless the beta release contains fixes, as described in version history, that you need, the stable version should be downloaded.

To download the previous released version, go to version history and select the release.

Goto Bliss Versioning for information about Bliss' versioning system.


[ Download Stable Version 7.3 release 5 of Bliss ]  The beta 7 branch, 7.4 release 9 has been made the official release version.

Version History.

( downloads since Jan 1, 2005)


[ Download Beta Version 7.4 release 9 of Bliss ] This is a beta version, only download if it contains feature you need that are not in the Release version.

Updated May 9, 2007. Support for FMRI subject running and USB response boxes and pitch via peak picking (Jitter), See version history for bug fixes,

Version History.

( downloads since Jan 1, 2005)


[ Download Microsoft's 5.1 API] This contains the necessary files from microsoft for the VOX response box..

( downloads since Jan 1, 2005)


Trunk Version is now Closed

Bliss 7 is closed for active new developement. Developement is proceeding on Bliss 9 which will eventually replace Bliss 7. Bug fixes for Beta and Release will continue to be supported in the foreseeable future.

[ Download Trunk Build of Bliss ] This is a password-protected distribution; not to protect anything valuable but rather to discourage unstable versions from propagating. Its major use is for alpha testing on different machines and operating systems. Download only upon request. The pesudo version of this product is WinBliss8.0.0

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