== The ROMS/TOMS Group ==

'''ROMS''': Regional Ocean Modeling System (Scientific Community)

'''TOMS''': Terrain-following Ocean Modeling System (Operational Community)

The ROMS/TOMS Group consists of the scientists, engineers, and the members of various academic institutes, government agencies, and the general public that have contributed to the development of the ROMS/TOMS Framework and agree to the terms of the MIT/X license under which ROMS/TOMS is distributed.

Contributions of source code or documentation to the ROMS/TOMS Framework implies that (unless explicitly noted otherwise) the author cedes copyright of that material to the ROMS/TOMS Group and accepts the terms of the license.

Membership in The ROMS/TOMS group is conferred to all who contribute Software to the ROMS/TOMS Framework, and implies acceptance of the copyright and terms of the license.

Currently, both ROMS and TOMS are identical.