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Speak-A-Message License Agreement v.1.1

1. Definitions

This agreement defines the licensing terms for the software product which you have purchased or downloaded (the "Licensed Software", "Software"). The parties involved in this License Agreement are Inventivio GmbH ("Inventivio", "Licensor") and the Licensee ("you"). The Licensed Software is delivered with an electronic manual which describes the programming features and their usage (the "Documentation"). A copy of this license is available at: http://www.speak-a-message.com/licenses.

2. License Types

Your rights from this license depend upon the license type which applies to your edition of the Licensed Software:

2.1 Free Home License

To qualify for a Free Home License, you must use the software for personal, non-commercial purposes (i.e. hobby, recreational or educational purposes) and you may not be a Commercial Entity as defined below.

2.2. Business License

If you are a Commercial Entity as defined below or use the software for commercial purposes, including - but not limited to - at the workplace, then you need to obtain a Business License.

A Commercial Entity is any registered legal entity, company, organization or institution of any type - whether for-profit or not-for-profit.

There are 2 different business licenses:

2.2.1 Business Single license

This is a perpetual license to install and use the Software on a single computer. It does not include version upgrades, updates or new releases of the Software.

2.2.2 Business Volume License.

This license is a company-wide 3 year renewable license with yearly installments. The applicable license fee depends on the total number of personal computer seats. This license includes all upgrades and new releases provided during the license term.

2.3. Test License

If you have received the Licensed Software directly from the Licensor or its website with the express purpose of pre-release testing and providing feedback to Inventivio GmbH, then the terms and conditions for a Test License as set forth in this document apply.

3. License Grant

Provided you comply with all terms and conditions of this License Agreement, Inventivio grants you a limited, non-exclusive, transferable license to use the Software in accordance with the license type licensed by you.

3.1. Free Home License

If you are licensing the Software under the Free Home License, then you may

  1. use the Software on one computer.
  2. copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices.
  3. permanently transfer all of the rights under this License Agreement, provided that you retain no copies or registration numbers, you transfer all of the Software, and that the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement.

3.2. Business License

3.2.1. Business Single License

If you are licensing the Software under the Business Single License you may

  1. use the Software only on one computer.
  2. not use the Software on a server
  3. copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices.
  4. permanently transfer all of the rights under this License Agreement, provided that you retain no copies or registration numbers, you transfer all of the Software, and that the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement.
3.2.2 Business Volume License

If you are licensing the Software under the Business Volume License, you may

  1. use the Software on every computer within the legal entity of the licensee within one country.
  2. use the Software on a network, provided that each legal entity accessing the Software through the network must have a copy licensed to that legal entity.
  3. copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices.

3.3. Test License

If you are licensing the Software under the Test License, then you may

  1. use the Software for testing purposes for a period of not more than 30 calendar days from the time of receipt or download on every computer (a) within the legal entity of the licensee and (b) which participates in the testing.
  2. use the Software on a network, provided that each legal entity accessing the Software through the network must have a copy licensed to that legal entity.

You agree to provide Inventivio with feedback regarding results of testing, including any non-conformance of the Licensed Software found during the term of this License Agreement. Upon expiration of the test period, you must erase the Licensed Software from all computers it was installed on and destroy all copies.

Under no circumstances should Test Software be used for commercial purposes.

3.4 Under all license types you may not

  1. remove any proprietary notices from the Software or any copy thereof.
  2. cause, permit or authorize the modification, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembling or hacking of the Software.
  3. defeat license encryption mechanisms.

3.5 Additional concerns

The Software contains proprietary, confidential and trade secret information owned or licensed by Inventivio, and you agree to take reasonable steps at all times to protect and maintain the confidentiality of such information. Absent a written grant of rights greater than that contained above, all other rights or sub-divisions of rights generally included in copyright are excluded from this license.

This license does not grant you any right to bug fixes, enhancements, updates or new versions, but if such are made available to and are obtained by you, then they shall become part of the Licensed Software and governed by the terms of this License.

Inventivio GmbH reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this License.

4. Delivery

The Licensed Software and Documentation are delivered in digital format only. You agree to retrieve the Licensed Software and Documentation, as well as any relevant maintenance updates from Speak-a-Message's web site at http://www.speak-a-message.com Neither digital storage media nor printed documentation will be delivered to you by Inventivio GmbH.

5. Term

5.1. Free Home License

For the Free Home License this License shall be perpetual unless you fail to observe any of its terms, in which case it shall terminate immediately, and without additional prior notice. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, (a) you will cease any and all use of the Software and Services; (b) destroy all originals and copies of the Software in your possession or under your control, (c) you will remove the Software from all hard drives, networks, and other storage media and (d) you shall not access such media for the purpose of recovering any of the Licensed Software from any copies that may exist with respect to media containing regular backups of your computer or computer system. The terms of Paragraphs 6.1, 9.4 and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

5.2. Business License

5.2.1. Business Single License

For the Business Single License this License shall be perpetual unless you fail to observe any of its terms, in which case it shall terminate immediately, and without additional prior notice. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, (a) you will cease any and all use of the Software and Services; (b) destroy all originals and copies of the Software in your possession or under your control, (c) you will remove the Software from all hard drives, networks, and other storage media and (d) you shall not access such media for the purpose of recovering any of the Licensed Software from any copies that may exist with respect to media containing regular backups of your computer or computer system. The terms of Paragraphs 6.1, 9.4 and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

5.2.2. Business Volume License

For the Business License this License shall expire after three years. Upon expiration of the licensing agreement and if you fail to observe any of its terms, this license agreement will terminate immediately, and without additional prior notice. If you fail to pay a yearly installment on the license fee, your rights from this license will be suspended immediately and you may no longer use the Software until the payment is made. A suspension does not extend the license term.

Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, (a) you will cease any and all use of the Software and Services; (b) destroy all originals and copies of the Software in your possession or under your control, (c) you will remove the Software from all hard drives, networks, and other storage media and (d) you shall not access such media for the purpose of recovering any of the Licensed Software from any copies that may exist with respect to media containing regular backups of your computer or computer system. The terms of Paragraphs 6.1, 9.4 and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

5.3. Test License

The Test License expires after 30 Calendar days as specified in Section 3.3. above and if you fail to observe any of its terms, in which case this License Agreement will terminate immediately,and without additional prior notice. Upon termination or expiration of this License Agreement, (a) you will cease any and all use of the Software and Services; (b) destroy all originals and copies of the Software in your possession or under your control, (c) you will remove the Software from all hard drives, networks, and other storage media and (d) you shall not access such media for the purpose of recovering any of the Licensed Software from any copies that may exist with respect to media containing regular backups of your computer or computer system. The terms of Paragraphs 6.1, 9.4 and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

6. Restrictions

6.1. Intellectual Property

You acknowledge that the Licensed Software is copyrighted intellectual property of Inventivio GmbH, and that Inventivio GmbH retains exclusive ownership of the Licensed Software and Documentation, subject however to all terms and conditions of this agreement.

It is expressly agreed that this License does not include ownership of the Licensed Software's source code, but only the right-to-use as defined by this Agreement.

You further acknowledges that the Licensed Software, including the code, logic and structure of the Licensed Software, contain valuable trade secrets belonging to Inventivio GmbH. You agree to secure and protect the Licensed Software consistent with the maintenance of Inventivio GmbH's rights in the Licensed Software, as set forth in this License.

6.2. Excluded Activities

The Licensed Software is not intended or licensed for use in any hazardous or high risk activity.

7. Support

Inventivio provides separate support packages which can be purchased at the Speak-A-Message website. This agreement does not entitle you to any support if you are licensing the Software under the Free Home License or the Test License.

If you are licensing the Software under the Business License, then Inventivio will provide email-based installation support within the first 30 days from the beginning of the license period. Support is only available via email at support{__@_REMOVE_THIS_PART_@__}speak-a-message.com.

8. Feedback

You agree that, unless you explicitly indicate otherwise, Inventivio may use any suggestions, comments or other feedback, whether oral or written, provided to Inventivio by you with respect to the Licensed Software.

9. Warranties

9.1. Free Home License and Test License

For the Free Home Licensed Software and the Test Licensed Software, the following terms apply: The Software and Documentation are provided as is without warranty of any kind.

9.2 Business License

For the Business License the following terms apply:

Inventivio GmbH warrants that the Software substantially conforms to its specifications in the Documentation. This warranty does not cover the use of the Licensed Software in ways which are not covered in the Documentation (e.g. by calling undocumented functions, or by not obeying documented restrictions).

Inventivio GmbH warrants that it is owner of the Licensed Software with authority to license the Licensed Software to you, and that the Licensed Software does not infringe third party intellectual property rights. Inventivio GmbH agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless licensee from any claims either that Inventivio GmbH does not own the Licensed Software, or that the Licensed Software infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights.

In the event the unmodified Licensed Software fails to satisfy this limited warranty during a warranty period of 30 days after the effective date of this agreement, Inventivio GmbH shall promptly, at its expense and in its discretion, (a) provide a correction or workaround for any reproducible errors which are reported by you, and deliver an updated version of the Licensed Software, or (b) return a refund of any license fees paid pursuant to this agreement. In this event you will immediately terminate any use and distribution of the Licensed Software.

Maintenance updates of the Licensed Software do not extend the initial warranty period.

9.3. Non-Inventivio Products

Inventivio GmbH does not warrant non-Inventivio products that may be included in the Licensed Software. Any such products are provided on an "as-is" basis. Any warranty service for non-Inventivio products may be provided by the product manufacturer in accordance with any applicable manufacturer's warranty.

9.4. Limitations and Disclaimer

Except for breach of Inventivio GmbH's warranties of ownership of the Licensed Software and non-infringement of third party intellectual property, the foregoing states the sole and exclusive remedies for Inventivio GmbH's breach of warranty. The foregoing warranties are in place of all other warranties or conditions, express or implied, and any implied warranty or condition of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or merchantable quality. No person is authorized to make any other warranty or representation concerning the performance of the Licensed Software other than according to this paragraph. Licensee shall make no other warranty, express or implied, on behalf of Inventivio GmbH.

10. Third-Party Software

The Software may contain third party software and/or content which requires notices and/or additional terms and conditions. Such required third party software notices and/or additional terms and conditions are located at http://www.speak-a-message.com/licenses/notices.html and are made a part of and incorporated by reference into this License Agreement. By accepting this License Agreement, you are also accepting the additional terms and conditions, if any, set forth therein.

11. Consequential Damage Waiver

Neither party will be liable for any loss of use, interruption of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits), regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict product liability or otherwise.

12. Official Language

The official text of this Agreement is in the English language and any interpretation or construction of this Agreement will be based thereon. In the event that this Agreement or any documents or notices related to it are translated into any other language, the English language version will control.

13. Applicable Law

This license is governed by the laws of Germany, excluding choice of law rules. If any part of this license is found to be in conflict with the law, that part shall be interpreted in its broadest meaning consistent with the law, and no other parts of the license shall be affected.

14. Final Agreement

This agreement constitutes the complete, final and exclusive expression of the parties’ agreement, and supersedes all proposals and other communications made between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof. This agreement cannot be modified except by written agreement signed by all the parties hereto.