Macromedia Essays - Software Licenses, Computer Law,

Macromedia MACROMEDIA Electronic End-User Software License Agreement THIS AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THE SOFTWARE. IT PROVIDES A LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND CONTAINS WARRANTY INFORMATION AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS. BY INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE CONFIRMING ACCEPTANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DO SO, DO NOT COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION PROCESS. PROMPTLY RETURN THE ENTIRE PACKAGE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT, FOR A FULL REFUND. 1. Definitions (a) Authoring Product means Software, such as Macromedia's Authorware? and Director? products, which generate End-User Products. (b) Educational Version means a version of the Software, so identified, for use by students and faculty of educational institutions, only. End-User Products of Educational Versions may not be used for, nor shall they be distributed to any party for, any commercial purpose. (c) End-User Product means an output file generated by you using Macromedia's Authoring products, which contains the Macromedia Run-Time. Examples of End-User Products include animations, courseware, presentations, demonstration files, interactive multimedia material, interactive entertainment products and the like. (d) Not For Resale (NFR) Version means a version of the Macromedia Product, so identified, to be used for review and evaluation purposes, only. (e) Macromedia means Macromedia, Inc. and its licensors, if any. (f) Macromedia Run-Time means a portion of the Software required in order for the End-User Product to operate on hardware on which the Software itself is not resident. (g) Software means the programs supplied by Macromedia herewith, and any and all updates thereto. 2. License This Agreement allows you to: (a) Install and use the Software on a single computer and make one copy of the Software in machine-readable form solely for backup purposes. You must reproduce on any such copy all copyright notices and any other proprietary legends on the original copy of the Software. (b) Install the Software on a storage device, such as a network server, and run the Software on an internal network, provided the number of concurrent users does not exceed the number of copies of the Software purchased. A copy of the Software must be purchased for each such user. (c) If you have purchased a multi-pack license for the Software product, such as a Ten-Pack license, or a license to make multiple installations of the Software, you may concurrently use the number of copies of the Software authorized by that purchase. (d) Make copies of the End-User Product, and the associated Macromedia Run-Time, and distribute those copies for use solely by yourself or personnel employed by you, or by another party, solely for its own internal purposes. 3. Run-Time Distribution Agreement (a) You must enter into a Macromedia Run-Time Distribution Agreement if you wish to copy and distribute an End-User Product, and its associated Macromedia Run-Time, other than as set forth in Section 2(d). Please contact Macromedia for details. (You may telephone 800-449-3329 in the USA or see Macromedia's Web page: www.macromedia.com.) (b) End-User Products of Educational and Not For Resale (NFR) Versions may not be distributed for commercial purposes. 4. License Restrictions Other than as set forth in Section 2, you may not make or distribute copies of the Software, or electronically transfer the Software from one computer to another or over a network. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form. You may not rent, lease or sublicense the Software. You may not modify the Software or create derivative works based upon the Software. You may not export the Software into any country prohibited by the United States Export Administration Act and the regulations thereunder. 5. Upgrades If this copy of the Software is an upgrade from an earlier version of the Software, it is provided to you on a license exchange basis. You agree by your installation and use of this copy of the Software to voluntarily terminate your earlier end-user license and that you will not continue to use the earlier version of the Software nor transfer it to another. 6. Ownership The foregoing license gives you limited rights to use the Software. Although you own the media on which the Software is recorded, you do not become the owner of, and Macromedia retains title to, the Software, the