SOFTWARE LICENSE CONTRACT
- Sole user license -
Please read the software license contract ("Contract")
through carefully before you obtain the software, install it on your computer
or make use of it. By using the software you declare your express acceptance
of the following license conditions:
§ 1 Subject-matter of contract,
field of application
- Anders und Seim Neue Medien AG ("Licensor") will grant
to the customer ("Licensee") pursuant to this contract and
against payment of a fee the right to use the software. Other rights to the
software remain with the licensor. Distribution of the software shall be exclusively
by download from the licensor’s servers upon input of the necessary data for
payment of the applicable license fee.
- In addition, the conditions of user for "www.screensaver-network.com"
shall apply. In the event of a conflict between provisions of this contract
and provisions of the conditions of user for the website "www.screensaver-network.com
", the provisions of this contract shall prevail.
§ 2
Copyright
- The software is protected by copyright according to the provisions for
the protection of computer programs. The copyright includes in particular
the program code, the documentation, the appearance, the structure and organization
of the program files, the program name, logos and other forms of presentation
within the software. All other rights stemming from copyright belong to the
licensor.
- Should the licensee become aware of trade secrets through making use
of his license, he undertakes to observe secrecy as to these for an indefinite
period. The licensor undertakes in particular to keep software and documentation
secret and not to reveal them in whole or in part to third parties, nor to
transfer them to third parties unless the provisions of this contract or other
written agreement with the licensor permit such to him.
- Under no circumstances may copyright notices, serial numbers or other notices
identifying the software be removed or altered.
§ 3
Rights of user
The following agreements
apply to the grant of the right of user of software.
a) Scope of License
- The licensee receives upon complete and unconditional payment of the
license fee a simple right to use the software and the documentation thereto
for his own purposes, normally unlimited as to time and non-exclusive.
- Until full payment of the applicable fee due, the licensee is revocably
permitted to use the software. The licensor may revoke the use of such products
/ goods / services, in payment of the fee for which the licensee is in default,
for the period of the default. In case of a transfer of rights of user unlimited
as to time, the licensee shall receive the irrevocable right of user of copyright
products of the licensor only upon full payment of the agreed fee.
- All data processing equipment (e.g. hard discs and CPUs), upon which
the software is copied, whether in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently,
shall remain upon the licensee’s premises and in his immediate possession.
- Should the right of user be terminated or otherwise cease, the licensee
shall deliver up to the licensor the software, any copies made by him and
the documentation. Should a physical delivery up of the software and the copies
not be possible for technical reasons, the licensee shall delete the same
and confirm this in writing to the licensor.
- The software may not be used in or in connection with the management of
nuclear power plants, aircraft, communications systems, in flight control,
with life-support systems or other productive systems. In such cases, an error
in the software could lead to fatalities, physical injury, or serious damage
to goods and to the environment.
b) Copying
- The licensee may make copies of the software so far as necessary in
order to make use of the software. Necessary copying includes the installation
of the software from the original data carrier to the hard disc of the hardware
used and the loading of the software into the internal memory.
- The licensor may copy each piece of software once onto a permanent data
carrier for backup purposes. Backup copies of the software are to be expressly
so marked.
- Other copying (including the output of the program code to a printer and
printing out and photocopying the description of the program) is not permitted.
c) Multiple user
When switching data processing equipment, the licensee must delete the software
from the hard disc of the hardware used formerly. He may not use, store or hold
in reserve on more than one hardware at once software which is intended for
a single workstation. It is not per-mitted to use software which is intended
for a single workstation in a network or other multi-station computer system
insofar as this permits simultaneous multiple user of the software.
d) Transfer to Third Parties
- The licensee may permanently transfer the software and its documentation
to a Third Party provided that the Third Party concerned holds himself subject
to the terms and conditions of this contract relating to copyright and rights
of user. Upon transfer the licensee may not continue to use the software.
Upon transfer any copies of the software are to be given to the Third Party
or to be destroyed.
- The software may not be hired out for purposes of gain. The licensee
may otherwise transfer the software to Third Parties for limited periods provided
that the Third Party concerned holds himself subject to the terms and conditions
of this framework contract relating to rights of user and the licensee hands
over all existing copies of the software including any backup copies or destroys
such copies. During the period of transfer of the software to the Third Party
the licensee may not use the software.
- The licensee shall forthwith inform the licensor in writing of any user
by a Third Party and of any transfer. He shall in particular give the name
and address (including the email address) of the transferee or hirer and also
the terms and conditions of the contract governing such disposal or lending.
- The licensee may not allow the software to be used by a Third Party or
to be transferred to a Third Party where there is a suspicion that the Third
Party might breach the terms of this contract as to rights of user.
e) Decompilation and Alterations to the Program
- Reverse translation of the transferred program code into other code
forms (decompilation) and other kinds of reverse development of the various
stages of manufacture of the software (reverse-engineering) are not permitted.
Should interface information be necessary to obtain the interoperability of
an independently-created computer program then, so far as technically possible
for the licensor, this may be requested from the licensor or from a Third
Party named by him upon payment of a small cost contribution.
- Translation, adaptation, arrangement and other alterations of the software
or parts thereof and the copying of the results of such work are only permitted
insofar as such is necessary for the use of the software by the licensee.
§ 4 Software Defects
- Should the software prove defective, the licensor shall at the licensee’s
option remedy the same or make an additional delivery ("subsequent fulfillment"
- "Nacherfüllung"). The licensor may refuse the chosen mode of subsequent
fulfillment or the whole subsequent fulfillment if the same would involve
disproportionate expense. In case of a replacement delivery the licensor shall
bear the expenses necessarily incurred for this purpose, in particular the
cost of transmission of the software. Should the licensor deliver non-defective
software for the purposes of subsequent fulfillment, the defective software
shall then be entirely deleted from all the licensee’s data carriers and may
not be transferred to Third Parties.
- Should the licensor not be prepared or not be able to provide subsequent
fulfillment or should this be delayed beyond a reasonable period for reasons
for which the licensor is responsible, or should the subsequent fulfillment
fail for any other reason, the licensee shall be entitled within the context
of the statutory provisions to enforce his remedies of rescission, diminution
of the purchase price, or in damages. The subsequent fulfillment shall only
be deemed to have failed after three attempts have been made without success.
In case of recourse to § 478 BGB [German Civil Code - "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch"]
the provisions thereof shall apply.
- The licensor shall only be liable for further claims of the licensee, in
particular claims for damages including damages for loss of profit, or for
other loss and damage to the licensee, which fall within the scope of the
terms and conditions of this software licensing contract.
§ 5 Liability of the Licensor
- The licensor shall be unlimitedly liable only in cases of gross negligence
or intent. The licensor shall be liable for simple negligence basically only
where a duty has been breached the fulfillment of which is of particular importance
for the achievement of the purpose of the contract ("cardinal duty"
- "Kardinalpflicht"). For simple negligence the liability of the
licensor is limited to damage foreseeable for contracts of this type.
- For cases of initial impossibility the licensor shall only be liable
where the reason for the prevention of performance was known or would in the
absence of gross negligence have been known to him.
- The period of limitation for claims for damages against the licensor
shall be one year from the beginning of the statutory period of limitation.
- The preceding limitations on liability shall not apply to claims under
the Product Liability Act or for personal injury.
- In case of a user by the licensee in breach of contract the liability of
the licensor is excluded.
§ 6 Other
- This license contract is subject to law of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The "Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods," the "Uniform
Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods"
and the "UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods"
shall not apply.
- The Court for all disputes arising in business relations flowing from these
contractual relations including summary proceedings relating to cheques, bills
of exchange or proceedings on other documents shall be that for the headquarters
of the licensor. The licensor can also bring proceedings at the Court for
the headquarters or residence of the licensee.
- The licensee may not - save as otherwise provided for in this software
licensing agreement - transfer individual rights under this contract or assign
the contract in its entirety to a Third Party without the express written
permission of the licensor. The licensor will grant such permission when the
justified needs of the licensee as to the transfer of rights shall outweigh
the interests of the licensor.
- There are no collateral agreements. Alterations of this software license
contract must be in writing. The same shall apply to the waiver of this requirement
of writing.
- If terms and conditions of this contract are or become wholly or in part
ineffective, then this shall not affect the validity of the rest of the contract.