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License Agreement
Please read carefully through the following software licence agreement. By insta
lling the software, you explicitly agree to be bound by the conditions of this
agreement. If you do not accept the conditions of this agreement, you may not us
e the software.
This free VSTHost is intended exclusively for private use. You may copy the comp
lete program package and pass it on to others for private use only.
The free VSTHost may not be used for commercial or professional purposes.
1 Subject-matter of agreement
1. This agreement refers to the computer programs, program specifications and us
er manual (hereinafter called "Software").
2. The user is granted the right to use the Software free of charge.
3. The computer program described in the user manual conforms to the latest tech
nological standards. Hermann Seib (hereinafter called "Licensor") wishes to poin
t out, however, that the latest technological standards do not guarantee softwar
e programs to function entirely without error in all applications and combinatio
ns.
4. The Licensor only offers this Software for downloading from the user s server.
The Licensor is not responsible for its transfer to the user s computer.
2 Scope of application
The Licensor grants the software user (hereinafter called "Licensee") a single,
non-exclusive, personal right (hereinafter called "Licence") to use the Software
on one computer system and in one location only as detailed below:
1. The Licensee may install the Software on a private Personal Computer, load it
into the user memory and run it accordingly.
2. The Licensee may only use the Software for strictly private purposes. Institu
tes of education and public utilities are classed as commercial or business prem
ises. Similarly, the Software may not be used in a home office for commercial or
business purposes.
3. The Licensee may copy the complete Software package in order to pass it on to
a third party provided he/she does so free of charge, leaving the brand name, l
ogo and copyright note intact and drawing attention to these conditions of use.
4. The Licensee may make backups of the Software.
3 Special restrictions
The Licensee is forbidden in particular
1. to reproduce the Software in whole or in part on the same or other media outs
ide the limits indicated in 2;
2. to separate the components of the software in order to use them in more than
one computer;
3. to modify, translate, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or generate wo
rks derived from the Software, or to reproduce, translate or modify the written
material or generate works derived therefrom
4. to pass on, rent or lease the Software to a third party for business purposes
, or to use it in any other form for commercial purposes. This also applies to c
opies of the Software;
5. to pass on the Software or copies thereof to a third party in return for paym
ent. This software package may not be distributed on commercial data media (e.g.
sampler CDs, shareware CDs, OEM versions) without the permission of Hermann Sei
b.
4 Distribution of rights
1. This Software is protected by copyright. All rights arising from the copyrigh
t are the property of the Licensor. The copyright covers in particular the progr
am code, documentation, appearance, structure and organisation of the program fi
les, program name, logos and other forms of representation within the Software.
2. The Licensee is only granted the right to individual, private use of the Soft
ware. This does not imply conferral of any rights to the Software itself. The Li
censor reserves all rights of publication, reproduction, editing and utilisation
.
5 Term of agreement
1. The agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. The Licensee s right to us
e the Software shall end automatically without notice in the event of non-compli
ance with any of the conditions of this agreement.
2. On termination of the right of use, the Licensee is obliged to uninstall the
Software from his/her computer system. He/she is also obliged to destroy all cop
ies of the Software together with all written material and all copies thereof, i
ncluding any modified copies.
6 Warranty
1. The right to use this Software is granted to the Licensee free of charge. It
is not therefore subject to any sales or warranty legislation. The Licensee must
accept this program in its currently available form, and is consequently not en
titled to any warranty claims.
7 Liability
1. The Licensor guarantees the fitness of the product for the contractual purpos
e, as described in the program specification and user manual. No liability is ac
cepted in respect of the suitability of the Software for the user s purposes and i
ts compatibility with the user s existing software.
2. Damage claims against Hermann Seib are excluded irrespective of legal basis,
particularly on grounds of delayed performance or impossibility, neglect of advi
sory and accessory contractual obligations, pre-contractual duties, defective pe
rformance, violation of third-party industrial property rights and unlawful acts
, unless Hermann Seib has acted with intent or gross negligence or unless the da
mage claims result from the failure to ensure a warranted quality.
3. Insofar as grounds for liability on the part of Hermann Seib exist, the damag
e claim shall be limited to the extent of the foreseeable damage. Compensation f
or consequential damage such as loss of profit is excluded in all cases. This da
mage limitation clause shall not apply if the event giving rise to the damage wa
s caused with intent or gross negligence by one of its legal representatives or
senior employees.
4. All damage claims against Hermann Seib shall expire by limitation six months
after the receipt of the Software. This does not apply to claims based on unlawf
ul acts.
5. These provisions do not apply to claims based on product liability legislatio
n.