Solstice Display Software – End User License Agreement (EULA)

Solstice: Software to create your Pixel Landscape

SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

THE SOLSTICE DISPLAY SOFTWARE, TOGETHER WITH ANY PROVIDED UPDATES OR UPGRADES TO SUCH SOFTWARE (THE “SOFTWARE”) IS PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF MERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“MERSIVE”) TO YOU THE LICENSEE (REFERRED TO AS “YOU” OR “YOUR”) SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (THE “LICENSE”). BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING AND/OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS LICENSE, YOU MUST NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.

If you are downloading or installing the Software on behalf of your company, then you represent that you have the authority to enter into this License on behalf of the company. All orders placed by you are subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of this License, regardless of whether the orders reference this License. Any different or additional terms or conditions in any order, proposal, acknowledgment form or any other document will be of no force or effect and will not become part of the agreement between you and Mersive. If there is another signed, written agreement in place between you and Mersive with respect to the Software, then the terms and conditions of such agreement will prevail in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of such agreement and those of this License.

  1. License. Mersive grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use one copy of the Software on your computing device that utilizes Windows 7 or 8 as its operating system (the “Device”) and any accompanying printed material and “online” or electronic documentation (“Documentation”) in connection with your lawful operation of the Software on your Device as permitted by this License. The Software may be accessed and managed by using our Solstice client software (the “Client Software”) on your digital mobile device. You acknowledge that you must license and download the Client Software separately from the Software, and that the Client Software is not licensed to you pursuant to the terms of this License.

  2. Upgrades. If the Software is labeled as an upgrade (“New Version”) to software previously licensed to you (“Previous Version”), you must destroy the original and all copies of the Previous Version, including any copies resident on your hard disk drive that accompanied the software previously licensed to you, within ten (10) days of acquiring the New Version. Unless otherwise allowed by Mersive in writing, you may under no circumstances operate the New Version and Previous Version concurrently on different computers. If requested by Mersive, you agree to show satisfactory proof that the Previous Version and all copies thereof have been destroyed. Software patches, if any, provided to you by Mersive or an authorized third-party in connection with the Software licensed to you hereunder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this License unless otherwise specified at the time of delivery.

  3. Evaluation and Fees. To the extent agreed by you and the Provider, you may download, test and evaluate the Software at no charge to you for that evaluation period specified by the Provider (which shall in no event exceed a period of thirty (30) days after your initial download of the Software). During the evaluation period, you must not use the Software for any purpose other than to evaluate it. If you do not elect to purchase a full production license to the Software at the end of the evaluation period, this License automatically terminates and you must promptly discontinue all use of the Software and erase the Software from your Device. If you do elect to purchase a full production license to the Software, then you may continue to use the Software in accordance with the terms of this License, and you agree to pay Mersive or its Provider all license fees due. You agree to pay all fees for the Software and for any maintenance or support services provided by Mersive or its Provider pursuant to Section 7 below. All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you are responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies or duties. All fees are non-refundable. Except to the extent otherwise agreed by you and the Provider, all invoices shall be due and payable within 30 days after the invoice date. If timely payment is not received or cannot be charged to your credit card for any reason, Mersive has the right to suspend any services and/or terminate this License.

  4. Term and Termination. This License is effective on the earlier of the date you download, install, or start using the Software and, unless earlier terminated as permitted by this License, shall continue for as long as you own the Device on which the Software is installed. This License shall terminate (a) immediately without notice from Mersive if you breach this License, or (b) upon notice from Mersive in the event of discontinuance of or material modification to the Software (or any part thereof). In the event of any termination of this License, all licensed rights granted in this License will immediately cease to exist, and you must promptly discontinue all use of the Software and erase the Software from your Device. Upon termination of this License, the following sections of this License will survive remain in effect: 4, 5, 6, 7(c), 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

  5. Restrictions. Under the terms of this License, you may install and use a single copy of the Software on one Device at a time. You may also make one copy of the Software in machine-readable form for backup purposes only. All copies of the Software must include all copyright information contained on the original.

The following actions are beyond the scope of this License and may constitute copyright infringement and/or a violation of intellectual property laws. You may NOT : (a) install, copy, or use the Software or the Documentation other than as expressly authorized in this License; (b) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, sell, sublicense, loan, distribute, or transmit over a network, the Software; (c) remove, alter, or obscure any copyright or other proprietary notices, labels, or marks from the Software or Documentation; (d) modify, translate, adapt, arrange, or create derivative works based on the Software or Documentation for any purpose; or (e) utilize any equipment, device, software, or other means designed to circumvent or remove any form of copy protection used by Mersive in connection with the Software, or use the Software together with any hardware lock, authorization code, serial number, or other copy protection device not supplied by Mersive directly or through an authorized Mersive reseller. The digital distribution provider from whom you acquired the Software and the Documentation (the “Provider”) is not a party to this License and is not responsible in any way for the Software, the Documentation or the performance of the Software.

  1. Intellectual Property. The Software and the Documentation accompanying this License are licensed, not sold, to you by Mersive for your personal use only on the Device and subject to the terms of this License. The License is entered into between you and Mersive. Mersive owns and retains all right, title and interest to the Software, the Documentation and all intellectual property rights therein or thereto. Mersive reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this License. The structure, organization, and code of the Software are valuable trade secrets of Mersive, which you shall use your best efforts to protect from disclosure and use except as expressly permitted by this License. In no event shall you permit the disclosure or use Mersive’s trade secrets by any other person. Upon reasonable notice during the term of the License and within six (6) months after termination or expiration of the License, Mersive may in its sole discretion arrange for the inspection and review of your computer systems to assure compliance with all terms and provisions of this License during your normal business hours and in such a manner as not to interfere unreasonably with your business operations. In the event such audit discloses that the number of permitted copies has been exceeded, you shall promptly pay to Mersive the appropriate license fees and charges for the additional computers or users.

  2. Support and Maintenance.
    (a) Mersive shall provide you with all corrections, revisions, patches, service packs and updates of the Software made available by Mersive to other licensees of the Software for a period of one (1) year after you initially download the Software, at no additional charge.
    (b) The maintenance period will renew on each anniversary of the date on which you initially downloaded the Software for an additional one year period, subject to your payment of maintenance fees (at Mersive’s then-current rates at the time of renewal). Either party may elect in its sole discretion not to renew maintenance by terminating maintenance in writing. Upon any expiration or termination of maintenance, or any termination of the License, Mersive will no longer be responsible for providing maintenance. If maintenance lapses for more than ninety (90) days and up to a year, payment of any and all past unpaid maintenance fees, plus a re-instatement fee of 25% of the annual maintenance fee, shall be required before maintenance is reinstated.
    (c) Mersive does not provide support for the Software. If you wish to procure support for the Software, please contact the Provider from whom you acquired the Software. Mersive shall have no support or maintenance obligations with respect to the Software except those maintenance obligations that are expressly set forth in this Section.

  1. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MERSIVE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, ITS SUPPLIERS AND PROVIDERS, ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE, THE DOCUMENTATION AND ANY SERVICES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. MERSIVE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. FURTHERMORE, MERSIVE DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE , INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY. THE SOFTWARE is provided with all faults, and the entire risk as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy, and effort is with YOU, the user.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you. The terms of this disclaimer do not affect or prejudice the statutory rights of a consumer acquiring Software otherwise than in the course of a business, neither do they limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury caused by Mersive’s negligence.

  1. Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL MERSIVE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY SERVICES. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of incidental or consequential damages so this limitation may not apply to you. INDEPENDENT OF THE FOREGOING LIABILITY LIMITATION, IN NO EVENT SHALL MERSIVE’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID MERSIVE OR ITS PROVIDER FOR THE RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00 U.S.), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. MERSIVE DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY OF ANY KIND OF ITS SUPPLIERS OR PROVIDERS.
  2. Export Law Assurances. You may not use or otherwise export or re-export the Software except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Software was obtained and/or is used. In particular, but without limitation, the Software may not be used or otherwise exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) any country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. government as a “terrorist supporting” country; or (b) to anyone listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties. By using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
  3. U.S. Government – Restricted Rights. The Software is provided with RESTRICTIVE RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions: if supplied to the Department of Defense (DoD), the Software is ”Commercial Computer Software” and the Government acquires the Software with ”restricted rights”, as defined in Clause 252.227-7013(c)(1) of the DFARS; if the Software is supplied to any other Government unit or agency, the Government’s rights in the Software are defined in Clause 52.227-19(c)(2) of the FAR; but if the Software is supplied to NASA, the Government’s rights are defined in Clause 18-52.227-86(d) of the NASA supplement to the FAR. The manufacturer is Mersive Technologies, Inc., located at 1667 Cole Boulevard, Suite 225, Lakewood, CO 80401.
  4. Choice of Law and Forum Selection. This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado and the United States without regard to the conflict of laws provisions therein. Any dispute arising from or relating to this License or the use of the Software or Documentation shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Colorado. All disputes arising out of or relating to this License shall be finally adjudicated under the prevailing laws of the state of Colorado, under the rules of commercial arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. Both parties shall bear equally the cost of arbitration (exclusive of legal fees and expenses, all of which each party shall bear separately). All decisions of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on both parties and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of breach by a party of its obligations hereunder, the non-breaching party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
  5. Miscellaneous. Neither the rights nor the obligations arising under this License are assignable by you, and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void and without effect. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this License. The failure of Mersive to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this License shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of this License is found to be contrary to law, then such provision shall be construed as nearly as possible to reflect the intention of the parties, with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. Any notice intended to have legal effect: (a) from Mersive to you may be provided by email, postal mail, or custom feed, (b) from you to Mersive must be sent by postal mail to Mersive Technologies, Inc.; Attn: Chief Executive Officer; 1667 Cole Boulevard, Suite 225, Lakewood, Colorado, 80401. This License constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between the parties are expressly canceled.

Pixel Landscape® and Mersive® are registered trademarks of Mersive Technologies, Inc.

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