This license agreement has been created with the goal of addressing the following concerns:
- Licensing software for source accessible software (i.e. php is a interpreted language) when DRM and encryption are practically impossible or too expensive to implement.
- The needs to modify the software to best suit the user with enough protections in place to prevent those modifications and software from being redistributed.
To make it simple to read and understand, the license agreement has been broken down into a more "question and answer" format. The examples provided do not constitute all the situations that may be encountered for a specific clause in the agreement, and therefore are only intended as guidance.
If you have any questions, feel free to email [email protected].
This license agreement is by and between Taylor Broad, d/b/a Cardinal Horizon (Software Provider) and You (Licensee).
This agreement covers the access and use of the phpVMS addons developed by the Software Provider, in both binary and source code for the addons that references this agreement in the documentation and/or version control, hereafter known as the “Software”.
The Licensee is receiving a license to use the Software for their personal use.
The Licensee is not receiving ownership of the Software, nor is the Software being created under a work-for-hire agreement.
- Use the software as part of your phpVMS based website.
- Modify the software as needed/desired to best fit your needs.
- Modifications to the software fall under the same terms of this license agreement (i.e. Copy-left)
Unless prior written consent has been obtained from the Software Provider, the following is not permitted.
- Alteration or removal of any notices, including, but not limited to: copyright notices, attribution, and licenses.
- Use, reverse engineer, or modify for non-phpVMS based environments.
- Redistribute the original software and modifications to anyone other than yourself.
- If the Licensee desires to distribute the software to other individuals to perform work-for-hire for the Licensee, the Licensee shall notify the Software Provider for approval.
- Commercial use, defined as any use where the Licensee receives a monetary benefit for use of the software.
- E.g. you charge a membership fee for your community.
- Advertise the software as their own proprietary (in-house, exclusive) software
- Obfuscate the origins of the software.
The Licensee shall make the best effort to protect the access to the software to prevent its download and acquisition by those who didn't accept this license agreement.
In cases where there is a breach where the software is stolen, the Licensee shall notify the Software Provider as soon as practical.
You will be allotted 15 days to cure the breach upon written notice or face immediate agreement termination.
In the event of termination the Licensee must destroy any and all copies of the Software, and provide confirmation of doing so within 7 days of termination of the agreement.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Unless prior written permission is granted, The Licensee agrees to display an appropriate copyright and attribution notice on the website where the software is used.
The Software Provider retains the right to change the software agreement at any time.
If the Software Provider notifies you of a change to the license terms, you have 30 days to accept the new license agreement. Updating or continuing the use of the software constitutes acceptance of the new license terms.