VedaCMS Licensing Agreement

License agreement for any website using VedaCMS or VedaAgency

Overview

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: This License Agreement is a legal agreement between You and the owner of VedaDesigns.net. It provides a license to use the VedaCMS content management system on your website and contains warranty information and liability disclaimers.

BY INSTALLING AND USING THIS SOFTWARE ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU ARE CONFIRMING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS PRODUCT.

VedaCMS Licensing Agreement

VedaCMS is owned by Veda Designs and is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. THE SOFTWARE IS LICENSED, NOT SOLD.

1. DEFINITIONS.

  1. "Vendor" means Veda Designs
  2. "You", "Your" means you or whomever owns the website that the software is installed on
  3. "Software" refers to the VedaCMS content management system, including all media, graphics and content contained therein

2. OWNERSHIP. The Software is owned and copyrighted by Veda Designs. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Software and is not a sale of any rights in the Software.

3. GRANT OF LICENSE. Vendor grants You the following rights provided You comply with all terms and conditions of this agreement. For each license You have acquired for the Software:

  1. You are granted a non-exclusive right to use and install ONE copy of the software on ONE website.
  2. You may allow an unlimited number of users to access or otherwise utilize the services or functionality of the installed software.
  3. You may make one copy for backup or archival purposes.

4. RESTRICTED USE.

  1. You agree to use reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized copying of the Software.
  2. You may not disable any licensing or control features of the Software or allow the Software to be used with such features disabled.
  3. You may not share, rent, or lease Your right to use the Software.
  4. You may not modify, sublicense, copy, rent, sell, distribute or transfer any part of the Software except as provided in this Agreement.
  5. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, translate, create derivative works, decipher, decrypt, disassemble, or otherwise convert the Software to a more human-readable form for any reason.
  6. You will return or destroy all copies of the Software and generated content (if applicable) if and when Your right to use it ends.
  7. You may not use the Software for any purpose that is unlawful.

5. ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE This license applies to updates, upgrades, plug-ins and any other additions to the original Software provided by Vendor, unless Vendor provides other terms along with the additional software.

6. 3RD PARTY SERVICES This Software may make use of, or have the ability to make use of, link to, or integrate with 3rd party open source content or services. The availability of the content or services is at the sole discretion of the 3rd party service providers and may be subject to usage agreements and other restrictions. You agree to indemnify and save harmless Vendor and its licensors from all claims, damages, and expenses of whatever nature that may be made against Vendor and its licensors by 3rd party content and service providers as a result of Your use of the Software.

7. REGISTRATION. The software will electronically register itself during installation, relocation, and periodically during usage to confirm that You have entered a valid "Product ID". The registration process only sends the license information that You've entered (Company Name, Domain Name, Product ID) and information about the software installed (Program ID, Version, Install URL, Checksum). No other information is sent.

8. 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. Your use of the Software upgrade is subject to the terms of this license, and You agree by Your installation and use of this copy of the Software to voluntarily terminate Your earlier license and that You will not continue to use the earlier version of the Software or transfer it to another person or entity.

9. TRANSFER. If you purchased a stand-a-lone version of VedaCMS or VedaAgency, you may make a one-time transfer of the Software and Your rights under this license to another party provided that:

  1. You provide the party with the Software, any "Product ID" codes, and this license agreement.
  2. The party accepts the terms of this license as a condition of the transfer.
  3. You destroy any other copies of the Software in your possession or on your web server.
  4. You notify Veda Designs of the transfer.

Note: Clients that received VedaCMS or VedaAgency free of charge with their web design service DO NOT qualify for this one-time transfer option.

Your rights under this license automatically terminate upon transfer.

10. TERMINATION. Vendor may terminate Your license if You do not abide by the license terms or if You have not paid applicable license fees. Termination of the license may include, but not be limited to, marking the Product ID as invalid to prevent further installations or usage. Upon termination of license, You shall immediately discontinue the use of the Software and shall within ten (10) days return to Vendor all copies of the Software or confirm that You have destroyed all copies of it. Your obligations to pay accrued charges and fees, if any, shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Vendor's third party licensors may protect their rights in the event of any violation of the terms and conditions of this license. You agree to indemnify Vendor and its licensors for reasonable attorney fees in enforcing its rights pursuant to this license.

11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. The Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any kind, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non- infringement. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by You. Should the Software prove defective, You, not Vendor or its licensors, assume the entire cost of any service and repair. If the Software is intended to link to, extract content from or otherwise integrate with a third party service, Vendor makes no representation or warranty that Your particular use of the Software is or will continue to be authorized by law in Your jurisdiction or that the third party service will continue to be available to You. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an essential part of the agreement.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL VENDOR BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE OR ECONOMIC LOSSES. IN NO EVENT WILL VENDOR OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT PAID TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY SHALL HAVE INFORMED VENDOR OR ITS LICENSORS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM. NO CLAIM, REGARDLESS OF FORM, MAY BE MADE OR ACTION BROUGHT BY YOU MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE CLAIM BECOMES KNOWN TO THE PARTY ASSERTING IT.

13. APPLICABLE LAW. This license shall be interpreted in accordance with US copyright laws. Any disputes arising out of this license shall be adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States.

14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This license constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the Software and supersedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communication relating to the subject matter of this license. Any conflict between the terms of this License Agreement and any Purchase Order, invoice, or representation shall be resolved in favour of the terms of this License Agreement. In the event that any clause or portion of any such clause is declared invalid for any reason, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining portions of this License and the unenforceable clause shall be severed from this license. Any amendment to this agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties.

VedaCMS License Agreement v4.0 (February 07, 2008)

Should you have any questions concerning this license, please contact tara@vedadesigns.net.