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NOTICE TO USER: PLEASE READ THIS CONTRACT CAREFULLY. BY USING ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR THE LIMITATIONS ON: USE CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 2, 3 AND 4; WARRANTY IN SECTION 7; LIABILITY IN SECTION 8, AND SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS IN SECTION 14. YOU AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE LIKE ANY WRITTEN NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT SIGNED BY YOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE. IF YOU ACQUIRED THE SOFTWARE ON TANGIBLE MEDIA (e.g., CD-ROM) WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS LICENSE, AND YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.
Adobe and its suppliers own all intellectual property in the Software. Adobe permits You to Use the Software only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Use of some third party materials included in the Software may be subject to other terms and conditions typically found in a separate license agreement or “Read Me” file located near such materials.
1.1 “Adobe” means Adobe Systems Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110, if Section 11(a)
of this Agreement applies; otherwise it means Adobe Systems Software Ireland
Limited, Unit 3100, Lake Drive, City West Campus, Saggart D24, Republic of
Ireland, a company organized under the laws of Ireland and an affiliate and
licensee of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
1.2 “Adobe Reader Products” means Adobe Reader, Adobe
Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat Approval, Adobe Acrobat Elements and related
viewer products.
1.3 “Developer,” “You,” and “Your” refer
to any person or entity Using this Software, or any component thereof.
1.4 “Developer Programs” means Your application programs
that are designed to function with Other Adobe Acrobat Software products.
1.5 “Documentation” means explanatory materials supplied
with the Software or made available online on Adobe public web pages related
to the Software.
1.6 “End User License Agreement” means an end user license
agreement that provides a: (a) limited, nonexclusive right to use the subject
Developer Program with no further right to reproduce (except for archival and/or
backup copies permitted by law) and/or distribute the subject Developer Program;
(b) prohibition against distributing, selling, sublicensing, renting, loaning
or leasing the subject Developer Program; (c) prohibition against reverse engineering,
decompiling, disassembling or otherwise attempting to discover the source code
of the subject Developer Program that is substantially similar to that set
forth in Section 3 below; (d) statement that, if Your customer requires any
Other Adobe Acrobat Software in order to use the Developer Program, (i) Your
customer must obtain such Other Adobe Acrobat Software via a valid license,
and (ii) Your customer’s use of such Other Adobe Acrobat Software must
be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement
that ships with such Other Adobe Acrobat Software; (e) statement that
You and Your suppliers retain all right, title and interest in the subject
Developer Program that is substantially similar to that set forth as Section
5 below, (f) statement that Your suppliers disclaim all warranties, conditions,
representations or terms with respect to the subject Developer Program substantially
similar to the disclaimer set forth as Section 7 below, and (g) limit of liability
substantially similar to that set forth as Section 8 below for the benefit
of Your suppliers.
1.7 “Header File Information” means any header files (including
but not limited to *.h files) supplied in connection with the Software, including
without limitation any related information detailing contents of header files.
1.8 “Other Adobe Acrobat Software” means the generally commercially
available versions of Adobe Acrobat Standard, Adobe Acrobat Professional and
Adobe Reader Products.
1.9 “Redistributable Code” means certain object code files
designated in the Documentation as “Redistributable Code.”
1.10 “Sample Code” means sample software in source code format
designated in the Documentation as “Sample Code” and/or “Snippets.”
1.11 “Software” means all of the contents of the files, disk(s),
CD-ROM(s) or other media with which this Agreement is provided, including but
not limited to (i) Sample Code; (ii) Header File Information; (iii) Redistributable
Code, (iv) Documentation, (v) Software Tools; and (vi) any upgrades, modified
versions, updates, and/or additions thereto, if any, provided to You by Adobe.
1.12 “Software Tools” means developer tools (including but
not limited to plug-ins and compiled samples) supplied with the Software, the
selection of which may change from time to time at Adobe’s sole discretion.
1.13 “Use”, “Used” or “Using” means
to access, install, download, copy or otherwise benefit from using the Software.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Software License Agreement (this “Agreement”), Adobe grants You a non-exclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to (a) Use the Software for the sole purpose of internally developing Developer Programs, (b) reproduce and modify Sample Code as a component of Developer Programs that add significant and primary functionality to the Sample Code, (c) reproduce Redistributable Code solely as a component of Developer Programs that add significant and primary functionality to the Redistributable Code, and (d) distribute Sample Code and/or Redistributable Code in object code form only as a component of Developer Programs that add significant and primary functionality to the Sample Code and/or Redistributable Code, provided that (i) You distribute such object code under the terms and conditions of an End User License Agreement, (ii) You include a copyright notice reflecting the copyright ownership of Developer in such Developer Programs, (iii) You shall be solely responsible to Your customers for any update or support obligation or other liability which may arise from such distribution, (iv) You shall not make any statements that Your Developer Product is “certified,” or that its performance is guaranteed, by Adobe, and (v) You do not use Adobe’s name or trademarks to market Your Developer Product without written permission of Adobe. Any modified or merged portion of the Sample Code, and/or merged portion of the Redistributable Code, IS subject to this Agreement. Use of Other Adobe Acrobat Software and/or any additional Adobe application program is subject to the applicable end user license agreement for such application software, even if such Other Adobe Acrobat Software or additional Adobe application program is supplied to You in connection with this Agreement. You may make a limited number of copies of the Documentation to be used by Your employees or consultants for internal development purposes and not for general business purposes or for distribution by any means, and such employees or consultants shall be subject to this Agreement. You may distribute Other Adobe Acrobat Software with Your Developer Programs only under separate license from Adobe. Adobe is under no obligation to provide any support under this Agreement, including upgrades or future versions of the Software, Other Adobe Acrobat Software and/or any component thereof, to Developer, end users, or to any other party. Further developer support, software licensing, trademark licensing and trademark usage information is available through http://www.adobe.com/ and/or http://partners.adobe.com/.
3.1 General Restrictions. Except for the limited distribution
rights as provided in Section 2 above with respect to Sample Code and Redistributable
Code, You may not distribute, sell, sublicense, rent, loan, or lease the Software,
Other Adobe Acrobat Software, and/or any component thereof to any third party.
You also agree not to add or delete any program files that would modify the
functionality and/or appearance of Other Adobe Acrobat Software and/or any
component thereof. You agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble
or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software, Other Adobe
Acrobat Software and/or any component thereof except to the extent (i) You
may be expressly permitted to decompile under applicable law, (ii) it is essential
to do so in order to achieve operability of the Software or Other Adobe Acrobat
Software with another software program, and (iii) You have first asked Adobe
to provide the information necessary to achieve such operability and Adobe
has not made such information available. Adobe has the right to impose reasonable
conditions and to request a reasonable fee before providing such information.
Any such information supplied by Adobe and any information obtained by You
by such permitted decompilation may only be used by You for the purpose described
herein and may not be disclosed to any third party or used to create any software
which is substantially similar to the expression of the Software and/or Other
Adobe Acrobat Software. Requests for such information should be directed
to the Adobe Customer Support Department.
3.2 Development Restrictions. You agree that You will not Use the
Software to create, develop or use any program, software or service which (a)
removes the menu item that calls up the "About Screen" in any Other
Adobe Acrobat Software product, other product incorporating Other Adobe Acrobat
Software under valid license from Adobe, or any component thereof; (b) can
both (i) communicate with Adobe Reader Products and (ii) modify or save a PDF
(Portable Document Format) document (including saving any modifications to
a separate file for such documents); (c) exposes and/or discloses Header File
Information; (d) works as a plug-in with Adobe Reader Products, unless specifically
licensed to do so by Adobe; (e) opens encrypted documents without the authorized
knowledge of the document passwords or violates the access rights specified
for a document; (f) provides access and/or displays content secured using digital
rights management services or technology unless the Developer Product meets
certain certification criteria in accordance with Adobe’s then current
certification process; (g) modifies or replaces the digital signature validation
functionality and/or capability of Other Adobe Acrobat Software without written
approval from Adobe; (h) validates digitally signed documents (including without
limitation, adding any trust capability to documents) without written approval
from Adobe; (i) modifies the permissions or rights in a PDF file enabled using
Adobe enabling technology; (j) enables Other Adobe Acrobat Software to
run on a server; (k) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information; (l) when used in the manner in which
it is intended, violates any material law, statute, ordinance or regulation
(including without limitation the laws and regulations governing export control,
unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising); or (m) interferes
with the operability of other Adobe or third-party programs or software which
run with Other Adobe Acrobat Software.
You agree not to disseminate or in any way disclose Header File Information to any person, firm or business except for Your employees who need to know such Header File Information and who have previously agreed to be bound by a confidentiality obligation consistent with the obligation set forth in this Section 4. Further, You agree to treat the Header File Information with the same degree of care as You accord to Your own confidential information, but in any event no less than reasonable care. Your obligations under this section with respect to the Header File Information shall terminate when You can document that such Header File Information was (i) in the public domain at or subsequent to the time it was communicated to You by Adobe through no fault of Yours, (ii) developed by Your employees or agents independently of and without reference to any information communicated to You by Adobe; or (iii) disclosed in response to a valid order by a court or other governmental body, as otherwise required by law, or as necessary to establish the rights of either party under this Agreement.
The Software and any authorized copies that You make are the intellectual property of and are owned by Adobe and its suppliers. The structure, organization and code of the Software are the valuable trade secrets and confidential information of Adobe and its suppliers. The Software is protected by law, including without limitation the copyright laws of the United States and other countries, and by international treaty provisions. You agree to protect Adobe’s copyright and other ownership interests in all items in the Software. You agree that all copies of items in the Software reproduced for any reason by You will contain the same copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices as appropriate and appear on or in the master items delivered by Adobe in the Software. Adobe and/or its suppliers retain all right, title and ownership throughout the world in the intellectual property embodied within the Software. Except as stated herein, this Agreement does not grant You any rights to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, or any other rights in respect to the items in the Software, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Adobe and its suppliers.
This Agreement is effective until terminated. Adobe has the right to terminate this Agreement immediately if You fail to comply with any term of this Agreement. Upon any such termination, You must (a) return all full and partial copies of the items in the Software immediately to Adobe and (b) discontinue distribution of any Sample Code and/or Redistributable Code. Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14 shall survive any termination and/or expiration of this Agreement.
Adobe licenses the Software to You on an “AS IS” basis and without warranty of any kind. ADOBE AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE. EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION OR TERM TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE SAME CANNOT OR MAY NOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW APPLICABLE TO YOU IN YOUR JURISDICTION, ADOBE AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS OR TERMS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW, CUSTOM, USAGE OR OTHERWISE AS TO THE SOFTWARE OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, INTEGRATION, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some states or provinces do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties so the above limitations may not apply to You. You may have rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For further warranty information, You may contact the Adobe Solutions Network at the Adobe Systems Incorporated address provided above.
IN NO EVENT WILL ADOBE OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, EVEN IF AN ADOBE REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTION. ADOBE’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY AND THAT OF ITS SUPPLIERS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50.00). Nothing contained in this Agreement limits Adobe’s liability to You in the event of death or personal injury resulting from Adobe’s negligence or for the tort of deceit (fraud). Adobe is acting on behalf of its suppliers for the purpose of disclaiming, excluding and/or limiting obligations, warranties and liability as provided in this Agreement, but in no other respects and for no other purpose.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Adobe and its suppliers harmless from and against any claims or lawsuits, including attorneys’ reasonable fees, that arise or result from the use or distribution of Developer Programs, provided that Adobe gives You prompt written notice of any such claim, tenders to You the defense or settlement of such a claim at Your expense, and cooperates with You, at Your expense, in defending or settling such claim.
You agree that any Developer Program that includes Sample Code and/or Redistributable Code (i) will include in its license agreement a reference to applicable U.S. Government regulations which control licensing of software and (ii) will not be shipped, transferred, or exported into any country or Used in any manner prohibited by the United States Export Administration Act or any other export laws, restrictions or regulations (collectively the "Export Laws"). In addition, if any part of the Software is identified as export controlled items under the Export Laws, You represent and warrant that You are not a citizen, or otherwise located within, an embargoed nation (including without limitation Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Cuba, North Korea and Serbia) and that You are not otherwise prohibited under the Export Laws from receiving the Software. All rights to Use the Software are granted on condition that such rights are forfeited if You fail to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws in force: (a) in the State of California, if a license to the Software is obtained when You are in the United States, Canada, or Mexico; or (b) in Japan, if a license to the Software is obtained when You are in Japan, China, Korea, or other Southeast Asian country where all official languages are written in either an ideographic script (e.g., hanzi, kanji, or hanja), and/or other script based upon or similar in structure to an ideographic script, such as hangul or kana; or (c) Ireland, if a license to the Software is obtained when You are in any other jurisdiction not described above. The respective courts of Santa Clara County, California when California law applies, Tokyo District Court in Japan, when Japanese law applies, and the courts of Ireland, when the law of Ireland applies, shall each have non-exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes relating to this Agreement. This Agreement will not be governed by the conflict of law rules of any jurisdiction or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded.
You may not assign Your rights or obligations granted under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Adobe. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived by any act or acquiescence on the part of Adobe, its agents, or employees, but only by an instrument in writing signed by an authorized signatory of Adobe. It is expressly agreed that a breach of Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm to Adobe and that a remedy at law will be inadequate. Therefore, in addition to any and all remedies available at law, Adobe will be entitled to seek an injunction or other equitable remedies in all legal proceedings in the event of any threatened or actual violation thereof. When conflicting language exists between this Agreement and any other agreement included in this Software (except for the Integration Key License Agreement or any agreement supplied with Other Adobe Acrobat Software), this Agreement shall supersede. If either Adobe or Developer employs attorneys to enforce any rights arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees. You acknowledge that You have read this Agreement, understand it, and that it is the complete and exclusive statement of Your agreement with Adobe which supersedes any prior agreement, oral or written, between Adobe and You with respect to the licensing to You of the Software. No variation of the terms of this Agreement will be enforceable against Adobe unless Adobe gives its express consent in a writing signed by an authorized signatory of Adobe. If any part of this Agreement is found void and unenforceable, it will not affect the validity of the balance of this Agreement, which shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms. The English version of this Agreement shall be the version used when interpreting or construing this Agreement.
13.1 The Software and Documentation are “Commercial Item(s),” as
that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial
Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation,” as
such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202,
as applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §§227.7202-1
through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial
Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. Government end users
(a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted
to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. Unpublished-rights
reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Adobe Systems Incorporated,
345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA.
13.2 U.S. Government Licensing of Adobe Technology. You agree that when
licensing the Software for acquisition by the U.S. Government, or any contractor
therefore, You will license consistent with the policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. §12.212
(for civilian agencies) and 48 C.F.R. §§227-7202-1 and 227-7202-4
(for the Department of Defense). For U.S. Government End Users, Adobe agrees
to comply with all applicable equal opportunity laws including, if appropriate,
the provisions of Executive Order 11246, as amended, Section 402 of the Vietnam
Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (38 USC 4212), and Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the regulations at 41
CFR Parts 60-1 through 60-60, 60-250, and 60-741. The affirmative action
clause and regulations contained in the preceding sentence shall be incorporated
by reference in this Agreement.
14.1 Limited Warranty for Users Residing in Germany or Austria. If You obtained
the Software in Germany or Austria, and You usually reside in such country,
then Section 7 does not apply, instead, Adobe warrants that the Software provides
the functionalities set forth in the Documentation (the "agreed upon functionalities")
for the limited warranty period following receipt of the Software when Used
on the recommended hardware configuration. As used in this Section, "limited
warranty period" means one (1) year if You are a business user and two
(2) years if You are not a business user. Non-substantial variation from
the agreed upon functionalities shall not be considered and does not establish
any warranty rights. This limited warranty does not apply to SOFTWARE provided
TO YOU free of charge, for example, UPDATES, pre-release, tryout, product sampler,
NOT FOR RESALE (NFR) COPIES OF SOFTWARE, OR SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED
BY YOU, TO THE EXTENT SUCH ALTERATIONS CAUSED A DEFECT. To make a warranty
claim, during the limited warranty period You must return, at our expense,
the Software and proof of purchase to the location where You obtained it. If
the functionalities of the Software vary substantially from the agreed upon
functionalities, Adobe is entitled -- by way of re-performance and at its own
discretion -- to repair or replace the Software. If this fails, You are
entitled to a reduction of the purchase price (reduction) or to cancel the
purchase agreement (rescission). For further warranty information, please
contact Adobe’s Customer Support Department.
14.2 Limitation of Liability for Users Residing in Germany and Austria.
14.2.1 If You obtained the Software in Germany or Austria, and You usually
reside in such country, then Section 8 does not apply. Instead, subject
to the provisions in Section 14.2.2, Adobe's statutory liability for damages
shall be limited as follows: (i) Adobe shall be liable only up to the
amount of damages as typically foreseeable at the time of entering into the
purchase agreement in respect of damages caused by a slightly negligent breach
of a material contractual obligation and (ii) Adobe shall not be liable for
damages caused by a slightly negligent breach of a non-material contractual
obligation.
14.2.2 The aforesaid limitation of liability shall not apply to any mandatory
statutory liability, in particular, to liability under the German Product Liability
Act, liability for assuming a specific guarantee or liability for culpably
caused personal injuries.
14.2.3 You are required to take all reasonable measures to avoid and
reduce damages, in particular to make back-up copies of the Software and Your
computer data subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
14.3 Pre-release Product Additional Terms. If the product You have
received with this license is a pre-commercial release or beta Software (“Pre-release
Software”), then the following Section applies. To the extent that
any provision in this Section is in conflict with any other term(s) or condition(s)
in this Agreement, this Section shall supercede such other term(s) and condition(s)
with respect to the Pre-release Software, but only to the extent necessary
to resolve the conflict. You acknowledge that the Software is a pre-release
version, does not represent final product from Adobe, and may contain bugs,
errors and other problems that could cause system or other failures and data
loss. Consequently, the Pre-release Software is provided to You “AS-IS”,
and Adobe disclaims any warranty or liability obligations to You of any kind.
WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FOR PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE, BUT IT MAY BE
LIMITED, ADOBE’S LIABILITY AND THAT OF ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL BE LIMITED
TO THE SUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS (U.S. $50) IN TOTAL. You acknowledge that Adobe
has not promised or guaranteed to You that Pre-release Software will be announced
or made available to anyone in the future, Adobe has no express or implied
obligation to You to announce or introduce the Pre-release Software and that
Adobe may not introduce a product similar to or compatible with the Pre-release
Software. Accordingly, You acknowledge that any research or development that
You perform regarding the Pre-release Software or any product associated with
the Pre-release Software is done entirely at Your own risk. During the term
of this Agreement, if requested by Adobe, You will provide feedback to Adobe
regarding testing and use of the Pre-release Software, including error or bug
reports. If You have been provided the Pre-release Software pursuant to a separate
written agreement, such as the Adobe Systems Incorporated Serial Agreement
for Unreleased Products, Your Use of the Software is also governed by such
agreement. You agree that You may not and certify that You will not sublicense,
lease, loan, rent, assign, or transfer the Pre-release Software. Upon receipt
of a later unreleased version of the Pre-release Software or release by Adobe
of a publicly released commercial version of the Software, whether as a stand-alone
product or as part of a larger product, You agree to return or destroy all
earlier Pre-release Software received from Adobe and to abide by the terms
of the license agreement for any such later versions of the Pre-release Software.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if You are located
outside the United States of America, You agree that You will return or destroy
all unreleased versions of the Pre-release Software within thirty (30) days
of the completion of Your testing of the Software when such date is earlier
than the date for Adobe's first commercial shipment of the publicly released
(commercial) Software.
If You have any questions regarding this Agreement or if You wish to request any information from Adobe please use the address and contact information included with this product to contact the Adobe office serving Your jurisdiction.
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