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- This is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you (either an individual or an entity), the
- end user ("licensee"), and Microsoft Corporation. By installing, copying, or otherwise using
- the Software (as defined below), you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you
- do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, do not install, copy, or use the Software, and
- promptly return the disks and the accompanying items (including written materials and binders
- or other containers) to Microsoft Corporation.
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- MICROSOFT CORPORATION LICENSE
- AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
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- Recitals
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- Microsoft is the owner and/or authorized licensor of certain software products and associated
- documentation, as more fully described in Exhibit A (the "Software").
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- Licensee wishes to license the Software, in object code form, for distribution with Licensee's
- products solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
-
-
- Agreement
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- 1. LICENSE & OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
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- 1.1 Distribution License. Microsoft hereby grants to Licensee a royalty-free, non-exclusive,
- personal, non-transferable, non-assignable, limited license to reproduce, license, sublicense or
- otherwise distribute, and have reproduced, licensed, sublicensed or otherwise distributed, to
- and by third parties, object code versions of the Software, solely as part of Licensee's products.
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- 1.2 Restrictions. Licensee's license in Section 1.1 is expressly conditioned upon Licensee's
- compliance with the following terms and conditions:
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- 1.2.1 Licensee shall not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software.
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- 1.2.2 Licensee may not change the file name for the Software distributed in conjunction with
- Licensee's product.
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- 1.2.3 Licensee agrees to display a copyright notice for Licensee's product sufficient to
- protect Microsoft's copyright in the Software and shall maintain and not alter or remove any
- copyright and other protective notices contained in the Software.
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- 1.2.4 Licensee shall distribute and license the use of the Software to end users only pursuant
- to its end user license agreement ("EULA") which stipulates that Licensee's product may only be
- installed on a computer which is running a validly licensed copy of Windows NT or Windows 95.
- Licensee's EULA may be a "break-the-seal" end user license agreement or a signed end user license
- agreement. Licensee's EULA shall contain terms consistent with those contained in this Agreement.
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- 1.2.5 Licensee shall contractually obligate (e.g., by contract, invoice or other written
- instrument) all distributors, dealers and others in its entire distribution channels to comply
- with the foregoing.
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- 1.2.6 Licensee shall comply with the installation instructions located in the file "dcomdist.txt"
- provided with this Agreement. If no such file is provided with this Agreement, Licensee shall
- comply with the installation instructions located at
- http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom95/dcomdist.htm .
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- 1.3 Ownership. Except as expressly licensed to Licensee in Section 1.1, Microsoft retains
- all right, title and interest in and to the Software.
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- 1.4 No Other Rights. Except as expressly granted in this Agreement, Licensee shall have no
- other rights in the Software. Microsoft is not obligated to provide Licensee with either
- (i) updates to the Software, or (ii) support for the Software.
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- 2. CONFIDENTIALITY
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- Licensee shall keep confidential any non-public information and know-how related to the Software
- that Microsoft may disclose to Licensee.
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- 3. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO LICENSEE AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
- THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY LICENSEE AND ITS END USER CUSTOMERS.
- MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
- THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
- NONINFRINGEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE.
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- 4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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- IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
- BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE, ARISING OUT
- OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND ANY DERIVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
- THEREOF, EVEN IF MICROSOFT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
-
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- 5. TERMINATION
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- 5.1 Termination. Microsoft may terminate this Agreement if any of the following events of
- default occur: (i) if Licensee materially fails to perform or comply with this Agreement or any
- provision hereof; (ii) if Licensee fails to strictly comply with the provisions of Section 2 or
- makes or attempts to make an assignment in violation of Section 6.4; (iii) if Licensee becomes
- insolvent or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or makes an
- assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iv) if a petition under any foreign, state, or United
- States bankruptcy act, receivership statute, or the like, as they now exist, or as they may be
- amended, is filed by Licensee; or (v) if such a petition is filed by any third party, or an
- application for a receiver of Licensee is made by anyone and such petition or application is not
- resolved favorably to Licensee within sixty (60) days.
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- 5.2 Effect of Termination. Termination under subsection 5.2(ii) shall be effective as of the
- date notice is given. In all other cases, termination shall be effective thirty (30) days after
- notice of termination to Licensee if Licensee's defaults have not been cured. The rights and
- remedies of MS provided in this Section shall not be exclusive and are in addition to any other
- rights and remedies provided by law or this Agreement.
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- 5.3 Survival. The provisions of Sections 1.3, 1.4, 2, 3, 4, 5.5, and 6 shall survive
- termination of this Agreement.
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- 5.4 End User Licenses. End user licenses validly granted prior to any termination or
- expiration of this Agreement shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
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- 6. GENERAL
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- 6.1 This Agreement shall be construed and controlled by the laws of the State of Washington,
- and Licensee consents to jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts sitting in the
- State of Washington. Process may be served on either party by U.S. Mail, postage prepaid,
- certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by such other method as is authorized by
- the Washington Long Arm Statute.
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- 6.2 Neither this Agreement, nor any terms and conditions contained herein, shall be construed
- as: (i) creating a partnership, joint venture, agency relationship or as granting a franchise;
- or (ii) an approval, endorsement or other recommendation of any Licensee products by Microsoft.
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- 6.3 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
- be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
- effect.
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- 6.4 This Agreement, and any rights or obligations hereunder shall not be assignable by
- contract or by operation of law without the prior written approval of Microsoft. Such approval
- shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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- 6.5 The Software is subject to RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication or disclosure by the
- Government is subject to restriction as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the rights in
- Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFAR 252.227-7013, or as set forth in the
- particular department or agency regulations or rules which provide Microsoft protection
- equivalent to or greater than the above-cited clause.
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- 6.6 Licensee acknowledges that the Software is subject to the export control laws and
- regulations of the United States, and any amendments thereof. Licensee confirms that with
- respect to the Software it will not export or re-export it, directly or indirectly, either to
- (i) any countries that are subject to United States export restrictions (currently including,
- but not necessarily limited to, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, and Syria; (ii)
- any end user who Licensee knows or has reason to know will utilize the Software in the
- development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons; or (iii) any end user who
- has been prohibited from participating in the United States export transactions by any federal
- agency of the United States government. Licensee further acknowledges that the Software may
- include technical data subject to export and re-export restrictions imposed by United States law.
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- 6.7 Licensee shall, at its own expense, obtain and arrange for the maintenance in full force
- and effect of all governmental approvals, consents, licenses, authorizations, declarations,
- filings, and registrations as may be necessary or advisable for the performance of all of the
- terms and conditions of the Agreement including, but not limited to, foreign exchange approvals,
- import and offer agent licenses, fair trade approvals and all approvals which may be required to
- realize the purposes of the Agreement.
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- 6.8 Licensee shall be responsible for providing end-user support for customers of the Software
- and Licensee's Product.
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- 6.9 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
- subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements or communications.
- It shall not be modified except by a written agreement dated subsequent to the date of this
- Agreement and signed on behalf of Licensee and Microsoft by their respective duly authorized
- representatives. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a
- waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof,
- and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative
- of the waiving party.
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- EXHIBIT A
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- DESCRIPTION OF SOFTWARE; LICENSEE PRODUCT
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- I. Description of Software.
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- DCOM95.EXE
- DCM95CFG.EXE
-