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- PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. BY USING
- THE PRODUCT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE.
- IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM, PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED PRODUCT TO THE
- PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED.
-
- 1. Use Restrictions: DDA grants to you, the End-User a non-exclusive,
- non-transferable license to use this product and the information is contains
- (the "Databases") subject to the following restrictions: a) it may be used
- only by the purchasing End-user and may not be made available for any other
- use by loan, rental, service bureau, or other arrangement; b) it may be
- used for personal useonly, in conjunction with a single microcomputer
- permitting access by one individual user at one time and may not be made
- available to multiple users at one time through networking or any other
- means (without obtaining a separate network license from DDA), and
- c) it may not be used in updating any existing commercial database. Any
- attempt to sublicense, assign or transfer any of the rights or obligations
- hereunder will result in the termination of this license.
-
- 2. Proprietary Rights: The Databases are proprietary to DDA, or its
- suppliers, and will remain the exclusive property of DDA, or its suppliers,
- and the End-user obtains no rights therein except as set forth in this
- License. The Databases and the information contained therein may not be
- sold, duplicated, transferred or in any other manner commercially exploited.
- End-user agrees to take reasonable measures to ensure that such
- unauthorized use is not made.
- This product contains search and retrieval software ("Software") that DDA
- is hereby licensing to End-user on a non-exclusive basis for the limited
- purpose of manipulating the data contained on the product. End-user
- acknowledges that such Software comprises valuable proprietary and
- confidential information of DDA which is legally protected under trade
- secret and copyright laws. End-user is not authorized to reverse compile
- or reverse assemble the Software or otherwise attempt to reveal the
- proprietary programming techniques and structures used in the Software.
- The end-user is not authorized to duplicate, transfer, sell, or in any
- other manner, commercially exploit the Software.
-
- 3. Limited Warranty on Media, DDA warrants the compact disc on which the
- Databases and the Software are recorded to be free from defects in
- materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of one year from
- the date of delivery. DDA's entire liability and the End-User's exclusive
- remedy will be replacement of the compact disc not meeting DDA's limited
- warranty. DDA will have no responsibility to replace compact discs damaged
- through accident, abuse or misapplication. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ON THE
- COMPACT DISC INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY ARE LIMITED IN
- DURATION TO 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF DELIVERY. THIS WARRANTY GIVES THE
- END-USER SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH
- VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
-
- 4. Disclaimer of Warranty on Databases and Software. THE DATABASES, AND
- SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT
- NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY. NEITHER DDA NOR ITS SUPPLIERS WARRANTS,
- GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF
- THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN TERMS OF THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS,
- OR OTHERWISE OF THEIR CONTENTS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND
- PERFORMANCE OF THE THIS PRODUCT IS ASSUMED BY THE END-USER. SOME STATES
- DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION
- MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
-
- 5. Limitations of Liability. In no event shall DDA's total liability to
- the End-User for all damages, losses and causes of action (whether in
- contract, tort (including negligence and strict liablity) or otherwise)
- excede the license fee for the product. NEITHER DDA NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO
- HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT
- SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
- DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS
- INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF
- THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF DDA HAS BEEN ADVISED
- OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
- OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY
- TO YOU.
-
- 6. Complete Agreement. This license constitutes the entire agreement
- between the End-User and DDA which supercedes any proposal or prior
- agreement, oral or written, and no other communications between the
- End-User and DDA relating to the subject matter of this License. No
- dealer, distributor, agent or employee is authorized to make any
- modifications or additions to this license. Any question concerning the
- validity, construction, or performance of this Agreement shall be governed
- by the laws of the State of Maryland.