Scope of this Software License Agreement: This is the MaxPlanckSienceLicense - MPSL Agreement which applies to all software products copyright of Max-Planck-Society e.V. under this agreement.
MPSL licensed Software is licensed free of charge (Freeware) for non-commercial academic and academic-research purposes only.
The licensed Software / Product: We grant the above rights to Mr Loës, provided that the following conditions are met.
Short description of the software:
#Servo_Engine
For further discription of the software are provided as source code (via download /git / etc.) Software is made available for download from the https://github.com/peterloes/ , https://github.com/mpio-be .
Intellectual Property: All software are copyright Max-Planck-Society e.V. (Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Mr Loës) unless otherwise stated. Copyright law protects this software and any associated material. Max-Planck-Society e.V. retains title to and ownership in the copyright of the software program and the associated materials. This software is not provided as public domain software.
Science Software License Rights: The Software is licensed for lawful non-commercial academic and academic-research purposes only (e.g. research, teaching or education). The license is a non-exclusive, single-use, non-transferable and non-sublicensable license for use on one single computer location by one user. It is explicitly prohibited to use the software or parts of it, whether modified or not, for commercial purposes or operational use. Without limiting the foregoing, use, display or distribution of the Software together with material that is pornographic, racist, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, libelous, abusive, promoting hatred, discriminating or displaying prejudice based on religion, ethnic heritage, race, sexual orientation or age is strictly prohibited.
Under these conditions MPSL-software is provided royalty free.
The software may be used as many times as you like until the contract is terminated. Licensor can terminate the contract at any time, in writing or Email. You must destroy your copy of the software after termination of this contract. You may not copy and distribute copies of this program, except for the reasons given in § 69d UrhG (Urhebergesetz). The copyright holder reserves the right to reclassify this software as another kind of software license product at any time (i.e. shareware, licensed royalty software, or public domain et al.). Doing so will modify the license agreement of previously distributed executables.
No Distribution: The Software and the license herein granted shall not be copied, shared, distributed, re-sold, offered for re-sale, transferred or sub-licensed in whole or in part except that you may make one copy for archive purposes only. For information about redistribution contact Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.
Code Immutability: You may modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the software. You will not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the software except to the extent you may be expressly permitted by copyright holders or given in § 69d UrhG.
Warranties: This program is provided “as is” and has not been fitted especially to Licensee’s purposes and comes with limited warranty. Licensors do not provide any support for the software.
Liability / Damages: Because this Software License Agreement qualifies as a donation, according to Section 521 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB) Licensors as donors are liable for intent and gross negligence only. If the Licensors fraudulently conceal a legal or material defect, they are obliged to compensate the Licensee for the resulting damage.
Licensors shall be liable for loss of data only up to the amount of typical recovery costs which would have arisen had proper and regular data backup measures been taken. For the avoidance of doubt Licensors shall be liable in accordance with the German Product Liability Act in the event of product liability. The foregoing applies also to Licensor’s legal representatives or assistants in performance. Any further liability shall be excluded.
Patent claims generated through the usage of the software cannot be directed towards the copyright holders.
Defects of the software must be notified in writing to the Licensors with a comprehensible description of the error symptoms. The notification of the defect should enable the reproduction of the error. The contractor points out that add-ons as well as minor modifications to the software may lead to unforeseeable and considerable disruptions.
Third Party rights/components: No third party components whatsoever are distributed with the software. Licensing of third party components is not part of this Software Licensing Agreement Still, the Licensee is responsible for compliance with any respective third party license terms.
Technical Support: Technical support may be provided via e-mail and/or website postings. While every effort is made to provide timely technical support no guarantees whatsoever are implied that technical support will be provided or that technical support, when provided, will be accurate. Software offered on this site is unsupported and supplied on an as-is basis unless you have obtained a specific maintenance contract agreement with the copyright holders.
Agreement: This Complimentary Science Software License Agreement is effective while you use and continue to make use of these software products. If you do not agree with our Complimentary Science Software License Agreement you must not use our software products - this MPSL will then not apply to you. This MPSL is subject to change without notice. Any company names, logos, trademarks and product names mentioned or shown on associated website(s) or in software products may be copyrighted, trademarked or registered trademarked by their respective owners.
Final Provisions: By using our software products you are automatically agreeing to and show that you have read and understood the terms and conditions. MPSL shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany except for the UN Sales Convention.