Invision Power Services, Inc.
Invision Power Board Software
End User License Agreement
PRICING
Unlimited Free Trial: $0.00 (no cost)
You may use Invision Power Board for an unlimited free trial period at no cost. This free trial has limited free support by posting on our company forums and you must pay full price for plug-in feature enhancements and services. Free technical support service is limited and we cannot guarantee free technical support will always be available or that you will receive timely responses to free support questions.
Registration: $59.95/year
The registered version of Invision Power Board features private technical support service through our online ticket system and via telephone in the United States and the United Kingdom, optional installation service, upgrade services, discounts on plug-in feature enhancements, and other support services.
LICENSE
Invision Power Services (IPS) grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Software if you follow all restrictions in all sections of this Agreement.
SCOPE OF GRANT
You may:
use the Software on one or more computers
copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices
customise the software's design and operation to suit the internal needs of your web site
produce and distribute modification instructions, Skin packs, or Language packs provided that they contain notification that the Skin and Language packs were exported from and originally created by Invision Power Board and/or IPS. The modifications instructions you personally create are not owned by IPS so long as they contain no proprietary coding from Invision Power Board.
create applications which interface with the operation of the Software provided said application is an original work
You may not:
permit other individuals to use the Software except under the terms listed above
reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Software for distribution or usage outside your web site excluding those applications described above
use the Software in such as way as to condone or encourage terrorism, promote or provide pirated software, or any other form of illegal or damaging activity
modify and/or remove any copyright notices or labels on the Software on each page (unless full license is purchase) and in the header of each script source file
distribute the software without written consent from IPS
distribute or modify proprietary graphics, HTML, or CSS packaged with the Software for use in Software applications other than Invision Power Board or web sites without written permission from IPS
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 and not IPS assume the entire cost of any service and repair. In addition, the security mechanisms implemented by IPS software have inherent limitations, and you must determine that the Software sufficiently meets your requirements. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an essential part of the agreement.
TITLE
Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Software shall remain with IPS. The Software is protected by copyright laws and treaties. Title and related rights in the content accessed through the Software is the property of the applicable content owner and may be protected by applicable law. This License gives you no rights to such content.
TERMINATION
This Agreement will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the limitations described herein. On termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software within 48 hours.
MISCELLANEOUS
IPS reserves the right to publish a selected list of users of the Software. IPS reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement at any time however those changes are not retroactive to past releases. Changes to the Agreement will be announced via email using the IPS email notification list. Failure to receive notification of a change does not make those changes invalid. A current copy of this Agreement will be available on the Invision Power Board web site.
Skin packs and Language packs are defined as the group of code, text, and graphics that are exported from the Software using the Administration Control Panel or otherwise obtained from the Software.
Technical support will not be provided for third-party modifications to the Software including modifications to code, Skin packs, and Language packs to any license holder. If the Software is modified using a third-party modification instruction or otherwise, technical support may be refused to any license holder.
PROPRIETARY LABELS
Authorization to remove copyright notices can be obtained from IPS for a one time fee of $199. This fee authorises you to remove the output of copyright notices, it does not give you authorisation to remove any copyright notices in the script source header files nor any other rights.
MANUFACTURER
Invision Power Services, Inc., P.O. Box 24, Evergreen, VA 23939. For questions, write to the above address, email
info@invisionpower.com, or call 434-352-9311.
