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- Four Lakes Computing places a lot of trust in Cx customers to protect the
- secrecy of Cx. Intentional (or more likely) negligent disclosure of the
- Cx algorithms (in any form) can, however, be very harmful to Four Lakes
- Computing. This is a fairly obvious statement, but it is important to
- understand the license agreement so that you know exactly what rights are
- granted and how you may be held liable in the case of harm to Four Lakes
- Computing.
-
- It is suggested that you keep all Cx source code in a protected place
- when it is not being used to create object code.
-
-
- License for Cx 2.01 Data Compression Toolkit
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- In this agreement, UNDERSIGNED shall mean any person or
- organization who has legally obtained Cx 2.01 through
- purchase, through the evaluation package or through a
- pre-release beta package. In this agreement, APPLICATION
- shall mean any end user computer program, distinct from
- computer libraries and computer development tools. In this
- agreement Cx refers exclusively to Cx version 2.01.
-
- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION shall mean all technical information
- disclosed by Eugene Nelson and Four Lakes Computing to
- UNDERSIGNED, which is not common general knowledge and
- shall remain PROPRIETARY INFORMATION as long as it does
- not become general knowledge except by disclosure by UNDERSIGNED
- in contravention of the obligations of this agreement.
-
- UNDERSIGNED is granted the right to use the object code and
- test programs contained in the evaluation and pre-release beta
- packages for evaluation purposes only. No other rights are
- granted to use or distribute the Cx object, source code or test
- programs in the evaluation and pre-release beta packages. Any
- other rights granted in this agreement apply exclusively to
- purchased copies of Cx object and source code.
-
- UNDERSIGNED is granted the right to distribute APPLICATIONS
- developed by UNDERSIGNED only which use the Cx object code or Cx
- source code. UNDERSIGNED is granted the right to distribute the
- Cx dynamic link libraries for use with APPLICATIONS developed by
- UNDERSIGNED only.
-
- UNDERSIGNED is granted the right to distribute any computer
- machine language derivatives of the Cx source code for use
- with APPLICATIONS developed by UNDERSIGNED only, provided
- these derivatives contain the following copyright notice:
-
- 'Cx 2.01 Copyright (c) 1987-1994 Eugene Nelson, Four Lakes Computing.'
-
- UNDERSIGNED agrees not to remove or obscure any copyright
- notices contained in Cx object code, Cx source code, computer
- language derivatives of Cx source code, or APPLICATIONS which
- use Cx.
-
- UNDERSIGNED agrees to hold in strictest confidence all PROPRIETARY
- INFORMATION received from Eugene Nelson, Four Lakes Computing
- and shall not disclose any such information or know-how to any
- third party or parties without the prior written consent of Eugene
- Nelson, Four Lakes Computing.
-
- UNDERSIGNED agrees to exercise all necessary precautions to
- safeguard the secrecy of all Cx object code, Cx source code,
- and all PROPRIETARY INFORMATION disclosed by Eugene Nelson,
- Four Lakes Computing.
-
- UNDERSIGNED agrees that Cx may not be used to decompress or
- otherwise reveal data that was not created using UNDERSIGNED's
- APPLICATIONS.
-
- Eugene Nelson and Four Lakes Computing hereby disclaim all
- liability, whether express or implied, regarding merchantability
- of Cx, or its fitness for any particular purpose. In no
- circumstances will Eugene Nelson's or Four Lakes Computing's
- liability exceed the purchase price of Cx.
-
- UNDERSIGNED agrees that failure to abide by this agreement whether
- intentional, through negligence or in any other way by UNDERSIGNED,
- or agents or contractors of UNDERSIGNED shall result in continuous
- and irreparable harm to Eugene Nelson, Four Lakes Computing, for
- which UNDERSIGNED can and will be held liable, and will result in
- the immediate and permanent annulment of any rights granted to
- UNDERSIGNED in this agreement, and will require injunctive relief.
-
- This agreement will be governed and interpreted by the laws
- of the United States.
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-