Please read this end user license agreement (the “AGREEMENT”) carefully before you download or use the computer software and any associated documentation or materials made available through this web site (the “SOFTWARE”).
This AGREEMENT is between you, or the company you represent and are authorized to bind (the “Licensee” or “You”), and HiQPdf Software (the “Owner”).
By purchasing, downloading, installing, or using the SOFTWARE, you confirm that you have read and understood this AGREEMENT and you agree to be bound by its terms.
If you are entering into this AGREEMENT on behalf of a company, you confirm you have the authority to bind that company.
1. Ownership and License Grant
The SOFTWARE is licensed, not sold. The Owner retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the SOFTWARE, including all intellectual property rights.
Your rights to use the SOFTWARE are limited to the rights expressly granted in this AGREEMENT.
The Owner grants you a limited, non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the SOFTWARE as described below.
The SOFTWARE is licensed per developer seat. Each developer seat grants one programmer the right to develop an unlimited number of applications using the SOFTWARE.
The available license types are based on the number of developer seats: Developer License, Team License, and Enterprise License.
The Startup License is a special license that allows one programmer to use the SOFTWARE in a single application.
There are no additional run time or deployment royalties for using the SOFTWARE in your applications.
Licenses are perpetual and include software updates and technical support for the first year.
Startup License
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The Startup License grants one programmer the right to develop and maintain one application using the SOFTWARE.
This license allows you to integrate the SOFTWARE into one application owned by you.
There are no additional run time or deployment costs.
The license is perpetual and includes SOFTWARE updates and Developer Technical Support for the first year, with a 48-hour response target from the Owner’s support team.
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Developer License
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The Developer License grants one developer seat. Each developer seat grants one programmer the right to develop an unlimited number of applications using the SOFTWARE.
This license allows you to integrate the SOFTWARE into applications owned by you.
There are no additional run time or deployment royalties.
The license is perpetual and includes SOFTWARE updates and Developer Technical Support for the first year, with a 48-hour response target from the Owner’s support team.
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Team License
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The Team License grants 5 developer seats. Each developer seat grants one programmer the right to develop an unlimited number of applications using the SOFTWARE.
This license allows you to integrate the SOFTWARE into applications owned by you.
There are no additional run time or deployment royalties.
The license is perpetual and includes SOFTWARE updates and Developer Technical Support for the first year, with a 48-hour response target from the Owner’s support team.
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Enterprise License
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The Enterprise License grants an unlimited number of developer seats. Each developer seat grants one programmer the right to develop an unlimited number of applications using the SOFTWARE.
This license allows you to integrate the SOFTWARE into applications owned by you.
There are no additional run time or deployment royalties.
The Enterprise License is perpetual and includes SOFTWARE updates and Enterprise Technical Support for the first year.
Enterprise Technical Support includes the services offered with Developer Technical Support and additionally targets a 24-hour response time and access to development builds or hotfixes that may be provided between public releases, when available.
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2. License Delivery
A license is delivered as a Serial Number to be set in your application source code.
The SOFTWARE package can be downloaded from this web site.
If you distribute an application that uses the SOFTWARE to third parties, you must take reasonable steps to ensure that the Serial Number is not directly accessible to end users.
You must also inform your customers that they are not permitted to extract or reuse the Serial Number for developing third-party applications.
3. Software Updates and Maintenance
Purchased licenses are perpetual and do not expire.
Maintenance (software updates and technical support) is included for the first year from the purchase date.
After the first year, you may renew maintenance annually.
If renewed before the current maintenance period expires, renewal is offered at a discounted price of 50% of the initial license price, with an additional 30-day grace period.
If maintenance is renewed after the 30-day grace period, the renewal cost for the first year is 80% of the initial license price.
In subsequent years, renewals return to the standard 50% of the initial license price.
4. Prohibited Uses
You may not, without the prior written permission of the Owner:
4.1. Use the SOFTWARE to develop software products that directly compete with the SOFTWARE or other products published on this web site.
4.2. Disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to reconstruct or discover the source code or underlying algorithms of the SOFTWARE, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
4.3. Copy, modify, merge, or redistribute the SOFTWARE or accompanying documentation except as expressly permitted by this AGREEMENT.
4.4. Transfer, rent, lease, or sublicense the SOFTWARE.
5. Limited Warranty
The Owner warrants that the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying written materials for 30 days from the license purchase date.
The Owner does not warrant that the SOFTWARE will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that all issues will be corrected.
This warranty does not apply to issues caused by hardware failure, improper use, failure to follow instructions, negligence, or accident.
If you notify the Owner in writing of a breach of this warranty within the warranty period, the Owner’s obligation is limited to repairing or replacing the SOFTWARE, at its discretion.
If that remedy fails, your sole remedy is a refund of the license fees you paid for the SOFTWARE that gave rise to the claim.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the SOFTWARE.
In any event, the Owner’s total liability under this AGREEMENT will not exceed the license fees you paid for the SOFTWARE.
7. Termination
Your right to use the SOFTWARE terminates immediately if you materially fail to comply with this AGREEMENT.
Upon termination, you must stop using the SOFTWARE and destroy all copies in your possession or control.
8. Confidentiality
Each party agrees to keep confidential any non-public information disclosed by the other party and identified as confidential, or that reasonably should be understood as confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure.
Confidential information may be used only as needed to perform under this AGREEMENT.
These confidentiality obligations survive termination of this AGREEMENT.
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