eXoSpace Combat Engineer End User Licence Agreement
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- Please read this EULA carefully, as it sets out the basis upon which
we license the Game for use.
- Before you download the Game
from our website or the platform of one of our appointed distribution partners, you will be
asked to give your express agreement to the provisions of this EULA.
- WARNING: The light patterns in some video games may trigger
epileptic seizures or blackouts in a very small number of individuals. If you have an epileptic
condition, you should consult a medical professional before playing the Game. If you experience
dizziness, muscle twitching, changes to vision, disorientation, seizures, convulsions and/or any
involuntary movements while playing the Game, you should immediately stop playing and consult a
medical professional.
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Definitions
- In this EULA, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise:
- "Distribution Platform" means any digital distribution
platform operated by a third party by means of which the User lawfully acquired the
Game;
- "Distribution Platform Terms and Conditions" means the
terms and conditions of the Distribution Platform that set out any rights and/or
obligations of the User in relation to the Game;
- "DLC" means any downloadable or other supplemental
content for the Game made available by the Licensor and purchased or otherwise lawfully
acquired by the User;
- "Documentation" means any documentation for the Game
produced by the Licensor and supplied or made available by the Licensor to the User;
- "Effective Date" means the date upon which the User
accepts the terms of this EULA in accordance with the preamble to this EULA;
- "EULA" means this end user licence agreement, including
any amendments to this end user licence agreement from time to time;
- "Force Majeure Event" means an event, or a series of
related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including
failures of the internet or any public telecommunications network, hacker attacks,
denial of service attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections,
power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law,
disasters, epidemics, pandemics, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and
wars);
- "Game" means eXoSpace Combat Engineer, as modified,
patched, updated and upgraded from time to time by or with the authorisation of the
Licensor, including any DLC;
- "Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual
property rights wherever in the world, whether registrable or unregistrable, registered
or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and
these "intellectual property rights" include copyright and related rights, database
rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names,
trade marks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents,
petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs);
- "Licensor" means Bastiaan Hendrik Aart van Schoonhoven
of Groningen, the Netherlands;
- "Online Services" means the software-based services
provided by the Licensor via the internet and designed for use in conjunction with the
Game;
- "Permitted Hardware" means any desktop, laptop or tablet
computer that is owned by and in the physical control of the User and meets the minimum
hardware requirements for the Game published by the Licensor from time to time;
- "Support Services" means support in relation to the use
of the Game and the identification and resolution of bugs and other errors in the Game;
- "Term" means the term of this EULA, commencing in
accordance with Clause 2.1 and ending in accordance with Clause 2.2;
- "Update" means a hotfix, patch or version update (minor
or major) to the Game;
- "User" means the person to whom the Licensor grants a
right to use the Game under this EULA in accordance with the preamble to this EULA; and
- "User Content" means all works and materials (including
text, graphics, images, audio material, video material, audio-visual material, scripts,
software and files) that the User submits to the Game, save to the extent that such
works and materials are expressly excluded by this EULA.
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Term
- This EULA shall come into force upon the Effective Date.
- This EULA shall continue in force indefinitely, subject to termination
in accordance with Clause 15 or any other provision of this EULA.
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Licence
- The Licensor hereby grants to the User from the date of supply of the
Game to the User until the end of the Term a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence
to:
- install a copy of the Game on the Permitted Hardware;
- install a copy of the Documentation on the Permitted Hardware;
- use a single instance of the Game on the Permitted Hardware in accordance with the
Documentation;
- view the Documentation on the Permitted Hardware; and
- create, store and maintain up to 5 back up copies of the Game,
for the private and domestic purposes of the User and subject to the limitations and
exclusions set out and referred to in this Clause 3. This licence is granted subject to the
payment of any applicable Licensor, Distribution Platform and supplier charges.
- The User may permit the family members and friends of the User to use
the User's installation of the Game on the Permitted Hardware; providing that the User must not
allow any other person or persons to use the Game.
- Any licence granted to the User under this Clause 3 shall be subject
to the following prohibitions:
- the User must not sell, resell, rent, lease, loan, license, sub-license, gift, supply,
transfer, publish, distribute or redistribute the Game;
- the User must not make the Game available for download or access by others;
- the User must not commercially exploit the Game or use the Game to provide any service
(including using the Game at an internet cafe or computer gaming centre);
- the User must not use the Game in connection with any marketing, advertising or
promotional activity;
- the User must not modify, alter, edit, adapt or create derivative works of the Game;
- the User must not decompile, de-obfuscate or reverse engineer, or attempt to decompile,
de-obfuscate or reverse engineer, the Game;
- the User must not delete, remove, disable or circumvent any security protection measures
or proprietary notices in or associated with the Game; and
- the User must not import or export the Game, or otherwise use the Game, in contravention
of any applicable laws,
save to the extent expressly permitted by this EULA or permitted by applicable law on a
non-excludable basis.
- The User acknowledges that the use of the Game and the exercise of the
rights of the User under this EULA may require the use of an activation code or key, and further
that:
- the User shall be responsible for securely storing the activation code or key; and
- the Licensor shall have no obligation to replace a lost, stolen or corrupted activation
code or key.
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Online Services
- Features of the Game are designed to be used in conjunction with the
Online Services; and the User acknowledges that those features will not function properly in the
absence of access to the Online Services.
- The User is responsible for arranging and maintaining an internet
connection sufficient for access to the Online Services, and for paying all associated fees.
- The Licensor shall use reasonable endeavours to maintain the
availability of the Online Services during the relevant period, but does not guarantee 100%
availability. In particular, the Online Services may be unavailable as a result of Updates,
scheduled maintenance, emergency maintenance, unanticipated resource requirements, hardware
failures, software failures, service provider failures or Force Majeure Events.
- The User must ensure that its use of the Online Services is not
excessive (including with respect to bandwidth, processor utilisation and storage) and does not
have a material negative effect upon the use of the Online Services by others.
- The provisions of Clause 5 relating to the Game shall apply equally to
the Online Services; and, accordingly, references in those provisions to the Game shall be
interpreted to include a reference to the Online Services.
- The Licensor reserves the right to refuse to renew the Online Services
or, by giving written notice to the User, to terminate the Online Services.
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Acceptable use
- The User must not use the Game in any of the following ways:
- in any way that causes or may cause damage to the Game or to any other game, products or
services of the Licensor;
- in any way that causes or may cause impairment of the performance, availability or
accessibility of the Game or any other game, products or services of the Licensor;
- in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any
unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
- to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which
consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke
logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software; or
- to conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including scraping,
data mining, data extraction and data harvesting).
- The User must not, when using the Game:
- harass, antagonise, insult or ridicule any player or group of players;
- discriminate against any player on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, sex,
gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or any legally-protected criteria;
- engage in social engineering, including manipulating any player to disclose confidential
or personal information;
- spam or flood any Game communications channels with any irrelevant, duplicate or
low-quality content or messages;
- publicly name or otherwise reveal the identity of any other player;
- engage in any scamming, fraudulent conduct or deceptive conduct;
- abandon or exit the Game by any means other than the Game functionality where such
abandonment or exit is liable to negatively affect another player's enjoyment of the
Game; or
- otherwise take any action that is liable to negatively affect other players' enjoyment
of the Game.
- The User must not cheat when playing the Game or otherwise in relation
to the Game.
- The User must not evade or circumvent, or attempt to evade or
circumvent, any ban, block or suspension instituted by the Licensor in relation to the Game.
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User Content
- Nothing in this EULA shall transfer ownership of any Intellectual
Property Rights in the User Content from the User to the Licensor.
- The User grants to the Licensor a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free and irrevocable licence to copy, store, adapt, edit, publish, unpublish, delete,
translate, distribute and otherwise use the User Content for the purposes of marketing,
advertising, promoting, publicising, managing, enhancing, improving and/or supplementing the
Game.
- The User grants to the Licensor the right to sub-license the rights
licensed under Clause 6.2.
- The User grants to the Licensor the right to bring an action for
infringement of the rights licensed under Clause 6.2.
- The User must ensure that the User Content is not illegal or unlawful,
does not infringe any person's legal rights, and is not capable of giving rise to legal action
against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).
- The User must ensure that the User Content, and its use by the
Licensor in accordance with the licences set out in this EULA, does not:
- constitute a libel or malicious falsehood;
- constitute an obscenity or indecency;
- infringe any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right,
right in passing off, or other intellectual property right;
- infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection
legislation;
- constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement;
- constitute in an incitement to commit a crime, instructions for the commission of a
crime or the promotion of criminal activity;
- constitute a contempt of any court, or be in breach of any court order;
- breach any racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;
- breach official secrets legislation;
- breach any contractual obligation owed to any person;
- depict or promote self-harm;
- depict nudity;
- constitute pornography, or contain lewd, suggestive or sexually explicit material;
- contain any untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading material;
- consist of or contain any instructions, advice or other information which may be acted
upon and could, if acted upon, cause illness, injury or death, or any other loss or
damage;
- contain any offensive, deceptive, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing,
anti-social, menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory material; or
- cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person.
- The User shall ensure that the User Content is appropriate for all
persons who have access to or are likely to access the User Content in question.
- The User shall ensure that the User Content is appropriate, civil and
tasteful, and accords with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour in video
games.
- The User shall ensure that the User Content does not constitute or
contain spam - which for these purposes shall include all unlawful commercial communications,
bulk commercial communications and unsolicited commercial communications.
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Updates
- The Licensor may during the Term make available Updates to the User,
but shall have no obligation to do so.
- The User must, if prompted to do so by the Game or by the Licensor,
apply an Update or Updates before using the Game.
- If the User does not apply any Update to the Game, then the User shall
cease to have any right to use the Game until such time as it does so.
- The User agrees that the Licensor may automatically apply Updates to
the Game.
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Support Services
- The Licensor may provide Support Services to the User, but shall have
no obligation to do so.
- Any Support Services shall be provided remotely and by such means as
the Licensor may designate.
- The User acknowledges and agrees that the Licensor gives no warranties
or guarantees in relation to the outcome of the Support Services and, in particular, issues
identified through the Support Services may only be resolved through the application of a future
Update or, at the discretion of the Licensor, not at all.
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Distribution Platforms
- In addition to this EULA, the Distribution Platform Terms and
Conditions may affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the User in relation to the
Game.
- In the event of any conflict between this EULA and the Distribution
Platform Terms and Conditions, the provisions of the latter shall take precedence.
- Those provisions of the Distribution Platform Terms and Conditions
that impose obligations and/or liabilities on the User in relation to the Game are hereby
incorporated into this EULA for the benefit of the Licensor, and as such shall be enforceable by
the Licensor against the User.
- For the avoidance of doubt, the following matters shall be governed by
the provisions of the Distribution Platform Terms and Conditions: the amounts payable by the
User in respect of this EULA; the methods of payment to be used by the User; and any rights of
the User to cancel this EULA and receive any refunds of amounts paid in respect of this EULA.
- The User acknowledges that the operator of the Distribution Platform
has rights under the Distribution Platform Terms and Conditions which may affect the exercise of
the User's rights under this EULA. Subject to Clause 14.1, the Licensor will not be in breach of
this EULA as a result of, and will not be liable to the User in respect of:
- any act or omission of the operator; or
- any loss or damage arising out of the operator's exercise of its rights under the
Distribution Platform Terms and Conditions.
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Intellectual Property Rights
- Nothing in this EULA shall constitute an assignment or transfer of any
Intellectual Property Rights of the Licensor.
- Save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this EULA, all the
Intellectual Property Rights and other rights in:
- the Game;
- the works and materials comprised in the Game; and
- any other software or services of the Licensor,
are hereby reserved to the Licensor.
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Warranties
- If the Licensor reasonably determines, or any third party alleges,
that the use of the Game by the User in accordance with this EULA infringes any person's
Intellectual Property Rights, the Licensor may acting reasonably at its own cost and expense:
- modify the Game in such a way that it no longer infringes the relevant Intellectual
Property Rights; or
- procure for the User the right to use the Game in accordance with this EULA.
- The User warrants to the Licensor that it has the legal right and
authority to enter into this EULA and to perform its obligations under this EULA.
- All of the parties' warranties and representations in respect of the
subject matter of this EULA are expressly set out in this EULA. To the maximum extent permitted
by applicable law, no other warranties or representations concerning the subject matter of this
EULA will be implied into this EULA or any related contract.
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Acknowledgements and warranty limitations
- The User acknowledges that the use of the Game will require computer
hardware and software meeting the minimum requirements specified by the Licensor. The User
further acknowledges that, as the Game is updated, those requirements may change and,
accordingly, the Game may cease to function on the hardware of the User.
- The User acknowledges that complex software is never wholly free from
defects, errors and bugs; and the Licensor gives no warranty or representation that the Game
will be wholly free from defects, errors and bugs.
- The User acknowledges that complex software is never entirely free
from security vulnerabilities; and the Licensor gives no warranty or representation that the
Game will be entirely secure.
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User indemnity
- The User shall indemnify and shall keep indemnified the Licensor
against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including legal expenses
and amounts reasonably paid in settlement of legal claims) suffered or incurred by the Licensor
and arising directly or indirectly as a result of:
- the use of the Game by the User; and/or
- any breach by the User of this EULA.
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Limitations and exclusions of liability
- Nothing in this EULA will:
- limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
- limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
- limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
- exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law,
and, if a party is a consumer, that party's statutory rights will not be excluded or
limited by this EULA, except to the extent permitted by law.
- The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 14
and elsewhere in this EULA:
- are subject to Clause 14.1; and
- govern all liabilities arising under this EULA or relating to the subject matter of this
EULA, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for
breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this
EULA.
- The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any losses
arising out of a Force Majeure Event.
- The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any business
losses, including loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated
savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
- The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any loss or
corruption of any data, database or software.
- The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any special,
indirect or consequential loss or damage.
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Termination
- This EULA shall immediately and
automatically terminate if the User commits any breach of this EULA.
- If all orders made under this EULA are cancelled in accordance with
REFERENCE TARGET REMOVED, then this EULA shall automatically and immediately terminate.
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Effects of termination
- Upon the termination of this EULA, all of the provisions of this EULA
shall cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of this EULA shall survive and
continue to have effect (in accordance with their express terms or otherwise indefinitely):
Clauses 1, 6, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
- Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this EULA, the
termination of this EULA shall not affect the accrued rights of either party.
- For the avoidance of doubt, all licences granted to the User under
this EULA shall terminate upon the termination of this EULA. Accordingly, the User must
immediately cease to use the Game upon the termination of this EULA.
- Within 2 days following the date of effective termination of this
EULA, the User must irreversibly delete or destroy all copies of the Game in the possession or
control of the User.
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Equitable relief
- The User acknowledges that:
- damages or other compensatory payments may not be an adequate remedy for a breach of
this EULA by the User; and
- the Licensor shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in relation
to any such breach, whether the breach is actual or threatened,
without prejudice to the other rights and remedies of the Licensor.
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General
- No breach of any provision of this EULA shall be waived except with
the express written consent of the party not in breach.
- If any provision of this EULA is determined by any court or other
competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions of this EULA will
continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or
enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of
the provision will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the
parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant provision will be deemed to be deleted).
- The Licensor may vary this EULA by giving to the User written notice
of the variation or by updating the version of this EULA published on its website. The continued
use of the Game by the User following any such variation constitutes the acceptance by the User
of that variation. Subject to this, this EULA may only be varied by a written document signed by
or on behalf of each of the parties.
- The User hereby agrees that the Licensor may assign the Licensor's
contractual rights and obligations under this EULA to any successor to all or a substantial part
of the business of the Licensor from time to time - providing that such action does not serve to
reduce the guarantees benefiting the User under this EULA. Save to the extent expressly
permitted by applicable law, the User must not without the prior written consent of the Licensor
assign, transfer or otherwise deal with any of the User's contractual rights or obligations
under this EULA.
- This EULA is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended
to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The rights of the parties to
terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to
this EULA are not subject to the consent of any third party.
- Subject to Clause 14.1, this EULA shall constitute the entire
agreement between the parties in relation to the subject matter of this EULA, and shall
supersede all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties in
respect of that subject matter.
- This EULA shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Dutch
law.
- Subject to any mandatory requirements of applicable law, the courts of
the Netherlands shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in
connection with this EULA.
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Interpretation
- In this EULA, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes
a reference to:
- that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from
time to time; and
- any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.
- The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of this EULA.
- In this EULA, general words shall not be given a restrictive
interpretation by reason of being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of
acts, matters or things.