GRAPHISOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

Graphisoft SE Private European Company Limited by Shares, Záhony utca 7. Budapest H-1031 Hungary https://graphisoft.com ("Graphisoft") licenses this Software to You, an individual or as the representative of and on behalf of Your employer (collectively referred to as "You" or "User") only upon the condition that You accept all of the terms contained in this License Agreement.

 

1. LICENSE

1.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

By accepting the terms of this License Agreement, You expressly declare and confirm that You have the full power and capacity to represent Yourself, Your employer and/or the entity on behalf of which You are acting (if any). Should this declaration prove to be false, You shall be responsible and liable in person for all obligations under the Agreement.

This License Agreement constitutes a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license for You to use the enclosed Software and associated documentation, together with the upgrades, updates, new versions and fixes provided to You by Graphisoft (together referred to as the "Software"). The Software is licensed, not sold, to You exclusively for Your own use under the terms and conditions of this License Agreement.

The Software is owned by Graphisoft and protected by all applicable copyright laws. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Graphisoft reserves all rights to the Software not expressly granted hereunder and to any reproduction of the Software including its documentation, logos, trademarks, icons and interface in whole or in part. If You copy or use all or any portion of the Software without entering into this License Agreement or obtaining the prior written permission of Graphisoft or in non-compliance with any of the terms of this License Agreement, You are violating copyright or other intellectual property law, and You may be liable to Graphisoft and its licensors in particular for damages, and You may be subject to criminal penalties.

Graphisoft may offer the opportunity to download and try updates which are in 'preview' (non-finalized) status, but this is on Your own discretion and - to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable rules of law - Graphisoft does not take any liability for the damage the update may cause.

1.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE, AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE:

YOU MAY USE YOUR COPY OF THE SOFTWARE EITHER IN COMMERCIAL MODE OR IN DEMO MODE.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO USE THE COMMERCIAL MODE ONLY IF YOU HAVE ACQUIRED AND CONNECTED THE HARDWARE-BASED PROTECTION KEY (HARDWARE KEY) OR INSTALLED THE SOFTWARE-BASED PROTECTION KEY (SOFTWARE KEY) OR ACTIVATED THE CLOUD LICENSE ON YOUR COMPUTER.

IF YOU LACK ALL THE PROPER AUTHORIZATIONS (FOR EXAMPLE HARDWARE KEY, SOFTWARE KEY OR CLOUD LICENSE) FOR THE USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE, YOU MAY USE THE SOFTWARE ONLY IN DEMO MODE.

1.3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE:

YOU MAY USE THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE EXCLUSIVELY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HOST APPLICATION (E.G. ARCHICAD START EDITION, ETC.). DEPENDING ON THE HOST APPLICATION'S CURRENT MODE OF USAGE, YOU MAY USE YOUR COPY OF THE SOFTWARE IN COMMERCIAL MODE, OR IN DEMO MODE. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO USE THE COMMERCIAL MODE ONLY IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED AND APPLIED THE RESPECTIVE LICENSE CODE TO THE SOFTWARE TO YOUR HARDWARE-BASED PROTECTION KEY (HARDWARE KEY) OR TO YOUR SOTWARE-BASED PROTECTION KEY (SOFTWARE KEY) OR TO YOUR CLOUD LICENSE.

1.4. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

YOU MAY USE THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE EXCLUSIVELY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HOST APPLICATION (E.G. ARCHICAD START EDITION, ETC.).

 

2. INTERNET-BASED AND NON-INTERNET BASED SERVICE COMPONENTS

2.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE, AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* The Software may contain components that enable and facilitate the use of certain Internet-based and non-Internet based services. You acknowledge and agree that Graphisoft may automatically check the operation mode, version of the Software and/or its components, its hardware key serial number (if any), the software key serial number (if any), Cloud license serial number (if any) and the related services to verify that You are utilizing the Software according to its purpose, and may provide upgrades, fixes or additional services to the Software in order to advance lawful and improved operation thereof at Graphisoft's sole discretion. Graphisoft shall not be liable for any loss of data or malfunctioning of the Software occurring in connection with Graphisoft's conduct under this paragraph.

* You acknowledge that the use of blacklisted software or hardware keys and of grey-listed software keys and the use of the license(s) running on them are prohibited. Graphisoft has the right to revoke/invalidate the license running on the blacklisted software or hardware key and on the grey-listed software key. Graphisoft is also entitled to delete all contents from the blacklisted software or hardware key and grey-listed software key. Your right to use the license that has run on blacklisted software or hardware key or on grey-listed software key automatically terminates when the key is registered as blacklisted or grey-listed by Graphisoft. Graphisoft notifies You without undue delay on the deletion of the license from the key.

Blacklisted software or hardware key means a protection key that is prohibited to be used for any purposes. Graphisoft registers protection keys with blacklisted status in Graphisoft's systems based on a notification made to Graphisoft as refunded, stolen, destroyed, damaged or lost. If Your are a blacklisted key owner and would like more information, please contact your Graphisoft Partner or third party from whom you purchased Your license and protection key.

Grey-listed software key means a protection key, where the license running on it is activated on Your computer but in Graphisoft's system the license is still listed as available for activation due to system communication issues occurring at the license activation process.

* The Software may contain technological measures that are designed to prevent and detect unlicensed use of the Software. Utilizing the Software, You will also install these technical protection measures (hereinafter the "TPM") used by Graphisoft or its suppliers to collect, transmit and use for law enforcement purposes technical data from Your computer (hereinafter the "Technical Data") in order to prevent and detect unlicensed use of the Software and enforce Graphisoft's intellectual property rights.

* You hereby expressly accept that Graphisoft or its assignee will use TPM to confirm that You have a legally licensed copy of the Software and that You use the Software according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

If Graphisoft finds that You are not using a licensed copy of the Software, or that Your use of the Software infringes the terms and conditions of this Agreement, this qualifies as material breach of this License Agreement that gives Graphisoft the right to terminate this License Agreement with immediate effect without notice and You shall be obliged to compensate Graphisoft for its damages and expenses occurring in connection with the unlawful usage and the breach of this Agreement, and Graphisoft shall be entitled to enforce other rights and claims under the governing laws in force, furthermore You will not be allowed to install future updates of the Software. You shall be informed through an In-App message that Graphisoft identified You are using illegal, unauthorized software. The message both reports the illegal use to You and suggests a solution. In case You do not legalize the license within a reasonable but maximum 14 days time period the program will switch to demo mode.

2.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO COMMERCIAL MODE OF THE SOFTWARE:

* You acknowledge that - in case of Commercial Mode to the Software Graphisoft shall from time to time, for different reasons (e.g. reported to be stolen, destroyed or replaced), check whether the Hardware or Software key or Cloud license running Your copy of the Software is valid for commercial usage.

2.3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE:

* You acknowledge that Graphisoft shall from time to time, for different reasons (e.g. reported to be stolen, destroyed or replaced), check whether the Hardware or Software key or Cloud license running Your copy of the Software is valid for commercial usage.

 

3. INFORMATION AND CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONAL DATA

* Pursuant to the applicable law in force concerning the protection of personal data, by entering into this License Agreement You accept that Your personal data (including those Technical Data collected and used by the TPM system) will be collected and processed by Graphisoft for the purposes related to the conclusion and performance of this License Agreement, including the fulfillment of Your obligations, such as those related to Graphisoft's intellectual property rights. In line with the above in particular the following data processing take place related to this License Agreement under the respective terms and conditions:

A. Crash report

• Purpose of the crash report is to support the identification and improvement of the software defects. Crash report is sent by the Software to Graphisoft whenever the Software identifies malicious operation or fatal error causing the Software complete breakdown.
• If You provide consent to Graphisoft then the crash report includes personal data indicated in paragraph five below for the purpose of potential technical support that might be provided by Graphisoft to You as User of the Software, otherwise the crash report is fully anonymized.
• By giving Your consent, the generated crash reports are sent continuously for thirty (30) days in a row to Graphisoft including Your personal data indicated in paragraph five below. Consent can be revoked anytime by You during the thirty (30) days period.
• Revoking consent stops including personal data in crash reports, but it does not mean that previously sent personal data is deleted. For deletion of such processed personal data, You have to contact support@graphisoft.com requesting the deletion.
• Personal data processed: the Software collects and sends to Graphisoft certain data of the hardware running the license (such as hardware component information, protection key type and identifier), the list of Archicad components and their versions, applications ran at the time of and technical data related to the crash of the Software (for example the operational action when the defect occurred, content of the memory, running system processes, system variables, system component versions, system time, computer name, login name of the User), any personal and contact information You voluntarily shares when sending the crash report.
• Legal base of the data processing: if You are a natural person the consent under point a. of Article 6(1) GDPR; if You are an entity the legitimate interest of Graphisoft under point f. of Article 6(1) GDPR.
• Duration of the data processing: as long as Graphisoft provides technical support for the respective version of Archicad, but maximum for five (5) years period of time from the data collection date.

B. Customer Experience Improvement Program ("CEIP")

• The Software collects data on the time, frequency of use of each Archicad Software function; hardware, software, product information and some personal identification data (such as Graphisoft ID, hardware ID, User ID and Project ID) and sends it to Graphisoft.
• The report is pseudonymous; Graphisoft has no interest in knowing who exactly provided the data, but only to interconnect the data coming from the same User to make statistically correct conclusions about Software usage.
• Graphisoft has implemented certain technical and organizational measures where the source information and encryption key, as well as their accesses are segregated ensuring that the collected data remain unidentified.
• Purpose of the data processing: collect feedback and assess on how You use the software, its functionalities, new features, malfunctions in order to improve the software and create solutions to common problems.
• CEIP runs automatically in the background. You can object to the data processing by emailing to privacy@graphisoft.com, however due to the fact that the data collected is pseudonymous, in order to complete your request, you need to provide your identification to Graphisoft to be able to identify you. Legal base of the data processing: the legitimate interest of Graphisoft under point f. of Article 6(1) GDPR, which is to improve the software according to User needs, increasing User satisfaction and consequently the number of Users. Duration of the data processing: as long as Graphisoft provides technical support for the respective version of Archicad, but maximum for five (5) years period of time from the data collection date.

C. Software status checking if You are a natural person

• The software collects and sends to Graphisoft certain data of the Software (such as the version, localization and operation mode of the Software), protection key type and identifier.
• Purpose of the data processing: to identify available compatible Software updates to the Software.
• Legal base of the data processing: processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party (point b. of Article 6(1) GDPR). If You are an entity, then no personal data is collected.
• Duration of the data processing: the term of Your license.

D. Support Package

• Support Package is a tool that is necessary for the Graphisoft's Technical Support to efficiently investigate the issues You might experience when using the Software, though any actual technical support is based on Your eligibility (such as for example Software Service Agreement - "SSA" or Graphisoft Forward - "Forward"). Support Package can be run by You manually, which packages contain technical and non-technical data from Your client computer on which the Software runs. Once the package is created You need to submit it to Graphisoft in a way as it was recommended by Graphisoft support representative.
• The data collected might also include personal data as follows:
• if You run the "logs from server" option, then it contains the server(s)' database, which may include all usernames, email addresses, project names, hardware IDs and IP/domain addresses, or even encrypted passwords applied by You.
• if You run the "logs from client" option, then it might contain the same data categories as mentioned at "logs from server" but from the client side.
• whichever option You select, the Support Package includes the project files which could also contain personal data available within (e.g. project name, customer name and address), whatever You have recorded there. As Graphisoft is unable to filter, limit or control the extent of these personal data, Graphisoft is not liable for accessing such data. Using the Package Content, Custom option you can exclude the Project content from the package to be created.
• Legal base of the data processing: Graphisoft is the data processor according to Article 28 GDPR and Graphisoft does not use any personal data which may be made available for Graphisoft.
• Duration of the data processing: as long as Graphisoft provides technical support for the respective version of Archicad, but maximum for five (5) years period of time from the data collection date.
• E. Illegal software usage
• As mentioned at Section 2.1, Graphisoft uses technical protection measures to combat illegal software usage. In order to detect illegal uses, protect Graphisoft's intellectual property and track software legalization, Graphisoft's data processors process Identity Data, Contact Data, Eligibility Data, Profile Data, Usage Data, Transaction Data and Technical Data, as defined in the Graphisoft Privacy Policy of the User, illegally using the software.
• To ensure effective software legalization, Graphisoft transfers the necessary data to its contracted partners for further processing (if needed). During the processing activities the data might get processed outside of the EU, EEA countries.
• Legal base of data processing: processing is necessary for the legitimate interest of Graphisoft according to point f. of Article 6(1) GDPR, which is to protect Graphisoft's intellectual property.
• Duration of the data processing: as long as it is necessary to reach the data processing purposes.

 

4. LICENSE PARAMETERS

4.1. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE:

The license granted by this Agreement is subject to the License Parameters defined hereinafter:

A: Commercial Mode

* The Software consists of a computer program downloadable from a website or delivered on one or several DVDs, a hardware key or authorization key necessary for the software key installation or a Cloud license and accompanying documentation and packaging.

* The Commercial Mode may be limited in time or unlimited as determined by the terms and conditions of your purchase of the Product.

* You may use the Software on a single computer at a time.

B: Demo Mode

* You may use the Demo Mode if you lack a hardware key or software key or Cloud license required for usage for Commercial Mode.

* In Demo Mode, You may explore the Software's features without being able to use its Copy and Save functions.

4.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* The Software consists of a computer program downloadable from a website.

* You may use the Software on a single computer at a time.

 

5. RESTRICTIONS

5.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* You may not sell, loan, distribute, cede, sublicense, rent or lease or otherwise transfer or assign the right to use the Software, nor transfer or provide access to it by network for commercial use, either in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Graphisoft.

* You are expressly prohibited from decompiling, disassembling, reverse engineering, or reducing the Software for any purpose whatsoever.

* You may not unlock or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying algorithms of the Software or attempt to do any of the foregoing in relation to the object code of the Software.

* You may not use the Software for development, compilation, debugging and similar design-time purposes.

* You are expressly prohibited from adapting, modifying, translating or creating any derivative works based in whole or in part on the Software, and from merging the Software into any other software.

* You may not copy any written materials accompanying the Software.

* You are expressly prohibited from dividing Your license and reselling part(s) of it.

* You may use all elements of the Software as integral components thereof exclusively for the purposes of performing the Software's functionalities set forth by Graphisoft.

* Unless You have a separate Service Provider License Agreement in force, You are expressly prohibited from providing 'Software as a Service' (e.g.: 'Archicad Start Edition as a Service') for third parties or other similar services which involve the reassignment of our software licenses to third parties e.g.: remarketing, reselling services or cloud services.

* You are prohibited from circumventing or supplying a system in order to circumvent the TPM of the Software and using the Software in any other unauthorized manner.

In case of infringement of any provisions of this chapter, you expressly acknowledge that it constitutes material breach of this Agreement giving the right to Graphisoft to immediately terminate this Agreement, and Graphisoft will take the necessary measures in order that the infringement be terminated and to enforce your compliance with the above provisions. In addition, Graphisoft shall be entitled to enforce payment for its damages as well as other rights and claims under the governing laws in force resulting from your breach of this Agreement.

5.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE:

* You may not transfer the Software to any other computer or person.

* You are expressly prohibited from distributing, providing access to or commercializing the Software or its any component either alone or as part of another product or service. Any attempt to do so will be void and may also disable Your continued use of the Software.

* You may not use the Software for commercial or production purposes.

5.3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* You may not transfer the Software to any other computer or person. You are expressly prohibited from distributing, providing access to or commercializing the Software or any of its components either alone or as part of another product or service. Any attempt to do so will be void and may also disable Your continued use of the Software.

 

6. TERMINATION

6.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* Graphisoft may terminate this License Agreement with immediate effect without notice following breach of any part of the Agreement. The actual or attempted violation of any of the provisions of the LICENSE PARAMETERS or RESTRICTIONS, as set out above, shall be a material breach of this License Agreement giving the right to Graphisoft to terminate this License Agreement with immediate effect.

* Upon termination by Graphisoft You are obliged to compensate Graphisoft for its damages and expenses occurring in connection with the breach of this License Agreement and Graphisoft shall be entitled to enforce other rights and claims under the governing laws in force.

* In case of termination for any reason, under no circumstances will Graphisoft be liable for reimbursing the price of the Software (if any) or for any other damages.

6.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE:

* This License Agreement remains in effect until it is terminated.

A: Commercial Mode

* Upon the expiry of the time limit determined by the terms and conditions of your purchase of the Product, You may terminate this License Agreement by destroying the Software and all copies of it or You may use the Software in Demo Mode.

* Upon termination, You must destroy the Software and all copies of it and send back the hardware key to the local partner of Graphisoft or to the place where You purchased the Software or, if the foregoing is not available or will not accept the hardware key, You must return the hardware key directly to Graphisoft. You must uninstall the software key with the license programming application.

B: Demo Mode

* You may terminate this License Agreement by destroying the Software and all copies of it.

6.3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE:

This License Agreement remains in effect until it is terminated.

A: Commercial Mode

* Upon termination, You must destroy the Software and all copies of it.

B: Demo Mode

* You may terminate this License Agreement by destroying the Software and all copies of it.

6.4. SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* This License Agreement remains in effect until it is terminated.

* You may terminate this License Agreement by destroying the Software and all copies of it.

 

7. LIMITED WARRANTY

7.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* No advice or information given by Graphisoft employees, its Partners or consultants shall constitute a warranty by Graphisoft or extend the warranty in this License Agreement. This Agreement and the warranty provided herein may only be modified by a written amendment signed by a duly authorized executive officer of Graphisoft.

* In no event shall Graphisoft be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever, including but not limited to loss of data, damages for lost income, business interruption, loss of business information, or other special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, multiple, or indirect damages or other pecuniary loss, arising from the use or misuse of the Software, or otherwise under this License Agreement, even if Graphisoft or its employees or Partners have been advised or should have known of the possibility of such damages. In no event will Graphisoft's aggregate liability for any breach of this License Agreement, use of the Software or otherwise, exceed the amounts actually paid by You to Graphisoft for this copy of the Software, except as otherwise required by applicable statutory law.

* You accept and confirm that the price of the Software (if any) or the free of charge provision of the Software and the conditions of this License Agreement advantageous to You hereof have been determined in consideration of the above provisions on limited warranty.

7.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE, TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE, AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

A: Commercial Mode

* Graphisoft warrants that - if You receive a hardware key to the Software - the hardware key will be free of defects for a period of 1 year from the original date of the Software's first sale by Graphisoft/a Graphisoft partner as indicated on the purchase receipt.

* Graphisoft warrants that - if the Software is delivered on DVD(s) - the DVDs on which the Software are delivered will be free from defects for a period of ninety (90) days from the original date of purchase as indicated by Your purchase receipt.

* This limited warranty is void if the failure of the DVDs or hardware key in any way resulted from accident, negligence, misuse, abuse, theft, loss, or misapplication.

* The limited warranty period commences on the date that the Software was first purchased from Graphisoft or a Graphisoft partner (i.e. the warranty period shall not restart in case of resale, upgrade, update, etc. of the Software).

* If, within the warranty period, Your DVDs or hardware key prove defective, Graphisoft's entire liability and Your exclusive remedy shall be, at Graphisoft's option, to:

1. replace the defective DVDs or hardware key free of charge provided that they are returned to Graphisoft along with a proof of purchase, or
2. refund the price paid for the replacement license. Any replacement DVD or hardware key will be warranted for ninety (90) days from the date that the replacement was shipped to You. You are entitled to the refund of the price you paid for the replacement software exclusively from the seller from whom You purchased the software.

* You expressly accept that - to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable rules of law - Graphisoft excludes any warranty related to the software key. If Your software key is destroyed or damaged for any reason, You must re-purchase the software key under the current conditions.

* EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTIES ON THE MEDIA AND THE HARDWARE KEY, THE SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ITS CONFORMITY TO OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL PERFORM UNINTERRUPTED AND WITHOUT ERRORS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE RULES OF LAW, GRAPHISOFT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR PRECISION OF THE SOFTWARE'S FUNCTIONS OR COOPERATION WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE/HARDWARE DEVICE.

B: Demo Mode, and to the Goodies to the software

* TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE RELEVANT RULES OF LAW THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ITS CONFORMITY TO OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL PERFORM UNINTERRUPTED AND WITHOUT ERRORS. GRAPHISOFT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR PRECISION OF THE SOFTWARE'S FUNCTIONS OR COOPERATION WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE/HARDWARE DEVICE.

 

8. OWNERSHIP OF LOADED CONTENT, THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, SERVICES

8.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE TO THE ADD-ONS TO THE SOFTWARE AND TO THE GOODIES TO THE SOFTWARE:

* All title, ownership rights, and proprietary rights in and to the information and other content (e.g. commercial and third-party add-ons) loaded into the Software from any electronic media or Internet by operation of the Software (collectively, "Content") is the property of the applicable Content owner, including, without limitation, Supplier, its affiliates, and any Internet Content providers ("Content Providers"). This Agreement does not give You ownership or any other rights with respect to any such Content and Graphisoft does not undertake any liability for any such Content.

* You accept that the use of some Graphisoft products and some third-party materials and services included in or accessed through the Software are subject to other terms and conditions found in separate license agreement(s) located at https://graphisoft.com/licenses, which You also accept by accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

* You accept that the use of some Graphisoft and some third-party materials, software and services accessed, used with the help of the Software, may be subject to other terms and conditions found in separate license agreement(s) not appearing at the link indicated above, for which Graphisoft does not assume any liability. Graphisoft also does not assume any liability for the co-operation of the Software with third-party materials, software and services or for the operation and use of third-party materials, software and services.

8.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO COMMERCIAL MODE AND DEMO MODE OF THE SOFTWARE:

* You accept that your use of Content downloaded from the "BIM Components" WEB Portal available at https://BIMcomponents.com, either through a WEB browser or directly from the Software, is subject to the Terms & Conditions of the "BIM Components" WEB Portal and separate license agreement(s) located at https://graphisoft.com/legal, which You also accept by accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Graphisoft does not assume any liability for the co-operation of the Software with the BIM Components WEB Portal.

 

9. GENERAL AND CLOSING CONDITIONS

9.1. General provisions.

* This License Agreement DOES NOT give You the right to any technical support for, or upgrades to, the Software which Graphisoft may offer from time to time. Graphisoft may, at its option and as part of its sales and marketing policy, make such technical support and upgrades available to registered users of the Software under terms to be determined from time to time by Graphisoft or its Partners.

* You accept that the Software may have time/functionality limited components, which may be used in their full functionality in case of purchase of the relevant license(s).

* In order to use and manage the software key or Cloud license (if any), You acknowledge that You need to have a valid Graphisoft ID, to be obtained from Graphisoft at https://graphisoftid.graphisoft.com.

* To activate and use the software key or Cloud license you need an internet connection.

* After activating the Cloud license, the user can use the license on a machine without internet connection for a limited time period but must be online periodically (as defined by Graphisoft) to renew the license.

* A Cloud license can only be used on one machine at a time, no concurrent use is allowed.

* Only the latest program versions (starting from Archicad Start Edition 2024) support the cloud licensing. You will not be able to launch former versions of the software, but project files created with former versions can be opened with the new version.

When using a Cloud license, it is prohibited to:

1. Mark a license on an offline machine as unused in the server-side registry and activate it on a new machine
2. To share the Graphisoft ID name and password with others to use the program from several machines in parallel with one license.

9.2. Intellectual Property, Branding. The Software and the Services and Benefits offered to Customer under this Agreement are proprietary of Graphisoft and its licensors. For the detailed rules on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BRANDING, please read Graphisoft's Intellectual Property Notice available at https://graphisoft.com/legal.

9.3. Legal documents. This Agreement is to be construed and applied together with other Graphisoft legal documents such as, in particular but not limited to, Graphisoft's Privacy Policy, constituting inseparable part of this Agreement, which are available at https://graphisoft.com/legal. Any terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Service and Benefits List and all other applicable legal documents may be modified unilaterally by Graphisoft without prior notice to Customer without any legal or financial consequences for Graphisoft. Customer is responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Any amendments made by Graphisoft cannot be unreasonable or significantly detrimental for Customer.

9.4. Acceptance. By entering this Agreement, the Customer expressly declares and confirms that the person accepting this Agreement on behalf of the Customer has the full power and capacity to represent the Customer entity on behalf of which the person is acting. Should this declaration prove to be false, the person accepting this Agreement shall be responsible and liable in person for all obligations under this Agreement.

9.5. Anti-Bribery. Both Graphisoft and the Customer represent and covenant that they have not, and will not offer, give, solicit, or accept any bribe from any person, organization, or company with the intent to coerce or induce the other party or an employee or agent of the other party to act improperly in the course of their duties. If either party is found guilty of failing to prevent an act of bribery, or makes, offers, or solicits a bribe from the other party, then that party's rights under this Agreement will be terminated immediately. Such termination will not affect Graphisoft's rights and remedies surviving termination of this Agreement. Customer will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify Graphisoft if Customer becomes aware of any circumstances that are contrary to this acknowledgment.

9.6. Trade and Sanctions. In the context of this Agreement:

9.6.1. each Party shall comply with all economic, trade and financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes and/or restrictive measures administered ("Sanctions"), as well as all export and import control laws and regulations ("Trade Controls") enacted or enforced by the governments of Hungary, the European Union, and any other relevant country;

9.6.2. Customer represents and covenants on a continuing basis that neither it nor its subsidiaries, affiliates, parties which directly or indirectly own or control it, directors, employees nor Customer's Users are or will be designated on any applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls restricted parties list;

9.6.3. Graphisoft represents and covenants on a continuing basis that neither it nor its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, nor the parties which directly or indirectly own or control it are or will be designated on any applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls restricted parties list;

9.6.4. The license and Graphisoft products and services are made available on conditions that they shall not be sold, transferred, released, exported, provided or used by Customer and/or Customer's Users (i) for any purpose or any activity which is prohibited or restricted by Sanctions and/or Trade Controls and (ii) to any country or territory subject to jurisdiction wide Sanctions including without limitation at the date of this Agreement North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Crimea & Sevastopol and other Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia. Customer and Customer's Users are solely liable for any Content in compliance with applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls;

9.6.5. each Party undertakes to immediately notify the other Party in writing if it receives any notice of, or becomes aware of, any violation of this Section 9.6;

9.6.6. notwithstanding anything to the contrary, either Party shall have the right to (i) suspend the use of the licensed software; or (ii) terminate this Agreement immediately if any of the provisions of this Section 9.6 are breached and in both (i) and (ii) cases (iii) seek indemnities from the Party which has breached the relevant provisions for any direct losses incurred.

9.7. Audit. You hereby agree that - in addition to any other license compliance checking set forth in this Agreement or elsewhere - Graphisoft has the right to carry out remote, electronic audit and/or physical audit by visiting You at the premises where You use the Software upon seven (7) days prior written notice in order to check Your records, systems, facilities to verify that Your use of the Software is fully in line with the provisions of this Agreement and with the applicable rules of law. Graphisoft may also appoint a third party to exercise its audit rights. You hereby agree to fully cooperate with Graphisoft in order to successfully perform the audit among others by providing Graphisoft with all requested information and documents. You also ensure to bring your use of the software in line with this Agreement (including but not limited to due payment of the applicable fees, acceptance of license terms, etc.) as contained in the result of the audit. In case of any non-compliances revealed by the audit related to your use of the software You shall reimburse the fees to Graphisoft arising from the performance of the audit at Graphisoft.

9.8. Privacy. You expressly acknowledge that You and Your authorized users' personal data processed under this Agreement will be processed, either manually or with the help of electronic or automated means, in such a way as to minimize, by means of suitable security measures, the risk of unauthorized access or disclosure of Your data. Your personal data will be processed during the term of this Agreement in relation to its purposes, also in order to prevent unlicensed use of the Software. For the above purposes Your personal data can be disclosed to third parties (service providers, consultants, collaborators, a list of which is available from within the Privacy Policy), either to other EEA or third countries, pursuant to the scope of this Agreement and any applicable law. In the event of any data transfers to third countries, Graphisoft always uses suitable safeguards (such as the standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission) to ensure the adequate protection of personal data. Graphisoft reserves the right to disclose Your personal data to the competent legal authority if required to do so to enforce or defend its rights or legitimate interests before civil and criminal courts, regulatory bodies, or to execute an order of the competent judicial or regulatory authority. As End User of the Product, You have the right to access the personal data processed by Graphisoft, to obtain the updating or rectification of such data. You also have the right to obtain the erasure of any personal data if, for instance, such data have either been processed unlawfully or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. In certain cases, such as when the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of your data, you have the right to obtain from Graphisoft the restriction of processing. You also have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to Graphisoft, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller. If you consider that the processing of your personal data by Graphisoft infringed the GDPR, please contact us first at privacy@graphisoft.com; Graphisoft SE Business Compliance Manager; Záhony utca 7. Budapest, H-1031 Hungary so we can remedy the issue. Of course, in such cases you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Authority (http://naih.hu/general-information.html) or another data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

If applicable, You ensure and warrant to us that Your authorized users' has been duly informed of the collection, processing, transfer and usage of his/her personal information by Graphisoft as per the above, and shall indemnify and hold Graphisoft harmless from and against any related third-party claims.

The detailed rules regarding the various rights and obligations related to Graphisoft's data collection, use, transfer, handling, processing, including your subject access rights and rights to legal redress, are set forth in the Privacy Policy constituting an inseparable part of this Agreement available at https://graphisoft.com/legal/privacy-policy.

9.9. Modifications. You accept that Graphisoft may unilaterally modify any term of this Agreement with or without notice to You. You agree that Graphisoft shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any negative effect deriving from such modifications.

9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any applicable appendices (including any other terms referenced in any of those documents), constitutes the full, complete agreement between Customer and Graphisoft concerning the Software, the Services and Benefits and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, either written or oral. Unless otherwise communicated to Customer by Graphisoft in writing, the conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the installation and use of additional functions of the Software and to the repair of the Software's installation.

9.11. Invalidity. If any part or provision of this Agreement is found to be contrary to law by a competent jurisdiction, that part or provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent allowed, and the remaining Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

9.12. Governing Law. This Agreement and any dispute or claim (whether contractual or non-contractual) arising out of or in connection with it, its subject matter or formation shall be governed by the laws of Hungary without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction. All provisions of this Agreement are subject to the mandatory rules of applicable law.

9.13. Dispute resolution. In the event of any dispute arising from or in connection with the present contract, so especially with its breach, termination, validity or interpretation, the parties exclude the state court procedure and agree to submit the matter to the exclusive and final decision of the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Commercial Arbitration Court Budapest). The Arbitration Court proceeds in accordance with its own Rules of Proceedings (supplemented with the provisions of the Sub-Rules of Expedited Proceedings). The number of arbitrators shall be 3 (three) and the language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The parties exclude the possibility of the retrial of the proceedings as regulated in Section IX of Act no. LX of 2017 on Arbitration.

9.14. Independent Contractors. The Parties are independent contracting parties. Neither Party has, or will hold itself out as having, any right or authority to incur any obligation on behalf of the other Party. The Parties' relationship in connection with this Agreement will not be construed as a joint venture, partnership, franchise, employment, or agency relationship, or as imposing any liability upon either Party that otherwise might result from such a relationship.

9.15. Language and Notices. The English version of this Agreement will be the governing version used when interpreting or construing this Agreement. Any translations thereof shall exclusively be provided for information purposes without any binding force and in no event shall Graphisoft be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or damages whatsoever resulting from any incorrect, incomplete translations. With respect to all notices, Parties communicate with each other in English language through their contact persons via email to information@graphisoft.com related to the License Agreement.

 

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INQUIRIES

 

All inquiries regarding this Agreement should be directed to

Graphisoft SE Private European Company Limited by Shares

 

Záhony utca 7.

H-1031 Budapest, Hungary

Phone: (+36.1) 437-3000

Fax: (+36.1) 437-3099

E-mail: mail@graphisoft.hu

Web: https://graphisoft.com

 

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