1 License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software 2 3 4 IMPORTANT NOTICE -- READ CAREFULLY: This License For Customer Use of 5 NVIDIA Software ("LICENSE") is the agreement which governs use of 6 the software of NVIDIA Corporation and its subsidiaries ("NVIDIA") 7 downloadable herefrom, including computer software and associated 8 printed materials ("SOFTWARE"). By downloading, installing, copying, 9 or otherwise using the SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms 10 of this LICENSE. If you do not agree to the terms of this LICENSE, 11 do not download the SOFTWARE. 12 13 RECITALS 14 15 Use of NVIDIA's products requires three elements: the SOFTWARE, the 16 hardware, and a personal computer. The SOFTWARE is protected by copyright 17 laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual 18 property laws and treaties. The SOFTWARE may be protected by various 19 patents, and is not sold, and instead is only licensed for use, strictly 20 in accordance with this document. The hardware is protected by various 21 patents, and is sold, but this agreement does not cover that sale, since 22 it may not necessarily be sold as a package with the SOFTWARE. This 23 agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the SOFTWARE LICENSE only. 24 25 1. DEFINITIONS 26 27 1.1 Customer. Customer means the entity or individual that 28 downloads or otherwise obtains the SOFTWARE. 29 30 2. GRANT OF LICENSE 31 32 2.1 Rights and Limitations of Grant. NVIDIA hereby grants Customer 33 the following non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the 34 SOFTWARE, with the following limitations: 35 36 2.1.1 Rights. Customer may install and use multiple copies of the 37 SOFTWARE on a shared computer or concurrently on different computers, 38 and make multiple back-up copies of the SOFTWARE, solely for Customer's 39 use within Customer's Enterprise. "Enterprise" shall mean individual use 40 by Customer or any legal entity (such as a corporation or university) 41 and the subsidiaries it owns by more than fifty percent (50%). 42 43 2.1.2 Open Source Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms 44 of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE may be copied and redistributed solely for 45 use on operating systems distributed under the terms of an OSI-approved 46 open source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at 47 http://opensource.org, provided that the binary files thereof are not 48 modified, and Customer provides a copy of this license with the SOFTWARE. 49 50 2.1.3 Limitations. 51 52 No Reverse Engineering. Customer may not reverse engineer, 53 decompile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE, nor attempt in any other 54 manner to obtain the source code. 55 56 Usage. SOFTWARE is licensed only for use with microprocessor(s) which have 57 been (i) designed by NVIDIA and (ii) either (a) sold by or (b) licensed by 58 NVIDIA. 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