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Dark GDK (Freeware Edition)
End User Licence Agreement

Please read before installing or otherwise using 

Dark GDK Freeware

By installing the software (the "Software") on any computer, or otherwise using the Software, you agree that any use of the Software is subject to the terms of this End User Licence Agreement (this "Agreement").  If you do not agree to these terms please do not install or otherwise use the Software and either delete the Software or return the Software unused in its packaging, together with all of its documentation, to the place where you obtained it.
The copyright in the Software and its associated documentation is owned by The Game Creators Limited "the Owner".  All Rights Reserved.  By installing or otherwise using the Software, you (an individual or legal entity) agree with the Owner to be bound by the terms of this Agreement which will govern your use of the Software and your limited right to exploit a part of the Software. 

1. Licence

1.1 You are permitted on a non exclusive basis to:
(a) load the Software into and use it on one or more computers which are under your control;
(b) transfer the Software from one computer to another provided each computer is under your control; 
(c) use the Software on a computer network provided that the network is under your control;
(d) create, in strict accordance with the associated documentation, unlimited Freeware Games (as defined below), and copy and issue copies of these Freeware Games to the public in object code format only, and subject always to the provisions of section 4 below.  The term "Freeware Game" means any Game (as defined in section 1.4 below) which is distributed or licensed to third parties (or otherwise exploited) on a strictly free-of-charge basis, in such a way that no person derives any commercial benefit from the exploitation of that Game;
(e) make a copy of the Software for back-up purposes only in support of the permitted use. The copies must reproduce and include the Owner's copyright notice; and
(f) subject to section 1.2(d) below, transfer the Software (complete with all its associated documentation) and the benefit of this Agreement to another person provided he has agreed to accept the terms of this Agreement and you contemporaneously transfer all copies of the Software you have made to that person or destroy all copies not transferred. If any transferee does not accept such terms then this Agreement shall automatically terminate. The transferor does not retain any rights under this Agreement in respect of the transferred Software.
1.2 You are not permitted:
(a) to load the Software on to a network server for the purposes of distribution to one or more other computer(s) on that network which are not under your control, or to effect such distribution (such use requiring a separate licence);
(b) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement and save to the extent and in the circumstances expressly required to be permitted by law, to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, copy, modify, adapt, merge, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the Software or its associated documentation or use, reproduce, exploit or deal in the Software or any part of it in any way;
(c) to copy or distribute to the public or otherwise exploit (on either a commercial or a non-commercial basis) any part of the Software other than within and as an integral part of a Freeware Game or other than in object code format only; 
(d) to sub-license any right granted to you in this Agreement unless expressly permitted to do so by the Owner in writing; 
(e) to transfer the Software or the benefit of this Agreement to any person if you have already incorporated any part of this Software into any Freeware Game; or
(f) exploit (or permit any other person to exploit) any Game in return for any benefit or consideration, whether financial or otherwise.
1.3 To the extent that local law gives you the right to decompile the Software in order to obtain information necessary to render the Software interoperable with other computer programs, the Owner undertakes to endeavour to make that information readily available to you. The Owner shall have the right to impose reasonable conditions such as a reasonable fee for doing so. In order to ensure that you receive the appropriate information, you must first give the Owner sufficient details of your objectives and the other software concerned. Requests for the appropriate information should be made to support@thegamecreators.com.
1.4 For the purposes of this Agreement the term "Game" means an interactive entertainment software game whose sole purpose is to entertain its user without further modification and which is made using the Software in accordance with its associated documentation.  The term Game expressly excludes: 
(a) any software tool or software product which can (or might) be used in order to create further games or other software products; 
(b) any software programming language or software development kit ("SDK"); and
(c) any software library, compilation or collection of graphics and / or sounds from which a particular graphic or sound may be extracted to be used independently of the software in which it was first incorporated;
in each case irrespective of whether or not the primary purpose of such software is to entertain its user.

2. Term
This Agreement is effective until you terminate it by destroying or returning the Software and its documentation together with all copies.  It will also terminate if you fail to abide by its terms.  Upon termination you agree to destroy all copies of the Software and its documentation including any Software stored on the hard disk of any computer under your control.

3. Ownership
You own only the media (or authorised replacement) on which the Software is recorded.  You may retain that media on termination of this Agreement provided the Software has been erased.  The Owner shall at all times retain ownership of the Software as recorded on the original CD-ROM or otherwise and all subsequent copies of the same regardless of form.  Accordingly, the owner continues to own copyright in the Software including any part of the Software (whether modified or not) which is comprised within a Freeware Game.  This Agreement applies to the grant of the licence contained in this Agreement only and not to the contract of sale of the media.  

4. Exploitation of Freeware Games
You shall ensure that, in respect of any Freeware Game which incorporates any part of the Software and which is created by you or with your permission: 
(a) each such Freeware Game is accompanied by an end-user licence which repeats the terms set out in the first line of section 5.5 below and which also contains the following term:
"This product was made with, and incorporates part of, the Dark GDK.  All intellectual property rights including copyright in every part of the Dark GDK (whether modified or not) are owned by and reserved to The Game Creators Limited."
(b) the terms on which any such Freeware Game is used or exploited by any person include terms binding on all persons using or exploiting the Software which confirm the Owner's ownership of the Software and the restrictions on the use or exploitation thereof set out in this Agreement; and
(c) the packaging and media containing any such Freeware Game and any marketing or promotional text referring to such Freeware Game shall each include the following legend: 
Made with Dark GDK.  Dark GDK is (c) The Game Creators Limited.  All Rights Reserved.  www.thegamecreators.com. 

5. Warranties
5.1 The Owner warrants that the media on which the Software is supplied will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days after the date on which the media is first obtained ("the Warranty Period"). If a defect in the media shall occur during the Warranty Period it may be returned to the Owner who will replace it free of charge.
5.2 The Owner warrants that during the Warranty Period the Software will perform substantially in accordance with its accompanying documentation (including the Readme file contained on this CD-ROM) which may include documentation posted on the Owner's Internet site at www.thegamecreators.com (provided always that the Software is properly used on the computer and with the operating system for which it was designed) and that the documentation correctly describes the operation of the Software in all material respects. If the Owner is notified of material failures of the Software to comply with the above warranty during the Warranty Period it will use its reasonable endeavours to correct the Software or its documentation within a reasonable time so that it complies with the above warranty or (at its option) to procure or authorise a refund (against return of the Software and its documentation).
5.3 The above represent your sole remedies for any breach of the Owner's warranties, which are given only to the original registered user.
5.4 The express terms of this Agreement are in lieu of all warranties, conditions, undertakings, terms and obligations implied by statute, common law, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise all of which are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
5.5 The Owner does not warrant that the Software will meet your requirements or will be suitable for creating commercial products or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the Software will be corrected. You shall load and use the Software at your own risk and in no event will the Owner be liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind (except personal injury or death resulting from the Owner's negligence or loss or damage resulting from any fraudulent misrepresentation made by the Owner) including lost profits or other economic loss or any consequential loss arising from your use of or inability to use the Software or from errors or deficiencies in it whether caused by negligence or otherwise except as expressly provided herein. Save in respect of personal injury or death resulting from the Owner's negligence or loss or damage resulting from any fraudulent misrepresentation made by the Owner, in no event shall the Owner's liability exceed the amount paid by you for the Software or £30, whichever is the higher.

6. Support
For technical support-related matters please visit the support pages and forum at  http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum.  Except as provided on those support pages, no other technical or other support is provided by the Owner.  

7. Law
7.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
7.2 Each of the parties irrevocably submits for all purposes in connection with this Agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
8. Exclusion of third party rights

No term of this Agreement is enforceable pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person who is not a party to it.