License Agreement

Nesstar Publisher

This licence applies for the freeware version of Nesstar Publisher. For users of
the paid version of Nesstar Publisher,
other terms apply as per sale contract.

This license is a legally binding agreement between you and Norwegian Social
Science Data Services (NSD) about the
use of Nesstar Publisher.
These terms also apply to any updates or patches supplied for Nesstar Publisher
by NSD.

By using this software you are agreeing to these terms. If you do not accept them,
do not use the software.

The software is supplied "as is". NSD is in no way liable for any damage following
the use of the software.
1. Background
The software is released to the public as freeware under the terms defined in this
license agreement.
NSD holds all rights to the software, which is defined in more detail below, and
by being a party to this agreement
you are granted the right to use the software in the manner which is stated below.

2. Acceptance of the License

By using the software you accept the terms and conditions to apply for the use of
the software.

3. Rights and Duties of the License

You are granted a non-exclusive, limited right to use and to install the software
for own use and in accordance with
the provisions below. You are allowed to install any number of copies on any
number of devices.

4. Reproduction of Copies
You are not allowed to redistribute the software and its documentation to third
party in any way. Renting, leasing,
selling the software is not allowed.

5. Using and Modifying the Software

You are not allowed to reproduce source code, decompile, disassemble, or in
other ways reverse engineer the
software.
You are not allowed to work around any technical limitations in the software.
You only have the right to change and/or adapt the software with written consent
from NSD to apply such changes
and this takes place in accordance with mandatory statutory provisions. This also
applies to modifying, integrating,
adapting etc of the software.
In addition, you do not have the right to reproduce source code (e.g. by
decompilation) of the software when this is
necessary in order to obtain the information necessary to achieve the
interoperability of the software with other
programs, if the information necessary to achieve interoperability has not
previously been readily available to you.
The information you obtain shall not be used for purposes other than to make
possible the interoperability of the
software with other programs, be given to third party, except when this is
necessary to make possible the
interoperability, or be used for the development, production or marketing of a
computer program substantially
similar to the software, or for any other act which infringes copyright in the
software.

6. Right of Use of Documentation and Other

You are granted the right to use the documentation distributed with the software.
You are also allowed to share it
with any person in your organisation that has valid access to your computer or
internal network.

You can, at your own responsibility, make the changes, additions etc to the
documentation for your own use which
you consider as expedient. You are only allowed to distribute modified
documentation with the written consent from
NSD.

7. Support
Because this software is provided "as is" NSD does not provide support services
for it.

8. Intellectual Property Rights

This license agreement does not involve any transfer of NSD's intellectual
property rights for the software, only a
limited right for you to use and distribute copies of the software in accordance
with Clause 3 above. NSD reserves
all rights to the software not expressly granted to you in writing.

NSD's rights to the software, documentation or other materials which you may
have received from NSD, are
protected by Norwegian Law (including alter alia, the Norwegian Copyright Act,
the Design Act, the Marketing
Control Act, and Trade Marks Act) and by international conventions.

9. Limitation of Liability
The software is supplied "as is" without any other rights or warranties, directly or
indirectly, including warranties for
saleability, usefulness for a particular purpose and the like. You bear the total risk
of using the software. Under no
circumstances is NSD liable for indirect, special or coincidental damage which
occurs as a result of the use of, or lack
of performance of the software.
The above-mentioned includes, however is not limited to, damage or expenses
related to lost earnings, business,
goodwill, data or other software.

10. Termination of the Agreement

The agreement can be terminated with immediate effect subsequent to
notification from NSD if you significantly
violate the terms and such a violation can not be remedied within 30 days after
notification of this from NSD.
Significant violation is deemed any violation of the provisions of the agreement
for right of use pursuant to Clause 3,
modifying the software pursuant to Clause 5, and intellectual property rights
pursuant to Clause 8.

11. Governing Law and Legal Venue

Disputes pursuant to the agreement shall be settled in accordance with
Norwegian law with Bergen Municipal Court
as the legal venue.