LICENSE
Invision Power Services (IPS) grants you a non-exclusive license to use 
the Software if you follow all restrictions in all sections of this 
Agreement.
Important: Invision Power Board is NOT an open source software product. 
You must follow the limitations in this software agreement. We offer 
specific permission to customise the code for your own needs later in this 
agreement. Technical support and related services are available to those 
following this Agreement with no charge on www.invisionboard.com and its 
related partner sites. IPS reserves the right to limit or refuse free 
technical support and related services in any form for any reason.

If you do not wish to be under the free support limitations, you must 
purchase a priority support service agreement. Priority support can be 
purchased through the member center on the Invision Power Board web site 
under the advanced services section.

SCOPE OF GRANT
You may:

    * use the Software on one or more computers
    * copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must 
contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices
    * customise the software's design and operation to suit the internal 
needs of your web site [info]
    * produce and distribute modification instructions, Skin packs, or 
Language packs provided that they contain notification that the Skin and 
Language packs were exported from and originally created by Invision Power 
Board and/or IPS. The modifications instructions you personally create are 
not owned by IPS so long as they contain no proprietary coding from 
Invision Power Board. [info]
* create applications which interface with the operation of the Software 
provided said application is an original work [info]

You may not:

    * permit other individuals to use the Software except under the terms 
listed above
    * reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works based on 
the Software for distribution or usage outside your web site excluding 
those applications described above [info]
    * use the Software in such as way as to condone or encourage 
terrorism, promote or provide pirated software, or any other form of 
illegal or damaging activity
    * modify and/or remove any copyright notices or labels on the Software 
on each page and in the header of each script source file [info]
    * distribute the software without written consent from IPS [info]
* distribute or modify proprietary graphics, HTML, or CSS packaged with 
the Software for use in other Software applications or web sites without 
written permission from IPS


DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
The Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any 
kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, 
fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The entire risk as 
to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you. Should the 
Software prove defective, you and not IPS assume the entire cost of any 
service and repair. In addition, the security mechanisms implemented by 
IPS software have inherent limitations, and you must determine that the 
Software sufficiently meets your requirements. This disclaimer of warranty 
constitutes an essential part of the agreement.

TITLE
Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Software 
shall remain with IPS. The Software is protected by copyright laws and 
treaties. Title and related rights in the content accessed through the 
Software is the property of the applicable content owner and may be 
protected by applicable law. This License gives you no rights to such 
content.

TERMINATION
This Agreement will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the 
limitations described herein. On termination, you must destroy all copies 
of the Software within 48 hours.

MISCELLANEOUS
IPS reserves the right to publish a selected list of users of the 
Software. IPS reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement at 
any time however those changes are not retroactive to past releases. 
Changes to the Agreement will be announced via email using the IPS email 
notification list. Failure to receive notification of a change does not 
make those changes invalid. A current copy of this Agreement will be 
available on the Invision Power Board web site.

Skin packs and Language packs are defined as the group of code, text, and 
graphics that are exported from the Software using the Administration 
Control Panel or otherwise obtained from the Software.

Technical support will not be provided for third-party modifications to 
the Software including modifications to code, Skin packs, and Language 
packs to any license holder. If the Software is modified using a 
third-party modification instruction or otherwise, technical support may 
be refused to any license holder.

PROPRIETARY LABELS
Authorization to remove copyright notices can be obtained from IPS for a 
one time fee of $99. This fee authorises you to remove the output of 
copyright notices, it does not give you authorisation to remove any 
copyright notices in the script source header files nor any other rights. 

MANUFACTURER
Invision Power Services, P.O. Box 24, Evergreen, VA 23939. For questions, 
write to the above address, email license@invisionboard.com, or call 
434-352-9311. 
