This licence agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you (the "Licensee") and CnCNet (the "Licensor"), for CnCNet Software products (the "Software"), which includes computer software, any data supplied with it, the associated media, printed materials and online OR electronic documentation. By installing this software you agree to the terms of this agreement which will bind you and your employees. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE, WE ARE UNWILLING TO LICENCE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE INSTALLATION OF CnCNet SOFTWARE NOW. In this case you must stop downloading CnCNet software now and remove CnCNet software entirely from your system.
(A) The Licensor wishes to license the Licensee to use CnCNet Software.
It is agreed as follows:-
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1.1 The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply to this licence. Intellectual Property Rights: all patents, copyrights, design rights, trade marks, service marks, trade secrets, know-how, database rights and other rights in the nature of intellectual property rights (whether registered or unregistered) and all worldwide applications for the same
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1.2 The Licensor agrees to permit the Licensee to use CnCNet Software on the Licensee's computer or computer system free of charge subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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1.3 The licence that this Agreement passes to the Licensee is non-transferable and non-exclusive.
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1.4 This Agreement does not transfer any rights of ownership, copyright or other intellectual property in the CnCNet Software to the Licensee.
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1.5 The Licensee has no right (and shall not permit any third party) to copy CnCNet Software.
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1.6 The Licensee shall not adapt, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise tamper with CnCNet Software, nor shall it modify, sell, rent, transfer, resell for profit, distribute of create derivative works based upon CnCNet Software or any part of it.
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1.7 The Licensee acknowledges that all Intellectual Property Rights in CnCNet Software belong and shall belong to the Licensor, and that the Licensee shall have no rights in or to CnCNet Software other than the right to use it in accordance with the terms of this licence.
2. Conditions of Licence
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2.1 CnCNet Software is provided 'as is' and free of charge to the Licensee. Therefore, it is supplied without warranty (express or implied) of any kind from the Licensor, including but not limited to a warranty of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The Licensee's rights as a consumer are not affected.
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2.2 CnCNet Software is provided with technical support or maintenance at CnCNet discretion.
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2.3 The Licensee is not permitted or entitled to use the Software for commercial purposes or any other such purposes which cause the Licensee to make financial gain or other benefit in return.
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2.4 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties.
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2.5 You have read and agree to our privacy policy
3. Disclaimer of liability
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3.1 It is fundamental to the circumstances of the supply of CnCNet Software that the Licensor and its group companies will not be liable to the Licensee or any third party for any loss of revenue or profits, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data or the like or any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage relation to CnCNet Software in any way, or for inability to use the Software for any reason.
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3.2 The disclaimer of liability at clause 3.1 applies to any claim whether based on breach of contract, tort (including, but not restricted to, negligence), product liability or otherwise.
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3.3 Liability for death or personal injury is excepted from the disclaimers at clause 3.1 and 3.2. 3.4 This clause 3 still applies even if the Licensor has been notified of the possibility of any damage. 3.5 The Licensee agrees that they have read and understood the significance of this clause and understands that that the Licensor must limit and exclude its liability as much as legally possible.
4. Indemnity
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4.1 The Licensee agrees to indemnify the Licensor against any loss, damage, fine or expense suffered by the Licensor as a result of the Licensee's use or misuse of CnCNet Software or as a result of unauthorised access to the Software cause by the Licensee's breach of any provision of this Agreement.
5. Chat services and bots
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5.1 CnCNet operates IRC lobby channels and a Discord server, and runs automated bots on them, including moderation bots, a support ticket bot, and game statistics and ladder bots. These services and bots form part of the Software for the purposes of this Agreement.
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5.2 Public lobby messages are logged and automatically checked for offensive language and requests for help. Messages may be forwarded to CnCNet staff, and lobby logs may be made publicly available.
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5.3 Bots may automatically kick or ban the Licensee, including for offensive language, being on a kick list, evading a ban under another nickname, or hosting a game on a map banned for cheating. Bots may also carry out moderation actions on behalf of CnCNet staff. CnCNet may suspend or remove access to any chat service at its discretion.
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5.4 The Licensee shall not evade a kick or ban, including by changing nickname or connection, and shall not abuse, spam, flood, exploit or attempt to disrupt any bot.
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5.5 Support tickets must relate to CnCNet and must not be used to spam or harass staff. Ticket contents can be read by CnCNet staff and may be kept after the ticket is closed. Support is provided at CnCNet's discretion under clause 2.2.
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5.6 Bots are provided 'as is' under clause 2.1. Information they show, such as game statistics, ladder rankings and match results, may be incomplete, delayed or inaccurate. Game statistics and ladder results linked to the Licensee's player name are public and may be posted by bots in CnCNet channels and on the CnCNet Discord server. The Licensor may change, restrict or remove any bot or bot feature at any time without notice.
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5.7 The Licensee shall not run their own automated bots or scripts on CnCNet IRC channels or the CnCNet Discord server without prior permission from CnCNet staff.
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5.8 Use of Discord and third-party IRC networks is also subject to those platforms' own terms of service. Messages and commands sent to bots are processed as described in our privacy policy.
6. General terms
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6.1 If any provision of this Agreement is judged to be illegal or unenforceable, the continuation in full force and effect of the remainder of the provisions shall not be prejudiced.
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6.2 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to English law. The Licensor and Licensee agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts