| Software End User License Agreement ("EULA") |
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| * This EULA applies to all versions of GIMPS Prime95 and MPrime |
| software and source code ("Software"). |
| * Software is free to download and use indefinitely on any computer(s) |
| you own or for which you have permission and authority to install |
| and run Software. Software is not export-restricted. |
| * To use the Software you agree to be bound by this EULA and the Terms |
| and Conditions of Use. |
| * GIMPS reserves the right to change this EULA without notice and with |
| reasonable retroactive effect. Last updated 15 October 2008. |
| * GIMPS not responsible for any damages or losses arising from use of |
| Software. SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT |
| WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT |
| LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS |
| FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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| Terms and Conditions of Use ("TCU") |
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| * GIMPS participation is free of charge and open to the public |
| internationally. |
| * Web Site. The GIMPS "Web Site" is understood to include all |
| Mersenne.org Internet web site domains, web content and services, |
| PrimeNet APIs, data, downloads, etc., regardless of means of access. |
| * Non-Participants. Viewing the Web Site does not necessarily make you |
| a Participant; non-Participants are not bound by this TCU. |
| * Participation Constitutes Agreement. "Participant" is understood to |
| be an individual person, or a single individual person designated as |
| the authorized representative of any group, team, organization or |
| legal entity, who personally, or whose computer(s), accesses and/or |
| communicates with the Web Site to perform, or cause to perform, |
| mathematical calculations that are, or typically, systematically |
| organized by GIMPS. This includes, but is not restricted to, use of |
| Prime95, MPrime, GLucas, or similar software, automatically over the |
| Internet or using the Web Site (manual testing forms, reports, APIs, |
| etc.), to get data or work assignments or to upload results or other |
| data. Participation constitutes agreement with the TCU by that |
| individual and any group, team, organization or legal entity the |
| Participant represents. |
| * Participant Identifiers. Participant's user ID, password and email |
| address are the primary unique identifiers used by GIMPS to |
| communicate and confirm Participant's identity. Secondary |
| identifiers may include unique computer identifiers known as a |
| "GUID". The "Anonymous" or "ANONYMOUS" user ID is owned by GIMPS, |
| but may be used by Participants who do not wish to be publically |
| identified. |
| * Award Rules. Participant agrees to the Research Discovery Award |
| Rules [1]. |
| * Award Refusal. Participant may at their option decline any award. |
| Research Discovery Award Rules apply even if an award is unclaimed |
| or optionally declined by the Participant. |
| * Data Ownership and Privacy. GIMPS owns all collected data, and may |
| publish or make available certain limited subset(s) of that data for |
| public reference, excluding personally identifiable data according |
| to the Privacy Policy [2]. Examples of published data are stats, |
| standings, charts and other derived charts or tables. |
| * Disclaimer. GIMPS is not responsible for any losses due to Web Site |
| errors, electronic transmission errors, omissions or unauthorized |
| disclosures, failure of any software to correctly find and timely |
| report a new prime number, or any other research discovery, or for |
| someone "poaching" or "stealing" your assignment (performing work on |
| it without it being assigned to them by GIMPS) and subsequently |
| making a discovery. |
| * Terms and Conditions of Use Changes. GIMPS reserves the right to |
| change this TCU without notice. Last updated 15 October 2008. |
| * Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction of law shall be the State of California |
| and the United States of America. Participant agrees to settle all |
| disputes through a good faith effort directly with GIMPS officers |
| and directors, or as a last resort, by third-party binding |
| arbitration through a certified arbitrator of GIMPS' choosing. |
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| [1] http://mersenne.org/legal/#rules |
| [2] http://mersenne.org/legal/#privacy |