End User License Agreement

End user licence agreement

Please read this EULA carefully, as it sets out the basis upon which we license the Software for use.

By selecting “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” or clicking "I agree to the License terms and conditions" when you first install the Software, you agree to be bound by the provisions of this EULA.

Before you download the Software from our website, we will ask you to give your express agreement to the provisions of this EULA.

By agreeing to be bound by this EULA, you further agree that your employees or any person you authorise to use the Software will comply with the provision of this EULA.

  1. Definitions

1.1    In this EULA:

"Charges" means licence fees that the parties have agreed shall be payable by the User to the Licensor in respect of this EULA, these are listed at https://www.xlslim.com;

"Documentation" means the documentation for the Software produced by the Licensor and made available by the Licensor to the User;

"Effective Date" means the date upon which the User gives the User's express consent to this EULA, following the issue of this EULA by the Licensor;

"EULA" means this end user licence agreement, including any amendments to this end user licence agreement from time to time;

"Force Majeure Event" means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including failures of the internet or any public telecommunications network, hacker attacks, denial of service attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);

"Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registrable or unregistrable, registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and these "intellectual property rights" include copyright and related rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, trade marks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs);

"Licensor" means Webber Software Solutions Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number 14125883) having its registered office at 11 Braemar, 12 Kersfield Road, London, SW15 3HG;

"Minimum Term" means, in respect of this EULA, the period of 12 months beginning on the Effective Date;

“Open Source Software” means open source software as defined by the Open Source Initiative (https://opensource.org) or the Free Software Foundation (https://www.fsf.org)

"Software" means the xlSlim Add-In for the Microsoft Excel application;

"Software Defect" means a defect, error or bug in the Software having an adverse effect on the appearance, operation, functionality or performance of the Software, but excluding any defect, error or bug caused by or arising as a result of:

(a)     any act or omission of the User or any person authorised by the User to use the Software;

(b)     any use of the Software contrary to the Documentation by the User or any person authorised by the User to use the Software;

(c)     a failure of the User to perform or observe any of its obligations in this EULA; and/or

(d)     an incompatibility between the Software and any other system, network, application, program, hardware or software not specified as compatible in the Software Specification];

"Software Specification" means the specification for the Software set out in the Documentation;

"Source Code" means the Software code in human-readable form or any part of the Software code in human-readable form, including code compiled to create the Software or decompiled from the Software, but excluding interpreted code comprised in the Software;

"Term" means the term of this EULA, commencing in accordance with Clause 2.1 and ending in accordance with Clause 2.2;

"Update" means a hotfix, patch or minor version update to the Software;

"Upgrade" means a major version upgrade of the Software;

"User" means the person to whom the Licensor grants a right to use the Software under this EULA; and

  1. Term

2.1    This EULA shall come into force upon the Effective Date.

2.2    This EULA shall continue in force for twelve months from the Effective Date.

  1. Licence

3.1    The Licensor hereby grants to the User from the date of supply of the Software to the User until the end of the Term a worldwide, non-exclusive licence to:

(a)     install up to three instances of the Software;

(b)     use up to three instances of the Software in accordance with the Documentation; and

(c)     create, store and maintain up to 5 back-up copies of the Software,

         subject to the limitations and prohibitions set out and referred to in this Clause 3.

3.2    The User may not sub-license and must not purport to sub-license any rights granted under Clause 3.1 without the prior written consent of the Licensor.

3.3    Save to the extent expressly permitted by this EULA or required by applicable law on a non-excludable basis, any licence granted under this Clause 3 shall be subject to the following prohibitions:

(a)     the User must not sell, resell, rent, lease, loan, supply, publish, distribute or redistribute the Software;

(b)     the User must not alter, edit or adapt the Software; and

(c)     the User must not decompile, de-obfuscate or reverse engineer, or attempt to decompile, de-obfuscate or reverse engineer, the Software.

3.4    The User shall be responsible for the security of copies of the Software supplied to the User under this EULA (or created from such copies) and shall use all reasonable endeavours (including all reasonable security measures) to ensure that access to such copies is restricted to persons authorised to use them under this EULA.

  1. Source Code

4.1    Nothing in this EULA shall give to the User or any other person any right to access or use the Source Code or constitute any licence of the Source Code.

  1. No assignment of Intellectual Property Rights

6.1    Nothing in this EULA shall operate to assign or transfer any Intellectual Property Rights from the Licensor to the User, or from the User to the Licensor.

  1. Charges

7.1    The User shall pay the Charges to the Licensor in accordance with this EULA.

7.2    All amounts stated in or in relation to this EULA are, unless the context requires otherwise, stated inclusive of any applicable value added taxes.

  1. Payments

8.1    The Licensor shall issue receipts for the Charges to the User when the licence is purchased.

8.2    The User must pay the Charges to the Licensor in advance.

  1. Warranties

9.1    The Licensor warrants to the User that it has the legal right and authority to enter into this EULA and to perform its obligations under this EULA.

9.2    The User warrants to the Licensor that it has the legal right and authority to enter into this EULA and to perform its obligations under this EULA.

9.3    All of the parties' warranties and representations in respect of the subject matter of this EULA are expressly set out in this EULA. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other warranties or representations concerning the subject matter of this EULA will be implied into this EULA or any related contract.

9.5    The User acknowledges that any Open Source Software provided by the Licensor is provided “as is” and expressly subject to the disclaimer in 9.6.

9.6    All other conditions, warranties or other terms which might have effect between the parties or be implied or incorporated into this licence or any collateral contract, whether by statute, common law or otherwise, are hereby excluded, including the implied conditions, warranties or other terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or the use of reasonable skill and care.

  1. Acknowledgements and warranty limitations

10.1  The User acknowledges that complex software is never wholly free from defects, errors and bugs; and subject to the other provisions of this EULA, the Licensor gives no warranty or representation that the Software will be wholly free from defects, errors and bugs.

10.2  The User acknowledges that complex software is never entirely free from security vulnerabilities; and subject to the other provisions of this EULA, the Licensor gives no warranty or representation that the Software will be entirely secure.

10.3  The User acknowledges that the Software is only designed to be compatible with that software specified as compatible in the Software Specification; and the Licensor does not warrant or represent that the Software will be compatible with any other software.

10.4  The User acknowledges that the Licensor will not provide any legal, financial, accountancy or taxation advice under this EULA or in relation to the Software; and, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this EULA, the Licensor does not warrant or represent that the Software or the use of the Software by the User will not give rise to any legal liability on the part of the User or any other person.

  1. Limitations and exclusions of liability

11.1  Nothing in this EULA will:

(a)     limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)     limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c)     limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)     exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law,

         and, if a party is a consumer, that party's statutory rights will not be excluded or limited by this EULA, except to the extent permitted by law.

11.2  The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 11 and elsewhere in this EULA:

(a)     are subject to Clause 11.1; and

(b)     govern all liabilities arising under this EULA or relating to the subject matter of this EULA, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this EULA.

11.3  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.

11.4  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any loss of profits or anticipated savings.

11.5  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any loss of revenue or income.

11.6  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any loss of business, contracts or opportunities.

11.7  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

11.8  The Licensor will not be liable to the User in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

11.9  The liability of the Licensor to the User under this EULA in respect of any event or series of related events shall not exceed the total amount paid and payable by the User to the Licensor under this EULA in the 12 month period preceding the commencement of the event or events.

11.10 The aggregate liability of the Licensor to the User under this EULA shall not exceed the total amount paid and payable by the User to the Licensor under this EULA.

  1. Termination

12.1  The Licensor may terminate this EULA by giving to the User not less than 30 days' written notice of termination.

12.2  The User may terminate this EULA by giving to the Licensor not less than 30 days' written notice of termination.

12.3  Either party may terminate this EULA immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:

(a)     the other party commits any breach of this EULA, and the breach is not remediable;

(b)     the other party commits a breach of this EULA, and the breach is remediable but the other party fails to remedy the breach within the period of 30 days following the giving of a written notice to the other party requiring the breach to be remedied; or

(c)     the other party persistently breaches this EULA (irrespective of whether such breaches collectively constitute a material breach).

12.4  Either party may terminate this EULA immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:

(a)     the other party:

(i)      is dissolved;

(ii)     ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business;

(iii)    is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

(iv)    is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or

(v)     convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;

(b)     an administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, receiver, trustee, manager or similar is appointed over any of the assets of the other party;

(c)     an order is made for the winding up of the other party, or the other party passes a resolution for its winding up[ (other than for the purpose of a solvent company reorganisation where the resulting entity will assume all the obligations of the other party under this EULA)]; or

12.5  The Licensor may terminate this EULA immediately by giving written notice to the User if:

(a)     any amount due to be paid by the User to the Licensor under this EULA is unpaid by the due date and remains unpaid upon the date that that written notice of termination is given; and

(b)     the Licensor has given to the User at least 30 days' written notice, following the failure to pay, of its intention to terminate this EULA in accordance with this Clause 14.5.

  1. Effects of termination

13.1  Upon the termination of this EULA, all of the provisions of this EULA shall cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of this EULA shall survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their express terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 11, 13, 14 and 15.

13.2  Except to the extent that this EULA expressly provides otherwise, the termination of this EULA shall not affect the accrued rights of either party.

13.3  For the avoidance of doubt, the licences of the Software in this EULA shall terminate upon the termination of this EULA; and, accordingly, the User must immediately cease to use the Software upon the termination of this EULA.

13.4  Within 10 Business Days following the termination of this EULA, the User must:

(a)     irrevocably delete from all computer systems in its possession or control all copies of the Software.

  1. General

14.1  No breach of any provision of this EULA shall be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.

14.2  If any provision of this EULA is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions of this EULA will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant provision will be deemed to be deleted).

14.3  This EULA may not be varied except by a written document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

14.4  The User hereby agrees that the Licensor may assign the Licensor's contractual rights and obligations under this EULA to any successor to all or a substantial part of the business of the Licensor from time to time. Save to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law, the User must not without the prior written consent of the Licensor assign, transfer or otherwise deal with any of the User's contractual rights or obligations under this EULA.

14.5  This EULA is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The rights of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to this EULA are not subject to the consent of any third party.

14.6  Subject to Clause 13.1, this EULA shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties in relation to the subject matter of this EULA, and shall supersede all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties in respect of that subject matter.

14.7  This EULA shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

14.8  The courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in connection with this EULA.

  1. Interpretation

15.1  In this EULA, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:

(a)     that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and

(b)     any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.

15.2  The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of this EULA.

15.3  References in this EULA to "calendar months" are to the 12 named periods (January, February and so on) into which a year is divided.

15.4  In this EULA, general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.

REDISTRIBUTION USING CHOCOLATELY

Redistribution of the software via the site https://community.chocolatey.org is permitted. Please see https://www.xlslim.com/pages/chocolatey-redistribution