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Brooktrout Technology Multi-Use License Agreement
Proprietary Rights
The Software is subject to the protection of the copyright laws of the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions,
which prohibit unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted works. Certain uses of the
Software are covered by one or more of the patents listed on the media and associated packaging.
The Software incorporates proprietary and confidential algorithms and techniques that are subject
to legal protection as trade secrets. Brooktrout is the sole owner of all proprietary rights in the
Software, except for certain portions that are proprietary to third party licensors of Brooktrout. The
User is granted only those rights expressly conferred by this License Agreement.
License
Brooktrout licenses the User to use the Software subject to and in accordance with the following
provisions. The software is distributed with voice and/or fax processing boards and/or other
computer hardware manufactured and sold by Brooktrout (“Brooktrout Hardware”), and is licensed
solely for use in connection with the Brooktrout Hardware. The Software, and modified versions
thereof, may be operated only on the central processing unit of any computer served by one or more
items of Brooktrout Hardware and may, where appropriate in connection with such use, be
downloaded into memory located on Brooktrout Hardware, and may be modified (if modification is
otherwise permitted pursuant to the following provisions), reproduced and distributed only for
purposes of such use. Any other use, modification, reproduction or distribution is expressly
prohibited.
Licensing provisions applicable to particular Software products are as follows:
1. API, Application, and Driver software distributed in the form of object code:
a. Users may incorporate the Software into their own work providing functional and value
enhancements and may duplicate and distribute the resulting work as they choose provided
that the resulting work is designated solely for use in connection with Brooktrout Hardware.
b. Users may not modify the Software nor decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise
reduce the Software to a human perceivable form.
c. When Users incorporate the Software into their products, Brooktrout’s copyright notice must
be included in the new work.
d. With respect to algorithms (such as, but not limited to, voice encoding methods, facsimile
processing, and tone processing) included in the Software that are used for operations on the
Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) of the Brooktrout Hardware, (i) Users may only use or
incorporate such algorithms as components of the Software in the form originally supplied by
Brooktrout, and may not extract any such algorithms from the Software or use them for any
other purpose or permit any end user customer of the Users to have direct access to such
algorithms for any purpose; and (ii) Users may only use or incorporate into their products
those algorithms that have been licensed under a purchase agreement between the Users and
Brooktrout in connection with the specific items of Brooktrout Hardware on which the
Software containing such algorithms is to be distributed, and only to the extent of the quantity
of Brooktrout Hardware having a total number of ports equal to the number of ports for which
the licenses to such Software and the included algorithms have been paid.
2. API, Application, and Driver software distributed in the form of source code:
a. Users may modify the Software and must incorporate it into their own work to provide
functional and value enhancements. Users may duplicate and distribute the resulting work in
object code form only, provided that the resulting work is designated solely for use in
connection with Brooktrout Hardware. Users may not distribute the Software in source form.
b. The Software is confidential and proprietary to Brooktrout and Users must protect it in a
manner similar to the protection they affords their own confidential and proprietary
information.
c. When Users incorporate the Software into their products, Brooktrout’s copyright notice must
be included in the new work.