The following License Agreement have been republished from www.getgroovorio.com/eula/ and/or the program's installer.
This End user license agreement ("Agreement") constitutes the full and final agreements with regards to your use of the Groovorio Software.
We are glad that you chose to participate in our activities and to be a part of the Groovorio community. Please take the time to fully read these terms as they constitute a binding agreement between Groovorio and yourself with regard to your use of the Groovorio software and related services (the "Agreement", "Software" and "Services", correspondingly). We, at Groovorio acknowledge that reading legal documents may be quite exhausting, and have set up this preamble and summary, which are here solely for your convenience. Please take into attention that this is just a summary of the rights and responsibilities, and that you need to read this full agreement. First of all, The Software and Services are provided to you in order to enhance your web browsing ability, where some of the elements may add features to your browser and others may change existing features. In order to provide you with the Software and Services, Groovorio may change some of your system's preferences, such as homepage, new tab page, add toolbars or change your default search engine. Please note that such changes may be reverted at any time, and if you are not satisfied with Groovorio's software, please inform us at
[email protected], and we shall assist you in such reverting. We are committed to comply with the Downloadable Software Guidelines which incorporates industry ethical standards for such Software and Services. Second, while using the Groovorio Software and Services you may be presented to 3rd parties' content, such as: information, stock quotes, images and other information. Therefore, Groovorio is not responsible for the content of such services. Third, while using the Software and Services, Groovorio may collect some non-personally identifiable information and stores a cookie on your computer. For more information please see our privacy policy. Lastly, no matter what, Groovorio shall never, but never, be liable for any damage caused by your using of the Software and/or Services, clicking 3rd party links or any other activity made by using our Software and/or Services. And now for the legal part:
1.The Services: Groovorio develops and offers you the downloadable Software and relates Services as detailed below, which are all governed by this Agreement. The Software and Services provided to you may include some or all of the following Software and/or Services:
1.Toolbar: Groovorio's toolbar allows you to retrieve 3rd party content, such as radio stations, games, stock quotes and other information, as well as perform search queries and launch your social network's chat. The Toolbar may contain plugins from 3rd party software vendors who have separate licenses and agreements. This feature is powered by an external service provider. Please note that by using the Groovorio software you agree to our provider privacy policy.
2.NewTab: Groovorio adds a new tab screen to your browser that includes your favorite websites, 3rd party content (such as your favorite RSS feeds, information or stock quotes) and other information you provided to Groovorio. You may customize your NewTab page, add specific widgets or pages and other 3rd party content.
3.Search Enhancements: You may add specific search services, such as IMDB and other services, where such services will be provided to you directly from those 3rd parties. Some of the search enhancements may be automated or sponsored.
Not all the above mentioned features/functionalities are compatible to all browsers. For browser compatibility table see here.
2.Changes to your preferences and system: When installing the Software, the following changes may occur in your system, where you can opt-out from any of these changes upon Installation. Please be advised that the changes may be applicable to some but not all operating systems and/or browsers, given their technical specifications:
1.New Tab Page: Groovorio may change your new tab page on any of your browsers to add the Groovorio new tab application or page. The new tab application or page uses some of your original preferences and access your last visited pages, bookmarks, most viewed pages and installed browser apps. Please note that none of this information is retained by Groovorio on its Servers.
2.Changes In Default Search: Groovorio may change your default search engine to add Groovorio's (or any of Groovorio's affiliates) search engine; Groovorio's search engine is provided free of charge, and provides you with great search results.
3.Changes to your homepage: Groovorio may change your homepage in any of your browsers to allow the Groovorio's homepage application to provide you with better services.
4.Installing Browser Add-ons: In order to provide you with the services, Groovorio may install browser add-ons, plugins or widgets to any and all of your browsers.
In addition the following components/processes may occur on your system:
5.Installing a Desktop Icon: In order to provide you with access to the services, Groovorio may set desktop icons on your Desktop.
6.Preventing Unauthorized Use: In order to protect you from potentially unwanted software, Groovorio tracks and monitors whether other applications have tried to change your homepage, new tab page or default search engines and notifies you when such changes occur. Furthermore, Groovorio may track software which might try to prevent you from changing your homepage, new tab or default search engine, a change to which you consent and choose to conduct. In such event Groovorio may perform the required technical modifications to comply with your choice.
7.Updates: In order to provide you with the most up-to-date version of the Software and/or Services, we may update the Software and/or Services once a new version is released. Such updates may include material changes to the Software, in such case you will receive a notification that will include a description of such material changes and the option to opt out before performing such updates.
3.3rd Party Content: The content provided to you in the course of using the materials and services may include 3rd parties' software and/or services ("3rd Party Content") and Groovorio does not warrant for its quality or authenticity. Groovorio is not, and shall never be, liable for any damage that might occur when using and/or relying on 3rd Party Content and does not warrant that they will be available or accurate.
4.Licenses: Apart where specifically licensed to you, you are prohibited from using, distributing, publishing, making derivative works, changing, reverse engineering, decompiling or otherwise manipulating the Software and/or any of the Services. Groovorio hereby licenses you a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferrable, revocable, temporary, personal license to use the Software and/or Services and any future programming fixes, updates and upgrades provided to you on your computer. You understand that Groovorio, in its sole discretion, may modify or discontinue or suspend your right to access any of its Services or use any of the Groovorio Software at any time, and may at any time suspend or terminate any license hereunder and disable any Groovorio Software you may already have accessed or installed without prior notice. Groovorio reserves the right to add additional features or functions to the Groovorio Software. When installed on your computer, the Groovorio Software periodically communicates with Groovorio servers. We may require the updating of the Software on your computer when releasing a new version, or when making new features available. This update may transpire automatically or through other means. You understand that we may need your review and acceptance of our then-current end user license agreement/terms of service and privacy policy before you will be allowed a limited license for any later versions of the Software. You acknowledge and agree that Groovorio has no obligation to make available to you any subsequent versions of its software applications.
5.Third Party License- Open Source Code: The Software is developed and owned by Groovorio and\or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries and/or their respective suppliers and licensors. The Software also includes certain software, components and materials (“Open Source Materials”) of third parties (“Third Party Licensors”) licensed under certain licenses (“Open Source Licenses”).
Nothing in this Agreement limits your rights under, or grants you rights that supersede, the terms and conditions of any applicable Open Source Licenses. You must review the Open Source Licenses to understand your rights under them. In the event that no such third party license agreements exist, the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall apply.
With respect to the Open Source Licenses, the following terms shall apply:
◦You hereby acknowledge and agree that you will be licensing any Open Source Materials directly from the applicable Third Party Licensors, including the right to use such Third Party Materials in connection with the Software.
◦In the event of any inconsistencies or conflicting provisions between the provisions of the Open Source Licenses and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Open Source Licenses shall prevail.
◦Restrictions under this Agreement concerning modification, confidentiality and other provisions do not apply to such Open Source Materials.
◦For now, Our Software uses only the MIT and BSD free permissive Open Source License, attached are the Copyright Notices:
BSD Copyright Notice:
Copyright (c) 2013, Groovorio All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the Groovorio.
4. Neither the name of the Groovorio nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Groovorio ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Groovorio BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
MIT Copyright Notice:
Copyright (C) 2013 Groovorio
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
6.Revert and Uninstall: Should you decide to uninstall the software and services you should follow these Uninstall Instruction. Groovorio retains the information regarding your homepage, newtab and default search engines, as configured prior to the installation of Software and/or Service ("Original System Preferences") so in the event you choose to uninstall the Software and Services, the Original System Preferences may be reverted.
7.Children: Groovorio Software is not designed or intended for children under the age of thirteen (13). We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage to verify that minors under the age of thirteen (13) are not using the Groovorio Software. In the event that we learn that a person under the age of thirteen (13) uses Groovorio Software, we will prohibit such person from accessing the Service and will make best efforts to promptly delete any Personal Information (as such term is defined in the Privacy Policy) with regard to such person.
8.Warranty and Liability:
1.No Warranty: Groovorio does not warrant for the Software and Services and supplies them on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. Your use of Software and/or Services is at your own risk and under your liability. Groovorio makes no warranty that (i) the Software and/or Services will meet your requirements, including providing you with any relevant information or reaching a relevant audience and (ii) the Software and/or Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free and (iii) the results that may be obtained from the Use of the Software and/or Services will be accurate or reliable and (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by You through the Software and/or Services will meet your expectations, or (v) any errors in the Software and/or Services will be corrected.
2.No Liability: For no case and for no reason shall Groovorio be held liable for any damage, direct or indirect, consequential, exemplary, physical or special, to you, any user or any 3rd party due to its miss-performance of duties herein. Groovorio provides the Software and Service on an AS-IS basis and shall not be held liable, to the extent permitted by law, by any case of misconduct, negligence, gross negligence, malice or any other mean, to any damages or loss of property, including damages to: virtual property, reputation and business reputation, user Account information including login information, loss of profit, loss of good name, all resulting from the use or inability to use the Software and/or Services.
9.Changes to this Agreement: Groovorio reserves the right to modify this Agreement at any time. We will take proactive steps to notify you of material changes to our Site and/or Services by displaying messaging within the Software application and by posting the amended Agreement on our website. The last revision will be reflected in the "Last modified by" heading. Your continued use of the Site or the Software and/or Services following any such modification constitutes your agreement to be bound by and your acceptance of this Agreement as modified. Should you decide that any amendment in this Agreement or in the Privacy Policy does not constitute as your understanding with Groovorio, you may, at your own will, terminate this Agreement and your use of the Groovorio Software and Services and terminate your user Account (if applicable). It is important for you to review this Agreement regularly.
10.Termination: Groovorio may, at its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement, or any other service rendered by it due to any reason, for any user, including you, or with no reason at all or for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Groovorio believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the understandings or spirit of the Agreement. Groovorio may also, in its sole discretion, and at any time discontinue providing the Software and/or Services, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Software and/or Service under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Groovorio may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account (if applicable) and/or bar any further access to such files or the Software and/or Service. Furthermore, you agree that Groovorio shall not be liable to you or any 3rd party for any termination of your access to the Software and/or Services.
11.3rd Party Advertisements and Links: Groovorio may, at its own discretion and for its causes, include within the Software and/or Services any links for 3rd party websites, advertisements or links for applications. Groovorio does not warrant for 3rd Party Content or availability thereof nor does it endorse it. Groovorio shall not be held, or claimed to be held, liable for any 3rd Party Content, its legality or illegality, its adequacy with regulations and its quality. Groovorio is not affiliated with any 3rd party who provides information and/or content through the Software and/or Services and does not warrant for its quality or accuracy.
12.Entire Agreement, Waiver: This Agreement and Privacy Policy constitute the entire understandings between parties and will only be amended from time to time. No waiver to perform any Groovorio's rights under this agreement shall constitute amendments of it.
13.Governing Laws, Jurisdiction, No Class Action: These Terms shall be solely governed by the laws of the state of New York, including their statutes regarding conflict of laws and may be solely brought to the competent courts of the New York city. You undertake not to initiate any class action, for any reason, against Groovorio and to claim your damages only according to this agreement.
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