Internal Code License Statement - Sun Microsystems StorageTek T10000 Operator's Manual

Internal Code License Statement

The following is the Internal Code License Agreement from StorageTek:
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING AND OPERATING THIS EQUIPMENT. THIS
NOTICE IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY), THE END USER,
AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ("STORAGETEK"), THE MANUFACTURER OF THE
EQUIPMENT. BY OPENING THE PACKAGE AND ACCEPTING AND USING ANY UNIT OF EQUIPMENT
DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU AGREE TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT OPEN THE PACKAGE AND USE
THE EQUIPMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND YOUR COMPANY, DO NOT OPEN THE
PACKAGE AND USE THE EQUIPMENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE AUTHORIZED
STORAGETEK DISTRIBUTOR OR RESELLER FROM WHOM YOU ACQUIRED THIS EQUIPMENT. IF THE
EQUIPMENT WAS OBTAINED BY YOU DIRECTLY FROM STORAGETEK, CONTACT YOUR STORAGETEK
REPRESENTATIVE.
2. Definitions: The following terms are defined as
follows:
a. "Derivative works" are defined as works based
upon one or more preexisting works, such as a
translation or a musical arrangement, or any other
form in which a work might be recast, transformed,
or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revision,
annotations, elaboration, or other modifications
which, as a whole, represent an original work of
authorship, is a Derivative work.
b. "Internal Code" is Microcode that (i) is an integral
part of Equipment, (ii) is required by such
Equipment to perform its data storage and retrieval
functions, and (iii) executes below the user interface
of such Equipment. Internal code does not include
other Microcode or software, including data files,
which might reside or execute in or be used by or in
connection with such Equipment, including,
without limitation, Maintenance Code.
c. "Maintenance Code" is defined as Microcode and
other software, including data files, which might
reside or execute in or be used by or in connection
with Equipment, and which detects, records,
displays, and/or analyzes malfunctions in the
Equipment.
d. "Microcode" is defined as a set of instructions
(software) that is either imbedded into or is to be
loaded into the Equipment and executes below the
external user interface of such Equipment.
Microcode includes both Internal Code and
Maintenance Code, and might be in magnetic or
other storage media, integrated circuitry, or other
media.
3. The Equipment you have acquired by purchase or
lease is manufactured by or for StorageTek and
contains Microcode. By accepting and operating this
Equipment, you acknowledge that StorageTek or its
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licensor(s) retain(s) ownership of all Microcode,
as well as all copies thereof, that might execute
in or be used in the operation or servicing of the
Equipment and that such Microcode is
copyrighted by StorageTek or its licensor(s).
4. StorageTek hereby grants you, the end user of the
Equipment, a personal, nontransferable (except as
permitted in the transfer terms below), nonexclusive
license to use each copy of the Internal Code (or any
replacement provided by StorageTek or your
authorized StorageTek distributor or reseller) which
license authorizes you, the end user, to execute the
Internal Code solely to enable the specific unit of
Equipment for which the copy of Internal Code is
provided to perform its data storage and retrieval
functions in accordance with StorageTek's (or its
licensor's) official published specifications.
5. Your license is limited to the use of the Internal Code
as set forth. You might not use the Internal Code for
any other purpose. You might not, for example, do
any of the following:
(i) access, copy, display, print, adapt, alter,
modify, patch, prepare Derivative works of,
transfer, or distribute (electronically or
otherwise) or otherwise use the Internal Code;
(ii) reverse assemble, decode, translate,
decompile, or otherwise reverse engineer the
Internal Code (except as decompilation might be
expressly permitted under applicable European
law solely for the purpose of gaining
information that allows interoperability when
such information is not otherwise readily
available); or
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