GAME MAKER License Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT EXPRESSES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH YOU MAY USE THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND ACCOMPANYING FILES THAT THE AUTHOR IS FURNISHING OR MAKING AVAILABLE TO YOU WITH THIS AGREEMENT (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SOFTWARE").

READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE.

BY INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AND YOUR COMPANY (COLLECTIVELY, "YOU") ARE ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU OR YOUR COMPANY ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.

VARIOUS COPYRIGHTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECT THE SOFTWARE. THIS AGREEMENT IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT GIVES YOU LIMITED RIGHTS TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND NOT AN AGREEMENT FOR SALE OR FOR TRANSFER OF TITLE. AUTHOR RESERVES ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

1. LICENSE GRANT

On the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Author grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use the Software on a single computer.

2. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS

2.1 Ownership. The Software and all modifications or enhancements to, or derivative works based on the Software, whether created by Author or you, and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and other intellectual property rights protecting or pertaining to any aspect of the Software or any such modification, enhancement or derivative work are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Author. This Agreement does not convey title or ownership to you but instead gives you only the limited rights set forth in Section 1.

2.2 Limited Rights. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, you have no right to use, make, sublicense, modify, transfer or copy either the original or any copies of the Software or to permit anyone else to do so.

2.3 Proprietary Notices. You may not remove, disable, modify, add to or tamper with any program code or data, copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices and legends contained within the object (compiled) code of the Software. You are not allowed to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the program.

3.NO WARRANTY

AUTHOR IS PROVIDING THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES "AS IS". AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS (WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN) WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES. AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR BE ERROR FREE, THAT AUTHOR WILL CORRECT ALL DEFICIENCIES, ERRORS, DEFECTS OR NONCONFORMITIES OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.

4. CREATED GAMES

Games you create with the Software you can use in any way you like. No licence fee is required. You are allowed to sell the games if you own the right of all the resources used in the game.

The full responsibility and liability for the games created with the Software rests solely with the creator of the game and not with the author of the Software.

Stand-alone versions of games created with the Software can be distributed without any licensing fees. You are however not allowed to reverse engineer or decompile these executable.

5. FURTHER REMARKS

It is appreciated when you mention that GAME MAKER was used to create the game you make, but this is not required.

This license does not apply to the sprites, backgrounds, or sounds provided. These are not part of the program, but were taken from freeware collection and were provided for your convenience.

If you have questions about these terms, contact the author. See the website www.gamemaker.nl for details.