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END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 
Change Vision, Inc. 
16th Version as of 25th November, 2020 
Important: 
Please read carefully all of the following terms and conditions. 
THIS  END-USER  LICENSE  AGREEMENT  (“this  Agreement”)  is  a  legal  agreement  between  you 
(either an individual, a firm or a single entity) and Change Vision, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) for a 
software product named “Astah” including computer programs, associated media, printed materials and 
online  or  electronic  documentation  (collectively  the  “Product”).  The  Product  is  licensed  to  you  under 
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. By installing, copying, downloading, accessing, or 
otherwise  using  the  Product,  you  agree  to  be  bound  by  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement.  If 
you  do  not  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  do  not  download,  install  or  use  the 
Product. This English version applies to the customers who reside outside of Japan. 
Article 1 : Copyright 
1. All  the  copyrights  and  other  intellectual  property  rights  in  the  Product  is  owned  by  the  Company 
and  its  licensor,  and  remain  vested  in  the  Company  and  such  licensor.  The  Product  is  protected 
under the copyright law of Japan and other countries and related Conventions. 
2. The  Product  is  licensed, not  sold.  You  do  not  have  any  right  other  than  the license  granted under 
this Agreement. 
Article 2 : Grant of License 
The Company shall grant you the following rights: 
1. If  you  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement  and  complete  the  prescribed  user 
registration and license registration on our website, the Company provides you with the license key 
necessary to use the Product. 
2. If  you  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  purchase  more  than  one  license  and 
complete the prescribed  user registration, you or (in case of  our  customer  being an association or 
corporation)  a single individual in charge of  the Product  belonging to such association  or 
corporation,  may  complete  license  registrations  on  our  website,  the  Company  provides  you  with 
appropriate limited number of license keys necessary to use the Product. 
3. For the license to be registered, you need the license number and the validation code (collectively 
the “License Authentication Key”) notified by the Company or its official distributor and partner 
(collectively the “Partner”). 
4. The  Company  authorizes  only  person  who  has  purchased  the  licensed  Product  through  the 
Company or the Partner to be allowed to use the Product under this Agreement. 
5. You  may distribute your  own  copyrighted works based upon the  Product to others only if you do 
that in accordance with this Agreement.  
6. You may make an appropriate limited number of copies of the Product on a backup storage device 
such  as  hard  disk,  optical  media  or  tape  and  physical  CD  media  solely  for  the  purpose  of 
replacement in the event of destruction or loss of an original copy of the Product.
7. In case our customer is an association or corporation, a single individual in charge of the Product 
belonging to such association or corporation may make an appropriate limited number of copies of 
the  Product  up  to  the  numbers  of  licenses  have  been  registered  completely  for  the  purpose  of 
distribution to individuals to use the Product. 
8. In  case  the  association  or  corporation  who  purchased  the  licenses  were  merged  and  acquired  or 
partially  jointed  with  another  association  or  corporation,  you  may  continue  to  use  the  licenses 
within the associated corporation. 
9. In case there is a difference between numbers of computers on which the software is installed and 
numbers  of  user  using  the  Product  simultaneously,  for  example  the  Product  is  used  on  the  client 
server  or  the  virtualized  environment  such  as  thin  client  or  others,  you  need  as  many  licenses  as 
there are the users.  
10. The  Company  shall  retain  all  rights  in  and  to  the  Product  except  for  the  license  granted  to  you 
expressly in this Agreement. 
Article 3 : Prohibited Use 
You may not: 
1. copy the Product except as provided in Article 2 of this Agreement; 
2. alter, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile any software included in the Product; 
3. sell,  distribute,  lease  or  assign  to  others  the  copies  of  the  Product  or  information  such  as  the 
License Authentication Key or license key relating to the license of the Product; or 
4. sublicense to any third party to use the Product. 
Article 4 : Limited Warranty 
1. The  Company  warrants  that  media  for  the  Product  will,  under  normal  use,  be  free  of  defects  in 
materials and workmanship during the first ninety (90) days from the date you purchase the license 
from us or our Partner (the “Warranty Period”). In any case, the Company’s sole obligation under 
this warranty is to replace the defective media returned to the Company during the Warranty Period. 
This  warranty  shall  not  apply  to  the  damage  arising  from  misuse,  abuse  or  carelessness  by  you. 
The Warranty Period of the defective media is applicable to such replaced media. 
2. Should the Product not be in compliance with the warranty as provided in the preceding paragraph, 
you  may  notify  the  Company  in  writing  during  the  Warranty  Period  and  return  the  defective 
Product and then the Company will provide you with the replacement. 
3. The Company in no way warrants merchantability or fitness of the Product for a particular purpose, 
nor warrants performance, results or other contents arising out of or in connection with the Product. 
4. The Company in no way makes any further representation of warranty, express or implied, on the 
Product. 
Article 5 : Limitation of Liability 
Except  as  provided  in  Article  4,  in  no  event  shall  the  Company  be  liable  to  you  for  any  special, 
incidental, indirect or consequential damage or any damage arising out or in connection with the use or 
performance of the Product including any claims for such damages by a third party against you, whether 
the Company is informed of the possibility of such damages. Should the Company be liable to you, the 
maximum  amount  of  such  liability  shall  not  exceed  the  amount  of  money  actually  paid  by  you  for  the 
Product. 
Article 6 : Support Service 
1. The Company shall provide to the customer who has made a user registration the following support 
services related to the Product free of charge for the support period, which is designated to each of 
the license. Support services shall be provided in English or Japanese: 
i. provision  of  upgrades  including  the  adjustment  to  defects  and  the  improvement  of  the 
Product; and 
ii. response to inquiries relating to the operation of the Product (including information of the 
known problems of the Product). 
iii. Several  benefits  during  your  support  effective  period  (Contents  of  benefits  are  described 
on our website, and are subject to change without notice). 
2. The Company  shall discontinue to provide  support  and download  of the  Product three years after 
its release date of its first decimal place. 
3. You  shall  promptly  notify  the  Company  upon  any  change  to  items  of  the  user  registration  with 
respect to respective licenses for all the Products owned by you. 
4. Our obligation related to the support services shall be limited to the reasonable efforts as provided 
for  in  paragraph  1  of  this  Article.  The  Company  shall  not  be  required  to  provide  the  support 
services to the following persons: 
i. a person who has not completed the user registration in accordance with the procedure set 
by the Company; 
ii. a  person  who  has  not  notified  us  upon  any  change  to  items  of  the  user  registration  as 
provided in the preceding paragraph; 
iii. a person whose user registration has been removed at the request of such person; 
iv. a person whose support effective period has expired; or 
v. a person who uses the Product without paying for license of the Product. 
5. The Company may cease to render the support services without prior notice in any of the following 
events: 
i. when we need emergency maintenance of the computer system; 
ii. when  we  are  unable  to  operate  the  computer  system  by  reason  of  force  majeure  such  as 
fire, electric power outage or interruption by any third party; 
iii. when we are unable to operate the computer system by reason of a natural disaster or the 
similar to this; and 
iv. when  we  deem  it  necessary  to  suspend  the  operation  of  the  computer  system  due  to 
emergencies other than above. 
6. Notwithstanding anything provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company may cease to render 
the support services for the Product with one (1) year prior notice, and in such event the Company 
shall have no obligation to provide to you any support services related to such Product. 
Article 7 : Special Agreement 
The  following  terms  and  conditions  (the  “Special  Agreement”)  shall  be  applicable  additionally  to  the 
each  of  the  edition  or  special  license  of  the  Product.  When  any  discrepancy arises  between  the  Special 
Agreement and other provisions of this Agreement, the Special Agreement shall prevail. 
Astah Engineering Pack 
1. You  may  use the edition of  the Product, Astah  Professional, Astah SysML and Astah  GSN under 
this Agreement. 
Astah Professional 
1. You may use the edition of the Product, Astah Professional under this Agreement. 
Astah UML 
1. You may use the edition of the Product, Astah UML under this Agreement. 
Astah SysML 
1. You may use the edition of the Product, Astah SysML under this Agreement. 
Astah GSN 
1. You may use the edition of the Product, Astah GSN under this Agreement. 
Astah System Safety 
1. You may use the edition of the Product, Astah System Safety under this Agreement. 
Astah Viewer 
1. If you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may use the edition of the Product, 
Astah Viewer without a purchase of license. 
2. The  Company  grants  you  a  personal,  non-exclusive,  non-transferable,  limited  license  to  use  the 
Product, and you may install and use the Product on an appropriate limited number of computers. 
3. Articles 4 and 6 shall not be applicable to Astah Viewer. The Company shall have no obligation to 
give warranty or render support services with respect to Astah Viewer. 
4. You  may  not  sell,  distribute,  lease  or  assign  to  others  the  Product  and  copies  of  the  Product,  nor 
sublicense the use of the Product to any third party. 
5. Although the Product may show advertisements through the software on the screen of the computer, 
we will not inform any specific website of your personal information or other information in your 
computer. 
Astah Community 7.0 or Later 
1. If  you  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  you  may  use  the  Product  without  a 
purchase of license. 
2. The  Company  grants  you  a  personal,  non-exclusive,  non-transferable,  limited  license  to  use  the 
Product, and you may install and use the Product on an appropriate limited number of computers. 
3. You  may  use  the  edition  of  the  Product,  Astah  Community  version  7.0  or  later  for  your  personal 
usage only if: 
i. you do not charge or accept compensation for the use of this software or any services that 
you provide with it; 
ii. you do not generate anything that can be used for commercial with it; 
iii. you do not provide anything related to commercial service with it; and 
iv. you do not use it for any commercial usage, application, research or development. 
4. Articles  4  and  6  shall  not  be  applicable  to  Astah  Community.  The  Company  shall  have  no 
obligation to give warranty or render support services with respect to Astah Community. 
5. You  may  not  sell,  distribute,  lease  or  assign  to  others  the  Product  and  copies  of  the  Product,  nor 
sublicense the use of the Product to any third party. 
6. Although the Product may show advertisements through the software on the screen of the computer, 
we will not inform any specific website of your personal information or other information in your 
computer. 
Astah Community 6.9 or Older 
1. If  you  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  you  may  use  the  Product  without  a 
purchase of license. 
2. The  Company  grants  you  a  personal,  non-exclusive,  non-transferable,  limited  license  to  use  the 
Product, and you may install and use the Product on an appropriate limited number of computers. 
3. Articles  4  and  6  shall  not  be  applicable  to  Astah  Community.  The  Company  shall  have  no 
obligation to give warranty or render support services with respect to Astah Community. 
4. You  may  not  sell,  distribute,  lease  or  assign  to  others  the  Product  and  copies  of  the  Product,  nor 
sublicense the use of the Product to any third party. 
5. Although the Product may show advertisements through the software on the screen of the computer, 
we will not inform any specific website of your personal information or other information in your 
computer. 
Astah Plug-In 
1. You may use the Product with Astah Plug-In (the”Plug-In”) added. 
2. In  order  to  use  the  Product  with  the  Plug-In,  you  need  required  numbers  of  license  for  both  the 
Product and Plug-In. 
3. The  license  required  to  use  the  Plug-In  is  the  content  specified  for  the  Product  and  License 
Information on our website and printed materials. 
Trial License (including software for evaluation purposes and beta version) 
1. Provided that you agree to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may use 
the  Product  only  for  evaluation  and  demonstration  purposes  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.  Unless 
otherwise specifically permitted by the Company, you may not use the Product for the commercial, 
business or profit purposes. 
2. During a trial period determined by the Company separately, you may use the Product and create 
derivative  works  on  the  basis  of  the  Product  under  the  trial  license  during  such  trial  period 
(including  the  data,  printed  materials  and  computer  source  codes;  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the 
“Derivative  Works”);  provided,  however,  you  may  not  use  or  distribute  such  Derivative  Works 
other than for the evaluation purpose. 
3. Articles  4  and  6  shall  not  be  applicable  to  the  trail  license  (including  software  for  evaluation 
purposes and beta version). The Company shall have no obligation to give warranty or render the 
support services during the trial period. 
4. Upon termination of the trial period, you may not continue to use the Product unless you purchase 
the license of the Product. If you do not purchase the Product at the time of such termination, you 
must delete and destroy completely all copies of the Product, all of its component in any form and 
all of the Derivative Works. If you wish to continue use the Product after the trial period, you must 
purchase the license of the Product for use of the Product from the Company or any of the Partners. 
5. The stop function is built into the Product so that you may not continue to use the Product after the 
termination of the trial period. 
Limited Time License (Timed License) 
1. The Company grants to you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited license to use 
the Product and you may install and use the Product only for a single computer and a single OS .
You may re-install and use it for another single computer only if you delete the Product completely 
from the computer that has installed them. 
2. A number of qualified users may use the Product on the single computer but only one person at a 
time. 
3. You may use the Product for the period from the date you designated at the registration to the end 
of the period specified for each license. The stop function is built into the Product so that you may 
not continue to use the Product after the termination of the period for use. 
4. The Company shall provide you with the support services related to the Product for the period set 
forth in  the preceding  paragraph.  You may  not  extend the period for support services  through the 
support license. 
5. Upon termination of the timed license period, your timed license may be extended if you purchase 
and register another timed license. 
6. You may not have your timed license upgraded to the perpetual license. 
7. You may have your employees under your direct instructions, including your employees, 
dispatched  employees,  transferring employees, use the Product. You shall be  responsible for their 
complying with this Agreement and for any breach of their obligations. 
8. You  have  no  right  to  have  third  parties,  including  but  not  limited  to  your  contractors  and  their 
employees, other than the employee under your instruction use the Product.  
Perpetual License 
1. The  Company  grants  to  our  customer  who  has  made  a  license  registration  or  (in  case  of  our 
customer being an association or corporation) a single individual belonging to such association or 
corporation a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use the Product. 
2. If the customer who has made a license registration is a single individual who is licensed to use the 
Product, such user may install and use the Product on an appropriate limited number of computers. 
3. The  Company  shall  provide  to  you  who  have  purchased  support  license  for  extension  of  the 
support  effective  period  with  respect  to  the  license  for  each  of  the  Products  owned  by  you,  the 
support  services  as  set  forth  by  the  Company  for  a  period  from  the  end  of  the  support  effective 
period for the license of the Product to the end of the period prescribed by the Company separately 
for the license for each of the Products. 
4. You may have your employees under your direct instructions, including your employees, 
dispatched  employees,  transferring employees, use the Product. You shall be  responsible for their 
complying with this Agreement and for any breach of their obligations. 
5. You  have  no  right  to  have  third  parties,  including  but  not  limited  to  your  contractors  and  their 
employees, other than the employee under your instruction use the Product.  
Organizational License 
1. The  Company  grants  to  a  person  belonging  to  such  association  or  corporation  a  personal,  non-
exclusive, non-transferable and limited license to use the Product for a period designated by us for 
the each of the license when you registered the person as administrator. 
2. You may install the Product on all the computers you may use, and also make copies of distribution 
to install the Product on them. 
3. Prescribed  users  may  use  the  Product  by  accessing  to  the  Company’s  server  to  activate  a  license 
under the Organizational License’s limited numbers during the period this Organizational License 
is designated to run for. 
4. A number of qualified users may use the Product on the single computer, but only one person at a 
time. 
5. You may have any persons who engage in your operations, including your employees, dispatched 
employees, transferring employees and your contractors engaging your operations, use the Product.  
You  shall  be  responsible  for  their  complying  with  this  Agreement  and  for  any  breach  of  their 
obligations. 
6. You may use the Product within the limited number the license grants on multiple computers. The 
stop  function  is  built  into  the  Product  so  that  you  may  not  use  the  Product  when  the  numbers  of 
Product being used exceeds the prescribed limit. 
7. You  may  use  the  Product  for  the  period  the  date  designated  at  the  registration  to  the  end  of  the 
period  specified  for  the  license.  In  case  you  have  the  Organizational  License  (Annual),  the  stop 
function  is  built  into  the  Product  so  that  you  may  not  continue  to  use  the  Product  after  the 
termination  of  the  period  for  use.  In  case  you  have  the  Organizational  License  (Perpetual),  a 
number of Individual Perpetual Licenses will be issued and derived to the license administrator for 
distribution. These licenses will allow for continued use of Astah, but will be un-supported and the 
clause “Perpetual License” will apply. 
8. The Company shall provide you with the support services related to the Product for the period set 
forth in the preceding paragraph during the support effective period for the license of the Product. 
9. Upon termination of the Organizational License period, in case you have an activated 
Organizational License (Annual), it may be extended if you purchase and register another 
Organizational License (Annual). In case you have an activated Organizational License (Perpetual), 
it may be extended if you purchase Organizational License Support Renewal. 
10. The Company shall maintain the information such as Activation times, first date of Activation, the 
last  check-out  date  of  Organizational  License  for  the  purpose  of  the  verification  of  license  range 
and providing Support Service. 
11. The  Company  shall  collect  the  License  ID,  i)  Machine  Information  and  ii)  Identifier  Name  and 
send them to our server that manages all the Product information for the purpose of the verification 
of license range and providing Support Service. 
i. Machine Information: A unique code that identifies your computer that is obtained through 
using Product 
ii. Identifier Name: A name users set when activating the license per computer (The 
computer name will become the Identifier Name as default) 
Floating License 
1. The  Company  grants  to  a  person  belonging  to  such  association  or  corporation  a  personal,  non-
exclusive, non-transferable and limited license to use the Product for a period designated by us for 
the each of the license when you registered the person as administrator. 
2. You  may  install  the  Product  on  all  the  computers  users  may  use,  and  also  make  copies  of 
distribution to install the Product on them. 
3. You may install the license on a centralized License Server an association or corporation holds that 
is accessible to others within your organization. 
4. A number of qualified users may use the Product on the single computer but only one person at a 
time. 
5. You may have any persons who engage in your operations, including your employees, dispatched 
employees, transferring employees and your contractors engaging your operations, use the Product.  
You  shall  be  responsible  for  their  complying  with  this  Agreement  and  for  any  breach  of  their 
obligations. 
6. You may use the Product within the limited number the license grants on multiple computers. The 
stop  function  is  built  into  the  Product  so  that  you  may  not  use  the  Product  when  the  numbers  of 
Product being used exceeds the prescribed limit. 
7. You may use the Product for the period the date designated at the activation of the license. The stop 
function  is  built  into  the  Product  so  that  you  may  not  continue  to  use  the  Product  after  the 
termination of the period for use. 
8. The Company shall provide you with the support services related to the Product for the period set 
forth in the preceding paragraph during the support effective period for the license of the Product. 
Faculty Site License 
1. The  Company  grants  to  you,  as  a  single  individual  belonging  to  such  association  purchasing  and 
registering a Faculty Site License as a license administrator, a non-exclusive, non-transferable and 
limited  license  to  use  the  Product.  The  license  can  be  distributed  to  any  faculty  and  students,  for 
the purpose of academic studies and research, who are members of the department indicated on the 
application  form  submitted  at  the  time  of  purchase.  Third  parties  may  only  use  the  license  on 
machines that belong to the indicated department at your academic institution for any seminars or 
classes your academic institution holds. 
2. You  may  install the Product on computers that licensed users  own,  as well as  make  copies of the 
distribution to install the Product on them. 
3. Under  this  Agreement,  the  indicated  department  may  use  the  listed  Products:  Astah  Professional, 
Astah SysML and Astah GSN. 
4. You may use the Product during the Faculty Site License period, the date the license administrator 
designed during registration to the end of the period specified for each license. A stop function is 
built into the Product so that you may not continue to use the Product after the termination of the 
Faculty Site License period, without proper renewal. 
5. The Company shall provide you with the support services related to the Product for the period set 
forth  in  the  preceding  paragraph.  You  may  not  extend  the  period  for  support  services  through  a 
separate support license. 
6. During the Faculty Site License period, any person who resigns from the licensed department, may 
not to use the Product and must delete the Product from their computers completely. 
7. Upon termination of the Faculty Site License period, your Faculty Site License may be extended if 
you purchase, and register, another Faculty Site License. 
Student License 
1. If you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may use the Product without user 
registration on our website. 
2. The  Company  grants  you  a  personal,  non-exclusive,  non-transferable,  limited  license  to  use  the 
Product, and you may install and use the Product on an appropriate limited number of computers as 
long as you are only one who uses this Product. 
3. Articles 4 and  6  shall not be applicable to  Astah UML Free  Student License.  The Company  shall 
have  no  obligation  to  give  warranty  or  render  support  services  with  respect  to  Astah  UML  Free 
Student License users. 
4. Without consent of the Company in writing, you may not sell, distribute, lease or assign to others 
copies of the Product, nor sublicense the use of the Product to any third party.
Article 8 : Confidentiality 
1. (a)  The  contents  of  this  Agreement  and  (b)  all  information  disclosed  by  the  Company  under  this 
Agreement (such as License key of the Product, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, URL, 
all other information disclosed via computer network by providing the License Authorization Key 
and  Support  Services)  shall  be  treated  as  strictly  confidential  (“Confidential  Information”)  and 
you may not disclose the Confidential Information to any third party without the Company’s prior 
written  consent,  nor  abuse  the  Confidential  Information.  Especially  if  you  disclose  or  leak  the 
License Information such as License Authorization Key or License key itself to any third party, the 
Company grants a right to stop your use of the licensed Product. You may disclose the Confidential 
Information  only  for  reasonable  cause  such  as  in  compliance  with  judicial  or  other  governmental 
order; provided, however, that in such event you shall give a prompt prior notice to the Company. 
2. The obligation under this Article shall not apply if such information is any of the followings: 
i. Information  which  becomes  available  to  you  on  an  unrestricted  basis  from  a  third  party 
(Except any License Information of the Product); or 
ii. Information which was independently developed by you without using any of the 
Company’s confidential Information. 
3. The preceding paragraphs shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 
Article 9 : Personal Information 
1. The Company, for the purposes below, may collect and use and keep the following information on 
you  (“Personal  Information”,  including  any  updates),  with  the  necessary  protective  measures 
taken against divulgence of and abuse of the Personal Information, unless your account is deleted 
by yourself or your request for removal is received: 
i. your  name,  company  or  organization  name,  e-mail  address,  etc.  that  we  collect  under 
paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 6; 
ii. products you purchased, user registration date, renewal of contract, information disclosed 
in relation to your payment, etc. and items relating to agreements by and between you and 
the Company, and; 
iii. your inquiries and your answers to questioners, etc. 
2. The Company will use the Personal Information collected pursuant to the preceding clause for the 
following purposes. The provision of information to you within the purposes mentioned below will 
be made to you by means of e-mail or phone. 
i. to make descriptions in the license key for the purposes of identification of the Registered 
User and the computer in which the Product is installed or used; 
ii. to offer the support services set forth in Article 6; 
iii. to notify you of the renewal of the agreements; 
iv. for our business promotion concerning to our products or services; and  
v. for notices, correspondence and exercise of rights and performance of obligations relating 
to this Agreement. 
3. The Company may entrust our affiliates or distributors with a part or whole of our business to the 
extent that each of the items prescribed in the preceding paragraph is carried out. In such event we 
require  such  affiliates  or  distributors  to  maintain  confidentiality  of  the  Personal  Information 
through confidentiality agreement.
4. You  may  make  a  request  to  disclose  your  own  Personal  Information  based  on  the  objective  facts 
we  hold.  However  the  Company  shall  have  no  obligation  to  disclose  information  such  as  (a)  any 
confidential business Information or technical know-hows of the Company or the third party’s; (b) 
any  Information  that  has  elapsed  the  prescribed  holding  period  and  we  no  longer  use;  (c)  any 
Information  related  to  personal  evaluations,  categories  of  our  customers;  and  (d) any  Information 
that  we  record  based  on  our  regular  business  and  could  arise  a  hindrance  to  our  business  by 
providing them. If you think that any Personal Information we hold about you is incorrect or wrong, 
you may request that we adjust or delete such Personal Information. 
5. You  may  request  that  the  Company  stop  using  your  Personal  Information  for  the  purpose  of  our 
business promotion mentioned in item 4 of paragraph 2 of this Article. 
6. You agree that after the expiration or termination of this Agreement the Company may continue to 
use your Personal Information based on the user registration provided to us pursuant to paragraph 1 
of this Article for a certain period of time should there be reasonable reason. 
7. The  Company  may  disclose  your  Personal  Information  as  appropriate  if  required  to  do  so  by  law 
through governmental agencies or any other institution with quasi-authority. 
Article 10 : Collecting Information 
1. For the purposes of the Product’s enhancement, quality improvements and to grasp the user activity 
on the Product, our main server of the Product is designed to obtain users update information and 
other specific information from user’s computer. 
2. The  update  information  and  other  specific  information  from  user’s  computer  mentioned  this 
provision are as below. 
i. The Product edition, its version, the type of OS and license you use and the name of folder 
under the folder (.astah) for saved configuration files and logfiles; 
ii. Internet Protocol address information for the connection and 
iii. Information such as how many times you click on which menu label on the Product’s main 
tool bar only if you agree with the “data collection for Product improvement 
(http://astah.net/agreements/use-data)”  (Any  model  information  you  create  or  any  other 
design information will not be sent) 
3. The  Company  will  not  disclose  the  information  we  collected  under  this  clause  to  the  third  party 
without your explicit permission unless required to disclose by law through governmental agencies 
or any other institution with quasi-authority. 
Article 11 : Termination 
This  Agreement  shall  be  immediately  terminated  if  you  breach  any  of  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this 
Agreement, and accordingly the license provided for in this Agreement shall also be terminated. In such 
event, you shall immediately stop using the Product you hold and remove all of the copies of the Product. 
Article 12 : Governing Law 
This  Agreement  shall  be  governed  by,  interpreted  and  construed  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  Japan. 
The  parties  herby  submit  for  all  purposes  of  or  in  connection  with  this  Agreement  to  the  exclusive 
jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.
Article 13 : Exclusion of Anti Social Forces 
1. You or the Company shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without giving any notice in the 
event  the  other  party  is  found  to  be  an  Anti  Social  force  (meaning  an  organized  crime  group,  a 
member  of  an  organized  crime  group,  a  person  who  has  ceased  to  be  an  organized  crime  group 
within  five  years,  a  quasi-member  of  an  organized  crime  group,  a  company  affiliated  with  an 
organized crime group, a general meeting company, a social movement, a special intelligent violent 
group,  or  any  other  party  equivalent  thereto;  the  same  shall  apply  hereinafter),  or  to  have  any 
relationship with any anti-social force that falls under any one of the following items; 
i. in the event an Anti Social force is recognized as having control over management to you 
or the Company, 
ii. in the event an Anti Social force is deemed to be substantially involved in the management 
of you or the Company, 
iii. in the event you or the Company uses any anti-social force for the purpose of unfair profit 
for himself/herself or a third party, or for the purpose of inflicting damage on a third party, 
etc. 
iv. in  the  event  you  or  the  company  provide  funds,  etc.  or  providing  facilities,  etc.  to  Anti 
Social forces. 
v. in  the  event  any  director  or  any  person  who  is  substantially  involved  in  the  management 
has  any  relationship  that  should  be  socially  condemned  against  Anti  Social  forces  as  set 
forth in  above. 
2. You or the Company may terminate this Agreement without notice in the event the other party acts 
by itself or through a third party as coming under any one of the following items. 
i. Violent demands 
ii. Unjust demands beyond legal liability 
iii. acts of making threatening statements or using violence in relation to transactions 
iv. An  act of spreading  rumors, damaging  the  creditworthiness  of  the  counterparty  by 
fraudulent means or force, or obstructing the business of the other party; 
v. Any other act similar to any of the preceding items. 
3. In  the  event  this  Agreement  is  terminated  pursuant  to  any  of  the  provisions  of  each  item  of  this 
article,  the  terminated  party  shall  not  claim  any  damages  from  the  termination  against  the  other 
party.  In  addition,  the  other  party  shall  compensate  for  any  damages  incurred  by  the  party  who 
terminated the contract due to such termination. 
Article 14 : Others 
The Company may, in its sole discretion, change, add or abolish the terms of this License Agreement at 
any time without prior notice to you. Provided, however, that in the event the Company determines that a 
significant  change  is  made,  the  Company  shall  register  the  user  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  set 
forth  by  the  Company  and  notify  the  customer  of  the  setting  for  receiving  e-mails  from  the  Company 
within a  reasonable period of  advance  notice.  The  latest  license agreement  shall  be  posted  on  our  Web 
site (https://astah.net/legal/).