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Terms of Use
============

For Stencyl.com, StencylForge and the Software.


Summary
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- Respect our intellectual property. Don't resell our software or subscriptions
  or modify our software to hide our splash screen. Purchase the software if
  you want to remove the splash.
- We have no legal obligation to provide support.
- Don't do anything illegal with our software or abuse our services.
- We're not liable for anything that happens as a result of using the software.

If you have questions about this agreement, contact us.


Stencyl License Agreement ("License")
-------------------------------------

1.  Preamble: This Agreement, governs the relationship between the user,
    ("Licensee") and Stencyl, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
    ("Licensor").  This Agreement sets the terms, rights, restrictions and
    obligations on using Stencyl (previously known as StencylWorks),
    StencylForge, and Stencyl.com (collectively referred to as "The Software")
    created and owned by Licensor, as detailed herein.

2.  License Grant: Licensor hereby grants Licensee a Personal, Non-assignable
    & non-transferable, Commercial, Royalty free, Cannot create derivative
    works, Non-exclusive license, all in accordance with the terms set forth
    and other legal restrictions set forth in 3rd party software used while
    running Software. Licensee agrees to use the Software only
    for purposes that are permitted by (a) the License and (b) any applicable
    law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the
    relevant jurisdictions.

    1.  Personal: Licensee may not sublicense, lease, rent The Software, or any
        portions thereof.

    2.  Non-Assignable & Non-Transferable: Licensee may not assign or
        transfer his rights and duties under this license.

    3.  Commercial, Royalty Free: Licensee may use The Software for any
        purpose, including paid-services, without any royalties.

    4.  Additional Requirements: Licensee shall not remove, obscure, or alter
        any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark
        notices) which may be affixed to or contained within The Software or
        works created using The Software including but not limited to games
        displaying the Stencyl logo before the game begins.  If Licensee
        desires to remove, obscure, or alter such notices, Licensee shall
        obtain permission from Licensor.

3.  Accepting the Terms: In order to use The Software, Licensee must first
    agree to this license. Licensee may not use The Software if Licensee does
    not accept the license. Licensee can accept the Terms by:

    1.  clicking to accept or agree to the license, where this option is made
        available in the user interface for The Software; or

    2.  by using The Software. In this case, Licensee understands and agrees
        that Licensor will treat Licensee's use of The Software as acceptance
        of the license from that point onwards.

4.  Term & Termination: Licensor may terminate this Agreement, including
    Licensee's license in the case where Licensee:

    1.  became insolvent or otherwise entered into any liquidation process;
        or

    2.  exported The Software to any jurisdiction where licensor may not
        enforce his rights under this agreements in; or

    3.  Licenee was in breach of any of this license's terms and conditions
        and such breach was not cured, immediately upon notification; or

    4.  Licensee in breach of any of the terms of clause 2 to this license; or

    5.  Licensee otherwise entered into any arrangement which caused Licensor
        to be unable to enforce his rights under this License.

5.  Use of StencylForge and Stencyl.com

    1.  Licensee agrees agree that he will not engage in any activity that
        interferes with or disrupts the servers and networks which are
        connected to The Software.

    2.  Licensee agrees that he is solely responsible for (and that Licensor
        has no responsibility to Licensee or to any third party for) any breach
        of Licensee's obligations under the License and for the consequences
        (including any loss or damage which Licensor may suffer) of any such
        breach.

6.  Content on StencylForge and Stencyl.com

    1.  Licensee understands that all information (such as data files, written
        text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds,
        photographs, videos or other images) ("Content") which licensee may
        have access to as part of, or through Licensee's use of, The Software
        are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content
        originated.

    2.  Licensee should be aware that certain Content presented to Licensee as
        part of The Software, may be protected by intellectual property rights.
        Licensee may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create
        derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part)
        unless Licensee has been specifically told that Licensee may do so by
        the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement

    3.  Licensor reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to review,
        modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.

    4.  Licensee understands that by using The Software he may be exposed to
        Content that he may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that,
        in this respect, he uses The Software at his own risk.

    5.  Licensee agrees that he is solely responsible for (and that Licensor
        has no responsibility to Licensee or to any third party for) any
        Content that Licensee creates, transmits or display while using The
        Software and for the consequences of Licensee's actions (including any
        loss or damage which Licensor may suffer) by doing so.

7.  Support: The Software is provided under an AS-IS basis and without any
    support, updates or maintenance. Nothing in this Agreement shall require
    Licensor to provide Licensee with support or fixes to any bug, failure,
    mis-performance or other defect in The Software.

    1.  Feature Request: Licensee may request additional features in The
        Software, provided, however, that (i) Licesee shall waive any claim or
        right in such feature should feature be developed by Licensor; (ii)
        Licensee warrants that feature does not infringe any 3rd party patent,
        trademark, trade-secret or any other intellectual property right.

8.  Liability: To the extent permitted under Law, The Software is provided
    under an AS-IS basis. Licensor shall never, and without any limit, be
    liable for any damage, cost, expense or any other payment incurred by
    Licesee as a result of The Software's actions, failure, bugs and/or any
    other interaction between The Software and Licensee's end-equipment,
    computers, other software or any 3rd party end-equipment, computer or
    services.  Moreover, Licensor shall never be liable for any defect in
    source code written by Licensee when relying on The Software or using The
    Software's source code.

9.  Warranty:

    1.  Intellectual Property: Licensor hereby warrants that The Software does
        not violate or infringe any 3rd party claims in regards to intellectual
        property, patents and/or trademarks and that to the best of his
        knowledge no legal action has been taken against it for any
        infringement or violation of any 3rd party intellectual property
        rights.

    2.  No-Warranty: The Software is provided without any warranty; Licensor
        hereby disclaims any warranty that The Software shall be error free,
        without defects or code which may cause damage to Licensee's computers
        or to Licensee, and that The Software shall be functional.  Licensee
        shall be solely liable for any damage, defect or loss incurred as a
        result of operating software and undertake the risks contained in
        running The Software.

    3.  Prior Inspection: Licensee hereby states that he inspected The Software
        thoroughly and found it satisfactory and adequate to his needs, that it
        does not interfere with his regular operation and that it does meet the
        standards and scope of his computer systems and architecture.  Licensee
        found that The Software interacts with his development, website and
        server environment and that it does not infringe any End User License
        Agreement of any software Licensee may use in performing his services.
        Licensee hereby waives any claims regarding The Software's
        incompatibility, performance, results and features, and warrants that
        he inspected the The Software.

10. Indemnification: Licensee hereby warrants to hold Licensor harmless and
    indemnify Licensor for any lawsuit brought against him in regards to
    Licensee's use of The Software in means that violate, breach or otherwise
    circumvent this license, Licensor's intellectual property rights or
    Licensor's title in The Software. Licensor shall promptly notify
    Licensee in case of such legal action and request Licensee's consent prior
    to any settlement in relation to such lawsuit or claim.

11. Governing Law, Jurisdiction: Licensee hereby agrees not to initiate
    class-action lawsuits against Licensor in  relation to this license and to
    compensate Licensor for any legal fees, costs or attorney fees should any
    claim brought by Licensee against Licensor be denied, in part or in full.
    The License, and Licensee's relationship with Licensor  under the License,
    shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to
    its conflict of laws  provisions.12.  Copyright and trade mark policies:
    It is Licensor's policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright
    infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual
    property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium
    Copyright Act) and to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Details
    of Licensor's policy can be found at http://www.stencyl.com/about/dmca/

13. 3rd Party Software and Agreements: This Agreement covers the Intellectual
    Property created and distributed by Licensor. Some parts of The Software
    were developed by a 3rd party and are covered by other licenses (such as
    open source licenses).  When you accept this Agreement, you agree to be
    bound by the terms of these licenses for those respective parts of The
    Software.

    Information on these licenses can be found inside The Software by visiting
    the 'Legal > Credits' section of the Help Center.

14. Changes to the Terms: Licensor may make changes to the License from time to
    time.  When these changes are made, Licensor will make a new copy of the
    License available at  http://www.stencyl.com/about/eula/. Licensee
    understands and agrees that if he uses The Software after the date on
    which the License has changed, Licensor will treat Licensee's continued use
    of The Software as acceptance of the updated license.

Revision History
----------------

- December 9, 2013: Explicitly mention individual licensing.
- April 4, 2013: Changed references to legacy product names.
- January 24, 2012: Amendment to include notice on third party software.
- December 14, 2011: Revision for iStencyl Pro.
- May 1, 2011: Initial Version.