--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Poseidon USB Stack" software (the main library, the class drivers, included hardware drivers, Trident, additional tools and other pieces of software included in this package) and documentation is written and Copyright 2002 by Chris Hodges. All rights reserved. No parts of this program or documentation may be altered by any means (this includes editing, modifying, reprogramming, extracting, crunching, resourcing etc.) except archiving. It is especially illegal to redistribute, modify or create a keyfile or any other software that will enable the features in Poseidon which are disabled without licence or personal keyfile. The Application Programmers Interface (API) of the "Poseidon USB Stack" is protected by the laws of intellectual property. Software, that allows the use of class drivers or hardware drivers without using the whole Poseidon software itself, violates this licence. Names and products used in this manual may be registered trademarks or products of the corresponding company, even if they are used in this manual without further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This software has been proven stable in everyday use. The author is in no way liable for any loss of data, damages to software or hardware, impacts on the health of people worldwide or on your love life, that may result directly or indirectly from use of this program. The author reserves the right to make changes to this software or documentation without notice. Any modifications to this software and/or a keyfile may yield to unexpected results. The author is not liable for any damage done by a modified version, neither by incident nor on purpose! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Distribution --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This software is not freely distributable unless explicitly noted. Distribution rights remain at the author. It may explictly not be included in commercial software packages without written permission from the author. Again: None of the files in this package may be modified or left out or distributed with other products without written permission from the author. No unrelated files may be added to any archive containing this program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Demo Version --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this software package explicitly has been marked as a unlicenced demo version containing no keyfile, this software may be tested up to 30 days before you have to deinstall it and acquire a legal keyfile. The demo version is freely distributable, if no fee is charged, it is not included in a commercial product and it is not stated otherwise. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Software License Agreement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The author of this software will grant the Licensee a limited, nonexclusive right to use the program "Poseidon USB Stack" and its associated files on a single machine. The producer will hand out a special identification file called the keyfile to the Licensee. This keyfile will enable the Licensee to fully use this software package according to the terms of this license. The keyfile is strictly for personal use by the Licensee only. You may not duplicate, distribute, hire or sell a keyfile. Any disclosure of the keyfile will invalidate the license and the keyfile itself. The Licensee must ensure that the keyfile will not disclosed by accient (e.g. enclosed in another file, especially configuration files). The Licensee will be held liable of any damage arising out of the disclosure of the keyfile. The product is provided as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, including without limitation any implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to use, results and performance of the product is assumed by you and should the product prove to be defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or other remediation. In no event shall the producer of this product or its resellers be liable for any property damage, personal injury, loss of use or other indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including without limitation, any damages for lost profits, business interruption or data which may be lost or rendered inaccurate, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damages. This agreement shall exclusively be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. By copying, distributing and/or using this software you indicate your acceptance of the above rules.