Licence agreement (Heather, Stuart, Callum, Isla, Andrew and Mairi)
The voices are licensed for: State-run schools, pupils at home, Scottish Colleges, Scottish Universities, Scottish Open University students, Scottish charities dealing with pupils and NHS patients, Scottish Local Authorities, NHS Scotland, Scottish government agencies and public sector in general.
The voices are not licensed for: Independent schools, private companies, Scottish students studying abroad and individuals not covered by the above.
The University of Edinburgh ACADEMIC non-commercial Licence for the Scottish accent computer voice ('Heather', 'Stuart', Callum, Isla, 'Andrew' and 'Mairi').
Copyright (C), September 15th 2011, The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, UK
PLEASE READ THIS ACADEMIC NON-COMMERCIAL LICENCE ("THE LICENCE") CAREFULLY. THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, OLD COLLEGE, EDINBURGH, EH8 9YL, UK ("EDINBURGH") ACTING THROUGH CALL SCOTLAND, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, PATERSON'S LAND, HOLYROOD ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH8 8AQ, UK HAS OBTAINED A LICENCE FROM CEREPROC LTD, DEVELOPERS OF THE 'STUART' COMPUTER VOICE FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND APPLE MACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS ("SOFTWARE") TO MAKE THE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO THIRD PARTIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL, NON-PROFIT PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES AND IS WILLING TO GRANT YOU A LICENCE TO SOFTWARE ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
This Licence is made on the date on which the User clicks on the 'SUBMIT' button on the Download page.
Between (`the User') and the University Court of the University of Edinburgh Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL (`Edinburgh')
LICENCE CONDITIONS
1. Ownership
- Edinburgh has obtained a licence from Cereproc Ltd ("CereProc") to make the SOFTWARE and related documentation available to Scottish Government departments and public bodies, Scottish local authorities and NHS Scotland; including primary and secondary schools, further and higher education institutions and their support services in Scotland, NHS Scotland agencies and units; persons attending Scottish schools, colleges and educational institutions, and NHS Scotland patients, for non-commercial, non-profit personal, educational and research purposes.
- CereProc is the owner and proprietor of copyright, database right and all other intellectual property rights in and to SOFTWARE and related documentation.
- SOFTWARE is confidential and proprietary to Cereproc and Cereproc retains title and ownership of SOFTWARE and related documentation at all times. All copies of SOFTWARE and related documentation are the property of Cereproc regardless of the medium in which such copies may exist.
- The User undertakes to adopt any security measures needed to protect Cereproc's copyright, database right and other intellectual property rights in SOFTWARE and related documentation and undertakes to take all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorised use is made of SOFTWARE and related documentation.
2. Licence
- Subject to the conditions of this Licence Edinburgh grants to the User a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable, world-wide, royalty-free licence to use the SOFTWARE, without the right to sub-licence, on computers within the possession or control of the User and to make any necessary copies for back-up.
- The User undertakes to use SOFTWARE and related documentation for non-commercial, non-profit educational and research purposes only and shall ensure that SOFTWARE is made available only to Scottish Government departments and public bodies, Scottish local authorities and NHS Scotland; including primary and secondary schools, further and higher education institutions and their support services in Scotland, NHS Scotland agencies and units; persons attending Scottish schools, colleges and educational institutions, and NHS Scotland patients, for non-commercial, non-profit personal, educational and research purposes.
3. Licence Restrictions
- The User may not translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or create derivative works based on SOFTWARE except as expressly permitted by law or by this Licence.
- The User may not rent, lease, sublicense, sell, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of SOFTWARE, on a temporary or permanent basis, without the prior written consent of Edinburgh and subject to any conditions imposed by the Edinburgh.
4. Term
- Subject to condition 4(ii) the licence shall be for an initial period of Twelve Months from the date the User accepted these conditions and shall remain in force thereafter unless and until terminated in accordance with the terms of condition 4(ii).
- This licence may be terminated by:
- the User at any time by destroying its copy of SOFTWARE together with all copies in any form and notifying Edinburgh in writing of such destruction; and / or
- Edinburgh at any time by notice in writing to the User if the User fails to comply with any material term or condition of this licence provided that the User has not cured the failure to comply in all material respects within 60 days of the date of the User's receipt of such notice.
- The User agrees upon expiry or termination of this licence to cease use immediately of the SOFTWARE and to destroy forthwith its copy of SOFTWARE together with all copies in any form. Such termination shall be without prejudice to any claim which Edinburgh may have for damages and/or otherwise.
5. Acknowledgement
- If the User publishes any papers the content of which has in way involved or benefited from the use of SOFTWARE, then the User must include in such publication a written acknowledgement that SOFTWARE was used, that SOFTWARE is the property of CereProc, that SOFTWARE was used under licence from Edinburgh, and include a written acknowledgement that the licence to use SOFTWARE was funded by the Scottish Ministers.
6. No Maintenance
- Edinburgh is not obliged to provide any maintenance, fault correction, patches, technical support or updates to the User for SOFTWARE.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability
- EDINBURGH GIVES NO WARRANTY TO THE USER THAT SOFTWARE IS FREE FROM DEFECTS OR FAULTS. SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED"AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. EDINBURGH MAKES NO REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF SOFTWARE FOR ANY PURPOSE.
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL EDINBURGH AND / OR ITS EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS AND / OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; FAILURE TO MAKE ANTICIPATED SAVINGS; COSTS OF WASTED TIME; COSTS OF MISSED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; GOODWILL; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR DELICT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF SUCH WAS REASONABLY FORESEEABLE OR IF EDINBURGH AND / OR ITS EMPLOYEES WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS AND / OR DAMAGE. EDINBURGH DOES NOT EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THE NEGLICENCE OF EDINBURGH OR ITS EMPLOYEES.
8. No waiver
- Failure by Edinburgh to exercise or enforce any rights in this licence shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any time or times thereafter.
9. Indemnification
- The User agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified at all times Edinburgh on demand against any liability, loss or damage incurred by Edinburgh which arises directly or indirectly out of any breach of any of the undertakings or obligations on the part of the User contained in this licence or in respect of the use of SOFTWARE by the User howsoever arising (save for such liability, loss or damages directly and solely caused by the wilful negligence of Edinburgh).
10. Notices
- Any notice shall be deemed given when received by the other party.
11. Entire Licence and Severability
- This licence constitutes the entire agreement between Edinburgh and the User with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written or oral understandings, communications or agreements. This licence may be modified only by written agreement duly signed by authorised representatives of both Edinburgh and the User.
- If any part of the conditions or exclusions contained in this licence is held to be void or unenforceable, such part shall be deemed to be deleted from this licence and the remainder of the provision in question shall continue in full force and effect.
12. Employee authorisation warranty
- If a person who is an employee completes this Licence and the SOFTWARE is to be used for the purposes of the business in which that person is employed then the person completing the Licence warrants to Edinburgh that s/he is authorised to enter into this Licence.
13. Use and Export Control
- THE SOFTWARE MUST NOT BE
- EXPORTED TO ANY COUNTRY ON WHICH EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ARE CURRENTLY IMPOSED BY ANY LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, ORDERS OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY EITHER THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE EUROPEAN UNION; AND / OR
- USED (IN WHOLE OR PART) CONTRARY TO ANY RESTRICTION ON USE IMPOSED BY ANY LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, ORDERS OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY EITHER THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE EUROPEAN UNION.
14. Governing Law
- This licence shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland and the parties hereby prorogate the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Scotland.