This end user license agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “EULA”) constitute a legal and binding agreement between Melmacker Studios (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Us”, “We”, or “Our”) and any person or entity and its heirs, agents, successors and assigns that have purchased, or is authorized to, access Our Soldier One Software (hereinafter singularly and collectively referred to as “You” or “Your”).

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Your continued use of the Soldier One Software constitutes Your expressed acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, this EULA, as in force from time to time. Therefore, You understand and acknowledge that by downloading, accessing, installing, using or interacting in any way with the Soldier One Software You agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If You do not accept such terms in their entirety, You must not download, access, install, use or interact in any way with the Soldier One Software. If You agree to this EULA on behalf of an entity, or in connection with providing or receiving services on behalf of an entity, You represent and warrant that You have the authority to bind that entity to this EULA. In such an event, “You” and “Your” will refer and apply to that entity or agency.

Section 1 - DEFINITIONS

The following bold terms shall have the meanings set forth below, provided that the singular includes the plural and vice-versa, and any gender shall include the other genders:

1. Data means any information, text, message, software, picture, sound, video, music and any library, data, content, or material transmitted or conveyed through the Soldier One Software and/or the related Services.

2. Commencement Date means any of the following moments, whichever occurs first: (i) Your express acceptance of this EULA; (ii) Your download and/or installation of the Soldier One Software; (iii) Your access and/or usage of the Soldier One Software; (iv) Your interaction in any way with the Soldier One Software; (v) Your acceptance of any valid communication with Us or any of Our authorized representative that refers to this EULA.

3. Force Majeure means any act, event or cause, except in relation to obligations to make payments, beyond the reasonable control of the Party affected by that force majeure including, without limitation, any act of God or any public enemy, fire, flood, explosion, landslide, epidemic, breakdown of or damage to plant, equipment or facilities, inability to obtain or unavailability of or damage to materials, ingredients or supplies, strikes, labor disputes, war, sabotage, riot, insurrection, civil commotion, national emergency and martial law, expropriation, restraint, prohibition, embargo, decree or order of any government, governmental authority or court.

4. Intellectual Property Rights or IP Rights means all intellectual property and other similar proprietary rights in any jurisdiction, whether owned or held for use under license, whether registered or unregistered, including such rights in and to: trademarks, logos, trade names, patents and patent applications, utility models, inventions, discoveries, writings and other works of authorship, trade secrets, information that is not generally known to the public or that constitutes a trade secret under any applicable Law, Software (including, without limitation, data files, source code, object code, application programming interfaces, databases and other software-related specifications and documentation), advertising and promotional materials, as well as claims, causes of action and defenses relating to the enforcement of any of the foregoing. In each case above, “IP Rights” include also any registrations of, applications to register, and renewals and extensions of, any of the foregoing before or by any governmental authority in any jurisdiction.

5. Law means, collectively and indistinctly, any applicable local, state, national, and international laws, by-laws, rules, regulation, circulars, notifications, ordinances, protocols, codes, guidelines, policies, notices, directions, orders, decrees, judgments of courts, or other requirements of any governmental authority.

6. Party means either You or Us, while “Parties” means, collectively, both You and Us.

7. Soldier One Software means, collectively and indistinctly, Our “Soldier One” proprietary Software and any Third-Party Software integrated thereto, which is made available to You according to this EULA. In particular, the said “Soldier One” Software has the following features: Game (Soldier One), the servers, the apis, this website (www.soldierone.net or www.melmackerstudios.net), the Discord server (Soldier One) and the Discord bot (Soldier One).

8. Personal Data means any Data referred to an identified or identifiable natural person.

9. Personal Data Protection Laws mean any applicable Law regarding the protection of Personal Data.

10. Software means, collectively and indistinctly, any software, including, without limitation, computer software, documentation (including, without limitation, standard product documentation, user and technical documentation, further documents that describe the standard functionalities thereof, etc.), tool, application, application programming interface (API), development libraries, user interfaces, component, user interface, appearance (including, without limitation, images, designs, fonts, etc.), code (including, without limitation, assemblers, applets, compilers, source code, source code listings, object code, plug-in, etc.), as well as any fixes, patches, updates or upgrades to such items.

11. Services means, collectively and indistinctly, the services (including, without limitation, SaaS, internet-based service, etc.) made available to You according to this EULA. To such purpose, “Services” include also the access to any Soldier One Software’s website platform and any associated feature or service, as well as any Software or Data to which is provided access to You as part of the Soldier One Software and/or the same Services.

12. Third-Party Software means, collectively and indistinctly, any Software developed, distributed or sold by an entity other than the Parties.

13. Interacting means, any interaction with our software even if it happens automatically and without your intervention. You are responsible for your device and also for what happens to it and/or what runs on it.

14. Account means, an account created on the Steam platform or on the Discord platform that has been used to interact and/or has interacted and/or will at any time interact in any way with our Soldier One Software.

Section 2 - SOURCES, ACCESS, DELIVERY AND REQUIREMENTS

Authorized sources. You must lawfully acquire the Soldier One Software by purchasing, downloading or accessing it from the Steam store page at LINK WILL BE UPDATED.

1. Access. Your access to the Soldier One Software is granted subject to an account registration with Steam at store.steampowered.com, as well as under the terms of this EULA.

2. Requirements. Only the Software running on the hardware and in the environment specified in our Steam Store page at LINK WILL BE UPDATED is unconditionally eligible for running the same, as well as for Our support and other services. You agree that You are solely responsible for these requirements, as well as for any needed changes, updates and fees.

Section 3 - RIGHTS GRANTED

1. Grant of license. You are granted a limited, worldwide, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use the Soldier One Software according to the terms herein.

2. Scope of the license. You agree that You will use the Soldier One Software only in connection with Your own personal use, and You will not – unless otherwise provided in this EULA – sell, lease, re-distribute, provide managed service, or otherwise provide or make available, either directly or via other means, or otherwise, the Soldier One Software to any third party.

3. Third-Party Software. You expressly acknowledge and accept that certain content, products and services available via the Soldier One Software may include Third-Party Software. All Third-Party Software is licensed to You under the terms of this EULA, unless We provide other terms. To any Third-Party Software shall apply Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 below and, therefore, without limiting the foregoing, We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy of the Third-Party Software nor provide any warranty, express or implied, with respect to any Third-Party Software and expressly disclaim any warranty or condition of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

4. Reservation of rights. We expressly reserve all rights not expressly granted to You in this EULA.

Section 4 - YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. General responsibilities. You are entirely responsible for the use of the Soldier One Software and, to such purpose, You shall not use, encourage, promote, facilitate, instruct (or induce others to do the foregoing on) the Soldier One Software for any activity that violates any applicable Law or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available any Data that is illegal or that would encourage or constitute a criminal or civil liability under any Law.

2. Data lawfulness. You undertake to have all the interest and title (including, without limitation, any related Intellectual Property Right) in and to the Data that You may transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available through the Soldier One Software, and that You are the sole responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, and appropriateness thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, You warrant and represent that such Data is fully compliant with any applicable Law. In no way whatsoever We will be responsible for any of such Data.

3. Updates. In case the Soldier One Software needs any update as provided in Section 5.1 below, You expressly agree to install such updates as soon as they are available, bearing any and all the related costs, if any. You shall bear full risk of any loss or damage in case any updates are not properly and timely installed due to Your fault; We expressly disclaim any liability in such respect.

4. Export regulations compliance. You expressly acknowledge that You are not an entity targeted by any Law which provides economic sanctions, export controls, import regulations or trade embargoes, nor You are otherwise owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, any person or entity targeted or in any way affected by the foregoing. Furthermore, You expressly acknowledge that You will not download or otherwise export or re-export the Soldier One Software’s content, products or services or any related technical data directly or indirectly to any person or entity targeted by the aforementioned Law or for any end-use prohibited or restricted by such Law.

5. Indemnification. To any third party’s claim arising out of a violation of Your obligations under this Section 4, Sections 10.1 and 10.2 below shall apply, in addition to any other rights or remedies afforded to Us under this EULA and/or as per the applicable Law.

6. Your Account. You are solely responsible for your account and everything that happens to it.

Section 5 - SYSTEM CHECKS, UPDATES, AVAILABILITY AND DISCONTINUATION

1. System Checks. You expressly acknowledge and accept that the Soldier One Software need system checks before or during its execution. Therefore, You are strictly prohibited from alter or modify the Soldier One Software behaviour or functionality (e.g., prevent the software from connecting to the internet to perform such checks, etc.).

2. Updates. We, in Our sole discretion, reserve the right to add or remove tools, utilities, improvements, Third-Party Software, features or functions, or to provide programming fixes, updates and upgrades, to the Soldier One Software in order to improve and enhance the features and performance thereof and/or according to Our discontinuation policy. The Soldier One Software contains automatic update technology, a feature used to provide maintenance (such as a bug fix, patches, enhanced functions, missing plug-ins, and new versions) and, by installing the same Soldier One Software initially, You consent to the transmission of standard computer information and the automatic downloading and installation of maintenance Software. Given the preceding, You expressly acknowledge and agree that: (i) We have no obligation to make available and/or provide any updates; (ii) in case We provide any updates, this EULA shall automatically apply thereto, unless We provide other terms along with such updates; (iii) We disclaim any liability in case any updates result in an unavailability, deficiency or incompatibility of any Third-Party Software (and/or of any other pre-existing feature or function) with the updated Software.

3. Availability. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the availability of the Soldier One Software for Our customers. Regardless, You acknowledge and agree that We have no control or liability over the availability of the Soldier One Software on a continuous or uninterrupted basis, so that from time to time the same may be inaccessible or inoperable, including, without limitation, for: (i) equipment malfunctions, periodic maintenance procedures or repairs; (ii) Force Majeure; (iii) limitations due to Your particular device or hardware; (iv) unavailability, deficiency or incompatibility of any Third-Party Software with the Soldier One Software for any reason (e.g., third-party’s or Our discontinuation policy, incompatibilities between any updates and a Third-Party Software, etc.); (v) Your violation of any relevant provision of this EULA. Any unavailability of the Soldier One Software under this section shall not excuse You from Your obligation to make timely payment(s).

4. Discontinuation policy. You expressly acknowledge and accept that the Soldier One Software is subject to Our discontinuation policy and, therefore, We reserve the right – without Our liability in such respect towards You or any other third party – to discontinue any Software’s feature, content or service (including, without limitation, access to technical support, access to Third-Party Software, etc.), in accordance with such discontinuation policy. The preceding applies also to any Third-Party Software, which is subject to such third party’s discontinuation policy, without Our liability towards You or any other third party in case any updates result in an unavailability, deficiency or incompatibility of any pre-existing Third-Party Software with the updated Software.

Section 6 - TERM AND TERMINATION

1. Term. The rights herein conferred to You are provided as of the Commencement Date unless terminated as described in this EULA.

2. Termination for breach. We are entitled to terminate the EULA if, in our opinion (as in many cases it is a matter of interpretation), you breach any of the terms set out here.

3. No access after termination. Upon the termination, for any reason whatsoever, of this EULA, You no longer have rights to access and interact with the Soldier One Software. We will now block your access to the Soldier One software and associated services if possible. We shall not be liable towards You or any other third party for the loss of any Data and/or customization after the termination of this EULA for whatever reason or cause.

Section 7 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We hold and retain all an any title and interest in and to the Soldier One Software, as well as in any Intellectual Property Right associated with the same and, therefore, nothing in this EULA will be interpreted as a transfer, in whole or in part, of any IP Rights in and to the Soldier One Software to You or any other third party. Accordingly, You must not, and must not cause or permit others to: (i) remove or alter any Soldier One Software identification code, marking or notice from Us or Our licensors; (ii) copy, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, reproduce, distribute or republish any part of the Soldier One Software; (iii) perform or disclose any benchmark or performance tests of the Soldier One Software or any associated infrastructure (such as, without limitation, network discovery, port and service identification, vulnerability scanning, password cracking, remote access testing, penetration testing, etc.); and (iv) license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, outsource, permit timesharing or service bureau use, or otherwise commercially exploit or make available the Soldier One Software to any third party.

Section 8 - PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

1. Privacy Policy. You declare to have carefully read Our Privacy Policy (available at www.melmackerstudios.net/privacy-policy) and got a clear understanding of how We collect, use, protect or otherwise handle Personal Data in the provision of the Services.

2. Anonymized Data analysis. We are allowed to analyze anonymized Data (i.e., Data that are no more Personal Data and that, therefore, do not include personal identifiers of a person, such as his or her name, e-mail address, address, etc.) for the purpose to maintain, update or improve the Soldier One Software and/or the Services, as well as to conduct internal statistics and analytics on the use and proper functioning of the same Services. You have no right, title or interest in any result of these analyses performed by Us, which shall be deemed as Our Intellectual Property Rights.

Section 9 - WARRANTY AND LIABILITY

1. Limited warranty. THE Soldier One SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE.

2. Disclaimer of liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, LOSS OF DATA OR PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ETC.) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE Soldier One SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WE ARE AWARE OF OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

3. Remedies. We are not responsible or liable for anything as far as the law allows.

4. Mandatory legal provisions. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of warranty or liability, therefore some or all of the limitations above provided may not apply to You. In such case, the limitations provided herein shall be applicable to the fullest and maximum extent permitted by the applicable Law.

Section 10 - INDEMNIFICATION

1. Indemnification. You shall indemnify and hold Us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) arose by any claim made by any third party (including, without limitation, any agency, public administrations, entities, etc.) against Us in connection with any of Your: (i) violation or breach of any term of this EULA; (ii) violation of any applicable Law, whether or not referenced herein; (iii) violation of any rights of any third party; (iv) use or misuse of the Soldier One Software.

2. Remedies. You expressly agree and acknowledge that any violation of Your obligations pursuant to this EULA may cause Us irreparable harm and damage, which may not be recovered at law. Therefore, You agree that Our remedies for breach of this EULA may be in equity by way of injunctive relief, as well and any other relief available, whether in law or in equity.

Section 11 - MISCELLANEOUS

1. Assignment. You are not allowed to assign this EULA or any rights hereunder, unless with Our previous written consent. Conversely, We are allowed, at Our sole discretion, to assign this EULA or any rights hereunder to any third party, without giving You any prior notice.

2. Force majeure. A Party shall not be responsible for any failure to perform due to any event of Force Majeure. In the event of any such delay, the affected Party will be excused from such performance to the extent it is delayed or prevented by such cause. However, the other Party may terminate this EULA forthwith on written notice if such Force Majeure condition continues for a period of ninety (90) days.

3. No implied waiver. Any tolerance or silence by Us, even if on a continuous and reiterated basis, in relation to any breach or default by You of any provision of this EULA shall not be considered as a consent to such breaches and defaults and shall not affect the validity of the clause breached nor shall be construed as a waiver to any of the rights pertaining to Us pursuant to this EULA and/or the applicable Law.

4. Governing law and exclusive jurisdiction. This EULA is governed by the substantive and procedural Laws of Germany. Any dispute arising out of, or relating to, this EULA shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Germany.

5. Severability. Should any part of this EULA be declared illegal or unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effects.

6. Amendments. We have the right to amend this EULA at any time, and to change, delete, discontinue or impose conditions on use of the Soldier One Software, in which case the new terms and conditions will supersede prior terms. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new EULA on this page or by notifying you in the Soldier One Software. These changes will take effect immediately after they are posted on this page or by any interaction with the Soldier One Software.

Section 12 - CODE OF CONDUCT

1. Unfair advantage. Any kind of cheating / unfair advantage is forbidden.

2. Account re-/selling or purchasing. You are not allowed to sell, resell, or purchase any account.

3. Account sharing. You are not allowed to share your account with others and/or use someone else's account.

4. Undesirable choice of words. You are not allowed to use words that are offensive, threatening, toxic, obscene or similar.

5. Multiple accounts. You are only allowed to have maximum one Steam account and maximum one Discord account.

6. Negative influence. You are not allowed to influence others in a negative way. This also applies to the use of ambiguity and/or irony and/or sarcasm if it is obviously not meant this way.

7. Banned account. If your Steam account gets punished for whatever reason or cause, you are not allowed to create a new account to avoid this punishment. The same also applies to your Discord account.

8. Refund for banned account. If your Steam account or Discord account gets punished for whatever reason or cause, you are not allowed to do a refund or chargeback.