MapEngine software licence

The licence is granted by the publisher named in the “Publisher details” document. It covers the MapEngine application for Windows and the features included in your purchase. The period and scope of access are set by the terms of service, the offer and the annex “Offer, analysis allowances and technical conditions”.

During the paid period you receive a non-exclusive licence to use the program in accordance with the offer, as standard on one active, authorised computer. You do not acquire ownership of the program, its source code or my private library of patterns, nor access with no time limit.

Transferring the account or key requires agreement with me, without prejudice to transfer rights that cannot be excluded by law. A computer is replaced by registration in the portal or through support. Changing hardware is not an additional purchase of the program, as long as it is within the offer.

You may lawfully open, analyse, change and save your own files, or files entrusted to you with the appropriate authority, including when a workshop works for customers. You may make necessary backup copies within the limits of the law. Normal use of an analysis result when servicing your own file is not a prohibited “extraction of the database”.

You keep the rights to your files, your own definitions, projects and modifications that you made yourself. Sending a file for analysis does not transfer those rights to me. You may use results for the purpose for which you bought the tool and for lawful servicing of your customers. This does not give you rights in other people’s descriptions, databases or programs, and you may not reproduce or distribute my library.

Within the limits the law permits, you must not: give anyone your login details, sell or rent the key, exceed the number of registered computers, bypass protections, forge server responses or impersonate the server. You must also not distribute the program or protected collections outside the licence, download the database in bulk in order to recreate it, or use other people’s protected elements to build a competing product without authority. This does not limit lawful work on your own code and data, or your statutory rights.

It is also prohibited to send files you are not allowed to process, to send malicious content, and to act unlawfully or deliberately obstruct the operation of the service. Reasonable use of the program and reporting bugs and vulnerabilities in accordance with the law are not abuse.

The restrictions above do not override what the law permits: backup copies, observing, studying and testing the functioning of the program by an authorised user, and decompilation necessary to achieve interoperability of programs, where the statutory conditions are met. A mere wish to avoid fees or to copy a protected implementation is not such an exception.

In the program the ORI file is read-only, and changes are saved in the MOD file. Keep an independent copy of the original; the lock in the program does not replace a backup. Check the byte range, byte order, sign, format, conversion factors and alignment. The scale of a chart, highlighting, the HIGH, MEDIUM or REVIEW labels and the number shown for confidence are not a certificate that a map is correct, nor a calculated probability for your case.

The DTC function (F6 key) decodes DTC codes on your request and shows recognised codes, available descriptions and an assessment of the state based on patterns in the file. The state may be undetermined. This is not a read-out from a connected vehicle or confirmation that a system works. The absence of an entry does not prove the absence of a fault. The scope of supported patterns and a separate DTC allowance apply. The program does not write DTC changes to the file.

The program does not program a controller in a vehicle and does not replace a tool for reading and writing, checking a calibration or correcting checksums externally. Before using a file, check the result, hardware compatibility and the recovery procedure. Changing a calibration may affect safety, durability, exhaust emissions, type approval, insurance and the vehicle’s warranty.

You must not use the tool to unlawfully disable or bypass emission or safety systems, anti-theft protections or other legal requirements. Describing a use as sporting, research or “off public roads” does not release you from complying with the law. The fact that a function is available does not mean that using it in a specific case is lawful.

Names of families and manufacturers are used to indicate compatibility. They do not mean authorisation by, or connection with, vehicle, controller or other program manufacturers. The licence terms of third-party components apply within their scope and will be provided with the release if their licence requires it.

An active licence, a registered computer and an internet connection are needed when the program starts and for new online analyses. The libraries stay on my side; the purchase does not include their source code. I release updates through one official channel, with information to the user; installation is your choice. The obligations regarding necessary updates and conformity with the contract are determined by law. After the paid period ends you have no automatic right to all future paid products or versions.

Expiry or termination of the contract ends your rights to the program and the services; your files remain yours. Do not assume that you can run the program without a valid licence just because you still have the EXE file. Refunds and settlement of individual periods are governed by a separate policy; your statutory rights remain unaffected.

I do not give an extra guarantee of a specific result. Complaints: contact@mapengine.pro.