eZ publish Professional Software Licence 

NOTICE: 

The provisions of this "eZ publish Professional Licence Agreement" (the
"Professional Licence") regulate a commercial licence to use, amend and
modify the accompanying software "eZ publish' (the "Software"). Subject to
the provisions of the Professional Licence, you will be free to distribute
the Software in modified or amended versions without following the rules of
GNU GPL.

The Software is also available under a General Public Licence ("GNU GPL"),
meaning that the source code is open and freely available upon the
provisions included in the GNU GPL. You may also, under the GNU GPL, modify
or amend the Software, and you may distribute the Software to others, with
the modifications or amendments you have made. However, you may do this only
under the terms of the same GNU GPL, requiring that all the source code is
open and freely available. The Professional Licence should therefore be
applied if you intend to modify or amend the Software and enjoy a stronger
copyright protection of your work in such regards and/or make and sell
commercial versions thereof.

The Professional Licence does only include eZ publish software
copyrighted eZ systems AS.

Upon the condition that you accept the terms of this Professional Licence,
eZ systems AS will hereby licence to you the right to use the
Software. Please read all the terms carefully. When using the Software under
terms not following the GNU GPL you will be legally bound by the
Professional Licence and accept the terms and conditions contained below.



PROFESSIONAL LICENCE: 

The Software that accompanies this Professional Licence is the property of
eZ systems AS and is protected by copyright laws and international copyright
treaties. eZ systems AS continues to own the Software and you will be
entitled to use the Software in certain ways after your acceptance of this
Professional Licence. Your right to use the Software will be within the
limits set forth in this Professional License and applicable law.

Except as may be modified by a licence addendum which accompanies this
Professional Licence, your rights and obligations with respect to the use of
this Software are as follows:


YOU MAY: 

(i)     install and use the Software under the provisions of this
        Professional Licence.

(ii)    distribute the Software with your amendments, modifications or new
        components, without making all your amendments, modifications or new
        components available under the GPL licence. If you distribute
        software with any of the rights given to you by this licence, you
        have to make sure the receiver has a valid professional licence.

(iii)   rebrand the Software.

(iv)    licence and sell the Software and/or amendments, modifications and
        new components. 

While eZ systems AS is and will be the owner and copyright holder of the eZ
publish source code, amendments and new coding will be the property of the
originating party.


YOU MAY NOT: 

(i)     resell or give to others your licence. The Licence follows a person
        within the company which is the owner of the Licence.

(ii)    resell or give to others the rights given to you by this
        Professional Licence, without making sure the receiver has a valid
        Professional Licence.

(iii)   modified software may not be distributed under any of the product
        names of eZ systems, unless otherwise is agreed upon. Except as a
        reference, i.e. like product XYZ powered by eZ publish.


DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES: 

In no event will eZ systems AS or any contributors or partners of eZ systems
be liable to you for any special, consequential, indirect or similar
damages, including any lost profits or lost data arising from the use or
inability to use the Software. The Software comes with no warranty.


GENERAL: 

The laws of Norway will govern this Agreement. This Agreement may only be
modified by a written document that has been signed by eZ systems AS.
