Mastercam.com Terms of Use

LEGAL INFORMATION AND TERMS OF USE

Welcome to the Mastercam® website. CNC Software, LLC. provides access to this website to the public as a convenience, but subject to these terms of use. By accessing, viewing, using, or downloading materials from this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these terms of use do not use this website.

Use of Materials on the Mastercam website.
Unless otherwise specified, you may view and download the materials at this website only for your personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials. You may not modify the materials at this website in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, post, transmit, distribute, or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose.

Use of Downloadable Software.
Any software that may be downloaded from this website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable license agreement. Except for rights granted pursuant to such license agreement, CNC Software, LLC. and its licensors reserve all intellectual property rights, title, and interest in such software.

Partner and other Third Party Descriptions.
This website contains information concerning various third parties (often referred to as “partners”, “resellers”,” dealers”) who offer products or services compatible with Mastercam products and services, or may be the local representative for Mastercam Products. This information is provided for your convenience only. CNC Software, LLC. is not responsible for and does not warrant any third party product or service or the accuracy of any description.

Trademark Information.
Mastercam is a registered trademark of CNC Software, LLC. Mastercam Verify is created in conjunction with ModuleWorks, GmbH. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. SOLIDWORKS is a registered trademark of DS SOLIDWORKS Corporation. PrimeTurning is a trademark of AB Sandvik Coromant. Portions of this software are copyrighted by Renishaw Plc., all rights reserved. Portions of this software are copyrighted by AB Sandvik Coromant, all rights reserved. Portions of this software are copyrighted by Creative Juncture, all rights reserved. Mastercam Art uses the Wild Magic Geometric Libraries, which are Copyrighted intellectual property owned by Geometric Tools, LLC.
The Wild Magic Geometric Libraries are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html and on the Mastercam installation media.

Other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Links to Other websites.
CNC Software, LLC. provides certain links to other websites as a convenience to you. CNC Software, LLC. does not monitor nor control the content of any other website and assumes no responsibility or liability of any kind for any material or communications available at such websites. CNC Software, LLC. is not responsible for the content of any site that may be linked to Mastercam website.

Changes to these Terms of Use.
CNC Software, LLC. may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. Any changes will be posted to this site, so we encourage you to review our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are bound by any such revisions.

Disclaimer of Warranty.
Information on this website may contain factual inaccuracies or typographical errors or be incomplete or out of date. Information may be changed or updated without notice. CNC Software, LLC. may make changes and/or improvements in the products and/or programs described in this website at any time without notice.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND CNC SOFTWARE, LLC., ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS.” CNC DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER WILL CNC SOFTWARE, LLC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, DISTRIBUTORS OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEBSITE EVEN IF CNC SOFTWARE, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SHALL INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO ANY PRODUCTS THAT ARE UTILIZED TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEBSITE.

User Submissions/ Access to Newsgroups.
With the exception of personally identifiable information discussed in the CNC Software, LLC.
Privacy Policy, any material, information, emails, or other communication you transmit to CNC Software, Inc. or post to this website (“Communications”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. CNC Software, LLC. will have no obligations with respect to such Communications, other than as provided in the CNC Software, LLC.
Privacy Policy. CNC Software, LLC and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate, and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, tests, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial and non-commercial purposes. However, if you, and/or your employer have signed a Non-Disclosure or Confidentiality Agreement with CNC Software, LLC, the terms of that agreement will continue to be in force for the life of that agreement.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, confidential, or other material that would violate any law, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any rights of third parties.

CNC Software, LLC may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review any areas on this website where users transmit or post Communications. CNC Software, LLC will have no liability for the content of any Communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, trademark, trade secret, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.

Export control.
You represent and warrant that you will not, without obtaining prior written authorization from CNC and, if required, of the Bureau of Export Administration of the United States Department of Commerce or other relevant agency of the United States Government, export or re-export, directly or indirectly(including transmission and shipment), or provide the software or technical data from the United States to (i) any country destination or entity to which export is restricted by the Export Administration Regulations of the United States Department of Commerce; (ii) any country or entity subject to sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury; or (iii) such other countries or entities to which export is restricted by any other United States government agency. You further agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any import laws and regulations of the country of destination of a permitted export or re-export, and any other import requirement related to a permitted export or re-export.

Applicable Laws.
This website is controlled by CNC Software, LLC from its offices in Tolland, Connecticut. CNC Software, LLC makes no representation that materials at this website are appropriate or available for use outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who access this site from other jurisdictions do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Any claim relating to the materials on this website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Connecticut, USA without regard for Connecticut’s conflicts of law principles. The sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any litigation arising from or related to this Software License Agreement or the subject matter hereof shall be in an appropriate state or federal court located in Hartford, Connecticut. You hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction of the US District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use or access or otherwise related to this website shall be finally settled by a competent court of Connecticut.

Discussion Forum Terms of Use

The Mastercam User Forums are available for your use on this Web site subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document. By accessing this Web site and the User Forums contained herein, you agree to the Terms of Use. CNC Software, LLC may change the Terms of Use any time. Please read this document carefully before posting in the User Forums.

Overview

The Mastercam.com User Forum is intended to be used by Mastercam Customers, Instructors, Students, and Resellers.
We encourage all users to participate in applicable forums. Please try to keep discussions on topic and in the correct forum. Off topic post may be moved to a different forum.
CNC Software employees will actively participate in the Maintenance-only forums, but Resellers and other users are strongly encouraged to help other users as well.
Try to avoid posting redundant content. Use the search function to try and find a topic if you believe it may have been discussed already.
To prevent the use of illicit, copyrighted, or proprietary content, file uploads directly to the forum are not permitted.

Warranties and Disclaimers

Considering the real-time nature of User Forums in general, it is impossible for us to review all messages or confirm the validity of information posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any post, and are not responsible for the contents of any post.

The posts express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of CNC Software, LLC. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email or private message. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

Rules

CNC Software, Inc. reserves the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. Messages are typically deleted as a result of the following:

Profanity, acronyms representing profanity, or racism within subject lines, signatures, or messages deemed to be blatant as opposed to incidental.
Posting material that does not pertain to Mastercam or any of the forum sub-categories.
Commercial solicitation or spamming.
Insulting other members with the intent of inciting or perpetuating a conflict or argument.
Littering forums or individual threads with repetitive, pointless posts.
Posting personal e-mail or chat dialogues.
Posting pornographic or otherwise objectionable material.
Impersonating other individuals or false representation.
Discussing illegal activity or posting links to other websites that deal with such activities.
Posts made under secondary usernames or other aliases.
Posts which are completely unrelated to the forum in which they are posted.
Excessive cross-posting (this is considered spam).
Posts which breach another member’s privacy (i.e. containing phone numbers, addresses, or other personal information).
Copyright violations.
Discussions regarding pricing of Mastercam. Mastercam is a global product and prices fluctuate for many reasons including service levels, localization and distribution expenses, etc.
Issues with Resellers. These disputes should be resolved with the Resellers directly or with CNC Software. Please contact
sales.questions@mastercam.com for any issues of this nature.

User who violate the above rules will receive anywhere from a verbal warning to a lifetime ban and possible criminal charges depending on the severity of the offence.

Acceptable Use of Forums

You agree, through your use of the User Forums, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, sexually oriented, abusive, hateful, vulgar, harassing, profane, obscene, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or illegal.

You agree, through your use of the User Forums, not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by yourself or you have explicit permission to do so.

You agree, through your use of the User Forums, not to post advertising of any kind in the Forums whether you are a private party or company.

CNC Software, LLC also reserves the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL CNC SOFTWARE, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES RELATING TO LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOST DATA, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION) RESULTING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF ANY MATERIALS POSTED ON OR MADE AVAILABLE IN THE DISCUSSION FORUMS OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE TO WHICH A LNK IS PROVIDED OR ON WHICH A LINK IS PROVIDED TO THESE DISCUSSION FORUMS, EVEN IF MASTERCAM.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED.

Please contact us at
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with any questions.