In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful The Most Important Articles of the End User Agreement 1. You may not copy and duplicate the NOOR Software Programs beyond the tenor of this Agreement under any conditions. 2. You may not canonically and legally use the unauthorized copies of this Software (whether it be a CD/DVD, image or a backup copy). You may only the original CD/DVD of the Software or its portable copy (copied to an internal or external hard disk) developed by Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences (CRCIS) or its authorized distributers.

3. This Software is not assignable to others (through renting, handing over the installation licenses, copying, etc.) and you may merely install and use the Software on maximally five computers that belong to you or your close relatives.

4. Offering products with optional registration is merely for the purpose of facilitating the use of Noor products; therefore, removal of the compulsory lock does not entail the negation of rights of “NOOR”, so the user is still committed to regard all articles mentioned in this Agreement.

If you have any queries or need any further assistance please contact our Support Section on the number (+98-25)32936271 or send a message to

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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS TEXT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND COMPUTER RESEARCH CENTER OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES (NOOR) HEREAFTER “NOOR”. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

BY INSTALLING AND USING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF BY ANY REASON YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS COMMITMENT, DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND QUIT THE INSTALLATION.

1. Ownership

This agreement gives you limited rights to use the Software. “NOOR” is its exclusive owner and retains all its material and spiritual rights and interests. These rights include (but are not limited to) the Software as a total unit and its components (although for a particular component the copyright has not been stipulated), technical and research methods used in the Software, electronic texts, textual and non-textual metadata, addition of diacritical marks to the words, provision of formatting tags, text enrichment and edition, various lists, audio clips, video clips, images, animations, maps, patterns, facts and figures, displaying tables, graphical pages, designs, and the components of each of them; and technical sources of the Software and their components. These rights are supported all by the Copyright law, and Distributing and Duplicating laws enacted by Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as by the international treaties.

2. License

This Agreement allows you: (a) to install and use the Software on maximally five computers that belong to you or your close relatives (PC, office computers, and laptops). (b) to create a copy of the Software for backup purpose only.

3. License Restrictions

(a) Other than as set forth in Section 2, you may not make or distribute the (backup) copies of the Software or transfer the software electronically from one computer to another (including an internal or external hard disk, a memory chip, and any other media) or through the net. (b) You may not crack, decode, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise modify or manipulate the Software. (c) This Software in a single-user one; therefore, you may not use it through a network. (d) You may not sell, lend or borrow the Software, or hand over its license to anybody. (e) You may not modify the Software or make adoptions based on it. (f) You may not export the Software into any country banned by Islamic Republic of Iran Export Administration Act and the regulations thereunder. (g) Other than as set forth in Section 2, division (a), as prescribed quantitatively at that, you may not install the Software for or hand it over to anybody. The option of five times of installation is merely for you and your close relatives in order to facilitate the use of the Software in various places in which you possess a PC. (h) Offering products with optional registration is merely for the purpose of facilitating the use of Noor products; therefore, removal of the compulsory lock does not entail the negation of rights of “NOOR”, so the user is still committed to regard all articles mentioned in this Agreement.

4. Upgrades

If this copy of the Software is an upgrade of an earlier version of the Software, it is provided to you on an exchange license basis. You agree by your installation and use of this copy of the Software to voluntarily terminate your earlier Agreement and that you will not use the earlier copy any longer and will not hand it over to anybody. You must destroy all duplications of the earlier copy including the one on your disc. In the event “NOOR” or an authorized third-party in connection with the Software licensed to you hereunder provides you additional software that supplements or extends the Software, that additional software shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement unless otherwise specified at the time of delivery. However, you may retain the earlier copy, use it and make a backup copy of it in case the earlier copy is required for installation and use of the new copy.

5. Electronic Sources

(a) This Software includes electronic sources. The license of electronic duplicating and distributing of each of these sources is exclusively possessed by “NOOR”. You may copy from these sources for personal researches as much as you need for personal use. But you may not duplicate and sell or hand over to others the sources you have copied for personal use; nor may you give them to others for commercial or promotional purposes. Any kind of distribution and publication of these electronic sources whether to a wide or limited extent through printing or electronic duplicating in another software program or independently is forbidden falls under the Copyright laws. “NOOR” has not granted the right of duplication or use of these electronic sources to any end user except for one copy of them and for personal purposes. Beyond the above-mentioned tenor in this Agreement, the users may not use these sources in their websites nor may they insert them in other software programs and duplicate, sell or offer them to others in any way. You may not extract a book fully or partially from the Software and duplicate it independently or embody it in another software program, nor may you sell it or otherwise transfer it in any way to others or print it. This prohibition includes all materials available in the Software including printed sources, audio clips, video clips, and any kind of information and any content packages used in the Software, as well. (b) “NOOR” has not given any natural or legal persons the permission of publishing its sources and software programs including this Software and its sources neither electronically nor physically. In case you wish to publish the result of your researches physically, you must mention the title of “NOOR” and the software program you have used, among your references. Nonetheless, your citations from a source should not exceed 30 pages. (c) Adding diacritics to Arabic texts is the fruit of years of sustained efforts of researchers in Diacritic Section of “NOOR”; hence, “NOOR” is the exclusive owner of texts to which diacritics were added. Any kind of non-scholarly adaptation, use, and extraction of these texts for commercial purposes is not allowed. (d) Hereby “NOOR” declares its readiness to sign a separate agreement with those natural or legal persons who need the sources produced in “NOOR” in order to develop software programs for their websites and to distribute and duplicate them. The way of distribution and duplication of the sources is subject to that Agreement. For further information about the assignable sources of “NOOR” please visit: http://www.noorsoft.org

6. LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER

(a) LIMITED WARRANTY. “NOOR” warrants that, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of delivery (as evidenced by a copy of your receipt): (i) when used with a recommended hardware configuration (according to the instruction manual delivered with it), the Software will work with a remarkable compatibility. (ii) the physical media on which the Software is furnished will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal correct use. (b) NO OTHER WARRANTY. ‏ EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY, “NOOR” DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF NONINFRINGEMENT, TITLE OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. (c) If the enforceable law implies any type of warranty regarding this software, all these warranties will be related to the 90-day period from the time of delivery. (d) No oral or written information or advice given by “NOOR”, its dealers, distributors, agents or employees shall create (for “NOOR”) a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty.

7. Exclusive Remedy

Your exclusive remedy under Section 6 (of this Agreement) is to return the Software to the place you acquired it, with a copy of your receipt and a description of the problem. “NOOR” will use reasonable efforts to supply you with a replacement copy of the Software that is free from confronted defects, provide a replacement for defective media, or refund to you your purchase price for the Software, at its option. “NOOR” shall have no responsibility if the Software has been altered in any way, if the media has been damaged by accident, abuse or misapplication, or if the failure arises out of use of the Software with other than a recommended hardware configuration.

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid – whether legally or by acknowledgement of the two parties – or otherwise unenforceable, the further conditions and contents of this Agreement will remain fully effective.