Last updated: 2024-06

IMPORTANT:

BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE, PLEASE READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“EULA”) CAREFULLY. BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS EULA, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.

This EULA is a legal agreement between (i) you and any entity you represent (collectively “you”) and (ii) Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (“SONY”). This EULA governs your rights and obligations regarding the software of SONY and/or its third party licensors (including SONY’s affiliates) and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS”), together with any updates/upgrades, any printed, on-line or other electronic documentation for such software and any data files, each provided by SONY or the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS, or created by operation of such software (collectively, the “SOFTWARE”). The SOFTWARE is set forth in Exhibit A of this EULA.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any software in the SOFTWARE having a separate end user license agreement (including, but not limited to, GNU General Public license and Lesser/Library General Public License) shall be covered by such applicable separate end user license agreement in lieu of the terms of this EULA to the extent required by such separate end user license agreement (“EXCLUDED SOFTWARE”).

SOFTWARE LICENSE

The SOFTWARE is licensed, not sold. The SOFTWARE is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and international treaties.

COPYRIGHT

All right and title in and to the SOFTWARE (including, but not limited to, any images, photographs, animation, video, audio, music, text and “applets” and other content incorporated into the SOFTWARE) is owned by SONY or one or more of the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS.

GRANT OF LICENSE

SONY grants you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable and revocable license to use the SOFTWARE solely in connection with your compatible device (including, but not limited to, SONY’s or third party’s products which the SOFTWARE is embedded in or bundled with) (“DEVICE”) solely in accordance with this EULA and the usage instructions as may be made available to you by SONY or the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS. SONY and the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS expressly reserve all rights, title and interest (including, but not limited to, all intellectual property rights) in and to the SOFTWARE that this EULA does not specifically grant to you.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

You may not copy, publish, adapt, redistribute, attempt to derive source code, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any of the SOFTWARE, whether in whole or in part, or create any derivative works from or of the SOFTWARE unless such derivative works are intentionally facilitated by the SOFTWARE. You may not modify or tamper with any digital rights management functionality of the SOFTWARE. You may not bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent any of the functions or protections of the SOFTWARE or any mechanisms operatively linked to the SOFTWARE. You may not separate any individual component of the SOFTWARE for use on more than one DEVICE unless expressly authorized to do so by SONY. You may not remove, alter, cover or deface any trademarks or notices on the SOFTWARE. You may not share, distribute, rent, lease, sublicense, assign, transfer or sell the SOFTWARE. You may not use the SOFTWARE in connection with violation of laws, regulations, court decisions or other legally binding dispositions by a public authority or public policy, or infringement of the rights or legally protected interests (including, but not limited to, intellectual and other property rights, rights to trade secrets, honors, privacy and publicity) of SONY, each of the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS or any third parties. The software, network services or other products other than the SOFTWARE upon which the SOFTWARE’S performance depends might be modified, interrupted or discontinued at the discretion of the suppliers (software suppliers, service suppliers, or SONY). SONY and such suppliers do not warrant that the SOFTWARE, network services, contents or other products will continue to be available, or will operate without interruption or modification. You shall not, nor shall you instruct or permit, procure, enable or request any third party (including your users, third party personnel or other personnel, staff or contractors) to, take any action designed or intended to: (i) use the SOFTWARE (or any part thereof) in any manner or for any purpose that is inconsistent with this EULA; (ii) introduce to the SOFTWARE any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other equivalent code, files, scripts, agents, programs, software routine or instructions designed or intended to disrupt, disable, harm or otherwise impede in any manner the operation of the SOFTWARE or any device or system owned or controlled by you or any third party, or which otherwise may damage or destroy any data or file (“Malicious Code”); (iii) interfere with the proper working of the SOFTWARE; (iv) circumvent, disable, or interfere with security-related features of the SOFTWARE or features that prevent or restrict use, access to, or copying the SOFTWARE, or that enforce limitations on use of the SOFTWARE; (v) impose (or which may impose, in your sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the SOFTWARE; or (vi) use the SOFTWARE to design, develop, manufacture, or modify products or services used by Government Entities for the purpose of Law Enforcement, either directly or indirectly through third parties. “Law Enforcement” means the enforcement of the laws in any jurisdiction such as the powers for intrusive search, seizure, arrest, detention, rehabilitation, and/or punishing of the subjects suspected of violating laws and regulations. This does not include limited use cases, such as finding missing children and seniors, verifying identities for the purpose of accessing buildings, checking passports at border control, or logging into electronic devices. “Government entities” include national and local police, military police, prosecutors, and intelligence agencies.

EXCLUDED SOFTWARE AND OPEN SOURCE COMPONENTS

Notwithstanding the foregoing limited license grant, you acknowledge that the SOFTWARE may include EXCLUDED SOFTWARE. Certain EXCLUDED SOFTWARE may be covered by open source software licenses (“Open Source Components”), which means any software licenses approved as open source licenses by the Open Source Initiative or any substantially similar licenses, including but not limited to any license that, as a condition of distribution of the software licensed under such license, requires that the distributor make the software available in source code format. If and to the extent disclosure is required, please visit oss.sony.net/Products/Linux or other SONY-designated web site for a list of applicable OPEN SOURCE COMPONENTS included in the SOFTWARE from time to time, and the applicable terms and conditions governing its use. Such terms and conditions may be changed by the applicable third party at any time without liability to you. To the extent required by the licenses covering EXCLUDED SOFTWARE, the terms of such licenses will apply in lieu of the terms of this EULA. To the extent the terms of the licenses applicable to EXCLUDED SOFTWARE prohibit any of the restrictions in this EULA with respect to such EXCLUDED SOFTWARE, such restrictions will not apply to such EXCLUDED SOFTWARE. To the extent the terms of the licenses applicable to Open Source Components require SONY to make an offer to provide source code in connection with the SOFTWARE, such offer is hereby made.

USE OF SOFTWARE WITH COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS

The SOFTWARE may be capable of being used by you to view, store, process and/or use content created by you and/or third parties. Such content may be protected by copyright, other intellectual property laws, and/or agreements. You agree to use the SOFTWARE only in compliance with all such laws and agreements that apply to such content. You acknowledge and agree that SONY may take appropriate measures to protect content stored, processed or used by the SOFTWARE. Such measures include, but are not limited to, refusal to accept your request to enable backup and restoration of content through certain SOFTWARE features, and termination of this EULA in the event of your illegitimate use of the SOFTWARE.

FEEDBACK

Your suggestions, ideas, know-how, algorithms, code contributions, suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations and any and all other feedback for our products or services (“Feedback”) help us improve the SOFTWARE. By submitting Feedback to us, you grant to us, our affiliates, and each individual or entity specified by us, without any restriction on region or time period, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, license, with the right to sublicense to (a) to use, copy, develop, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of the Feedback, and (b) to make, have made, use, import, sell, offer for sale, lease, or otherwise distribute any products and services, of Sony or its affiliates, that use or incorporate any Feedback. You also agree not to claim that we are breaching any of your moral rights by using your Feedback. You represent and warrant that the Feedback does not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise breach any rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, reputation, privacy, publicity rights, privacy rights, and ownership rights) of any third party and otherwise conforms to this EULA.

CONTENT SERVICE

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE SOFTWARE MAY BE DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH ONE OR MORE CONTENT SERVICES (“CONTENT SERVICE”). USE OF THE SERVICE AND THAT CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE OF THAT CONTENT SERVICE. IF YOU DECLINE TO ACCEPT THOSE TERMS, YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE LIMITED. You acknowledge and agree that certain content and services available through the SOFTWARE may be provided by third parties over which SONY has no control. WHERE CONTENT SERVICE IS NOT UNDER SONY’S CONTROL, SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN RESPECT OF ANY DAMAGES (OR OTHER LIABILITY) RELATED TO SUCH CONTENT SERVICE. USE OF THE CONTENT SERVICE REQUIRES AN INTERNET CONNECTION. THE CONTENT SERVICE MAY BE MODIFIED OR DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND THIRD PARTY SERVICES

You acknowledge and agree that access to certain SOFTWARE features may require an Internet connection for which you are solely responsible. Further, you are solely responsible for payment of any fees associated with your Internet connection, including but not limited to Internet service provider or airtime charges. Operation of the SOFTWARE may be limited or restricted depending on the capabilities, bandwidth or technical limitations of your Internet connection and service. The provision, quality and security of such Internet connectivity are your responsibility or that of the third party providing such service. You are solely responsible in the event any Malicious Code introduced in the SOFTWARE because of or through, your internet connections.

EXPORT AND OTHER REGULATIONS

You agree to comply with all applicable export and re-export restrictions and regulations of the area or country in which you reside or use the SOFTWARE, and not to transfer, or authorize the transfer, of the SOFTWARE to a prohibited country or otherwise in violation of any such restrictions or regulations.

HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES

The SOFTWARE is not fault-tolerant and is not designed, manufactured or intended for use or resale as on-line control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of the SOFTWARE could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage (“HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES”). SONY, each of the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS, and each of their respective affiliates specifically disclaim any express or implied warranty, duty or condition of fitness for HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES.

You represent and warrant that the SOFTWARE will not be used to design, develop, manufacture, modify, use, or store Arms and that no actions will be taken that might cause a breach of trade control or economic sanctions implemented by the United Nations, Japan, the USA, the European Union, or any other country or region under jurisdiction thereof. “Arms” means products, software, technologies, or services designed for combat attack (i.e. killing or destruction) or that could be diverted and employed for combat attack, including parts, accessories and/or software specially designed for any such products, software, technologies or services. Arms include (a) any types of guns (including hunting guns and sport guns) and any telescopic sights for any such guns, (b) tanks, battleships, submarines and fighters (including attack helicopters), (c) explosives, (d) biological or chemical weapons, (e) missiles, (f) unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with offensive weapons (including dissemination feature of biological or chemical weapons), and (g) devices or programs specially designed for guidance or attitude control of the items described above.

EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY ON SOFTWARE

You acknowledge and agree that use of the SOFTWARE is at your sole risk and that you are responsible for use of the SOFTWARE. The SOFTWARE is provided “AS IS,” without warranty, duty or condition of any kind.

SONY AND EACH OF THE THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS (for purposes of this Section, SONY and each of the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS shall be collectively referred to as “SONY”) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, DUTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SONY DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY CONDITIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS (A) THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THEY WILL BE UPDATED, (B) THAT THE OPERATION OF ANY OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECT OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, (C) THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT DAMAGE ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR DATA, (D) THAT ANY SOFTWARE, NETWORK SERVICES (INCLUDING THE INTERNET) OR PRODUCTS (OTHER THAN THE SOFTWARE) UPON WHICH THE SOFTWARE’S PERFORMANCE DEPENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR UNMODIFIED, (E) THAT THE SOFTWARE OR ANY EQUIPMENT, SYSTEM OR NETWORK ON WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS USED (INCLUDING THE DEVICE) WILL BE FREE OF VULNERABILITY TO INTRUSION OR ATTACK AND (F) REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY SONY OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SONY SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY, DUTY OR CONDITION OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE CONTRARY TO APPLICABLE LAW OF YOUR JURISDICTION.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

SONY AND EACH OF THE THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS (for purposes of this Section, SONY and each of the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS shall be collectively referred to as “SONY”) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, DOWN TIME AND USER’S TIME, EVEN IF ANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES. IN ANY CASE, EACH AND ALL OF THEIR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS EULA SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE, SONY’S PRODUCT WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS EMBEDDED IN OR BUNDLED WITH AND/OR SONY’S SERVICE TO WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS DEDICATED OR (ii) THE FIXED AMOUNT AGREED IN WRITING BETWEEN SONY AND YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW SUCH EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE CONTRARY TO APPLICABLE LAW OF YOUR JURISDICTION.

INDEMNITY

Except as prohibited by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless SONY and the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS and their respective affiliates, officers and employees, from any loss, claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the SOFTWARE and/or the DEVICE (including, without limitation, any software vulnerability caused by such use), your violation of this EULA or your failure to fulfill your responsibility under this EULA.

AUTOMATIC UPDATE FEATURE

From time to time, SONY or the THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS may automatically update or otherwise modify the SOFTWARE, including, but not limited to, for purposes of enhancement of security functions, error correction and improvement of functions, at such time as you interact with SONY’s or third parties’ servers, or otherwise. Such updates or modifications may delete or change the nature of features or other aspects of the SOFTWARE, including, but not limited to, functions you may rely upon. You acknowledge and agree that such activities may occur at SONY’s sole discretion and that SONY may condition continued use of the SOFTWARE upon your complete installation or acceptance of such update or modifications. Any updates/modifications shall be deemed to be, and shall constitute part of, the SOFTWARE for purposes of this EULA. By acceptance of this EULA, you consent to such update/modification.

FORCE MAJEURE

SONY shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, fire, floods, storms, earthquakes, epidemics, acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, insurrection, embargos, acts of civil, military or governmental authorities, nuclear or other accidents, explosions, strikes or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT, WAIVER, SEVERABILITY

This EULA (and SONY’s applicable privacy policy separately presented to you, if any), as amended and modified from time to time, constitute the entire agreement(s) between you and SONY with respect to the SOFTWARE. The failure of SONY to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this EULA shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any part of this EULA is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to maintain the intent of this EULA, and the other parts will remain in full force and effect.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to the SOFTWARE or this EULA. This EULA will not be governed or interpreted in any way by referring to any law based on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) or any other act derived from or related to UCITA. This EULA shall be governed by the laws of Japan, without regards to conflict of laws provisions. Any dispute arising out of this EULA shall be subject to the exclusive venue of the Tokyo District Court in Japan, and the parties hereby consent to the venue and jurisdiction of such courts. The foregoing does not apply to you to the extent applicable law of your jurisdiction restricts or prohibits such agreements.

EQUITABLE REMEDIES

Notwithstanding anything contained in this EULA to the contrary, you acknowledge and agree that any violation of or non-compliance with this EULA by you will cause irreparable harm to SONY, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and you consent to SONY obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that SONY deems necessary or appropriate in such circumstances. SONY may also take any legal and technical remedies to prevent violation of and/or to enforce this EULA, including, but not limited to, immediate termination of your use of the SOFTWARE, if SONY believes in its sole discretion that you are violating or intend to violate this EULA. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies SONY may have at law, in equity or under contract.

TERMINATION

Without prejudice to any of its other rights, SONY may suspend your access or use of the SOFTWARE and/or terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with any of its terms. In case of such termination, you must: (i) cease all use, and destroy any copies, of the SOFTWARE; (ii) comply with the requirements in the section below entitled “Your Account Responsibilities”.

AMENDMENT

SONY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS EULA AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION BY POSTING NOTICE ON A SONY DESIGNATED WEB SITE, BY EMAIL NOTIFICATION TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS PROVIDED BY YOU, BY PROVIDING NOTICE AS PART OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH YOU OBTAIN UPGRADES/UPDATES OR BY ANY OTHER LEGALLY RECOGNIZABLE FORM OF NOTICE. If you do not agree to the amendment, you should promptly contact SONY for instructions. Your continued use of the SOFTWARE after the effective date of any such notice shall be deemed your agreement to be bound by such amendment.

THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

Each THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIER is an express intended third-party beneficiary of, and shall have the right to enforce, each provision of this EULA with respect to the software of such party.

YOUR ACCOUNT RESPONSIBILITIES

Should you return your DEVICE to its place of purchase, sell or otherwise transfer your DEVICE, or if this EULA is terminated, you are responsible for and must, if reasonably possible, uninstall the SOFTWARE from the DEVICE and, if you have registered a user account, delete any and all accounts you may have established on DEVICE or are accessible through the SOFTWARE. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any accounts you have with SONY or third parties and any usernames and passwords associated with your use of the DEVICE.

Should you have any questions concerning this EULA, you may contact SONY by writing to SONY at the applicable contact address for each area or country.

Exhibit A

List of the SOFTWARE

SZP123S-001 Firmware
AIH-IVRW2 Firmware
CSV26 Firmware
Partitioning tool
Device Installer

CSV26_SZP123S-001_V2_20260130_1.6.0_prod