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M.I.K.E. — End-User Licence Agreement
Adamantware OÜ · Estonia (EU)  ·  Effective: July 2026  ·  Applies to M.I.K.E. v0.x

1 · Parties & Acceptance

This End-User Licence Agreement (“Agreement”) is a binding contract between Adamantware OÜ, a company registered in Estonia, European Union (“Adamantware”, “we”, the “Licensor”), and you (the “Licensee”, “you”), governing your use of M.I.K.E. — the Mathematically Improved Kompression Engine and its command-line and graphical applications, together with any updates, documentation and associated materials (the “Software”).

By downloading, installing, copying or using the Software, you accept this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.

2 · Licence Grant

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, Adamantware grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the Software as follows:

  • Free evaluation. You may download and use the Software free of charge to evaluate it. Every feature works during evaluation; the Software periodically displays an unlicensed-status reminder.
  • Licensed use. A paid licence (currently €20 per install, one-time) is required for continued use and for any commercial, business or production use. A valid licence removes the reminder.

The Software is licensed, not sold. You acquire no ownership of the Software by paying the fee.

3 · Ownership & Intellectual Property

The Software, its source code, its underlying algorithms and methods (including the puzzleCompressor generator, delta and linear-prediction models and branch-splitting techniques), the .mike archive format, and all related intellectual property are and remain the exclusive property of Adamantware OÜ, protected by copyright and trade-secret law and international treaties.

M.I.K.E.™, puzzleCompressor™, Adamantware™ and No Hat Hacker™ are trademarks of Adamantware OÜ. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Adamantware.

4 · Restrictions

You may not, and may not permit any third party to:

  • reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, or internal design of the Software, except to the limited extent such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law;
  • copy, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, distribute, publish, or otherwise make the Software available to any third party;
  • circumvent, disable, or interfere with the licence verification, install-identifier, or check-in mechanisms, or use the Software beyond the scope of a valid licence;
  • remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices;
  • use the Software to develop a competing product, or use its output formats to reconstruct its methods.

5 · Licence Verification & Data

On each run the Software contacts Adamantware’s licence server to register the installation, record that it was opened, and report its licence status. Only an opaque installation identifier, the operating-system family, and the Software version are transmitted. The contents of your files are never read, transmitted, or seen by Adamantware — compression and decompression happen entirely on your machine. If the server is unreachable, the Software continues to run. See our Privacy Policy.

6 · Fees

A licence is offered at €20 (or the then-current price shown at purchase), payable through our authorised payment provider. Prices are stated exclusive of any applicable taxes, which may be added at checkout. Except where required by law, fees are non-refundable.

7 · Term & Termination

This Agreement is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach any of its terms. On termination you must cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies. Sections 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 survive termination.

8 · Disclaimer of Warranties

The Software is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”, without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. While the Software is designed and tested for lossless, byte-exact round-trips, you are solely responsible for maintaining independent backups of any important data. Adamantware does not warrant that the Software will be error-free or uninterrupted.

9 · Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Adamantware shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, profits, or business, arising out of or related to the Software. Adamantware’s total aggregate liability under this Agreement shall not exceed the amount you paid for the licence in the twelve months preceding the claim. Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including under mandatory EU consumer-protection rules.

10 · Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of Estonia and applicable European Union law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The courts of Estonia shall have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from this Agreement, subject to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have in your country of residence.

11 · Contact

Adamantware OÜ, Estonia (EU) — mr.adamantware@gmail.com.

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