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As of 2025-07-24

License

1 - MW-SLA

Mono Wireless Software License Agreement

The Mono Wireless Software License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as MW-SLA) is the standard license condition for software provided by Mono Wireless Inc. License names have suffixes indicating version and language, such as MW-SLA-1E.

Important notes and supplements under the license (these do not affect the interpretation of the clauses):

  • No warranty.
  • Wireless microcontrollers manufactured by Mono Wireless must be used in the system. For example, building source code for other microcontrollers or using utilities is not permitted.
  • No need to notify Mono Wireless when redistributing with the MW-SLA attached.

MW-SLA-1E Clauses

The temporary distribution location for the license text is here.

            MONO WIRELESS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

  VERSION 1, 8-DEC-2016 (MW-SLA-1E)
  Copyright (C) Mono Wireless Inc.

    This is an agreement (“Agreement”) between Mono Wireless Inc.
(“Licensor”) and Customer (“Licensee”), who is being licensed to use
Licensor software products (“Licensed Products”).

    1.	DIFINITIONS
    1-1 “Licensed Products” means a set provided by Licensor as source
code, library, script file, utility, manual and others.
    1-2 “Intellectual Property Right” means all rights in and to any
copyright, patent or any such application, trademark, know-hows,
trade secrets and all other rights and their legal fruits, resulting
from intellectual activity.

    2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
    All Intellectual Property Rights over and in respect of Licensed
Products are owned by Licensor. The Licensee does not acquire any
rights of ownership in Licensed Products.

    3. LICENSE
    Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
Licensor grants to the Licensee non-exclusive license under following
conditions.
    (1) To use Licensed Products in the system using a wireless
microcomputer manufactured by the Licensor.
    (2) To build and run the source code of Licensed Products on a
wireless microcomputer manufactured by the Licensor.
    (3) To modify, change, translate, adapt or create derivative
works to all or part of the source code of Licensed Products.
    (4) To reproduce and distribute (including commercial purposes)
the source code (including 3(3)) of Licensed Products along with the
copy of this Agreement.

    4. LIMITATION OF THE LICENSE Licensee shall not attempt
activities described below.
    (1) To build and/or run the source code of Licensed Products
(including modified, changed, translated, adapted source code and
derivative works as set forth in 3(2)) on a third-party processor.
    (2) To use Licensed Products (include modified, changed,
translated, adapted source code and derivative works as set forth in
3(2)) in order to develop system on a third-party processor.
    (3) To attempt to reverse engineering, decompile, disassemble and
analysis, re-build or discovery of other source code and the
underlying idea or algorithm of Licensed Products.

    5.DISCLAIMER
    5-1 LICENSOR, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A SEPARATE
AGREEMENT, SHALL PROVIDE LICENSED PRODUCTS IN THE "AS IS". LICENSOR
SHALL NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE QUALITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS
PRODUCT IS TO CONFIRM TO THE LICENSEE OF THE INTENDED USE, OPERATES
WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, ERROR OR INFRINGES ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THERE IS NO BUGS AND PROBLEMS.
LICENSOR SHALL NOT ASSUME ANY WARRANTY TO LICENSED PRODUCTS.
    5-2 LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE AGAINST DIRECT, INDIRECT,
CONSEQUENTIAL, ACCIDENTAL OR ANY DAMAGE THAT WAS ARISEN FROM THE
NON-USE OR THE USE OF LICENSED PRODUCTS EVEN IF LICENSOR HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
LICENSOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BEAR THE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, BY ANY
REASON, SHALL BE UPPER LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT LICENSEE ACTUALLY PAID
FOR LICENSED PRODUCTS.

    6. ASSIGNMENT Licensee shall not assign any rights or obligations
provided hereunder to any third party.

    7 VALIDITY PERIOD Unless the period is specified separately or
the licensor is cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the
Agreement, the validity period shall be defined between start date to
use Licensed Products, and terminate date to use Licensed Products.

    8. CANCELLATION
    8-1 In the event that Licensee breaches any of the provisions of
this Agreement, Licensor shall have the right of cancel this
Agreement. In this case, Licensee shall not be able to use Licensed
Products, and Licensor shall not accept claim to refund of the amount
paid by Licensee.
    8-2 The Licensee shall have right of cancel this Agreement by
dispose Licensed Products. In this case, the amount Licensee paid
shall not be refunded by any reason.
    8-3 Upon termination or cancellation of this Agreement, Licensee
shall return to Licensor or destroy Licensed Products.

    9. COMPLIANCE FOR EXPORTATION Licensee shall not attempt to ship,
transfer, or re-export Licensed Product to other countries that are
prohibited in the laws of Japan and shall comply with the law on the
export of Japan. If the Licensee has exported or used Licensed
Products to the outside of Japan, Licensee shall bear all the
responsibilities arising from the act.

    10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
    10-1 This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between
the parties with respect to any and all subjects and shall supersede
all previous negotiations, understandings and agreements the parties
thereto.
    10-2 This Agreement is executed in Japanese edition, and all
correspondence between the parties shall be in Japanese. In case,
there are contradictions between Japanese Agreement and English
Translation, Japanese agreement will be applied.
    10-3 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Japan.
    10-4 The parties agree that any disputes arising out of this
Agreement shall be brought to before the Yokohama District Court of
Japan for the first instance.

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2 - MW-OSSLA

Mono Wireless Open Source Software License Agreement

The Mono Wireless Open Source Software License Agreement (hereinafter MW-OSSLA) is a license for software provided by Mono Wireless Inc., allowing open source handling limited to non-commercial purposes. The license name is suffixed with a version number and language code, such as MW-OSSLA-1E.

  • Important points and supplementary notes under the license are described (these notes do not affect the interpretation of the clauses)
  • No warranty
  • Modification and redistribution are allowed under MW-OSSLA
  • While MW-SLA required the use of Mono Wireless wireless microcontrollers within the system, under MW-OSSLA, systems that do not involve Mono Wireless wireless microcontrollers can be used for non-commercial purposes.
  • There is no need to notify Mono Wireless Inc. when redistributing with MW-OSSLA attached.
  • For items distributed as dual licenses, please apply either MW-SLA or MW-OSSLA at the time of use.
  • For commercial use or similar purposes (assuming the use of Mono Wireless wireless microcontrollers), procedures are provided to treat the subject of MW-OSSLA as MW-SLA (Article 3 (5)).
    • It is common practice to explicitly rewrite the description of MW-OSSLA in the source code to MW-SLA and distribute it along with the MW-SLA license.
    • There is no need to notify Mono Wireless Inc. when redistributing with MW-SLA attached.
  • Once MW-SLA is selected or redistributed as MW-SLA, the subject cannot be treated as MW-OSSLA.
  • There is no need to notify Mono Wireless Inc. when redistributing with MW-OSSLA attached.

MW-OSSLA-1E Clauses

The license clauses are distributed as files within each distribution project.

            MONO WIRELESS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

                                        VERSION 1, 20-JAN-2020 (MW-OSSLA-1J)
                                       Copyright (C) 2020 Mono Wireless Inc.

This is an agreement ("Agreement") between Mono Wireless Inc. ("Licensor")
and Customer ("Licensee"), who is being licensed to use open source software
products ("Licensed Products").

1.	DIFINITIONS
1-1 "Licensed Products" means a set provided by Licensor as source code,
library, script file, utility, manual and others.
1-2 "Intellectual Property Right" means all rights in and to any copyright,
patent or any such application, trademark, know-hows, trade secrets and all
other rights and their legal fruits, resulting from intellectual activity.

2.	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All Intellectual Property Rights over and in respect of Licensed Products
are owned by Licensor. The Licensee does not acquire any rights of ownership
in Licensed Products.

3.	LICENSE
Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor
grants to the Licensee non-exclusive, royalty-free license under following
conditions.
(1) To use Licensed Products in the system using any microcomputer devices.
(2) To build and run the source code (including 3(3)) of Licensed Products
   on any microcomputer devices.
(3) To modify, change, translate, adapt or create derivative works to all or
    part of the source code of Licensed Products.
(4) To reproduce and distribute for non-commercial purposes the source code
   (including 3(3)) of Licensed Products along with the copy of this
   Agreement.
(5) To reproduce and distribute for non-commercial purposes the source code
   (including 3(3)) of Licensed Products along with the copy of Mono
   Wireless Software License Agreement(MW-SLA).

4.	SUCCESSION OF LICENSE CONDITION
If Licensee distributes the source code under 3(3) and (4), the entire
license must be granted in accordance with the terms and condition of this
Agreement.

5.	DISCLAIMER
5-1 LICENSOR, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A SEPARATE AGREEMENT, SHALL
PROVIDE LICENSED PRODUCTS IN THE "AS IS". LICENSOR SHALL NOT GUARANTEE THAT
THE QUALITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS PRODUCT IS TO CONFIRM TO THE LICENSEE
OF THE INTENDED USE, OPERATES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, ERROR OR INFRINGES ANY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THERE IS NO BUGS
AND PROBLEMS. LICENSOR SHALL NOT ASSUME ANY WARRANTY TO LICENSED PRODUCTS.
5-2 LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE AGAINST DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
ACCIDENTAL OR ANY DAMAGE THAT WAS ARISEN FROM THE NON-USE OR THE USE OF
LICENSED PRODUCTS EVEN IF LICENSOR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. IN THE EVENT THAT THE LICENSOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BEAR THE
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, BY ANY REASON, SHALL BE UPPER LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT
LICENSEE ACTUALLY PAID FOR LICENSED PRODUCTS.

6.	RESTRICTION OF THE LICENSE
Licensee shall not impose any further restrictions on the licensees'
exercise of the rights granted herein.

7.	VALIDITY PERIOD
Unless the period is specified separately or the licensor is cancelled in
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, the validity period shall
be defined between start date to use Licensed Products, and terminate date
to use Licensed Products.

8.	CANCELLATION
8-1 In the event that Licensee breaches any of the provisions of this
Agreement, Licensor shall have the right to cancel this Agreement. In this
case, Licensee shall not be able to use Licensed Products.
8-2 The Licensee shall have the right to cancel this Agreement by dispose
Licensed Products.
8-3 Upon termination or cancellation of this Agreement, Licensee shall
return to Licensor or destroy Licensed Products.

9.	COMPLIANCE FOR EXPORTATION
Licensee shall not attempt to ship, transfer, or re-export Licensed Product
to other countries that are prohibited in the laws of Japan and shall comply
with the law on the export of Japan. If the Licensee has exported or used
Licensed Products to the outside of Japan, Licensee shall bear all the
responsibilities arising from the act.

10.	GENERAL PROVISIONS
10-1 This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to any and all subjects and shall supersede all
previous negotiations, understandings and agreements the parties thereto.
10-2 This Agreement is executed in Japanese edition, and all correspondence
between the parties shall be in Japanese. In case, there are contradictions
between Japanese Agreement and English Translation, Japanese agreement will
be applied.
10-3 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of Japan.
10-4 The parties agree that any disputes arising out of this Agreement shall
be brought to before the Yokohama District Court of Japan for the first
instance.

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