MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
MICROSOFT EDGE
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These license terms are an agreement between you and Microsoft Corporation (or
one of its affiliates). They apply to this software published by Microsoft and
any software updates (“Software”) (except to the extent such Software or updates
are accompanied by new or additional terms, in which case those different terms
apply prospectively and do not alter your or Microsoft’s rights relating to
pre-updated Software ). IF YOU COMPLY WITH THESE LICENSE TERMS, YOU HAVE THE
RIGHTS BELOW. BY DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF
YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THEM, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO AND MUST NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE THE
SOFTWARE.
1. MICROSOFT EDGE FOR WINDOWS DEVICES
1.1. Windows License Terms
. Your installation and use of the Software on any Windows platform shall be
governed by the license terms for your Microsoft Windows Operating System
software (“Windows License Terms”) on which you are using the Software, and
those terms are incorporated by reference. If the Software is downloaded from
Microsoft and labeled preview, insider, beta or pre-release, or is otherwise
indicated as not being a final retail version of the Software, the applicable
terms in Section 1.2 also apply to your use of the Software. Section 1.3 applies
to your use of other services that may be made available for use through your
use of the Software.
1.1.1. Updates
. Notwithstanding above Section 1.1 as applied to Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, the
terms of the applicable Windows License Terms, or any Windows update settings
you have configured, the Software periodically checks for updates, and downloads
and installs them for you. You may obtain updates only from Microsoft or
authorized sources, and Microsoft may need to update your system to provide you
with those updates. By accepting this agreement, you agree to receive these
types of automatic updates without any additional notice.
1.2. Previews
. Microsoft may make preview, insider, beta or other pre-release versions of the
Software (“Previews”) available to you. You may use Previews only up to the
Software’s expiration date (if any) and so long as you comply with the
applicable Windows License Terms. Previews are experimental, which means that
Previews may not operate correctly and may be substantially different from the
commercially released version. In some instances, Previews may even
inadvertently damage your device rendering it inoperable or cause occasional
crashes, data loss or apps to stop working or be deleted. To recover, you may
have to reinstall your apps, the operating system or re-flash your device. In
some instances, you may not be able to go back to your prior version of the
Software. Because Previews may contain more errors or inaccuracies, you should
back-up your device before installing any Previews. We recommend installing
Previews on non-production devices that are not business critical because you
are more likely to experience crashes, setting and policy changes, loss of data
or apps, feature and functionality changes, cause other apps to stop working, be
updated, or removed from your device automatically without notice and other
potential issues. We highly recommend that you do not install the Previews on
any systems you don’t directly control or that you share with others.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, Previews are
nontransferable and provided “AS IS.” By installing Previews on your device, you
may void or impact your device warranty and may not be entitled to support from
the manufacturer of your device or network operator, if applicable. Microsoft
may not provide support services for Previews. If you provide Microsoft
comments, suggestions or other feedback about the Preview (“Submission”), you
grant Microsoft and its partners rights to use the Submission in any way and for
any purpose. You will not give a Submission that is subject to a license that
requires Microsoft to license its Software or documentation to third parties
because Microsoft includes your Submission in them. These rights survive this
agreement. Microsoft may change or discontinue the Previews, or terminate your
access to the Previews, at any time without notice and for any reason
whatsoever. You may stop using the Previews at any time by un-installing and
deleting all copies of any Previews.
1.2.1. Data Collection for Previews
. Previews may not have included, reduced, or different security, privacy,
accessibility, availability and relatability standards relative to commercially
provided services and software. For Previews covered under Section 1.2, privacy
and feature settings may not work as intended, and the Previews may not work
with other Windows privacy settings, including the diagnostic data settings for
Windows 10 / Windows 11. Data collected from your use of the Previews, including
diagnostic, technical, error reports, crash dumps and other related data from
your devices running Previews may be used, stored, processed and analyzed to
keep Windows and the Previews up to date, secure, and operating properly. It
also helps us improve Microsoft products and services and may be used for any
other purpose described in the Microsoft Privacy Statement. If you disable data
collection through controls available in the Previews, we may continue to
collect diagnostic information about the download, the installation and removal
of the Previews and “basic” data as described in the Windows Diagnostics section
of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. The
Microsoft Privacy Statement
(
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
), and this paragraph, applies to Previews under Section 1.2.
1.3. Other Services
. The Software may include features that provide an access point to, or rely on,
other services, websites, links, content, material, integrations or
applications, including as provided by independent third parties (“Other
Services”). Your use of Other Services or of Software features that rely on
Other Services may be governed by separate terms and subject to separate privacy
policies. You can view these separate terms and policies through the Other
Services’ websites or settings, as applicable. The Other Services may not be
available in all regions. You may not use tokens the Software uses to call into
a Microsoft Azure service separate from the Software.
2. MICROSOFT EDGE FOR NON-WINDOWS DEVICES
IF YOU LIVE IN (OR ARE A BUSINESS WITH A PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN) THE
UNITED STATES, PLEASE READ THE “BINDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER”
SECTION 2.14 BELOW. IT AFFECTS HOW DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED.
2.1. Installation and Use Rights
. For installation and use of the Software on any non-Windows platform,
including but not limited to macOS and Linux, you may install and use one copy
of the Software on any device running such non-Windows platform.
2.2. Third Party Software
. The Software may include third party software that is licensed to you under
this agreement or under their own terms or under open source licenses with
source code availability options. License terms, notices, and acknowledgements,
if any, for the third party software may be accessible online at
https://aka.ms/thirdpartynotices
or in an accompanying notices file. Even if such software is governed by other
agreements, the disclaimer, limitations on, and exclusions of damages below also
apply to the extent allowed by applicable law.
2.3. Previews.
Microsoft may make preview, insider, beta or other pre-release versions of the
Software (“Previews”) available to you. You may use Previews only up to the
software’s expiration date (if any) and so long as you comply with these license
terms. Previews are experimental, which means that Previews may not operate
correctly and may be substantially different from the commercially released
version. In some instances, Previews may even inadvertently damage your device
rendering it inoperable or cause occasional crashes, data loss or apps to stop
working or be deleted. To recover, you may have to reinstall your apps, the
operating system or re-flash your device. In some instances, you may not be able
to go back to your prior version of the Software. Because Previews may contain
more errors or inaccuracies, you should back-up your device before installing
any Previews. We recommend installing Previews on non-production devices that
are not business critical because you are more likely to experience crashes,
setting and policy changes, loss of data or apps, feature and functionality
changes, cause other apps to stop working, be updated, or removed from your
device automatically without notice and other potential issues. We highly
recommend that you do not install the Previews on any systems you don’t directly
control or that you share with others. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this agreement, Previews are nontransferable and provided “AS IS.” By
installing Previews on your device, you may void or impact your device warranty
and may not be entitled to support from the manufacturer of your device or
network operator, if applicable. Microsoft may not provide support services for
Previews. Microsoft may change or discontinue the Previews, or terminate your
access to the Previews, at any time without notice and for any reason
whatsoever. You may stop using the Previews at any time by un-installing and
deleting all copies of any Previews.
2.3.1. Data Collection for Previews
. Previews may not have included, reduced, or different security, privacy,
accessibility, availability and relatability standards relative to commercially
provided services and software. For Previews covered under Section 2.3, privacy
and feature settings may not work as intended, and the Previews may not work
with other operating system privacy settings. Data collected from your use of
Previews, including diagnostic, technical, error reports, crash dumps and other
related data from your devices running Previews may be used, stored, processed
and analyzed to keep the Previews up to date, secure, and operating properly. It
also helps us improve Microsoft products and services and may be used for any
other purpose described in the Microsoft Privacy Statement. If you disable data
collection through controls available in the Previews, we may continue to
collect diagnostic information about the download, the installation and any
removal of the Previews and “basic” data as described in the Windows Diagnostics
section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. The
Microsoft Privacy Statement
(
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
), and this paragraph, applies to Previews under Section 2.3.
2.4. Other Services
. The Software may include features that provide an access point to, or rely on,
other services, websites, links, content, material, integrations or
applications, including as provided by independent third parties (“Other
Services”). Your use of Other Services or of Software features that rely on
Other Services may be governed by separate terms and subject to separate privacy
policies. You can view these separate terms and policies through the Other
Services’ websites or settings, as applicable. The Other Services may not be
available in all regions.
2.5. Communications with You
. Microsoft may use your contact information (i) to communicate with you about
your use of the Software, and (ii) to provide you with additional information,
about the Software and other Microsoft products or services. This contact may be
by email, SMS, instant message, web chat, phone, in the user interface, or other
means, and may include offers. You can always choose whether you wish to receive
promotional email, SMS messages, telephone calls and postal mail from Microsoft.
2.6. Feedback
. If you provide Microsoft comments, suggestions or other feedback about the
Software to Microsoft (“Submission”), you grant Microsoft and its partners
rights to use the Submission in any way and for any purpose. You will not give
Microsoft a Submission that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to
license its Software or documentation to third parties because Microsoft
includes your feedback in them. These rights survive this agreement.
2.7. Data Collection
. The Software may collect information about you and your use of the Software
and send that to Microsoft. By accepting this agreement and using the Software
you agree that Microsoft may collect, use, and disclose the information as
described in the
Microsoft Privacy Statement
at
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
, and as may be described in the user interface associated with the Software
features.
2.8. Scope of License.
The Software is licensed, not sold. This agreement gives you only some rights to
use the Software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law
gives you more rights despite this limitation, you will not (and have no right
to):
(a) work around any technical limitations in the Software that only allow
you to use it in certain ways;
(b) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decrypt or otherwise
attempt to derive the source code of the Software, except and only to the
extent that the foregoing restriction is (i) permitted by applicable law;
(ii) required by third party licensing terms governing the use of certain
open-source components that may be included with the Software; or (iii)
required to debug changes to any libraries licensed under the GNU Lesser
General Public License which are included with and linked to by the
Software.
(c) remove, minimize, block, or modify any notices of Microsoft or its
suppliers in the Software;
(d) when using Internet-based features, you may not use those features in
any way that could interfere with anyone else’s use of them or to try to
gain access to or use any service, data, account, or network, in an
unauthorized manner;
(e) use the Software in any way that is against the law or to create or
propagate malware; or
(f) share, publish, distribute, or lend the Software, provide the
Software as a stand-alone hosted solution for others to use, or transfer the
Software or this agreement to any third party.
(g) use tokens the Software uses to call into a Microsoft Azure service
separate from the Software.
2.9. Documentation
. If documentation is provided with the Software, you may copy and use the
documentation for personal reference purposes.
2.10. H.264/AVC and MPEG-4 Visual Standards and VC-1 Video Standards
. The Software may include H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 Visual, and/or VC-1 codec
technology. MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice:
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE H.264/AVC, THE VC-1, AND THE MPEG-4 PART 2
VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSES FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A
CONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVE STANDARDS (“VIDEO
STANDARDS”) OR (ii) DECODE AVC, VC-1, AND MPEG-4 PART 2 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED
BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY OR WAS OBTAINED
FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE SUCH VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR
SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
MPEG LA, L.L.C. SEE
https://aka.ms/mpegla
.
2.11. Export Restrictions.
You must comply with all domestic and international export laws and regulations
that apply to the Software, which include restrictions on destinations, end
users, and end use. For further information on export restrictions, visit
https://aka.ms/exporting
.
2.12. Support Services.
Microsoft is not obligated under this agreement to provide any support services
for the Software. Any support provided is “as is”, “with all faults”, and
without warranty of any kind.
2.13. Updates.
The Software may periodically check for updates, and download and install them
for you. You may obtain updates only from Microsoft or authorized sources.
Microsoft may need to update your system to provide you with updates. You agree
to receive these automatic updates without any additional notice. Updates may
not include or support all existing Software features, services, or peripheral
devices.
If you and Microsoft have a dispute, you and Microsoft agree to try for 60 days to
resolve it informally. If you and Microsoft can’t, you and Microsoft agree to
binding individual arbitration before the American Arbitration Associatio
n under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), and
not to sue in court in front of a judge or jury
. Instead, a neutral arbitrator will decide.
Class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, private attorney-general
actions,
and any other proceeding where someone acts in a representative capacity
are not allowed
; nor is combining individual proceedings without the consent of all parties. The
complete Arbitration Agreement contains more terms and is at
https://aka.ms/arb-agreement-1
. You and Microsoft agree to these terms.