END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 
Special purpose operating system “Astra Linux Special Edition” 

Attention! Read the following terms carefully before installing, copying or otherwise using special purpose operating system “Astra Linux Special Edition” (hereinafter referred to as “the Software”). Installing, copying or otherwise using the Software indicates Your acceptance of these terms without any exceptions.
This End User License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”) is concluded between Limited Liability Company “RusBITech-Astra” (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) and You – legal entity, and defined the terms and conditions of using the Software. 
The Agreement comes into effect when You began to use the Software or if it is provided by the Software functionality when You accept the terms of the Agreement during the Software installation on Your device or otherwise express Your consent as suggested on the screen of Your device via of the Software installation interface. 
Any such act is deemed to demonstrate Your acknowledgment that You have read the Agreement, that you understand it and agree to be bound by its terms. 
If You do not agree to the terms of the Agreement do not install, run, copy or otherwise use the Software. 
By accepting the terms of the Agreement the User accepts that he acts on a voluntary basis, consciously, without any coercion on the part of the Company and / or third parties, he is legally capable and has the right to conclude the Agreement.
Granting the rights to use the Software is accompanied by a separate agreement between the Company or a Company Partner and You. If a separate agreement with regard to the Software has been concluded with the Company or a Company Partner, the Agreement and all its provisions becomes the integral part of such agreement. In case of granting the Software as pre-installed, the right to use the Software is accompanied by accepting the Agreement. 

Definitions
“Company” - Limited Liability Company “RusBITech-Astra”, TIN 7726388700, is the right holder of the special purpose operating systems “Astra Linux Special Edition”. 
“User” (“You”) –  individual entrepreneur or legal entity, who obtained the License for its own use, and not for purposes of further resale or service delivery of the Software to third parties, or a person/entity, received a remote access to the Software via Internet for own use and not for purposes of service delivery of the Software to third parties, or a person who is granted the right to use the Software for research purposes under an agreement concluded between the User and the Company or Company Partner. 
“Software” – special purpose operating systems “Astra Linux Special Edition”, including any and all of the software components (module) embedded, further upgrades of such Software, as well accompanied documentation.  
“License” - the non-exclusive right granted by the Company to install, run and use the functionality of the Software in accordance with the agreement concluded between the User and the Company or a Company Partner. 
“Partner” - legal entity that is authorized by the Company to distribute or otherwise use the Software. 
“Device” – hardware-software complex with 1 (one) mother board where sockets are located for installing there a central processor, other physical or virtual device, where the Software is used, the Software meets the requirements of national standards and regulatory documents on information security of FSTEC of Russia, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russian Federal Security Service (except the Software of licensing version “Orel” (RUSB.10015-10), that doesn’t have any conformity certificates and is not intended for use in information systems that are subject to information security requirements).

     1  General Terms
         1.1  The Agreement does not grant the User any exclusive intellectual property right to the Software and its components, it grants only the non-exclusive right to use the Software and its components in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the agreement concluded between the User and the Company or a Company Partner. All of the provisions stated herein apply to both the Software as a whole, with the exception of the third party software included in the Software which is covered by GNU General Public License (Free Software Licenses), available for review in separate files with the source codes of the Software components. 
         1.2  The Software includes the computer program itself distributed on the media separately or as embedded or in any other way determined by the Company and technical documentation. 
         1.3  The Software is an aggregate and contains proprietary component parts of the Company, both original and modified third parties’ components, distributed in accordance with separate licenses, developed by the authors of these intellectual property items.
         1.4  Any use of the Software or its component parts outside of or in contravention of the terms of the Agreement, individual agreement, concluded between the User and the Company or a Company Partner, or the terms of the free licenses shall constitute a breach of the Company’s and/or third parties’ intellectual property rights and shall be cause to terminate the contract, that result in the use of remedies, stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation. 
         1.5  Title and intellectual property rights that are not belong to the Company, but incorporated into the Software, included but not limited to any multimedia, text and programs and access to which the Software provides, are owned by right holders of such elements and protected by the international treaties and copyright laws of the Russian Federation.  
         1.6  The Software correspondence to the information security requirements is approved by the certificate issued in accordance with legislation requirements of Russian Federation and other countries, excluding the Software of licensing version “Orel” (RUSB.10015-10), that doesn’t have any conformity certificates and is not intended for use in information systems that are subject to information security requirements. 
         1.7  The term, the license fee as well as the scope and the use of the Software are specified in an appropriate agreement between the User and the Company or a Company Partner. The license fee is not paid under the Agreement. The license fee may be paid by the User under separate agreements concluded between the User and the Company or Company Partner. 
         1.8  Any product names or other markings of the Software components may be the trademarks of any third parties. Any trademarks of the Company are the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights and are presented for the User’s information.
         1.9  The Agreement may be available in different languages. There may be inconsistencies or differences in interpretation between the Russian version of the Agreement and those Agreements made available in other languages. For the sake of uniformity and to avoid any ambiguity, the Russian version of the Agreement shall govern in all disputes, claims or proceedings to interpret, enforce or otherwise relation to the Agreement.  
           
     2  Software License Terms and Conditions
         2.1  The User must comply with the Agreement’s terms and conditions, corresponding contract with the Company or the Company Partner and licensing policy available at https://astragroup.ru/info/law/.  
         2.2  After the expiration of the License the User must destroy all copies of the Software and remove the Software from the Devices or acquire the License for the new term. 
         2.3  The User must periodic but at least as often as once in 36 (thirty-six) months during the term of granted rights apply the upgrades, issued by the Company in order defined by the Company to keep the Software in secure state.  
         2.4  The User must review the relevant version of the Agreement available at https://astragroup.ru/info/law/. 
         2.5  The licensing models are:
             2.5.1  The Company grants the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur on a fee basis a right to reproduce 1 (one) instance of the Software on 1 (one) Device within its functionality and make 1 (one) backup copy, used in case of system files loss and damage or loss of primary media data from the Software, adhering to the Agreement’s conditions and rules contained in attached printed or electronic documentation. The Software usage parameters different from the Agreement’s terms and conditions are set in a separate contract with the Company or a Company Partner. 
             2.5.2   The Company grants the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur on a fee basis a right to reproduce 1 (one) or more instances the Software for 64-bit platform based on processor architecture х86-64, latest update 1.7, with the certification of FSTEC of Russia on 1 (one) Device (server) within its functionality and make 1 (one) backup copy used in case of system files loss and damage or loss of primary media data from the Software, adhering to the Agreement’s conditions and rules contained in attached printed or electronic documentation. The number of Licenses under this licensing model depends on the number of sockets in a mainboard of the Device. One License covers up to 2 (two) physical sockets. In case of using the Software in virtual environment article 2.5.1. of the Agreement is applied..
             2.5.3  The Company grants the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur on a fee basis a right to reproduce 1 (one) or more instances the Software for 64-bit platform based on processor architecture х86-64, latest update 1.7, with the certification of FSTEC of Russia on 1 (one) Device (server) within its functionality and right to launch, install and use the unlimited number of server and/or client Software in virtual environment and right to make 1 (one) backup copy, used in case of system files loss and damage or loss of primary media data from the Software, adhering to the Agreement’s conditions and rules contained in attached printed or electronic documentation. The number of Licenses under this licensing model depends on the number of sockets in a mainboard of the Device. One License covers up to 2 (two) physical sockets. 
         2.6  A separate contract between the Company or the Company Partner may provide differ parameters (terms) of using the Software, stated in the Agreement. 
         2.7  In the case of granting the pre-installed Software on a Device the User is required to use the Software only on this Device.
         2.8  In the case of granting the Software separately from a Device the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur is granted the right to one shot record to a non-volatile memory of a Device with the right to reinstall the Software on the same Device in cases involving the need to restore the Software in a non-volatile memory of a Device after the installed Software’s failure or abruption and a Device repair associated with the supersedence of a non-volatile memory.
         2.9  The Software may include the built-in protection levels brought to the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur’s notice at the moment of the License purchase or when You began to use the Software on a Device screen or if is provided by the Software functionality during the installation on a Device. The User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur has no right to use a higher level of protection than provided for by the License terms.
         2.10  In the case of granting the License package with technical support “Partner Standard” or “Partner Privileged” on a fee-free basis the User-Partner is a subject to conditions of the Software usage stated in the Company’s licensing policy (License package for Partners).
         2.11  Under the Agreement the rights are granted to the User provided that all restrictions, terms and conditions of using the Software are compiled in accordance with its technical documentation, functionality and the Agreement’s terms. 
         2.12  A remote access to the Software of licensing version “Orel” may be provided to a person via a Partner’s platform, information and telecommunications network, including information and telecommunications network “Internet” under the terms of a contract, concluded between the User and a Company Partner.
         2.13  The User may use the Software worldwide.
           
     3  Guarantees and Liabilities
         3.1  The User may not perform or make it possible for other persons to perform any activities included in the list below: 
             3.1.1  Reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software or any part, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation. If applicable law prohibits the restriction of such activities any information so discovered (i) must not be used for software development that essentially similar in appearance to the Software or for other purposes that infringe the exclusive rights of the Company (ii) must not be disclosed to third parties except as such disclosure is required by law and (iii) such information must be promptly disclosed to the Company. All such information obtained by the User as a result of such activities described in this article shall be deemed to be confidential and proprietary information of the Company. 
             3.1.2  Pledge, rent, lease the Software; 
             3.1.3  Distribute the Software to the third parties for a valuable consideration or free of charge, any modifications of it or translate the Software; 
             3.1.4  Modify, make any changes to the source or object code of the Software, programs, included in the Software, except those that provided for by the Software documentation and terms of individual licenses for the Software components;
             3.1.5  Correct errors in the Software; 
             3.1.6  Use the Software to provide paid or free services unless otherwise specified in a separate written contract between the User and the Company.  
         3.2  The Software operation algorithms and its source codes where such algorithms are implemented are the Company’s trade secret. Any use of them or use the Software in violation of the Agreement terms is considered as an infringement of the Company’s rights and leads to the Agreement’s termination. 
         3.3  The Company shall not be liable for any information created or processed while using the Software.  
         3.4  The Agreement does not grant the User any rights for any trademarks or service marks, belonging to the Company or a Company Partner. 
         3.5  In no event shall the User remove or change any copyright, trademark or patent notices that appear on the Software.  
         3.6  In no event shall the Company or Company Partners be liable for actions of the third parties, occasional technical failures and interruptions of the Software, caused by bugs in the technical equipment, other analogic failures, caused by problems in a Device, where the User used to deal with the Software. 
         3.7  The Company or a Company Partners will not be liable to the User for any damages, lost revenue, lost profits, loss of information or savings resulting from the use or inability to use the Software. 
         3.8  The Company shall not be liable for the damages, business interruption, loss of data, claims or costs, any consequential or incidental damages, lost profits and lost savings, resulted from the use or inability to use the Software, or damages caused by possible errors or misprints in the Software. The foregoing limitations apply to the extent permitted by applicable law. Anyway the Company’s liability shall be limited to the purchase price originally paid by the User for the License or to the purchase price paid by a Company Partner to the Company for the granted License, that was later provided to the User.
         3.9  The Company provides a removal of defects, vulnerabilities and malfunctions of the Software. Such removal of defects, vulnerabilities and malfunctions of the Software is carried out by the Company in the order stipulated in the Software in-line documentation in relation to the Software produced no earlier than 18 (eighteen) months before a contract conclusion, under which terms and conditions the User has obtained the Software. 
         3.10  The User may receive the Software upgrades, technical support or other services provided by the Company or a Company Partner under a separate contract. 
         3.11  The Company makes a commitment to notify the User of security bulletins issued by the Company containing methodological recommendations and/or security updates to neutralized the Software vulnerabilities. 
         3.12  The Company guarantees the Software operability based on the tests carried out on the Company’s recommended compatible equipment. In the absence of an equipment in the list of recommended one, the Company may decline any technical support requests or arrange the implementation of the Software under a separate contract. The list of recommended equipment is published on the Company web site https://astralinux.ru/ready-for-astra/.
         3.13  The Software is provided in full in accordance with its description in printed or electronic documentation, included in the Software. 
         3.14  The Software functions correspond to the functions, described in printed or electronic materials or/and documentation or exceed it. 



     4  Evaluation Software
         4.1  The Company may provide the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur with the evaluation Software. Such Software is intended for testing, evaluation or demonstration its functionality. The evaluation Software may be provided for 30 (thirty) calendar days without any written contract. The User needs a written permission of the Company to evaluate the Software on terms different from described in the Agreement. 
         4.2  If the Software listed in the article 4.1 is provided to the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur on a physical media, it may be used solely for evaluation purposes. 
         4.3  The Company doesn’t charge for granting the evaluation Software unless otherwise stipulated in a separate contract or specified at the moment of offering the Software usage. 
         4.4  In the event of granting the evaluation Software a separate contract may be concluded with the User-legal entity or individual entrepreneur under which the Software usage is regulated.  
         4.5  The evaluation Software is provided without the set form unless otherwise agreed with the Company.
         4.6  The guarantees and liabilities listed in the article 3 of the Agreement apply to the evaluation Software. 
           
     5  Term
         5.1  The Agreement is effective till the License duration or unless the Agreement’s termination. The User may terminate the Agreement by removing the Software and destroying all copies of the Software (including backup copies). 
         5.2  If the User fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and/or a contract, the Company may optionally terminate a contract by notifying the User via email address or in writing in hard copy or if it is applicable and technically realizable by locking-up the User’s login and password and informing the User of the reasons. 

     6  Limited Warranty
         6.1  The Software is provided “AS IS”. The Company makes no warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose and makes no other warranties except those stated in the Agreement.
         6.2  The User assumes responsibility for the choice of the Software to achieve the desired results and towards the results obtained by using the Software. 
         6.3  The Company makes no warranties that the Software performance will meet Your expectations or be on a par with similar programs, developed by any third party. 
         6.4  The Company makes no warranties for any third party software products used in the Software or which may be supplied (provided) with the Software. 
         6.5  The Company makes no warranties that the Software will carry no errors, function properly when used in conjunction with any other software or hardware, that are not listed as compatible. 
               
     7  Miscellaneous 
         7.1  The Company may change the terms of the Agreement without additional written notification. The relevant version of the Agreement is available on the Company’s web site  https://astragroup.ru/info/law/. 
         7.2  In the event of any discrepancy between the Agreement accepted by the User during the installation process of the Software and the Agreement published on the Company’s web site, the terms of the Agreement published on the web site shall prevail. 
         7.3  The Parties acknowledge that the Agreement is a legal agreement in its content, i.e. intended to grant right to use the Software with certain conditions. The use of the words "sale", "buy" and other similar expressions in relation to the Agreement does not mean the Company’s expression of will to change the content or recategorize the Agreement.
         7.4  You agree “а” to provide Your personal information to the Company, if it is necessary for using the Software. You agree that Your personal data may be processed (including but not limited to collected and./or otherwise used) by the Company and/or its affiliates in compliance with applicable law provided that confidentiality of the data and data security is maintained if it is required by applicable law. Your personal data will be processed solely to the Company’s fulfilment of its obligations under the Agreement or other contracts concluded between the User and the Company in connection with the use of the Software. If the User provides the legal entity data, the User confirms that he/she is authorized to do it and such data are full and correct. 
         7.5  The Company may control the User’s compliance with the provisions of the Agreement or contracts, concluded between the User and the Company or a Company Partner by requesting necessary information, surveying and accessing to the User’s hardware where the Software is used under the terms and in the scope provided by the Company or a Company Partner. 
         7.6  In accordance with the terms of the Agreement and obligations implied by the Agreement the legislation of Russian Federation is applied. 
           
            
Date: 21.02.2024
