Notices
Where indicated in the Use Rights or Service Specific Terms section of each Product entry, the following notices apply:
Notice about Internet-based Features
Software Products may contain features that connect and send information over the Internet, without additional notice to Customer, to Microsoft's systems and those of its Affiliates and service providers. Use of that information is described in the terms accompanying the internet-based features, Product documentation, and Microsoft Privacy Statement (aka.ms/privacy). Unless stated otherwise, Microsoft is a controller of Personal Data processed in connection with Customer's use of Internet-based features in software Products. When Microsoft is a controller for Internet-based features, Microsoft will handle the Personal Data in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement (aka.ms/privacy), and the Data Protection Addendum terms do not apply.
Notice about Malware protection
Microsoft cares about protecting customers' devices from malware. The software will turn on malware protection if other protection is not installed or has expired. To do so, other antimalware software will be disabled or may have to be removed.
Notice about H.265/HEVC Video Standard
The software may include H.265/HEVC coding technology. Access Advance LLC requires this notice:
IF INCLUDED, THE H.265/HEVC TECHNOLOGY IN THIS SOFTWARE IS COVERED BY ONE OR MORE CLAIMS OF THE HEVC PATENTS LISTED AT: PATENTLIST.ACCESSADVANCE.COM. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU OTBTAINED THE SOFTWARE, THIS PRODUCT MAY BE LICENSED UNDER THE HEVC ADVANCE PATENT PORTFOLIO.
If this software is installed on a Microsoft device, additional licensing information can be found at: https://www.aka.ms/HEVCVirtualPatentMarking.
Notice about Azure Media Services H.265/HEVC Encoding
Customer must obtain its own patent license(s) from any third party H.265/HEVC patent pools or rights holders before using Azure Media Services to encode or decode H.265/HEVC media.
Notice about Adobe Flash Player
The software may include a version of Adobe Flash Player. Customer agrees that its use of the Adobe Flash Player is governed by the license terms for Adobe Systems Incorporated at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=248532. Adobe and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
Notice about Communication Services
Certain Online Services provide services for voice and text communications (“Communication Services”). These Communication Services are provided by Microsoft through the Microsoft Affiliate or other service provider authorized to administer them. Pricing for Communication Services may include applicable taxes and fees. Communication Services terms may vary from country to country. All included taxes, fees and terms for Communication Services are disclosed in the terms of use available on the Volume Licensing site at https://aka.ms/CommunicationServicesTerms. If an Online Service enables you to access voice and text communication features provided by third parties those services are provided under separate terms directly between you and the third party. Microsoft is not the provider of, and does not manage billing or support for, any such third-party communication services.
Notice about H.264/AVC Video Standard and VC-1 Video Standard
This software may include H.264/AVC and VC-1, compression technology. MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice:
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE H.264/AVC, AND THE VC-1 PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSES FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVE (VIDEO STANDARDS) AND/OR (ii) DECODE H.264/AVC, VC-1 THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/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. REFER TO www.mpegla.com.
For clarification purposes, this notice does not limit or inhibit the use of the software for normal business uses that are personal to that business which do not include (i) redistribution of the software to third parties, or (ii) creation of content compliant with the VIDEO STANDARDS technologies for distribution to third parties.
Notice about NVIDIA Components
The software may include components of NVIDIA Corporation’s CUDA Toolkit, NVIDIA drivers, CUDA Deep Neural Network Library (cuDNN), NVIDIA Collective Communications Library (NCCL), and NVIDIA TensorRT (“NVIDIA Components”). Customer agrees that its use NVIDIA Components in the software is governed by the following NVIDIA license terms, as applicable: for NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/eula/index.html; for NVIDIA drivers, https://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/licence.php?lang=us; for cuDNN it is http://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/cudnn-sla/index.html; for NCCL it is http://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/nccl-sla/index.html; and for TensorRT it is https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/tensorrt-sla/index.html. As stated in their respective license terms, Customer acknowledges that certain NVIDIA Components as delivered are not tested or certified by NVIDIA for use in connection with the design, construction, maintenance, and/or operation of Critical Applications, that is systems where the use or failure of such system could result in a situation that threatens the safety of human life or results in catastrophic damages. Neither Microsoft nor NVIDIA shall be liable to Customer or any third party, in whole or in part, for any claims or damages arising from Critical Applications uses. Customer agrees to indemnify NVIDIA against all claims, damages, and costs arising from Critical Application uses as stated in the applicable NVIDIA terms. Customer is solely responsible for ensuring that any product or service developed with the NVIDIA Components as a whole includes sufficient features to comply with all applicable legal and regulatory standards and requirements.