NO-NONSENSE LICENSES.
TruEarth® 15-meter imagery licenses are available in either an End-user or OEM Integrator type. End-user licenses allow use of the imagery for essentially any creative or technical purpose other than resale or distribution of the product. OEM licenses allow embedded use and distribution of the imagery in physical devices, software applications and web applications. Our licensing terms are simple and to the point… no-nonsense, minimally-constrained use of TruEarth® imagery. The general terms of each license type follow below.

Summary of TruEarth® imagery data rights:

The Licensee acknowledges TerraMetrics' holds copyright of TruEarth® imagery data, herein referred to as the Licensed Product, and makes no transfer of this copyright to any third party. Use of the Licensed Product by anyone other than the Licensee shall constitute infringement of these rights. Upon license fee payment for the use of data, TerraMetrics grants to the Licensee a limited, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use the provided Licensed Product under the following license terms: 

Multiple-workstation End-user Site License

• The Licensee may make copies and use the Licensed Product on any number of workstations at a single licensed physical location;

• The Licensed Product may be delivered via networked connection to workstations at the licensed site or may be copied to individual workstations at the licensed site;

• The Licensee, including contractors or consultants working for the Licensee at the licensed site, may use the Licensed Product in the production of any derivative product of any media type;

• The Licensee may distribute derivative products created using the Licensed Product to any workstation at the licensed physical location; and

• The Licensee may distribute or publish derivative products created using the Licensed Product -- for viewing purposes only -- to third parties external to the licensed site, for commercial gain or not, as long as the derivative product does not contain a reusable form of the Licensed Product. This means that distributed derivative product data must be static, such as 3D renderings, animations or prints, where the Licensed Product data does not exist within the derivative product in its original form or any form substantially similar to its original form.

Company/Agency-wide End-user License

• The Licensee may make copies and use the Licensed Product on any number of workstations within a single company or government agency across multiple physical locations;

• The Licensed Product may be delivered via networked connection to workstations within the licensed company or government agency or may be copied to individual workstations at the licensed company or government agency;

• The Licensee, including contractors or consultants working for the Licensee, may use the Licensed Product in the production of any derivative product of any media type;

• The Licensee may distribute derivative products created using the Licensed Product to any workstation within the licensed company or government agency; and

• The Licensee may distribute or publish derivative products created using the Licensed Product -- for viewing purposes only -- to third parties external to the licensed company or government agency, for commercial gain or not, as long as the derivative product does not contain a reusable form of the Licensed Product. This means that distributed derivative product data must be static, such as 3D renderings, animations or prints, where the Licensed Product data does not exist within the derivative product in its original form or any form substantially similar to its original form.

OEM (Integrator/Unlimited) License

• The Licensee may make copies and use the Licensed Product on any number of workstations within a single company or government agency across multiple physical locations;

• The Licensee may embed protected copies of the Licensed Product, in part or in whole, into unlimited physical devices and/or software applications manufactured by the Licensee for external distribution to third parties, for commercial gain or not. The embedded form of the Licensed Product data must be protected by use of a Licensee-proprietary data format that prevents extraction or reconstruction of the Licensed Product, or data substantially similar to the Licensed Product, by third parties into any reusable format which could be used on any other system other than that created and provided by the Licensee. The Licensee must display the TerraMetrics copyright notice, "TruEarth® imagery Copyright TerraMetrics, Inc." with the distribution of all embedded copies of the Licensed Product; and

• The Licensee may embed the Licensed Product into Internet web services for external distribution to third parties, for commercial gain or not. The Licensed Product data must be protected to prevent downloading of the Licensed Product, or data substantially similar to the Licensed Product, by third parties into any reusable format. The Licensee must display the TerraMetrics copyright notice, "TruEarth® imagery Copyright TerraMetrics, Inc." with the web display of any part of the Licensed Product.

QUESTIONS ON TruEarth LICENSING?
We strive to present TruEarth® imagery licensing in simple language with broad use rights. If you need more information or have questions on TruEarth® licensing, please call us directly at 1-888-44-TRUEARTH (+1-303-979-5255 outside U.S.) or visit the Orders & Questions web page.