Effective date: October 9, 2025 • Product: DN Shield (.NET protection software)
1. Acceptance
This End User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legal agreement between you (an individual or a single legal entity) (“Licensee”) and the DN Shield provider (“Licensor”). It governs your use of DN Shield, associated materials, sample configurations, documentation, and any updates provided under this EULA (collectively, the “Software”).
2. License Grant & Scope
Subject to your continuous compliance with this EULA and payment of applicable fees, Licensor grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Software solely to protect your own .NET applications, in accordance with the selected license type below.
- Environment. You may install and run the Software on your development machines and in build servers/CI pipelines under your control.
- Outputs. You may distribute outputs (protected binaries) embedded in your applications to your end users.
- No SaaS service. You may not offer DN Shield as a service to third parties unless expressly permitted in writing.
3. License Types
- Personal License. For one natural person. May be used for personal or sole-proprietor commercial projects where the licensee is the sole developer. Not for teams or organizations.
- Developer License. For one named developer within an organization. May be installed on that developer’s devices and used in organization-owned CI/build environments. Additional developers require additional Developer licenses.
Unless otherwise stated on your order, licenses include two (2) years of updates. After that, renewal is required for continued access to updates and new versions.
4. Restrictions
- No reverse engineering. You must not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive source code, techniques, or signatures of the Software or its protection logic, except to the extent such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.
- No circumvention. You must not attempt to bypass, defeat, or interfere with license controls or protections, including tampering with activation, UID, or update systems.
- No resale or sharing. You must not resell, rent, lease, lend, sublicense, or share license keys/UIDs with third parties.
- Third-party code. You are responsible for ensuring you have rights to obfuscate or transform any third-party code you process with the Software.
- Benchmarks. Public benchmarking or publishing of comparative tests that reveal internal behaviors of the Software is prohibited without prior written consent.
5. Ownership
The Software is licensed, not sold. Licensor and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software and its copies, including all intellectual property rights. No rights are granted by implication or estoppel.
6. Updates & Upgrades
Licensor may provide updates, upgrades, patches, or fixes (“Updates”). Updates are deemed part of the Software and subject to this EULA. Where an Update replaces prior versions, you must cease use of and uninstall the prior versions if required by the Update terms. Access to Updates is subject to your active maintenance/renewal term.
7. Support
Licensor may provide documentation and reasonable technical support via the channels listed on the site. Support does not include custom engineering, consulting, or guaranteed response times unless agreed in writing.
8. Privacy & Telemetry
The Software may process limited technical data (e.g., license UID, version, environment metadata) for activation, update checks, and fraud prevention. Any such processing will be limited to legitimate interests of licensing, functionality, and security. See our Privacy Policy for details.
9. Confidentiality
Any non-public information disclosed by either party that is marked or reasonably understood as confidential (“Confidential Information”) shall be protected with at least reasonable care and not disclosed to third parties except as required by law.
10. Compliance & Export
You represent that you are not located in, under control of, or a national or resident of any country or entity subject to applicable trade sanctions. You will comply with all applicable export, import, and sanctions laws.
11. Disclaimers
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. No software protection is absolute; the goal of DN Shield is to raise the cost of analysis and tampering to impractical levels, not to provide an unbreakable defense.
12. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION. LICENSOR’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS UNDER THIS EULA WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.
13. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Licensor harmless from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Software, distribution of outputs, or breach of this EULA.
14. Termination
Licensor may suspend or terminate the license immediately upon notice if you breach this EULA (including non-payment). Upon termination, you must cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies in your possession or control. Sections intended to survive (including 4–15) will survive termination.
15. General
- Governing Law. This EULA is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Venue and jurisdiction lie in Ontario, Canada.
- Entire Agreement. This EULA, together with any order/renewal terms, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes prior or contemporaneous understandings.
- Amendments. Changes must be in writing and issued by Licensor. Continued use after notice of an updated EULA constitutes acceptance.
- Assignment. You may not assign this EULA without Licensor’s prior written consent. Licensor may assign to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or asset transfer.
- Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remainder will remain in effect.
- Force Majeure. Licensor is not liable for delays or failures due to causes beyond its reasonable control.
16. Contact
Questions about this EULA? Contact us at [email protected].