Licence
This is the agreement you accept by installing or using HippoDatamus. The same text ships as LICENSE.txt inside every download.
Third-party components included in HippoDatamus are listed in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt, also inside every download.
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HIPPODATAMUS LICENCE AGREEMENT
Licence edition 1, 22 August 2026. Applies to HippoDatamus 0.5.x.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE. BY INSTALLING OR USING THE
SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.
1. DEFINITIONS
"Software" means the HippoDatamus desktop application and command-line tool, in binary form,
together with any documentation and sample files supplied with them.
"Licensor" means HippoDatamus, and the person or entity trading under that name, contactable
as set out in section 23.
"You" means the individual or organisation accepting this agreement.
"Generated Data" means the data files the Software produces when You run it.
"Source Data" means any file of Your own that You direct the Software to read, such as a
spreadsheet or a CSV supplying values to a column.
2. PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE
The Software carries a version number below 1.0 and is pre-release. It is provided for
evaluation and use at Your own risk. It may contain defects, its behaviour and file formats
may change between versions, and it may be withdrawn at any time.
3. WHAT GENERATED DATA IS, AND IS NOT
Generated Data is synthetic. It is invented by algorithm and describes no real person,
company, account, or transaction.
Some generators imitate the shape of real identifiers - names, postal addresses, email
addresses, payment card numbers, IBANs, cryptocurrency addresses. A generated value may be
well formed, may satisfy a checksum or format check, and may by coincidence match a real one.
It is still invented. No card is issued, no account exists, no address has been verified, and
no resemblance to a real value is intended or meaningful.
Generated Data is not suitable for any purpose that requires accuracy, completeness,
statistical validity, or regulatory compliance, and it is not a substitute for testing against
real conditions.
4. LICENCE GRANT
Licensor grants You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install
and use the Software, for Your own purposes and for the purposes of Your employer or of a
client You are working for, on any number of computers You control.
This licence covers the version of the Software You obtain. It does not lapse when a later
version is released, and it does not extend to a version released under different terms.
No fee is charged for this version. This does not create any right to use any other version
free of charge; see section 5.
5. FUTURE VERSIONS MAY BE PAID
Licensor may release later versions under different terms, including paid terms, and is under
no obligation to provide any future version free of charge or at all. Nothing here grants a
perpetual or royalty-free right to any version.
Terms introduced with a later version do not apply retrospectively to a version You already
obtained. This agreement continues to govern that version, on the terms it came with.
An update installed for You by a distribution platform is a later version, governed by the
terms accompanying it.
6. RESTRICTIONS
You may not:
(a) sell, rent, lease, sublicense, distribute, publish, or otherwise make the Software
available to any third party, whether or not for a fee;
(b) operate the Software as, or as part of, a hosted or managed service that third parties
use, whether or not for a fee;
(c) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, or attempt to derive its source
code, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits this despite this
restriction, and then only to the extent so permitted;
(d) modify the Software, or create derivative works based on it;
(e) remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, trade mark, or other proprietary notice in the
Software or its accompanying files;
(f) use the Software as a component of a product or service that generates synthetic data for
others; or
(g) use the Software in violation of any applicable law.
Paragraphs (c) and (d) do not apply to third-party components included in the Software, which
carry their own terms; see section 11.
Nothing in this section prevents You from measuring the Software's performance, comparing it
with other tools, or publishing what You find.
7. YOUR DATA IS YOURS
Licensor claims no ownership of and no rights in Generated Data, in Source Data, or in any
configuration file You create, and takes no licence back of any kind. You may use, publish,
sell, and distribute Generated Data without restriction and without attribution.
Configuration files You create are Yours. Sample configurations supplied with the Software may
be used, modified, and shared freely.
8. YOUR FILES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Software runs entirely on Your computer. It reads only the files You direct it to read and
writes only where You tell it to write. Licensor does not receive, and has no means of
accessing, Your Source Data, Your configuration files, or Your Generated Data.
Where You choose to supply Source Data containing personal information, that choice is Yours
alone, and You are responsible for it: for having the right to use that information, for
keeping it secure, and for complying with any data protection law that applies to it. Licensor
does not process it and never sees it.
Exporting a bundle copies Your Source Data into a single file intended to be sent to other
people. Check what a bundle contains before You send it.
9. WHAT THE SOFTWARE SENDS
Nothing. This version of the Software makes no network connections at all. It contains no
telemetry, no analytics, no update check, no crash reporting, and no licence check. It does not
require an account, a registration, or an internet connection in order to run.
If a future version checks whether a newer release exists, that check will be described here,
will send no information about You, Your computer, or Your data, and will be possible to turn
off.
10. OWNERSHIP
The Software is licensed, not sold. Licensor retains all right, title, and interest in the
Software, including all intellectual property rights. This agreement grants You no rights
except those expressly stated.
11. THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS
The Software includes third-party components licensed under their own terms. Those components
and their licences are listed in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt, supplied with the Software. Nothing
in this agreement limits any right You have under the licence of a third-party component.
12. NO WARRANTY
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT
DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT GENERATED DATA WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR FIT FOR ANY
PURPOSE.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. To the extent an
exclusion is not permitted, it does not apply to You, and the remainder of this section
continues to apply.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF
PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THIS
AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
LICENSOR'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF
THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE, OR TEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD 10).
Nothing in this agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or
limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.
14. YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS
If You are a consumer, the law of Your country may give You rights that cannot be excluded by
agreement. Nothing in this agreement affects those rights. Where a provision of this agreement
conflicts with such a right, the right prevails and the rest of the agreement continues in
force.
15. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
You will be responsible for, and will hold Licensor harmless from, any third-party claim
arising from Your use of the Software in breach of this agreement or in violation of
applicable law, or from Source Data You supplied to it.
This does not apply to any claim that the Software itself infringes a third party's rights.
16. FEEDBACK
If You send Licensor a suggestion, bug report, or other feedback, You do so voluntarily.
Licensor may use it for any purpose, without obligation, payment, attribution, or any duty of
confidentiality, and You retain no claim over any version of the Software that results.
The issue tracker is public. Do not send anything You consider confidential, and do not attach
Source Data or Generated Data to a report unless You are content for anyone to read it.
17. HOW YOU OBTAINED THE SOFTWARE
Where You obtained the Software through a distribution platform such as the Microsoft Store,
that platform's own terms govern the download itself and any payment. This agreement governs
Your use of the Software.
The platform operator is not a party to this agreement, gives no warranty in respect of the
Software, and has no obligation to support it. Where the platform's terms and this agreement
conflict as to the download, the platform's terms prevail.
18. COMPLIANCE
You may not use, export, or re-export the Software in violation of any applicable export
control or sanctions law. You confirm that You are not located in a country or region subject
to a comprehensive embargo, that You will not make the Software available to anyone in such a
place, and that You are not a person or organisation on a restricted-party list.
For United States government end users, the Software is "commercial computer software" and
"commercial computer software documentation" as those terms are used in FAR 12.212 and DFARS
227.7202, and is provided with only the rights granted to every other end user under this
agreement.
19. NO SUPPORT OBLIGATION
Licensor is under no obligation to provide support, maintenance, updates, or continued
availability of any version. Pre-release builds may be withdrawn without notice.
20. TERM AND TERMINATION
This agreement takes effect when You first install or use the Software and continues until
terminated.
It terminates automatically if You breach any of its terms. Licensor may also terminate it at
any time on notice, including by publishing notice on the Licensor's website.
On termination You must stop using the Software and remove all copies of it. Sections 7, 8,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22 survive termination. Generated Data and Source Data remain
Yours, and You are not required to delete either.
21. GOVERNING LAW
This agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States,
without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The state and federal courts located in
Pennsylvania have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of it, save that Licensor
may seek injunctive relief in any court with jurisdiction, and save as section 14 provides.
22. GENERAL
This agreement is the entire agreement between You and Licensor about the Software and
supersedes any prior understanding.
If any provision is held unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary
to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions continue in force.
A failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
You may not assign this agreement. Licensor may assign it in connection with a merger,
acquisition, or sale of assets.
23. CONTACT
HippoDatamus
support@hippodatamus.com
https://www.hippodatamus.com