General license conditions 
 
SINAMICS V20 Converter 
Operating Instructions, 10/2019, A5E34559884-012 
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accordance with Clause 5.3, it shall also submit the CoL of the Source License to the third 
party. 
5.5 If the Licensee receives a data medium which, in addition to the SW, contains further 
software products which are released for use, then it shall have the right to use these 
released software products exclusively for validation purposes, for a limited period of time 
and free of charge. The period of use shall be limited to 14 days, commencing with the first 
start-up of the relevant software program unless a different period is specified e.g. in the 
readme file of the relevant software product. These software products supplied exclusively 
for validation purposes shall be governed, mutatis mutandis, by the stipulations contained in 
these General License Conditions. The Licensee shall not be authorized to pass on these 
software products separately, i.e. without the SW, to a third party. 
The conditions of the purchase contract apply if not otherwise stipulated hereafter for the 
Open Source Software. 
2) License Conditions and Disclaimers for Open Source Software and other Licensed Software 
In the product "SINAMICS V20", Copyright Siemens AG, 2015 (hereinafter "Product"), the 
following Open Source Software is used either unchanged or in a form that we have 
modified, and additionally the other License Software noted below: 
Liability for Open Source Software 
Open Source Software is provided free of charge. We are liable for the Product including 
Open Source Software contained in accordance with the license conditions applicable to the 
Product. Any liability for use of Open Source Software beyond the program flow intended for 
the Product is explicitly excluded. Furthermore, any liability for defects resulting from 
modifications to the Open Source Software by you or third parties is excluded. 
We do not provide any technical support for the Product if it has been modified. 
Availability of Source Code 
Certain license conditions of third-party software components used in this product may 
require Siemens to provide you with the source code and additional information for such 
components. In most cases, Siemens provides this information on or with the device. In case 
Siemens is technically unable to do so, you may request a copy of this information against 
payment of shipping and handling charges. Please send your request to the address 
provided at the end of this section. 
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