1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this website (the "Site") or any materials we make available here, you agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms") of Thomsens.net ("Company", "we", "us"). If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

2. Use of the Site

You may use the Site for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. We reserve all rights not expressly granted. Content on the Site may change without notice and is provided for general information.

Except as expressly permitted by us in writing, you may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display, or create derivative works from content on the Site, and you must not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.

Content on the Site may include technical, typographical, or photographic errors; we do not warrant that any content is accurate, complete, or current, and we have no obligation to update content.

3. Software and EULA

Software downloads referenced on the Site (including the Blue Lightning Excel Add‑in, Mini Stack, and Workshop) are licensed, not sold. Software is governed by the end‑user license agreement (EULA) presented during installation or provided with the Software. If these Terms conflict with a Software EULA, the EULA controls for that Software.

4. Trials and Beta/Preview

Trial, evaluation, or beta/preview Software is provided "as is", may be modified, suspended, or withdrawn at any time, and is excluded from any service levels or support commitments unless we state otherwise in writing.

5. Intellectual Property

The Site, the Software, and all related content, trademarks, and documentation are the property of Thomsens.net or its licensors and are protected by law. No rights are granted except as expressly stated in these Terms or an applicable EULA.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree you will not:

• Access or use the Site or Software in violation of any law or rights of others;
• Interfere with or disrupt the Site or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any service, data, or account;
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive source code from the Software except to the extent permitted by law;
• Scrape, crawl, or harvest content except as permitted by our robots.txt or by prior written permission;
• Remove or alter any proprietary notices on the Site or Software.

7. Third‑Party Components

Our Software may include or be distributed with third‑party components that are licensed under separate terms. Third‑party notices and full license texts for our products are published at Third‑Party Notices and are incorporated by reference. If a third‑party license conflicts with these Terms for that component, the third‑party license will control for that component.

• Qt (commercial license): Our products use Qt under a commercial license from The Qt Company. © The Qt Company Ltd and other contributors. Qt may itself include components under additional third‑party licenses; where applicable to our builds, those notices are incorporated into this page.
• NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit: Our products may statically or dynamically link the NVIDIA CUDA runtime and related CUDA Toolkit libraries (component set varies by product and platform). Redistribution and use of CUDA components are subject to the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit End User License Agreement (EULA). See Third‑Party Notices for details and trademark attributions. On platforms where a build relies on system‑installed CUDA components and does not redistribute them, these CUDA notices apply to the dependency but we do not redistribute those binaries.
• SQLite: Some products embed SQLite for local storage. The SQLite source code is in the public domain. See Third‑Party Notices for the public‑domain statement and trademark attribution.
• ExprTk: Some products embed the ExprTk expression parsing library by Arash Partow. ExprTk is licensed under the MIT License. See Third‑Party Notices for the full license text and attribution.
• OpenSSL: Our products use OpenSSL 3.x, and some platform builds may include OpenSSL 1.1.1w. When we redistribute OpenSSL 3.x, it is provided under the Apache License 2.0 (see license text below). When we redistribute OpenSSL 1.1.1w, it is provided under the OpenSSL and SSLeay licenses and includes required attributions to the OpenSSL Project and Eric Young (see license texts below). On platforms where a build relies on operating‑system cryptography and does not redistribute OpenSSL, these OpenSSL notices do not apply to that build.

Third‑party notices and full license texts for our products are published at Third‑Party Notices and are incorporated by reference.

8. Disclaimers

THE SITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON‑INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant the Site or content will be error‑free, accurate, complete, current, or uninterrupted.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THOMSENS.NET BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR USE. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SITE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF USD $100 OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO US (IF ANY) FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW DISCLAIMERS OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY; TO THE EXTENT SUCH LAWS APPLY, THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

10. Export Controls and Sanctions

You agree to comply with applicable export control and economic sanctions laws and represent that you are not prohibited from receiving services under such laws.

11. Links

Links to third‑party sites are provided for convenience only. We do not control and are not responsible for third‑party content. Use of any linked site is at your own risk.

12. Modifications

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the Effective Date below. Your continued use of the Site after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, USA. You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in North Carolina, USA for disputes arising from or relating to the Site or these Terms.

14. Privacy

Your use of the Site is subject to our Privacy Policy.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to info@thomsens.net.

Effective date: August 2025