1. Acceptance of Terms

This End User License Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legally binding contract between you (“User”) and Vali Maties (“Developer”), the sole author and distributor of YEM Content Explorer (“Software”), available at https://valimaties.ro. If you do not agree to these terms, do not purchase or use the Software.

2. Software Description and Purpose

YEM Content Explorer is an independent utility designed to read, analyze, and export content package files compatible with the Yamaha Expansion Manager format. The Software provides functionality not available in the original Yamaha Expansion Manager application, including but not limited to the inspection and export of sample data, styles, registrations, and other assets contained within content packages.

The Software does NOT decrypt, circumvent, or otherwise bypass any encryption applied to content package files (including but not limited to encrypted CPF packages). Only unencrypted content that is already accessible on the user’s device can be read and exported. This limitation is permanent and by design; no future version of the Software will include the ability to decrypt protected content.

3. Independence from Yamaha Corporation

YEM Content Explorer is an independent product. It has not been developed, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by Yamaha Corporation in any way. Yamaha Corporation retains all intellectual property rights in and to the Yamaha Expansion Manager software, its file formats, and all associated trademarks, logos, and brand identities.

YEM Content Explorer does NOT modify, patch, crack, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise interfere with the Yamaha Expansion Manager software or any other proprietary Yamaha software. The Software’s interaction with Yamaha-compatible file formats is strictly limited to reading and processing data stored in those files, in the same manner as any standard file viewer, converter, or third-party utility.

4. Ownership of User Content

All content files, sample data, voice data, instrument definitions, and any other files that you have loaded into or associated with the Yamaha Expansion Manager — or any similar content management software — remain your exclusive property, or are licensed to you by their respective rights holders. The Developer makes no claim of ownership over any such files.

By using YEM Content Explorer to access, display, convert, or export your content files, you represent and warrant that you have the full right, authority, and license to access and process those files on your device.

The Software operates entirely locally on your device. It does not transmit, upload, synchronize, or share your content files — or any portion thereof — with any external server, cloud service, the internet, or any third party, at any time.

5. User Responsibility for File Modifications

You acknowledge that certain operations performed by YEM Content Explorer may alter, reformat, convert, or restructure content files. You assume full and sole responsibility for any changes made to your files as a direct or indirect result of using the Software.

It is your sole responsibility to maintain complete and adequate backups of all content files prior to using the Software. The Developer shall not be held liable for any data loss, file corruption, unintended modification, or any other damage to your files arising from the use or misuse of the Software.

6. License Grant and Restrictions

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, the Developer grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, single-user license to install and use one copy of the Software on one machine at a time.

You agree that you will not, and will not permit or assist others to:

Any violation of these restrictions constitutes a material breach of this Agreement and will result in immediate and automatic termination of your license, without notice and without refund.

7. License Validity

Each license is permanently bound to the specific email address used during purchase and to the specific machine from which the purchase was initiated. The license is tied exclusively to that device and cannot be activated on any other machine under any circumstances.

Only one license per email address may be active at any given time, regardless of the Software version. If you purchase a new license or a major version upgrade using the same email address, the newly issued license automatically supersedes and invalidates all previously issued licenses associated with that email address. The Developer’s systems will recognize only the most recently issued license as valid.

A major version upgrade (e.g., from v3.x.x to v4.x.x) is subject to an upgrade fee as described in Section 13. Upon purchasing an upgrade, the new version’s installer replaces the previous installation on your machine. Running multiple major versions of the Software simultaneously on the same machine under a single license is not permitted.

Licenses are non-transferable between email addresses. A license issued to a specific email address cannot be reassigned to, or activated using, a different email address.

If you reinstall your operating system on the same machine and no longer have access to the email containing your License.lic file, you may request that the file be re-sent by contacting the Developer. Because the hardware of the machine has not changed, the previously issued license file remains valid for that device. Such a request will only be processed upon presentation of the original PayPal payment document confirming the transaction, which must include a valid Order ID and Transaction ID. No license file will be re-issued without verified proof of purchase.

In the event that the device on which the Software is licensed becomes permanently inoperable due to hardware failure (e.g., a failed motherboard or similar essential component), a one-time license transfer to a replacement device may be requested by contacting the Developer at contactme@valimaties.ro. Such a request must be accompanied by the original PayPal payment document containing a valid Order ID and Transaction ID, along with a description of the hardware failure. Each license is entitled to at most one such hardware transfer during its lifetime. Upon approval, the Developer will issue a one-time transfer authorization that must be applied within 48 hours. The Developer reserves the right to refuse the transfer if the request cannot be verified or if there is reason to believe the request is not made in good faith.

The domain valimaties.ro and all its subdomains must remain accessible from the licensed device at all times — both during license activation and during normal use of the Software. It is strictly prohibited to block access to this domain by any means, including but not limited to: modifying the operating system’s hosts file, adding Windows Firewall rules targeting the domain, its IP address, or the Software’s executable, or using any other network-level filtering mechanism. This is an implicit and mandatory condition of the license. Any deliberate attempt to block this domain will be treated as a material breach of this Agreement and will result in immediate termination of the license without refund.

The Software requires an active internet connection at every startup. Each time the Software is launched, it contacts the Developer’s license server to verify that the license associated with this installation is still valid. There is no offline mode and no grace period of any kind: if the server cannot be reached, or if the license cannot be verified for any reason, the Software will not start. This requirement applies to every single startup, regardless of how recently a previous verification succeeded. If the server responds that the license has been revoked, transferred to another device, or is otherwise invalid, the Software will not start and the license file will be removed from this machine.

In the event of an unexpected application crash, the Software may automatically transmit a diagnostic crash report to the Developer, provided that an internet connection is available at the time of the crash or at the next application startup. This report contains only technical information: the error stack trace and the application version. If a license has already been activated on the device at the time of the crash, the report also includes the email address associated with that license, solely to allow the Developer to follow up if needed. No other personal data, files, or system information is collected or transmitted. Crash reports are sent without requiring any action from you. By installing and using the Software, you consent to this automatic transmission.

8. Payment and Refund Policy

All payments for new licenses and version upgrades are processed exclusively through PayPal. By completing a purchase, you acknowledge that PayPal applies a transaction fee to each payment received, which is deducted from the amount collected by the Developer. This fee is non-refundable and is not controlled by the Developer.

A full refund of the purchase price, less applicable PayPal fees, may be requested solely in the event that the Software fails to function entirely on your machine — meaning it cannot be launched or executed in any form. Partial dissatisfaction with features, compatibility with specific third-party software, or disagreement with functionality does not constitute grounds for a refund.

The Software is built exclusively for 64-bit x86 processors running a supported Windows operating system. ARM-based processors are not a supported platform. This includes, without limitation, Apple Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4, and any successor architecture) running Windows via Parallels Desktop or any other virtualization or emulation solution. Purchases completed on unsupported hardware — including any ARM-based device — do not constitute grounds for a refund, as the unsupported nature of the hardware is outside the Developer’s control and is clearly disclosed prior to purchase.

For the avoidance of doubt: if Yamaha or any other third party modifies, re-encrypts, or otherwise changes the structure or format of files read by this Software — including changes that render such files unreadable or incompatible — this does not constitute a failure of the Software and does not entitle you to a refund. This applies regardless of whether the Developer is able to provide updated support, and explicitly includes cases where providing compatibility would require decrypting or reverse-engineering protected content, which is permanently excluded under Sections 2 and 14 of this Agreement. Active licenses remain valid and may continue to be used with all versions of Yamaha Expansion Manager that are compatible with this Software.

To request a refund under the above condition, you must contact the Developer and provide the original PayPal payment document containing a valid Order ID and Transaction ID. The refunded amount will equal the original purchase price minus the PayPal fee charged at the time of purchase and the PayPal fee applicable to the refund transfer itself. No refund will be processed without verified proof of purchase.

Refund requests must be submitted within 14 days of the original purchase date.

You agree to contact the Developer directly before initiating any dispute, claim, or chargeback through PayPal or any other payment provider. Opening a dispute or chargeback without first attempting resolution with the Developer as described above constitutes a material breach of this Agreement and will result in the immediate and automatic termination of your license, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Developer. In the event of a dispute filed through PayPal, the Developer reserves the right to submit this Agreement, proof of license delivery, and any other relevant documentation to PayPal as part of the dispute resolution process.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE WITHOUT ERROR OR INTERRUPTION, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS, OPERATING SYSTEM VERSIONS, OR THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE. YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THE DEVELOPER’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE LICENSE.

11. Termination

This Agreement is effective from the date of purchase until terminated. Your rights under this Agreement will terminate automatically, without notice, if you fail to comply with any term of this Agreement. Upon termination, you must immediately cease all use of the Software and permanently destroy all copies in your possession or control.

12. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Romania, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising under this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Romania.

13. Updates and Version Upgrades

The Developer may, at their sole discretion, release updates to the Software. Updates are classified as follows:

14. Third-Party Software Compatibility

YEM Content Explorer reads and processes file formats produced by Yamaha Expansion Manager as those formats were understood and documented at the time of the Software’s development. The Developer makes no guarantee that the Software will remain compatible with future versions of Yamaha Expansion Manager or any other third-party application.

If Yamaha Corporation modifies its software, file formats, internal structures, or any other aspect of the Yamaha Expansion Manager ecosystem in a manner that prevents YEM Content Explorer from reading or processing files as it currently does, the Developer bears no responsibility for such incompatibility and is under no obligation to:

Addressing compatibility with new or changed file formats is entirely at the Developer’s discretion and, if undertaken, will be treated as a new development effort subject to the versioning and update policy described in Section 13. No existing license entitles the User to demand such compatibility work free of charge.

15. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Developer with respect to the Software and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties, and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.