STEPIFY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Last updated: 12 September 2026 PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE. This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you, either an individual or a single legal entity ("you"), and Stepify LLC ("Stepify", "we", "us"). By installing, copying, activating or otherwise using the Stepify software, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software. 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Software" means the Stepify application for Pro Tools, in object code form, including its user interface, its machine-learning models and model weights, configuration files, documentation, and any updates, upgrades or patches that Stepify makes available to you. 1.2 "Avid Components" means the portions of the Software that originate from the Avid Pro Tools Scripting SDK, including without limitation the PTSLC_CPP client library and the Pro Tools Scripting protocol definitions. The Avid Components are the proprietary and confidential property of Avid Technology, Inc. ("Avid") and its licensors. 1.3 "Third-Party Components" means open-source and other third-party software included in the Software and identified in the file THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt and, where present, the file NATIVE-THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt installed with the Software. 1.4 "License Key" means any license key, license file, activation code, account, or hardware or software license (for example an iLok license) that Stepify issues to permit use of the Software. 2. LICENSE GRANT 2.1 Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and to payment of any applicable fees, Stepify grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Software, in object code form only, on the number of computers permitted by your License Key, for your internal business or personal purposes. 2.2 Trial and evaluation licenses. If the Software is provided to you on a trial, evaluation, beta or "not for resale" basis, you may use it only for the period and purposes stated when the license was issued, and Stepify may disable it at the end of that period without notice. 2.3 Backup copy. You may make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes, provided that the copy contains all proprietary notices of the original. 2.4 The Software is licensed, not sold. Stepify and its licensors retain all rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement. 3. LICENSE KEYS AND ACTIVATION 3.1 The Software may require a License Key, online activation, or periodic online verification in order to run. You agree not to share, publish, transfer or resell a License Key, and not to use a License Key on more computers than it permits. 3.2 Activation and verification may transmit to Stepify or its licensing provider your License Key, a non-personal machine identifier, the Software version and your operating system version. No audio, video or Pro Tools session content is transmitted by activation or verification. 4. RESTRICTIONS Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by applicable law that cannot be excluded by contract, you shall not, and shall not permit any third party to: 4.1 reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decrypt or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, model architecture, training data or model weights of the Software or of any Avid Component, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation; 4.2 extract, copy, export, convert or reuse the machine-learning models or model weights included in the Software, or use them outside the Software; 4.3 modify, translate, adapt or create derivative works of the Software or of any Avid Component; 4.4 copy (other than as permitted in Section 2.3), distribute, sell, resell, rent, lease, lend, sublicense, host, time-share or otherwise make the Software, any Avid Component or any License Key available to any third party; 4.5 distribute or transfer the Avid Components separately from the Software, or use the Avid Components for any purpose other than the operation of the Software with Avid Pro Tools on the computer on which the Software is installed; 4.6 use the Software or the Avid Components to reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble Avid Pro Tools or the Pro Tools session file format; 4.7 host the Software on a server or cloud service so as to control Avid Pro Tools remotely from another computer; 4.8 remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark, patent, confidentiality or other proprietary notice of Stepify, Avid or any other licensor that appears on or in the Software; 4.9 circumvent, disable or interfere with any License Key, activation, licensing, encryption or other technical protection mechanism of the Software; or 4.10 use the Software in violation of any applicable law. 5. OWNERSHIP AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS 5.1 The Software, including all copies, is protected by copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property laws and treaties. All right, title and interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual property rights therein, remain with Stepify and its licensors. 5.2 Avid and its licensors retain all right, title and interest, including all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other proprietary rights, in and to the Avid Components and all copies thereof. The Avid Components contain confidential information of Avid. You acknowledge that no rights in the Avid Components are granted to you other than the right to use them as part of the Software under this Agreement, and that Avid grants no rights by implication, estoppel or otherwise. 5.3 Avid is an intended third-party beneficiary of Sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement with respect to the Avid Components and may enforce those Sections directly against you. 6. THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS The Third-Party Components are licensed to you under the terms of their respective licenses, which are reproduced in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt and, where present, in NATIVE-THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt and the native-licenses folder installed with the Software. Those licenses govern your use of the Third-Party Components, and nothing in this Agreement limits any rights that those licenses grant you with respect to the Third-Party Components. 7. AVID PRO TOOLS AND TRADEMARKS 7.1 The Software operates together with Avid Pro Tools, which is a separate product that you must obtain and license from Avid or its resellers. Avid Pro Tools is not included in, or licensed under, this Agreement. 7.2 Avid, Pro Tools and iLok are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or PACE Anti-Piracy, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Stepify is an independent product and is not affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed or certified by Avid unless expressly stated by Avid. Avid provides no support, warranty or other obligation of any kind to you with respect to the Software. 8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE, THE AVID COMPONENTS AND THE THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. STEPIFY AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING AVID) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. STEPIFY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE RESULTS PRODUCED BY THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING DETECTED TIMECODES AND MEMORY LOCATIONS) WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE USE, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL STEPIFY OR ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING AVID) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, ECONOMIC OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, DATA, AUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT, PRO TOOLS SESSIONS OR OTHER FILES, OR FOR THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL AVID HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THE AVID COMPONENTS. STEPIFY'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO STEPIFY FOR THE SOFTWARE DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 10. U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS The Software and its documentation are "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" as those terms are used in FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202. If the Software is acquired by or on behalf of the United States Government, the Government's rights in the Software and documentation are limited to those set out in this Agreement, pursuant to FAR 12.212(a) and DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a), as applicable. The contractor/manufacturer is Stepify LLC. 11. EXPORT CONTROL The Software, including the Avid Components, is subject to United States export control laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. You agree to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the Software, including all end-user, end-use and destination restrictions issued by the United States and other governments. You represent that you are not located in, and will not export or re-export the Software to, any country or person to which such export is prohibited. 12. PRIVACY The Software analyses video files locally on your computer and does not upload your video, audio or Pro Tools session content to Stepify or to any third party. The Software may collect and transmit the licensing information described in Section 3.2 and, if you opt in, crash reports and anonymous usage statistics. Stepify's processing of personal data is described in its privacy policy, available at [PRIVACY POLICY URL]. 13. UPDATES AND SUPPORT Stepify may, but is not obliged to, provide updates, upgrades or support for the Software. Updates may add, modify or remove features and may require a current License Key. Unless an update is accompanied by a separate license agreement, this Agreement governs the update. Stepify is solely responsible for support of the Software; Avid provides none. 14. TERM AND TERMINATION 14.1 This Agreement is effective from the date you first install or use the Software and continues until terminated. 14.2 This Agreement terminates automatically, without notice, if you breach any of its terms. Stepify may also terminate this Agreement if the license under which Stepify obtained the Avid Components is terminated, in which case Stepify will use reasonable efforts to notify you. 14.3 Upon termination you must immediately stop using the Software, remove it from all computers on which it is installed and destroy all copies in your possession. Sections 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14.3 and 15 survive termination. 15. GENERAL 15.1 Governing law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of [GOVERNING JURISDICTION], without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. The courts of [VENUE] have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of this Agreement, except that Stepify and Avid may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect their intellectual property rights. 15.2 Entire agreement. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between you and Stepify regarding the Software and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals. A purchase order or other document you issue does not modify this Agreement. 15.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, it shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. 15.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any License Key without Stepify's prior written consent. Stepify may assign this Agreement to a successor in interest. 15.5 Waiver. No failure or delay by Stepify or Avid in exercising any right under this Agreement operates as a waiver of that right. 15.6 Audit. Upon reasonable written notice, you agree to provide Stepify with information sufficient to verify your compliance with the license scope in Section 2. 15.7 Contact. Questions about this Agreement may be sent to Stepify LLC at [COMPANY POSTAL ADDRESS] or [LEGAL CONTACT EMAIL]. BY CLICKING "I ACCEPT", OR BY INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.