ERDSS (aka Chemical Companion) registration and distribution is temporarily suspended.
We are actively upgrading the distribution system and developing a updated version of the software. Please check back periodically for status updates.
What does this mean?
- If you are a current user of the ERDSS Software and you had previously downloaded and saved a version of the software to your computer you may still use the software given you meet the following conditions:
- You are still an active government employee or volunteer at the department you signed up and created an account to be a user of the software
- You may install the software on a new machine for your continued official government usage
- If your account was created in an IT/Management role specifically for large departments you may install the software on new machines for your departments official government usage
- If you are a current iOS user, the app will not be operational until a new version is released.
- If you are a prospective new user of the ERDSS software, you will need to wait until the new registration and distribution system is online before you can register for the software. Existing users are not authorized to share their copy of ERDSS and are subject to the terms of the license agreement.
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Please remember that this software is provided to you FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT USAGE ONLY. Protect the software accordingly.
- For example, providing two-factor authentication for access to your computer and files is a “best practice” that we recommend
- Unauthorized commercial use, reproduction or distribution of this software, or any portion of it, may result in civil and criminal penalties.
User Agreement
A few of the highlights include:
- License: MEPSS LLC is the licensee of all rights and title to the code and accompanying documentation of the ERDSS program.
- Authorized User: Users receive a non-transferable, non-exclusive right to use ERDSS and accept the software “as is”; MEPSS makes no warranties that all errors can be or have been eliminated from the software.
- For licensing opportunities or general inquiries regarding the usage of ERDSS, you may contact support@chemicalcompanion.org
- The full User Agreement that was signed before you downloaded a copy of the software is located below for your reference.
USER AGREEMENT
FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT USAGE ONLY
THIS PROGRAM is NOT SOLD to you ("User"), by MEPSS LLC, licensee of all rights and title to the code and accompanying documentation ("Program") for use under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. As such, MEPSS LLC reserves any and all rights not expressly granted to User under this Agreement. With respect to the Program to which MEPSS LLC has exclusionary rights, MEPSS LLC hereby grants authorized User a nontransferable, non-exclusive right to use the Program for User's own internal purposes only.
MEPSS LLC shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and/or License without cause at any time.
USER ACCEPTS THE PROGRAM ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. MEPSS LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE ACCESSIBLE OR DOWNLOADABLE. MEPSS LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ALL ERRORS CAN BE OR HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE PROGRAM. MEPSS LLC SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PROGRAM AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT, AND CAN IN NO WAY PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR ANY LOSSES SUSTAINED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR TORT, OR FOR ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS, OR SIMILAR RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, NOR ANY BUSINESS EXPENSE, MACHINE DOWNTIME OR DAMAGES CAUSED USER BY ANY DEFICIENCY, DEFECT OR ERROR IN THE PROGRAM OR MALFUNCTION THEREOF, NOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED. MEPSS LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, BOTH EXPRESS AND IMPLIED RESPECTING THE USE AND OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. MEPSS LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE PROGRAM IS ADEQUATELY OR COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN, OR BEHAVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION. THE USER OF THE PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE FINAL EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM'S USEFULNESS IN USER'S OWN ENVIRONMENT.
MEPSS LLC shall have no obligation for support or maintenance of the Program. MEPSS LLC shall have no obligation to provide error corrections and updates or any other modifications to the Program. User acknowledges that MEPSS LLC is the sole owner of the Program, including all copyrights subsisting therein. Any and all copies or partial copies of the Program made by User shall bear the copyright notice set forth below and affixed to the original version or such other notice as MEPSS LLC shall designate. Such notice shall also be affixed to all improvements or enhancements of the Program made by User or portions thereof in such a manner and location as to give reasonable notice of MEPSS LLC copyright. Said copyright notice shall read as follows: