Kylin Linux Advanced Server Operating System End-User License Agreement
KYLIN Operating System Privacy Statement

Kylin Linux Advanced Server Operating System End-User License Agreement

This End-User Licensing Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you (as an entity or individual) and Kirin Software Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Licensor"). This Agreement applies to the Kydroid Advanced Server Operating System software product and its components and related products developed and published by KylinSoft Corporation(hereinafter referred to as the "Software").

Please read this Agreement carefully. Once you purchase, install, download or use this Software (including its components) in any other way, it means that you agree to the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, you shall not download, install or use this Software. You should contact the seller of this Software to obtain a refund (if any). An individual acting on behalf of an entity represents that he/she has the right to sign this Agreement on behalf of the entity.

1.Definition
Software product: refers to a product that exists in the form of software, usually including computer programs and their related documents.

     Software product: refers to a product that exists in the form of software, usually including computer programs and their related documents.
     Use: refers to the act of downloading, installing, copying, running, displaying or otherwise utilizing the Kylin Linux Advanced Server Operating System software product.
     License: The licensee allows you to use the software product it owns within a certain scope. The licensee owns and retains ownership of the product, and you have the right to use the product legally.
     User: refers to an individual, group, company or organization that uses the Software.
     Organization: Refers to an entity with independent legal personality, excluding subsidiaries and branches that exist separately for tax or legal personality purposes. For example, an organization in the private sector can be a limited company, a partnership or a joint venture, but does not include subsidiaries or branches of the organization that have a separate tax identification number or company registration number; an organization in the public sector can be a specific government agency or a local government public institution.

2. License to use
This software and its various components are owned by the copyright owner, including the licensor or other licensor, and are protected by copyright law and other relevant laws. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the licensor grants you a non-transferable, Chinese mainland copyright license for the term of the Software Product Purchase Agreement, which only allows you to store and use copies of this software within your organization, except for redistribution conditions in Article 4 of this Agreement.

3. Third-party/open source
Any terms of this Agreement shall not limit, restrict or otherwise affect any corresponding rights or obligations or various conditions to be complied with by you as granted by any applicable open source license for any open source code contained in this Software. This software may contain or be bundled with other software programs that use different Licensing Agreements and/or have corresponding license terms formulated by third parties other than the licensor. The use of any software program that comes with a separate Licensing Agreement shall be subject to that separate Licensing Agreement.

4.Trademarks and logos
Your organization acknowledges and has the following consensus with the Licensor, that is, the Licensor owns the KylinSoft, Kylin Linux trademarks, and all trademarks, service marks, logos and other brand designations related to KylinSoft and Kylin Linux (collectively referred to as "KylinSoft Marks"). Any use of the KylinSoft Marks by your organization shall be beneficial to the Licensor, otherwise you shall compensate the Licensor for all losses caused thereby.
Commercial redistribution of the Software is permitted only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) a license to such commercial redistribution is granted by the Licensor through a separate written agreement, and (b) you have removed and replaced any Kirin Software markings that appear, as confirmed in writing by the Licensor.


5.License restrictions
This Software and its various components are owned by the Licensor and/or other licensors and are protected by copyright laws and other relevant laws. The Licensor reserves all rights not expressly granted to you. Except in accordance with the redistribution conditions in Article 5 of this Agreement, this Software is only licensed for your internal use. Regarding the content in which the Licensor holds the copyright, you shall not modify or adapt it. When using the software as required, you must comply with any technical restrictions in the software, shall not bypass or invalidate any technical measures in the software, and shall not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software.

6.Ownership
The ownership of this Software is not transferred to you. The Licensor and/or its third-party licensors reserve all rights, title and interests of all intellectual property rights in this Software and services (including any adapted versions or copies of this Software). This Software is not sold to you. What you obtain is only a conditional license to use this Software. The relevant rights, title and intellectual property rights of the content accessed through this Software are the property of the corresponding content owner and may be protected by the corresponding copyright laws or other relevant laws. This Agreement does not grant you any rights to such content. If disputes arise due to your actions infringing on the rights and interests of relevant rights holders, you should handle them yourself and bear corresponding responsibilities. The license issuer is not responsible for any losses caused to the license issuer, and you should bear compensation liability.

7.Limited Warranty
The Licensor warrants to you that for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase or other legal acquisition (as evidenced by a copy of the receipt), the storage medium of this Software (if any) will be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. Except for the above, this Software is provided "as is". Under this limited warranty, all your remedies and the entire liability of the Licensor shall be at the option of the Licensor to replace the software medium or refund the purchase price of this Software.

8.Audit
The representative of the Licensor or its designated personnel has the right to verify whether you comply with this Agreement based on the subscription terms and conditions in the "Kylin Linux Advanced Server Operating System Subscription Agreement". You agree to: (a) respond in a timely manner to requests for information, documents and/or records; (b) grant appropriate access rights for on-site visits to confirm your compliance; and (c) cooperate reasonably with any such verification work. The Licensor will notify any on-site visit in writing at least ten (10) days in advance and will conduct on-site visits during normal working hours to minimize interference with your business in a reasonable manner. If the Licensor notifies you of any non-compliance or insufficient payment, you shall resolve such non-compliance and/or insufficient payment within fifteen (15) days from the date of notification. If the insufficient payment exceeds five percent (5%), you shall also reimburse the inspection costs to the Licensor.

9.Disclaimer of Warranty
Unless expressly provided in this Agreement, any express or implied conditions, representations and warranties, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, compatibility with other programs on the user's computer or non-infringement, are disclaimed, except where such disclaimer is held to be legally invalid.

10.Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, in no event will the Licensor or its licensors be liable for any loss of revenue, profit or data, or for special, indirect, consequential, incidental or punitive damages, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability, arising out of or related to the use or inability to use this Software (even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages). Under this Agreement, in any event, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, the liability of the Licensor to you will not exceed the amount paid by you for this Software. The above limitations shall apply even if the above warranty fails to achieve its essential purpose.

11.Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate this Agreement at any time, but you must simultaneously destroy all original and copied copies of this Software. If you fail to comply with any provisions of this Agreement, the Licensor has the right to unilaterally terminate this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be terminated immediately upon notification by the Licensor.Upon termination, you must destroy all original and copied copies of this Software and bear the legal liability resulting from non-compliance with this Agreement. If the Licensor discovers that the licensee has engaged in any prohibited behavior in Articles 2 and 6 of this Agreement, it has the right to terminate this license agreement immediately.



12.Applicable law
Any dispute settlement (including but not limited to litigation, arbitration, etc.) related to this Agreement shall be governed by the applicable laws of the People's Republic of China. The choice of law rules of any other country or region shall not apply. In case of any dispute arising from this Agreement, the parties agree to file a lawsuit with the court having jurisdiction in the place where the Licensor is located.

13.Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity of other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in force and shall be complied with by all parties.

14.Integration
This Agreement is the complete agreement between you and the Licensor regarding its subject matter. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, representations and warranties that are inconsistent with this Agreement. During the term of this Agreement, any conflicting terms or additional terms in quotations, orders, receipts or other communications between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement shall be subject to this Agreement. Any modifications to this Agreement by the parties shall be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each party to be binding on the parties.

15.Termination for infringement
If this Software becomes or is considered by the Licensor to be likely to become the subject of any claim for infringement of intellectual property rights, the licensor may immediately and unilaterally terminate this agreement without default, and you do not object to this.

15.Other provisions
The agreement provides three versions: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English. In case of any ambiguity in the above content, the Simplified Chinese version shall prevail.


KYLIN Operating System Privacy Statement
Release date: April 29, 2025
Effective date: April 29, 2025

Dear users("you"), the KYLIN Operating System is developed and issued by KylinSoft Corporation ("we" and "KylinSoft"). It is mainly used as desktop office software or applied in building enterprise and government information infrastructure.

KylinSoft Corporation ("we", "our", "us", and KylinSoft) fully understand and respect the importance of your privacy, and we will handle your personal data based on the "KYLIN Operating System Privacy Statement" ("this Statement"). This statement is to ensure the legal and appropriate collection and use of your personal data. This Statement describes how we handle your personal data, and how you can access, correct, delete, and protect it. We will protect your personal data as the law and industrial standards required.  Upon agreeing and submitting this Statement, you accept all provisions as follows.

We created this Statement to help you understand :
1. How KylinSoft Collects and Uses Your Personal Data
2.  How KylinSoft Keep and Protect Your Personal Data
3.  How KylinSoft Handles Your Personal Data
4.  Third Party Providers and Their Services
5.  How KylinSoft Handles the Personal Data of Children
6.  How to Update this Statement
7.  How to Contact KylinSoft

How KylinSoft Collects and Uses Your Personal Data

1. How KylinSoft Collects Your Personal Data

KylinSoft collects your personal data mainly to improve its services to better satisfy customer needs.

1)The licensing mechanism of KYLIN Operating System will generate the machine code to apply for the formal license through encryption mechanism and conversion according to the your computer's network card, firmware and motherboard; you can apply for formal license by sending the machine code to KylinSoft's business personnel upon the contract and related agreements. The machine code does not include the details such as the network card, firmware, and motherboard of your computer. 
2）KYLIN Operating System provides device subscription registration function, such as your machine equipment needs to subscribe to business, when you register a subscription for the device, it will generate a device number for applying for subscription license through encryption mechanism and conversion method according to the information such as network interface card, firmware and main board of the machine equipment you use and the registration account info; the device number does not contain the specific information such as network interface card, firmware and main board of the machine equipment you use. At the same time, for your convenience in subscription management, the subscription server may obtain and store the following information of the device: (1) registered username, (2) CPU architecture, CPU quantity, CPU core number, CPU frequency, CPU manufacturer of the device, (3) device's whole machine serial number, main board serial number, hard disk serial number, memory size , (4) device's network interface card, IP information, (5) operating system version and kernel version used on the device, software package installation list, (6) operation log and software repository access log related to the subscription device, (7) if it is a virtual machine, it will also obtain virtual machine type and virtual machine main board parameters, etc.
3) While using KYLIN Operating System, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal data that can be used to contact you or offer technical support to you. Personal data includes email address, phone number, name, etc.
4) KYLIN Operating System may provide biometric-related functions and will store authentication-related information on your machine. We do not collect or spread this part of the information.

In the future, when updating KYLIN Operating System, more personal data needed will be informed to you in a timely manner.

2. How KylinSoft Uses Your Personal Data

Strictly complying with applicable laws, regulations, as well as our policies, we may use your personal data to : 
Provide product service: product licensing mechanism, application store, system update, biometric-related functions, etc.

Ensure product security: while using KYLIN Operating System, we may use relevant information to improve the security, reliability and sustainable services of our products.

Contact you to establish business relationships, provide technical support and do service satisfaction survey.

Improve our product and service: accessibility, defects, user experience, etc.

Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards as well as our policies.

We will contact you and ask for your permission if our use of your personal data is beyond the circumstances mentioned above.

3. How KylinSoft Discloses Your Personal Data

KylinSoft promises not to disclose or transfer your personal data to third parties, except the following cases: 
1) KylinSoft will share your personal data to third parties with your prior consent.
2) When authorizing relevant companies or other third-parties (service providers, contractors, agents, application developers, etc.) to do processing, KylinSoft may share your personal data with third parties so as to provide a better service to you. In accordance with our privacy policies and other relevant confidentiality measures, we will share your personal data with encryption, anonymity and other means to ensure the security of your information.
3) We will not disclose your personal data . If necessary, we will inform you the purpose and ways of disclosure and sensitive information that involved; we will get your prior consent
4) As our business develops, your personal data can be disclosed if KylinSoft is involved in merger, acquisitions, asset transactions; we will inform you the relevant circumstances, and continue to protect your personal data in accordance with laws, regulations and standards required by this statement.
5) We may disclose your personal data by corresponding laws and regulations.

If we use your personal data beyond those specified in this Statement, we will inform you again and obtain your prior consent.
In accordance with relevant laws, regulations and national standards, we may not disclose your personal data without your prior consent except the following cases:

1) Your personal data is provided in the interest of national security and national defense.
2) Your personal data is provided in the interest of public safety, public health, public knowledge, etc..
3) Your personal data is provided for criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution.
4) Your personal data is provided for protecting your life or other people's lives, and your property.
5) You disclose your personal data on your own.
6) Your personal data is collected from public, such as news reports, government information disclosure, etc..
7) Your personal data is provided for signing and performance of contracts at your request.
8) Your personal data is provided to check and solve the product malfunctions .
9) Your personal data is provided for public statistical or academic research in which the data is de-identified.
10) Your personal data is provided in other cases corresponding by laws and regulations.

How KylinSoft Keep and Protect Your Personal Data 

1. Location 
We will saves information collected about you in China by corresponding laws and regulations .

2. Duration 
We will only retain your personal data for the period that is necessary to ensure we can fulfill the purposes outlined in this Statement. It will be saved in the log for a certain period and automatically deleted according to the configuration.

When our product stop it's service, we will notify you in the form of notice and announcements, and delete or anonymize your personal data within a reasonable period of time, and immediately stop collecting your information.

3. How SC2C Protect Your Personal Data
We take the utmost care to ensure the security of users' personal data, preventing the loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure of information.

We will use various manners, such as encryption (SSL / TLS) and anonymity, to ensure the security of your personal data. 

We establish special management systems, processes and organizations to ensure the security of information. For example, we severely limit the access to information, and require them to conduct audits complying with confidentiality obligations.

4. In the event of a security incident such as the disclosure of personal data, we will initiate an emergency plan by corresponding laws and regulations to prevent the expansion of the security incident, and inform you the detail, possible impact and remedial measures in the form of notices, announcements, etc.. We will also report the security incidents by corresponding  laws, regulations and regulatory requirements.

How KylinSoft Handles Your Personal Data 

If you worry about the leak of your personal data while using KYLIN Operating System, you may consider suspending or not using the relevant functions (such as product formal license, system update,biometric-related functions,etc.)according to your personal and business needs, 
When using third-party software on KYLIN Operating System, please pay attention to your privacy protection.

Third Party Providers and Their Services 

KylinSoft has no control over the privacy and data protection policies of third parties, which are not governed by this Statement. 
When you install or use third-party software on the KYLIN Operating System, please refer to the respective privacy protection policies of these third parties before submitting your personal information to third parties or through third-party content, 

How KylinSoft Handles the Personal Data of Children
Our products and services are targeted at adults. Children cannot create their own user account without the consent of a parent or guardian. Our products must be used under the permission and supervision of parents and guardians with appropriate precautions.

How to Update this Statement  
We reserve the right to update this statement in due course. When this statement is changed, we will display the changed statement to you on the company's website. Only after obtaining your consent, will we collect, use and store your personal information in accordance with the updated statement.

How to Contact KylinSoft

If you have any doubts about this Statement or any other problems concerning privacy protection, please contact us via email(market@kylinos.cn); Customer Service Hotline 400-089-1870 or the official website (www.Kylinos.cn) .
After receiving your questions, we will deal with it in a timely manner. Our company will usually give a reply within 15 working days.

This statement will take effect since updated.Both Chinese and English versions are provided. In case of any ambiguity, the Chinese version shall prevail.

Last updated: April 29, 2025

                                             
KylinSoft Corporation

Tel: Tianjin (022) 58955650  Beijing (010) 51659955  Changsha (0731) 88280170
Fax: Tianjin (022) 58955651  Beijing (010) 62800607  Changsha (0731) 88280166
Website: www.Kylinos.cn  
E-mail: support@Kylinos.cn








