Terms of Use

1. Purpose and acceptance

These terms form the agreement between you and Olivas Engenharia e Tecnologia Ltda. regarding use of olivaspss.com and the Olivas Power System Studio software. By purchasing, installing, activating or using the software, you state that you have read and accept them.

2. Definitions

• “Software”: Olivas Power System Studio, in any of its editions, including updates.
• “Licence”: the authorisation to use, identified by an OLV2 key, issued in a holder's name.
• “Holder”: the individual or legal entity in whose name the licence is issued.
• “Study” and “Report”: the results and documents the Software generates from the data and assumptions supplied by the user.

3. The licence you receive

The licence is paid, personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive. It authorises use of the Software according to the plan purchased, and is bound to the machine on which it is activated.

Activation is performed online and associates the licence with a stable computer identifier. Changing machines is possible on request, so that a licence is never stranded on discarded hardware.

4. What is not permitted

• sharing, reselling, renting, lending or sublicensing the key or the licence;
• circumventing, removing or defeating the activation, verification or integrity-seal mechanisms;
• reverse-engineering, decompiling or disassembling the Software, except as expressly permitted by law;
• using the Software to serve third parties at a volume inconsistent with the plan purchased;
• removing or altering authorship, trademark or integrity notices on generated reports.

5. Plans, payment and refund

Current plans, their features and prices are on the purchase page. Payment may be processed by a partner platform, subject to that platform's conditions.

If you are a consumer and the purchase took place off-premises, you may withdraw within 7 calendar days of purchase or receipt, under art. 49 of the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code, with a refund of amounts paid.

6. Updates and availability

Updates are distributed through the application's own update channel, with a dedicated installer and a SHA-256 manifest that lets you verify the integrity of what you downloaded.

The online activation, update and report-verification services are provided on a best-effort basis. Interruptions for maintenance, correction or causes beyond our control do not constitute breach.

7. Professional responsibility for studies and reports

The Software is an engineering support tool. Its results depend entirely on the input data, the assumptions, the modelling and the standards the user selects — and wrong input produces wrong output just as readily as it produces right output.

Professional responsibility for the study, the report and any decision derived from it — protection settings, sizing, risk classification, PPE specification, switching authorisation — rests with the legally qualified professional who signs it, under the corresponding technical responsibility record (ART) with the Brazilian engineering council (CREA), or the equivalent in the applicable jurisdiction.

It is for that professional to check the input data, validate the assumptions and judge whether the results fit the actual case before issuing any document. Olivas accepts no responsibility for decisions taken on unchecked results, and does not replace the responsible engineer's judgement.

The standards implemented in the Software (IEC, IEEE, ABNT, NFPA and others) do not remove the need to consult the official, current text of the applicable standard.

8. Warranty and limitation of liability

We warrant that the Software substantially performs the functions described in the documentation for the corresponding version. We do not warrant that it is free of every defect, nor that it fits a specific purpose you may have in mind without proper engineering validation.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and save for wilful misconduct, gross negligence and consumer rights, our total liability is limited to the amount paid for the licence in the 12 months preceding the event.

9. Intellectual property

The Software, the Olivas brand, the documentation, the equipment libraries and the site material are protected by copyright and other applicable rights. The licence grants use; it does not transfer ownership.

The studies, reports and data you produce with the Software are yours. We claim no ownership over your technical content.

10. Personal data

The processing of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms for all purposes.

11. Term and termination

The licence runs for the term purchased. Breach of these terms, in particular section 4, allows suspension or cancellation of the licence, without prejudice to other remedies.

Once the licence ends, the right to use the Software ceases; studies and reports already issued remain yours and remain verifiable.

12. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms to reflect legal change or product evolution. The effective date at the top indicates the current version. Material changes will be announced with reasonable notice through the contact channels you have with us.

13. Governing law and jurisdiction

Brazilian law applies. The courts of Belo Horizonte/MG are elected to settle disputes, save that, where you are a consumer, you retain the option of suing in the courts of your domicile.