CertM8 EULA

CertM8 End User License Agreement

Last updated: 25 June 2026

IMPORTANT: READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING, ACTIVATING, COPYING, OR USING CERTM8.

By installing, activating, copying, launching, or using CertM8, you agree to be bound by this End User License Agreement ("Agreement"). If you do not agree to this Agreement, do not install, activate, or use CertM8.

This Agreement is between you, the person or organization using CertM8 ("Licensee", "you", or "your"), and the individual owner/operator of CertM8, operating under the brand name Magister Operum ("Licensor", "we", "us", or "our").

1. Product

CertM8 is a Windows desktop software tool intended to assist administrators with IIS certificate and binding management, including certificate inspection, IIS site/binding review, certificate deployment/import operations, IIS binding actions, site start/stop operations, and IIS reset workflows.

CertM8 is intended for use by competent system administrators, IT staff, consultants, or authorized technical users. It is not intended for casual, untrained, unauthorized, or consumer use.

2. Acceptance

You accept this Agreement when you do any of the following:

If you are using CertM8 on behalf of a company, employer, client, government body, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to accept this Agreement on behalf of that organization.

3. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and payment of applicable fees, Licensor grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use CertM8 for internal administrative purposes.

This Agreement does not sell CertM8 to you. CertM8 is licensed, not sold.

4. License Type, Term, and Limits

Your use of CertM8 is limited by the license type, license term, server allowance, device binding, and other restrictions associated with your purchased or issued license.

A license may be limited by one or more of the following:

You may not exceed the server count, device count, feature access, or license term granted to you.

5. Machine-Bound Activation

CertM8 may use offline activation and local license validation. A license may be bound to a specific computer, device profile, installation identity, or activation request.

You understand and agree that:

6. Offline Activation and Privacy

CertM8 is designed to use offline activation and local license validation. Activation request codes are manually copied and shared by the user when activation is needed.

Activation request codes are intended only to identify the CertM8 license request or installation request. They are not intended to contain passwords, certificate private keys, certificate contents, IIS configuration data, server inventories, usernames, administrator credentials, or PFX passwords.

CertM8 does not automatically transmit activation data, credentials, certificates, IIS data, server lists, or inventory information to Licensor.

You are responsible for deciding what information you manually send to Licensor during support, activation, troubleshooting, email, chat, or any other communication.

7. Local Data Files

CertM8 may create local configuration, license, roster, device, settings, or state files on the computer, including files stored under system-wide or user-specific Windows application data locations.

These files may be required for licensing, activation, server roster enforcement, preferences, or application state.

You must not modify, tamper with, delete, reverse engineer, forge, decrypt, replace, share, copy, bypass, or attempt to manipulate CertM8 license, device, roster, or activation files except as expressly permitted by Licensor.

8. Server Roster

CertM8 may enforce a licensed server roster. You are responsible for ensuring that only authorized servers are registered and managed under your license.

You may not use the roster system to evade license limits, rotate unauthorized servers, share a license between unrelated environments, or exceed your purchased server allowance.

9. Administrative Tool Warning

CertM8 is an administrative tool. It may perform or assist with actions that affect production systems.

Depending on what you choose to do, CertM8 may interact with:

Incorrect use may cause outages, broken websites, incorrect certificate bindings, failed HTTPS, service interruption, loss of access, certificate mismatch, removal of needed certificates, failed deployments, application downtime, business interruption, or other damage.

You are solely responsible for understanding each action before confirming it.

10. User Responsibility

You agree that you are responsible for:

CertM8 does not replace professional judgment, change management, security review, backups, or administrative competence.

11. High-Risk and Production Use

You use CertM8 in production environments at your own risk.

Before using CertM8 on production servers, you should test it in a lab, staging, or non-critical environment.

You agree not to hold Licensor responsible for outages, downtime, lost revenue, broken bindings, deleted certificates, failed certificate imports, failed IIS actions, configuration errors, server access issues, expired certificates, incorrect certificate selection, incorrect server selection, or consequences of confirmed administrative actions.

12. Confirmation Flows

CertM8 may show confirmation dialogs, warnings, console messages, status messages, or reports before or after certain actions.

You are responsible for reading and understanding confirmation prompts before proceeding.

When you confirm an action, you authorize CertM8 to attempt that action.

Cancellation, failure, timeout, partial completion, permission failure, network failure, PowerShell failure, WinRM failure, server error, IIS error, or certificate error may still occur.

13. SRCASTR Interface Feature

CertM8 includes a cosmetic interface feature known as SRCASTR.

SRCASTR may display sarcastic, humorous, fictionalized, dramatic, insulting, dismissive, hostile-sounding, absurd, or machine-personality-style messages during certain application interactions.

SRCASTR messages are decorative only.

SRCASTR messages do not represent:

The actual operation performed by CertM8 is determined only by the selected application action, selected targets, available permissions, and confirmation flow, not by SRCASTR text.

SRCASTR can be muted or suppressed from within the application where the application provides that option.

By using CertM8, you acknowledge that SRCASTR is part of the product’s style and user interface. You agree that sarcastic, humorous, dramatic, fictionalized, or insulting interface messages are not a defect, not harassment, not discrimination, not professional advice, not a support response, and not grounds for a refund, claim, chargeback, or damages, except where mandatory law provides otherwise.

If you do not want sarcastic interface behavior, do not use SRCASTR-enabled features or use the available mute/suppression option.

14. No Guarantee of Results

CertM8 may fail to complete an action for many reasons, including but not limited to:

Licensor does not guarantee that CertM8 will detect, prevent, repair, or safely handle every configuration problem.

15. Certificates and Private Keys

You are solely responsible for certificate handling.

You must ensure that you have the right to use, import, export, bind, deploy, delete, or manage any certificate handled by CertM8.

You are responsible for protecting private keys, PFX files, certificate passwords, exported certificates, and certificate backups.

Licensor is not responsible for lost private keys, exposed private keys, incorrect certificate bindings, deleted certificates, expired certificates, weak certificates, wrong certificates, certificate chain problems, failed imports, failed exports, missing private keys, or TLS/SSL failures.

16. Restrictions

You may not:

17. Ownership

CertM8, including its code, design, user interface, SRCASTR content, graphics, text, icons, workflows, branding, activation system, documentation, and related materials, is owned by Licensor or its licensors.

All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

You receive only a limited license to use CertM8 under this Agreement.

18. Third-Party Components

CertM8 may include or rely on third-party software, libraries, runtimes, frameworks, Windows components, Python components, cryptographic libraries, certificate bundles, or Microsoft technologies.

Third-party components may be subject to their own licenses.

Licensor does not own Microsoft Windows, IIS, PowerShell, WinRM, certificate stores, HTTP.SYS, or other third-party systems that CertM8 interacts with.

19. Updates

Licensor may provide updates, fixes, enhancements, or new versions at its discretion.

Licensor is not obligated to provide updates forever.

An update may change features, licensing behavior, supported environments, interface text, SRCASTR messages, activation handling, or compatibility.

Some updates may require a valid license, active support entitlement, new activation, or new purchase.

20. Support

Support is provided at Licensor’s discretion and may depend on your license type, support status, version, issue, environment, and available information.

Licensor is not obligated to provide emergency support, production outage support, custom troubleshooting, remote administration, server recovery, certificate recovery, IIS repair, or infrastructure consulting unless separately agreed in writing.

Support does not make Licensor responsible for your systems, configurations, backups, change control, certificates, users, servers, outages, or administrative decisions.

21. Refunds and Returns

Except where required by applicable law, mandatory consumer rights, a separate written refund policy, or the terms of the platform through which CertM8 was purchased, all sales are final after a license key, activation response, license file, or download access has been issued.

Refunds are not provided merely because:

Nothing in this Agreement limits any non-waivable refund, withdrawal, cancellation, consumer, statutory, or mandatory rights that may apply under applicable law, including rights that may apply under the laws of the Republic of Türkiye.

22. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CERTM8 IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, COMPATIBILITY, AVAILABILITY, ERROR-FREE OPERATION, UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION, OR SUITABILITY FOR PRODUCTION USE.

LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT CERTM8 WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, BE ERROR-FREE, DETECT ALL ISSUES, PREVENT OUTAGES, PRESERVE CONFIGURATIONS, CORRECTLY IDENTIFY EVERY CERTIFICATE PROBLEM, OR SAFELY HANDLE EVERY SERVER ENVIRONMENT.

23. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF CERTIFICATES, LOSS OF PRIVATE KEYS, SECURITY INCIDENTS, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, WEBSITE OUTAGE, SERVER DOWNTIME, FAILED DEPLOYMENT, FAILED CERTIFICATE RENEWAL, MISCONFIGURATION, REMEDIATION COSTS, SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO CERTM8 OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE CERTM8 LICENSE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR FIFTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD $50), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations of liability. In such cases, the limitations apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

24. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Licensor from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, expenses, fines, penalties, and fees, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or related to:

25. Termination

This Agreement remains in effect until terminated.

Licensor may terminate your license immediately if you violate this Agreement.

Upon termination, you must stop using CertM8 and remove it from your systems, except where retention is required by law or internal compliance policy.

Termination does not entitle you to a refund.

Sections relating to ownership, restrictions, warranty disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, refunds, governing law, and any provisions intended to survive will survive termination.

26. Audit and Enforcement

Licensor may use technical measures within CertM8 to enforce licensing, activation, roster limits, device binding, trial restrictions, feature limits, or expiration.

Licensor may refuse support, updates, replacement activations, or future licenses if misuse, circumvention, license sharing, fraud, unauthorized redistribution, or other violation is suspected.

27. Export, Sanctions, and Legal Compliance

You may not use, export, re-export, transfer, or provide CertM8 in violation of applicable export control, sanctions, cybersecurity, privacy, procurement, or other laws and regulations.

You represent that you are not prohibited from receiving or using CertM8 under applicable law.

28. Governing Law

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except where mandatory law requires otherwise.

Any dispute arising from or relating to this Agreement or CertM8 will be resolved in the courts and enforcement offices of Istanbul, Türkiye, except where mandatory law grants another competent venue, authority, consumer arbitration committee, or court.

29. Severability

If any part of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining parts will remain in effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision will be interpreted or replaced to best accomplish its original intent in a lawful and enforceable way.

30. No Waiver

Failure by Licensor to enforce any part of this Agreement does not waive Licensor’s right to enforce it later.

31. Entire Agreement

This Agreement, together with any applicable invoice, order confirmation, license terms, support terms, or written agreement signed by Licensor, forms the entire agreement between you and Licensor regarding CertM8.

It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written discussions, proposals, statements, marketing materials, website text, emails, chats, or understandings regarding CertM8.

32. Changes to This Agreement

Licensor may update this Agreement from time to time.

For new installs, updates, renewals, or activations, the latest version may apply.

Continued use of CertM8 after an updated Agreement is provided or made available constitutes acceptance of the updated Agreement, unless prohibited by applicable law.

33. Contact

Licensor: Individual owner/operator of CertM8, operating under the brand Magister Operum™
Brand: Magister Operum™
Product: CertM8™
Website: https://www.magisteroperum.com
CertM8 Page: https://www.magisteroperum.com/#CertM8
Email: support@magisteroperum.com
Privacy / KVKK Requests: support@magisteroperum.com

BY INSTALLING, ACTIVATING, COPYING, OR USING CERTM8, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT.

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