Licensing

SearchLight License Agreement
Version 1.0 - July 26, 2025
Tower Cybersecurity
1. Overview
SearchLight is a software product developed and owned by Tower Cybersecurity. It incorporates both:
- Open source components licensed under the MIT License (specifically the tool srumECmd), and
- Proprietary software developed by Tower Cybersecurity that is confidential and not for redistribution.
By installing, copying, or using SearchLight, you agree to be bound by the terms of this License Agreement.
2. Components and Licensing
2.1 Open Source Component: srumECmd
SearchLight uses srumECmd, which is licensed under the MIT License. In accordance with its license:
- You are granted all rights under the MIT License for srumECmd, including rights to use, copy, modify, and
distribute that component,
- The full text of the MIT License is included in Appendix A,
- The original copyright of srumECmd remains with its author.
Please note that srumECmd is only one component of SearchLight and does not cover or affect Tower
Cybersecurity's proprietary elements.
2.2 Proprietary Components
All other parts of SearchLight, including but not limited to its analytics engine, graphical user interface,
integration modules, detection algorithms, and configuration logic, are the exclusive property of Tower
Cybersecurity.
These proprietary components:
- Are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws,
- Are not open source and may not be redistributed, sublicensed, or modified.
3. License Grant
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, Tower Cybersecurity grants you a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license to:
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- Install and use SearchLight internally for your organization's cybersecurity operations or for personal
cybersecurity research,
- Retain a backup copy of the software solely for recovery purposes,
- Use accompanying documentation for internal reference.
This license does not allow:
- Public distribution or resale of SearchLight,
- Hosting the software for use by third parties,
- Use in a commercial product or service unless separately licensed by Tower Cybersecurity.
4. Restrictions
You may not:
- Distribute, sublicense, or share the proprietary portions of SearchLight with any third party,
- Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive source code or algorithms from
the proprietary components,
- Circumvent or disable any security features or usage restrictions,
- Use SearchLight in violation of applicable laws or regulations.
5. Intellectual Property
All proprietary content in SearchLight remains the sole intellectual property of Tower Cybersecurity.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to grant any rights beyond those explicitly licensed herein.
For inquiries about commercial licensing, redistribution rights, or integration partnerships, please contact:
ben.carnine@gmail.com
6. Termination
This License Agreement is effective until terminated. It will terminate immediately without notice if you breach
any provision.
Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of SearchLight and cease all use.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty
SEARCHLIGHT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
TOWER CYBERSECURITY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
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WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
8. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL TOWER CYBERSECURITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY
TO USE SEARCHLIGHT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
9. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas,
without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
Appendix A: MIT License (for srumECmd)
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Eric Zimmerman
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.