licensing legal-terms
How to construe terms of a license agreement?
<p>I read a license agreement and it seems the following part is vague:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Without prejudice to any statutory rights so to do, you must not reproduce or alter any of the software or any associated documentation.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>1) Does "<em>Without prejudice to any statutory rights so to do</em>" mean "<em>If your local law supports this limitation</em>"?</p>

<p>2) Does "<em>you must not</em>" means that "<em>you are not allowed</em>"?</p>

<p>3) Does "<em>any of the software or any associated documentation</em>" mean "<em>either the software or any associated documentation</em>"? Or does it mean "<em>any part of the software or its associated documentation</em>"?</p>

<p>Translation:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Except where the law allows you to, you cannot reproduce any part of the software or the documentation.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>"Must not" is an imperative: you are prohibited.</p>

<p>Statutory rights would be rights under the applicable law, the jurisdiction where the licence is granted certainly and possibly others.</p>
