1 TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW LICENSE AGREEMENT
3 For individuals and/or legal entities resident in the Americas (North
4 America, Central America and South America), the applicable licensing
5 terms are specified under the heading "Technology Preview License
6 Agreement: The Americas".
8 For individuals and/or legal entities not resident in The Americas, the
9 applicable licensing terms are specified under the heading "Technology
10 Preview License Agreement: Rest of the World".
13 TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW LICENSE AGREEMENT: The Americas
16 This Technology Preview License Agreement ("Agreement")is a legal agreement
17 between The Qt Company USA, Inc. ("The Qt Company"), with its registered
18 office at 2350 Mission College Blvd., Suite 1020, Santa Clara, California
19 95054, U.S.A. and you (either an individual or a legal entity) ("Licensee")
20 for the Licensed Software (as defined below).
24 "Affiliate" of a Party shall mean an entity (i) which is directly or
25 indirectly controlling such Party; (ii) which is under the same direct
26 or indirect ownership or control as such Party; or (iii) which is
27 directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Party. For these
28 purposes, an entity shall be treated as being controlled by another if
29 that other entity has fifty percent (50 %) or more of the votes in such
30 entity, is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition
31 of its board of directors or equivalent body.
33 "Applications" shall mean Licensee's software products created using the
34 Licensed Software which may include portions of the Licensed Software.
36 "Term" shall mean the period of time six (6) months from the later of
37 (a) the Effective Date; or (b) the date the Licensed Software was
38 initially delivered to Licensee by The Qt Company. If no specific Effective
39 Date is set forth in the Agreement, the Effective Date shall be deemed to be
40 the date the Licensed Software was initially delivered to Licensee.
42 "Licensed Software" shall mean the computer software, "online" or
43 electronic documentation, associated media and printed materials,
44 including the source code, example programs and the documentation
45 delivered by The Qt Company to Licensee in conjunction with this Agreement.
47 "Party" or "Parties" shall mean Licensee and/or The Qt Company.
52 The Licensed Software is protected by copyright laws and international
53 copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and
54 treaties. The Licensed Software is licensed, not sold.
56 If Licensee provides any findings, proposals, suggestions or other
57 feedback ("Feedback") to The Qt Company regarding the Licensed Software,
58 The Qt Company shall own all right, title and interest including the
59 intellectual property rights in and to such Feedback, excluding however any
60 existing patent rights of Licensee. To the extent Licensee owns or controls
61 any patents for such Feedback Licensee hereby grants to The Qt Company and its
62 Affiliates, a worldwide, perpetual, non-transferable, sublicensable,
63 royalty-free license to (i) use, copy and modify Feedback and to create
64 derivative works thereof, (ii) to make (and have made), use, import,
65 sell, offer for sale, lease, dispose, offer for disposal or otherwise
66 exploit any products or services of The Qt Company containing Feedback, and
67 (iii) sublicense all the foregoing rights to third party licensees and
68 customers of The Qt Company and/or its Affiliates.
71 3. VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT
73 By installing, copying, or otherwise using the Licensed Software,
74 Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If Licensee
75 does not agree to the terms of this Agreement, Licensee may not install,
76 copy, or otherwise use the Licensed Software. Upon Licensee's acceptance
77 of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, The Qt Company grants Licensee
78 the right to use the Licensed Software in the manner provided below.
83 4.1. Using and Copying
85 The Qt Company grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
86 time-limited license to use and copy the Licensed Software for sole purpose
87 of designing, developing and testing Applications, and evaluating and the
88 Licensed Software during the Term.
90 Licensee may install copies of the Licensed Software on an unlimited
91 number of computers provided that (a) if an individual, only such
92 individual; or (b) if a legal entity only its employees; use the
93 Licensed Software for the authorized purposes.
95 4.2 No Distribution or Modifications
97 Licensee may not disclose, modify, sell, market, commercialise,
98 distribute, loan, rent, lease, or license the Licensed Software or any
99 copy of it or use the Licensed Software for any purpose that is not
100 expressly granted in this Section 4. Licensee may not alter or remove
101 any details of ownership, copyright, trademark or other property right
102 connected with the Licensed Software. Licensee may not distribute any
103 software statically or dynamically linked with the Licensed Software.
105 4.3 No Technical Support
107 The Qt Company has no obligation to furnish Licensee with any technical
108 support whatsoever. Any such support is subject to separate agreement between
113 The Licensed Software contains pre-release code that is not at the level
114 of performance and compatibility of a final, generally available,
115 product offering. The Licensed Software may not operate correctly and
116 may be substantially modified prior to the first commercial product
117 release, if any. The Qt Company is not obligated to make this or any later
118 version of the Licensed Software commercially available. The License
119 Software is "Not for Commercial Use" and may only be used for the
120 purposes described in Section 4. The Licensed Software may not be used
121 in a live operating environment where it may be relied upon to perform
122 in the same manner as a commercially released product or with data that
123 has not been sufficiently backed up.
125 6. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
127 The Licensed Software may provide links to third party libraries or code
128 (collectively "Third Party Software") to implement various functions.
129 Third Party Software does not comprise part of the Licensed Software. In
130 some cases, access to Third Party Software may be included along with
131 the Licensed Software delivery as a convenience for development and
132 testing only. Such source code and libraries may be listed in the
133 ".../src/3rdparty" source tree delivered with the Licensed Software or
134 documented in the Licensed Software where the Third Party Software is
135 used, as may be amended from time to time, do not comprise the Licensed
136 Software. Licensee acknowledges (1) that some part of Third Party
137 Software may require additional licensing of copyright and patents from
138 the owners of such, and (2) that distribution of any of the Licensed
139 Software referencing any portion of a Third Party Software may require
140 appropriate licensing from such third parties.
143 7. LIMITED WARRANTY AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
145 The Licensed Software is licensed to Licensee "as is". To the maximum
146 extent permitted by applicable law, The Qt Company on behalf of itself and
147 its suppliers, disclaims all warranties and conditions, either express or
148 implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of
149 merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
150 non-infringement with regard to the Licensed Software.
153 8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
155 If, The Qt Company's warranty disclaimer notwithstanding, The Qt Company is
156 held liable to Licensee, whether in contract, tort or any other legal theory,
157 based on the Licensed Software, The Qt Company's entire liability to Licensee
158 and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be, at The Qt Company's option, either
159 (A) return of the price Licensee paid for the Licensed Software, or (B)
160 repair or replacement of the Licensed Software, provided Licensee
161 returns to The Qt Company all copies of the Licensed Software as originally
162 delivered to Licensee. The Qt Company shall not under any circumstances be
163 liable to Licensee based on failure of the Licensed Software if the failure
164 resulted from accident, abuse or misapplication, nor shall The Qt Company
165 under any circumstances be liable for special damages, punitive or exemplary
166 damages, damages for loss of profits or interruption of business or for
167 loss or corruption of data. Any award of damages from The Qt Company to
168 Licensee shall not exceed the total amount Licensee has paid to The Qt
169 Company in connection with this Agreement.
174 Each party acknowledges that during the Term of this Agreement it shall
175 have access to information about the other party's business, business
176 methods, business plans, customers, business relations, technology, and
177 other information, including the terms of this Agreement, that is
178 confidential and of great value to the other party, and the value of
179 which would be significantly reduced if disclosed to third parties (the
180 "Confidential Information"). Accordingly, when a party (the "Receiving
181 Party") receives Confidential Information from another party (the
182 "Disclosing Party"), the Receiving Party shall, and shall obligate its
183 employees and agents and employees and agents of its Affiliates to: (i)
184 maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence; (ii) not
185 disclose the Confidential Information to a third party without the
186 Disclosing Party's prior written approval; and (iii) not, directly or
187 indirectly, use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than
188 for exercising its rights and fulfilling its responsibilities pursuant
189 to this Agreement. Each party shall take reasonable measures to protect
190 the Confidential Information of the other party, which measures shall
191 not be less than the measures taken by such party to protect its own
192 confidential and proprietary information.
194 "Confidential Information" shall not include information that (a) is or
195 becomes generally known to the public through no act or omission of the
196 Receiving Party; (b) was in the Receiving Party's lawful possession
197 prior to the disclosure hereunder and was not subject to limitations on
198 disclosure or use; (c) is developed by the Receiving Party without
199 access to the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party or by
200 persons who have not had access to the Confidential Information of the
201 Disclosing Party as proven by the written records of the Receiving
202 Party; (d) is lawfully disclosed to the Receiving Party without
203 restrictions, by a third party not under an obligation of
204 confidentiality; or (e) the Receiving Party is legally compelled to
205 disclose the information, in which case the Receiving Party shall assert
206 the privileged and confidential nature of the information and cooperate
207 fully with the Disclosing Party to protect against and prevent
208 disclosure of any Confidential Information and to limit the scope of
209 disclosure and the dissemination of disclosed Confidential Information
210 by all legally available means.
212 The obligations of the Receiving Party under this Section shall continue
213 during the Initial Term and for a period of five (5) years after
214 expiration or termination of this Agreement. To the extent that the
215 terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between The Qt Company and Licensee
216 conflict with the terms of this Section 9, this Section 9 shall be
217 controlling over the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement.
220 10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
224 Licensee shall not be entitled to assign or transfer all or any of its
225 rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement without the prior
226 written consent of The Qt Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
230 The Qt Company may terminate the Agreement at any time immediately upon
231 written notice by The Qt Company to Licensee if Licensee breaches this
234 Upon termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall return to The Qt Company
235 all copies of Licensed Software that were supplied by The Qt Company. All
236 other copies of Licensed Software in the possession or control of Licensee
237 must be erased or destroyed. An officer of Licensee must promptly
238 deliver to The Qt Company a written confirmation that this has occurred.
240 10.3 Surviving Sections
242 Any terms and conditions that by their nature or otherwise reasonably
243 should survive a cancellation or termination of this Agreement shall
244 also be deemed to survive. Such terms and conditions include, but are
245 not limited to the following Sections: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4,
246 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 of this Agreement.
248 10.4 Entire Agreement
250 This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement between the parties
251 and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous discussions,
252 representations, and proposals, written or oral, with respect to the
253 subject matters discussed herein, with the exception of the
254 non-disclosure agreement executed by the parties in connection with this
255 Agreement ("Non-Disclosure Agreement"), if any, shall be subject to
256 Section 9. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless
257 contained in a writing executed by an authorized representative of each
258 party. No term or condition contained in Licensee's purchase order shall
259 apply unless expressly accepted by The Qt Company in writing. If any
260 provision of the Agreement is found void or unenforceable, the remainder
261 shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms. If any remedy
262 provided is determined to have failed for its essential purpose, all
263 limitations of liability and exclusions of damages set forth in this
264 Agreement shall remain in effect.
268 Licensee acknowledges that the Licensed Software may be subject to
269 export control restrictions of various countries. Licensee shall fully
270 comply with all applicable export license restrictions and requirements
271 as well as with all laws and regulations relating to the importation of
272 the Licensed Software and shall procure all necessary governmental
273 authorizations, including without limitation, all necessary licenses,
274 approvals, permissions or consents, where necessary for the
275 re-exportation of the Licensed Software.,
277 10.6 Governing Law and Legal Venue
279 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
280 federal laws of the United States of America and the internal laws of
281 the State of New York without given effect to any choice of law rule
282 that would result in the application of the laws of any other
283 jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
284 International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall not apply. Each Party (a)
285 hereby irrevocably submits itself to and consents to the jurisdiction of
286 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
287 (or if such court lacks jurisdiction, the state courts of the State of
288 New York) for the purposes of any action, claim, suit or proceeding
289 between the Parties in connection with any controversy, claim, or
290 dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement; and (b) hereby
291 waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or
292 otherwise, in any such action, claim, suit or proceeding, any claim that
293 is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court(s), that the
294 action, claim, suit or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or
295 that the venue of the action, claim, suit or proceeding is improper.
296 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9.6 is intended
297 to, or shall be deemed to, constitute a submission or consent to, or
298 selection of, jurisdiction, forum or venue for any action for patent
299 infringement, whether or not such action relates to this Agreement.
301 10.7 No Implied License
303 There are no implied licenses or other implied rights granted under this
304 Agreement, and all rights, save for those expressly granted hereunder,
305 shall remain with The Qt Company and its licensors. In addition, no licenses
306 or immunities are granted to the combination of the Licensed Software with
307 any other software or hardware not delivered by The Qt Company under this
310 10.8 Government End Users
312 A "U.S. Government End User" shall mean any agency or entity of the
313 government of the United States. The following shall apply if Licensee
314 is a U.S. Government End User. The Licensed Software is a "commercial
315 item," as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995),
316 consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer
317 software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212
318 (Sept. 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1
319 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. Government End Users acquire
320 the Licensed Software with only those rights set forth herein. The
321 Licensed Software (including related documentation) is provided to U.S.
322 Government End Users: (a) only as a commercial end item; and (b) only
323 pursuant to this Agreement.
329 TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW LICENSE AGREEMENT: Rest of the World
330 Agreement version 2.4
332 This Technology Preview License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal
333 agreement between The Qt Company Ltd ("The Qt Company"), with its registered
334 office at Valimotie 21,FI-00380 Helsinki, Finland and you (either an
335 individual or a legal entity) ("Licensee") for the Licensed Software.
339 "Affiliate" of a Party shall mean an entity (i) which is directly or
340 indirectly controlling such Party; (ii) which is under the same direct
341 or indirect ownership or control as such Party; or (iii) which is
342 directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Party. For these
343 purposes, an entity shall be treated as being controlled by another if
344 that other entity has fifty percent (50 %) or more of the votes in such
345 entity, is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition
346 of its board of directors or equivalent body.
348 "Applications" shall mean Licensee's software products created using the
349 Licensed Software which may include portions of the Licensed Software.
351 "Term" shall mean the period of time six (6) months from the later of
352 (a) the Effective Date; or (b) the date the Licensed Software was
353 initially delivered to Licensee by The Qt Company. If no specific Effective
354 Date is set forth in the Agreement, the Effective Date shall be deemed to be
355 the date the Licensed Software was initially delivered to Licensee.
357 "Licensed Software" shall mean the computer software, "online" or
358 electronic documentation, associated media and printed materials,
359 including the source code, example programs and the documentation
360 delivered by The Qt Company to Licensee in conjunction with this Agreement.
362 "Party" or "Parties" shall mean Licensee and/or The Qt Company.
367 The Licensed Software is protected by copyright laws and international
368 copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and
369 treaties. The Licensed Software is licensed, not sold.
371 If Licensee provides any findings, proposals, suggestions or other
372 feedback ("Feedback") to The Qt Company regarding the Licensed Software,
373 The Qt Companyshall own all right, title and interest including the
374 intellectual property rights in and to such Feedback, excluding however any
375 existing patent rights of Licensee. To the extent Licensee owns or controls
376 any patents for such Feedback Licensee hereby grants to The Qt Company and
377 its Affiliates, a worldwide, perpetual, non-transferable, sublicensable,
378 royalty-free license to (i) use, copy and modify Feedback and to create
379 derivative works thereof, (ii) to make (and have made), use, import,
380 sell, offer for sale, lease, dispose, offer for disposal or otherwise
381 exploit any products or services of The Qt Company containing Feedback, and
382 (iii) sublicense all the foregoing rights to third party licensees and
383 customers of The Qt Company and/or its Affiliates.
385 3. VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT
387 By installing, copying, or otherwise using the Licensed Software,
388 Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If Licensee
389 does not agree to the terms of this Agreement, Licensee may not install,
390 copy, or otherwise use the Licensed Software. Upon Licensee's acceptance
391 of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, The Qt Company grants Licensee
392 the right to use the Licensed Software in the manner provided below.
397 4.1. Using and Copying
399 The Qt Company grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
400 time-limited license to use and copy the Licensed Software for sole purpose
401 of designing, developing and testing Applications, and evaluating and the
402 Licensed Software during the Term.
404 Licensee may install copies of the Licensed Software on an unlimited
405 number of computers provided that (a) if an individual, only such
406 individual; or (b) if a legal entity only its employees; use the
407 Licensed Software for the authorized purposes.
409 4.2 No Distribution or Modifications
411 Licensee may not disclose, modify, sell, market, commercialise,
412 distribute, loan, rent, lease, or license the Licensed Software or any
413 copy of it or use the Licensed Software for any purpose that is not
414 expressly granted in this Section 4. Licensee may not alter or remove
415 any details of ownership, copyright, trademark or other property right
416 connected with the Licensed Software. Licensee may not distribute any
417 software statically or dynamically linked with the Licensed Software.
419 4.3 No Technical Support
421 The Qt Company has no obligation to furnish Licensee with any technical
422 support whatsoever. Any such support is subject to separate agreement
428 The Licensed Software contains pre-release code that is not at the level
429 of performance and compatibility of a final, generally available,
430 product offering. The Licensed Software may not operate correctly and
431 may be substantially modified prior to the first commercial product
432 release, if any. The Qt Company is not obligated to make this or any later
433 version of the Licensed Software commercially available. The License
434 Software is "Not for Commercial Use" and may only be used for the
435 purposes described in Section 4. The Licensed Software may not be used
436 in a live operating environment where it may be relied upon to perform
437 in the same manner as a commercially released product or with data that
438 has not been sufficiently backed up.
440 6. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
442 The Licensed Software may provide links to third party libraries or code
443 (collectively "Third Party Software") to implement various functions.
444 Third Party Software does not comprise part of the Licensed Software. In
445 some cases, access to Third Party Software may be included along with
446 the Licensed Software delivery as a convenience for development and
447 testing only. Such source code and libraries may be listed in the
448 ".../src/3rdparty" source tree delivered with the Licensed Software or
449 documented in the Licensed Software where the Third Party Software is
450 used, as may be amended from time to time, do not comprise the Licensed
451 Software. Licensee acknowledges (1) that some part of Third Party
452 Software may require additional licensing of copyright and patents from
453 the owners of such, and (2) that distribution of any of the Licensed
454 Software referencing any portion of a Third Party Software may require
455 appropriate licensing from such third parties.
458 7. LIMITED WARRANTY AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
460 The Licensed Software is licensed to Licensee "as is". To the maximum
461 extent permitted by applicable law, The Qt Company on behalf of itself and
462 its suppliers, disclaims all warranties and conditions, either express or
463 implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of
464 merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
465 non-infringement with regard to the Licensed Software.
468 8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
470 If, The Qt Company's warranty disclaimer notwithstanding, The Qt Company is
471 held liable to Licensee, whether in contract, tort or any other legal theory,
472 based on the Licensed Software, The Qt Company's entire liability to Licensee
473 and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be, at The Qt Company's option, either
474 (A) return of the price Licensee paid for the Licensed Software, or (B)
475 repair or replacement of the Licensed Software, provided Licensee
476 returns to The Qt Company all copies of the Licensed Software as originally
477 delivered to Licensee. The Qt Company shall not under any circumstances be
478 liable to Licensee based on failure of the Licensed Software if the failure
479 resulted from accident, abuse or misapplication, nor shall The Qt Company
480 under any circumstances be liable for special damages, punitive or exemplary
481 damages, damages for loss of profits or interruption of business or for
482 loss or corruption of data. Any award of damages from The Qt Company to
483 Licensee shall not exceed the total amount Licensee has paid to
484 The Qt Company in connection with this Agreement.
489 Each party acknowledges that during the Term of this Agreement it shall
490 have access to information about the other party's business, business
491 methods, business plans, customers, business relations, technology, and
492 other information, including the terms of this Agreement, that is
493 confidential and of great value to the other party, and the value of
494 which would be significantly reduced if disclosed to third parties (the
495 "Confidential Information"). Accordingly, when a party (the "Receiving
496 Party") receives Confidential Information from another party (the
497 "Disclosing Party"), the Receiving Party shall, and shall obligate its
498 employees and agents and employees and agents of its Affiliates to: (i)
499 maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence; (ii) not
500 disclose the Confidential Information to a third party without the
501 Disclosing Party's prior written approval; and (iii) not, directly or
502 indirectly, use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than
503 for exercising its rights and fulfilling its responsibilities pursuant
504 to this Agreement. Each party shall take reasonable measures to protect
505 the Confidential Information of the other party, which measures shall
506 not be less than the measures taken by such party to protect its own
507 confidential and proprietary information.
509 "Confidential Information" shall not include information that (a) is or
510 becomes generally known to the public through no act or omission of the
511 Receiving Party; (b) was in the Receiving Party's lawful possession
512 prior to the disclosure hereunder and was not subject to limitations on
513 disclosure or use; (c) is developed by the Receiving Party without
514 access to the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party or by
515 persons who have not had access to the Confidential Information of the
516 Disclosing Party as proven by the written records of the Receiving
517 Party; (d) is lawfully disclosed to the Receiving Party without
518 restrictions, by a third party not under an obligation of
519 confidentiality; or (e) the Receiving Party is legally compelled to
520 disclose the information, in which case the Receiving Party shall assert
521 the privileged and confidential nature of the information and cooperate
522 fully with the Disclosing Party to protect against and prevent
523 disclosure of any Confidential Information and to limit the scope of
524 disclosure and the dissemination of disclosed Confidential Information
525 by all legally available means.
527 The obligations of the Receiving Party under this Section shall continue
528 during the Initial Term and for a period of five (5) years after
529 expiration or termination of this Agreement. To the extent that the
530 terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between The Qt Company and Licensee
531 conflict with the terms of this Section 9, this Section 9 shall be
532 controlling over the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement.
535 10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
539 Licensee shall not be entitled to assign or transfer all or any of its
540 rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement without the prior
541 written consent of The Qt Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
545 The Qt Company may terminate the Agreement at any time immediately upon
546 written notice by The Qt Company to Licensee if Licensee breaches this
549 Upon termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall return to The Qt Company
550 all copies of Licensed Software that were supplied by The Qt Company. All
551 other copies of Licensed Software in the possession or control of Licensee
552 must be erased or destroyed. An officer of Licensee must promptly
553 deliver to The Qt Company a written confirmation that this has occurred.
555 10.3 Surviving Sections
557 Any terms and conditions that by their nature or otherwise reasonably
558 should survive a cancellation or termination of this Agreement shall
559 also be deemed to survive. Such terms and conditions include, but are
560 not limited to the following Sections: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4,
561 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 of this Agreement.
563 10.4 Entire Agreement
565 This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement between the parties
566 and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous discussions,
567 representations, and proposals, written or oral, with respect to the
568 subject matters discussed herein, with the exception of the
569 non-disclosure agreement executed by the parties in connection with this
570 Agreement ("Non-Disclosure Agreement"), if any, shall be subject to
571 Section 9. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless
572 contained in a writing executed by an authorized representative of each
573 party. No term or condition contained in Licensee's purchase order shall
574 apply unless expressly accepted by The Qt Company in writing. If any provision
575 of the Agreement is found void or unenforceable, the remainder shall remain
576 valid and enforceable according to its terms. If any remedy provided is
577 determined to have failed for its essential purpose, all limitations of
578 liability and exclusions of damages set forth in this Agreement shall
583 Licensee acknowledges that the Licensed Software may be subject to
584 export control restrictions of various countries. Licensee shall fully
585 comply with all applicable export license restrictions and requirements
586 as well as with all laws and regulations relating to the importation of
587 the Licensed Software and shall procure all necessary governmental
588 authorizations, including without limitation, all necessary licenses,
589 approvals, permissions or consents, where necessary for the
590 re-exportation of the Licensed Software.,
592 10.6 Governing Law and Legal Venue
594 This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the
595 laws of Finland, excluding its choice of law provisions. Any disputes
596 arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be resolved in
597 arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of
598 Helsinki, Finland. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one (1), or
599 if either Party so requires, of three (3), arbitrators. The award shall
600 be final and binding and enforceable in any court of competent
601 jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Helsinki, Finland and the
602 process shall be conducted in the English language.
604 10.7 No Implied License
606 There are no implied licenses or other implied rights granted under this
607 Agreement, and all rights, save for those expressly granted hereunder,
608 shall remain with The Qt Company and its licensors. In addition, no licenses
609 or immunities are granted to the combination of the Licensed Software with
610 any other software or hardware not delivered by The Qt Company under this
613 10.8 Government End Users
615 A "U.S. Government End User" shall mean any agency or entity of the
616 government of the United States. The following shall apply if Licensee
617 is a U.S. Government End User. The Licensed Software is a "commercial
618 item," as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995),
619 consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer
620 software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212
621 (Sept. 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1
622 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. Government End Users acquire
623 the Licensed Software with only those rights set forth herein. The
624 Licensed Software (including related documentation) is provided to U.S.
625 Government End Users: (a) only as a commercial end item; and (b) only
626 pursuant to this Agreement.