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SAMPLE CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SAMPLE CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT SET FORTH

BELOW (THE AGREEMENT) GOVERN YOUR USE OF HIDs SAMPLE CODE FOR MIFARE CARDS V. 1.0.0.0 ("Sample Code") OWNED AND LICENSED BY HID GLOBAL CORPORATION ("HID"). YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT THESE TERMS ON YOUR OR IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF YOUR EMPLOYER, ON YOUR EMPLOYER'S BEHALF, AS APPLICABLE. THESE TERMS ARE LEGALLY BINDING ON YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYER, AS APPLICABLE (COLLECTIVELY "LICENSEE"). IF LICENSEE DOES NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE Sample Code. LICENSEE'S USE OF THE Sample Code SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE LICENSEE'S AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AS SET FORTH BELOW. HID MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE Sample Code OR THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THS AGREEMENT IS THE DATE THAT LICENSEE FIRST USES THE Sample Code. Copyright (c) 2011, HID Global Corporation All rights reserved. 1. License. HID hereby grants Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, fully-paid up, royalty free right and license to use the Sample Code consisting of source code files, header files and resource files solely for the purpose of the development by Licensee of application programs that are capable of interfacing with Mifare smart cards only and only for use of such applications in conjunction with HID manufactured or properly licensed readers. Any such application program is referred to in this Agreement as a Licensee Application. In order to use the Sample Code, Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensee must obtain a license to use Microsoft Visual Studio or the Express version of Microsoft Visual Studio from Microsoft Corporation. 2. Restrictions. Licensee may distribute the Sample Code solely as an integrated part of a Licensee Application and only for use of such applications in conjunction with HID manufactured or properly licensed readers. Licensee will not sublicense, rent, sell, loan, give, ship or otherwise distribute independently Sample Code header files, Sample Code example code, Sample Code documentation, sample code for using the Sample Code, or the linkable libraries in the Sample Code in any manner. Licensee will not incorporate the Sample Code into any software product that will be sold or licensed as a development tool. Licensee will not use the Sample Code to create a Licensee Application that functions with smart cards other than Mifare smart cards. 3. License to Licensees End User. A Licensee Application will be licensed to Licensees end user by an end user license agreement consistent with, and no less protective of HIDs rights than, this Agreement. 4. Support; Updates. HID is not required to provide maintenance, updates or technical support to Licensee for the Sample Code, except as otherwise may be agreed in writing. All updates, if any, which may be provided by HID are subject to this Agreement. Licensee, and not HID, will be solely responsible for providing technical support to end users for a Licensee Application. 5. Ownership. Title to the intellectual property included in the Sample Code and related documentation is owned by HID exclusively and is protected by the United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. HID retains all rights not expressly granted to Licensee in this Agreement. Title to the intellectual property included in any Licensee Application is owned by Licensee but excludes HIDs ownership rights in the Sample Code described in this Agreement. 6. Confidentiality. Licensee acknowledges that the Sample Code, and all documents provided with the Sample Code, contain HIDs confidential trade secret information ( Confidential Information). Confidential Information also includes the existence and terms of this Agreement. Licensee will keep the Confidential Information in confidence, in the same manner as Licensee maintains its own confidential

information, and in no event with less than a reasonable degree of care. Licensee will use the Confidential Information only for the purpose described in this Agreement. Licensee will limit the disclosure of Confidential Information to employees having a need-to-know, provided that each are under written confidentiality obligations similar to those contained in this Agreement. Licensee will make no written or electronic copies of the Confidential Information, except as allowed in this Agreement. Licensee may disclose the Confidential Information to the extent required by a court of law or government regulatory body, but first Licensee will give HID prompt notice to allow HID reasonable opportunity to obtain a protective order against such disclosure. HID will have all rights and remedies available to it at law or in equity for the protection of its rights hereunder, including an injunction enjoining the breach or threatened breach of this Section 6. Licensee and HID may have previously entered into or may in the future enter into a non-disclosure agreement. The terms of such non-disclosure agreement will supplement the terms of this Agreement and are considered by the parties to be part of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any nondisclosure agreement entered into by the parties, the more restrictive provisions of each will be controlling. 7. Term. This Agreement will be in effect for a one (1) year period after the Effective Date, and will automatically renew for additional terms of one (1) year each, unless this Agreement is terminated earlier in the manner described in this paragraph. This Agreement, along with all rights under this Agreement, may be terminated immediately at any time if the other party is in breach of any provision of this Agreement, and fails to cure the breach within ten (10) days after receiving notice of the breach. This Agreement, along with all rights under this Agreement, also may be terminated by HID immediately upon written notice at any time if Licensee is in breach of Sections 2 or 6. This Agreement also may be terminated by either party without cause at any time by giving ninety (90) da ys advance written notice to the other party. After a termination without cause or upon expiration of this Agreement, Licensee will have the right to continue to distribute and to use only the then-current version of a Licensee Application to interface with Mifare smart cards and only Mifare smart cards, but only for so long as Licensee does not breach the obligations under Sections 2, 3, 6 through 13, which will survive the termination of the Agreement. After expiration or termination of this Agreement with or without cause, Licensee will not have the right to use the Sample Code to develop or license a new Licensee Application or new versions of the Licensee Application. Licensee agrees to destroy all full or partial copies of the Sample Code, related documentation and Confidential Information after the expiration or termination of this Agreement with or without cause. 8. Names; Publicity. Except as indicated in paragraph 9, the parties will not refer to the other party by name or use the other partys logos, trademarks, service marks or trade names or the names of any products of the other in advertising, promotion materials, websites or otherwise without the prior express written permission of the other party in each and every instance. Any press releases relating to this Agreement will be jointly planned and coordinated by the parties. 9. Proprietary Notices. Licensee will not alter, remove or conceal any copyright or other proprietary rights notices that may appear on or within the Sample Code or related documentation. 10. Taxes. Licensee will pay all taxes, however designated, attributable to the license granted hereunder or arising out of this Agreement, including but not limited to all excise, sales, use, and personal property taxes, but excluding taxes on HIDs income. 11. 12. Export. Licensee will comply fully with all export laws and regulations. Limitations.

12.1 Disclaimer of Warranties. HID DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SAMPLE CODE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THE SAMPLE CODE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION WILL MEET LICENSEES NEEDS. THE SAMPLE CODE AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, AND HID DISCLAIMS AND PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. LICENSEE WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE OR PASS ON ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON BEHALF OF HID TO ANY THIRD PARTIES. 12.2 Exclusion of Consequential Damages. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HID, OR ANY OF ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE, EVEN IF SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN ADVISED OR WAS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES. 12.3 Indemnification. Licensee hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless HID and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, and expenses (including attorneys fees and costs) arising out of or relating to the Licensee Application, or any claim that Licensees use of the Sample Code in conjunction with the Licensee Application infringes the patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third party. 13. Miscellaneous. The provisions of this Agreement, other than Section 1, will survive its termination or expiration. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California excluding conflict of law rules and principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this Agreement. Both parties submit to personal jurisdiction in California and further agree that any legal action relating to this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the County of Orange, State of California (if under State law) or the Southern District of California (if under federal law). The parties hereby waive any claim that such venue is improper or inconvenient. Licensee may not assign or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without prior written consent of HID. Any such attempted assignment will be void. A change of control of Licensee. whether by way of merger, sale of stock, reorganization, or otherwise, will be deemed to constitute an assignment of this Agreement requiring HIDs prior written consent. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected thereby. This Agreement, together with any nondisclosure agreement between the parties, constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral and written proposals, representations, or other communication related to the subject matter hereof. The prevailing party in any legal action brought by one party against the other and arising out of this Agreement will be entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to it at law or in equity, to reimbursement for its costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses) incurred with respect to bringing and maintaining any such action. HID and Licensee are independent contractors. Neither party has any right or authority to assume or create any obligations of any kind or to make any representation or warranty on behalf of the other party, whether express or implied, or to bind the other party in any respect whatsoever.

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