KnowledgeTree On-premise Commercial End-User License Agreement Version 2.0
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. BY INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTITY LICENSING THE SOFTWARE AND WHO IS BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT (“THE COMPANY”) TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY TO BIND THE COMPANY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.
This is an agreement entered
into by and between you (the “Company”) and The Jam Warehouse
Software (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiaries (“Jam”). This Agreement
states the terms and conditions upon which Jam offers to license the
KnowledgeTree Commercial Editions software provided in this package
together with all related documentation and accompanying items including,
but not limited to, the executable programs, drivers, libraries and
data files associated with such programs (collectively, the “Software”).
DEFINITIONS
Accessible Code means source code contained within the Software that is accessible under this Agreement.
Affiliate means a company which is controlled, under common control or controlling the Company during the period of such control. For the purposes of this Agreement, "control" shall mean ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the shares in the Company (or other voting securities) which vote for the election of the board of directors or other managing body of the Company.
End User means a full time employee, contractor or agent of the Company and its Affiliates authorized by the Company to use the Software as per the terms of this Agreement.
OEM Distribution means distribution of the Software as either a bundled add-on to, or embedded component of, another application with such application being made available to its users as, but not limited to, an on-premise application, a hosted application, a Software-as-a-Service offering or a subscription service for which the distributor of the application receives a license fee or any form of direct or indirect compensation.
Protected Code means source code contained within the Software that is protected against access by Jam and is not accessible under this Agreement.
Distribution Archive means a software installer package or any other distribution medium commonly utilized to package and distribute software.
Grant of Rights
For the term of this Agreement and subject to the Company's payment of the licence fees as defined below Jam grants the Company a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use and modify the Software only for the Company's own internal use and limited to the number of End Users for which the Company has paid the applicable licence fee.
Company’s responsibility for End Users
The Company shall be responsible for any act or omission of all End Users and for their compliance with all of the terms of this Agreement. Any action or breach by any of the Company's employees, contractors, agents or Affiliates shall be deemed an action or breach by the Company of this Agreement and the Company hereby indemnifies and holds Jam harmless from any and all such breaches of this Agreement. The Company waives all of those defenses that the Company may have in law or otherwise which may be raised to avoid liability should the Company not be liable for its employees, contractors', agents' or Affiliates' acts, omissions and non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
Delivery and acceptance of the Software
The Software shall be deemed accepted once the Company has successfully downloaded and unpacked the Distribution Archive.
Restrictions
The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) remove or alter any copyright, trademark or proprietary notice in the Software; (ii) transfer, use or export the Software in violation of any laws or regulations of any government or governmental agency; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile or modify any protected code which forms part of the Software; (iv) distribute the Software via OEM Distribution without entering into a separate OEM Distribution Agreement with Jam; (v) redistribute the Accessible or Protected Code; (vi) use and or modify the Software to develop a competitive product; and (vii) commit any act or omission the likely result of which is that Jam’s reputation will be brought into disrepute or which act or omission could reasonably be expected to have or does have a material and adverse effect on Jam’s interests.
The Software includes licence
protection mechanisms that are designed to manage and protect the intellectual
property rights of Jam. The Company must not modify or alter those features
to try to defeat the Software use rules that the licence protection
mechanisms are designed to enforce.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, during the period of this Agreement the Company may continue to use the Software initially provided under this Agreement with the source code and licence key and use differing databases, web servers or operating systems than the database, web server or operating system initially selected by the Company on installation of the Software at no charge.
Proprietary Rights
Jam and its licensors shall own all right, title, and interest to the Software, technology, information, code or software provided to Company, including all portions, copies or modifications thereof. Except as expressly provided herein, no licenses of any kind are granted hereunder, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.
Fees and Payment
End User Accounts: The Company shall designate an Administrator and notify Jam of the identity and contact information for said Administrator. The Administrator may add End Users to the Company's subscription for the Software by placing an order with Jam. The Company is responsible for all activity occurring under the Company's End User's accounts. The Company shall notify Jam immediately of any unauthorized use of any password, account, copying or distribution of the Software or related proprietary material. End User accounts cannot be shared or used by more than one individual End User but may be reassigned to new End Users replacing former End Users.
Licence fee: The Company shall pay to Jam an amount specified on the KnowledgeTree
website for the number of End Users that Company selects. Payment of
the licence fee shall be due and payable as set forth in the terms and
conditions on the KnowledgeTree website. All fees paid to Jam are non-refundable.
The Company will also pay all taxes, including sales, use, personal
property, value-added, excise, customs fees, import duties, stamp duties
and any other similar taxes and duties, including penalties and interest,
imposed by any federal, state, provincial or other government entity
on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Records Retention: The Company shall maintain accurate records necessary to verify
the number of End Users. Upon Jam's written request, the Company shall
provide Jam with such records within ten (10) days. If the Company has
more End Users than the Company has paid for, the Company shall immediately
pay Jam an additional licence fee in addition to any costs incurred
by Jam associated with reviewing such records.
COPYRIGHT
The Software is owned by Jam
and/or its licensors and is protected by South African copyright laws
and any applicable international treaty provisions. The Company may
not remove the copyright notice from any copy of the Software or any
copy of the written materials, if any, accompanying the Software.
MERGER OR INTEGRATION
Should the Company merge any
portion of the Software or accessible code into, or integrate any portion
of the Software or accessible code with, any other program or code,
any portion of the Software or accessible code merged into or integrated
with another program, if any, will continue to be subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, and the Company must reproduce on
the merged or integrated portion all copyright and other proprietary
rights notices included in the originals of the Software or accessible
code.
TRANSFER OF LICENSE
The Company may not transfer
its licence in terms of this Agreement to any external third parties.
LIMITATIONS ON USING, COPYING,
AND MODIFYING THE SOFTWARE
Except to the extent expressly
permitted by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where
the Company acquired the Software, it may not use, copy or modify the
Software. Nor may the Company sub-license any of its rights under this
Agreement.
DECOMPILING, DISASSEMBLING,
OR REVERSE ENGINEERING
The Company acknowledges that the Software contains trade secrets and other proprietary information of Jam and its licensors. Except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where the Company is located, it may not decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Software, or engage in any other activities to obtain underlying information that is not visible to the user in connection with the normal use of the Software.
In particular, the Company agrees not for any purpose to transmit the
Software or display the Software's object code on any computer screen
or to make any hardcopy memory dumps of the Software's object code.
If the Company believes that it requires information related to the
interoperability of the Software with other programs, it shall not decompile
or disassemble the Software to obtain such information, and it agrees
to request such information from Jam at the address listed below. Upon
receiving such a request, Jam shall determine whether the Company requires
such information for a legitimate purpose and, if so, Jam will provide
such information to the Company within a reasonable time and on reasonable
conditions.
In any event, the Company will notify Jam of any information derived
from reverse engineering or such other activities, and the results thereof
will constitute the confidential information of Jam that may be used
only in connection with the Software.
DURATION AND
TERMINATION
The license granted to the
Company is effective for 1 (ONE) year. The license will also terminate
automatically without any notice from Jam if the Company fails to comply
with any term or condition of this Agreement. Upon termination, Jam
may also enforce any rights provided by law. The provisions of this
Agreement that protect the proprietary rights of Jam will continue in
force after termination.
DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTY
Jam does not warrant that the
functions contained in the Software will meet the Company’s requirements
or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted, error-free
or free from malicious code. For purposes of this paragraph, “malicious
code” means any program code designed to contaminate other computer
programs or computer data, consume computer resources, modify, destroy,
record, or transmit data, or in some other fashion usurp the normal
operation of the computer, computer system, or computer network, including
viruses, Trojan horses, droppers, worms, logic bombs, and the like.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
The Company assumes responsibility
for the support and fault-finding of any modifications made to the Software,
or merger and integration undertaken with or between any other program
or code.
Further, Jam shall not be liable
for the accuracy of any information provided by Jam or third party technical
support personnel, or any damages caused, either directly or indirectly,
by acts taken or omissions made by the Company or any End User as a
result of such technical support.
The Company assumes full responsibility
for the selection of the Software to achieve its intended results, and
for the installation, use and results obtained from the Software. The
Company also assumes the entire risk as it applies to the quality and
performance of the Software. Should the Software prove defective, the
Company (and not Jam, or its distributors or dealers) assumes the entire
cost of any and all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
Some countries/states do not
allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may
not apply to the Company. Jam disclaims all warranties of any kind if
the Software was customized, repackaged or altered in any way by any
third party other than Jam.
INFRINGEMENT
During any term of this Agreement,
if any portion of the Software is held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to infringe any third party intellectual property rights and the Company
incurs a liability or expense as a result of such holding, then the
Company’s sole remedy shall be, and Jam will, at its option: (i) obtain
the right for the Company to continue to use the Software consistent
with this Agreement; (ii) modify the Software so that it is non-infringing;
or (iii) replace the infringing component with a non-infringing component,
or (iv) refund all money paid in the then-current calendar quarter under
this Agreement and all of the Company’s rights and licenses under
this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
PUBLICITY RIGHTS
- The Company grants Jam the right to include the Company as a customer in promotional material for the Software or for Jam.
- The Company can deny Jam this right by submitting a written request via e-mail to marketing@knowledgetree.com> requesting to be excluded from such promotional material. Confirmation of such denial (via reply e-mail) must be received prior to purchasing for this to be effective.
- Should the Company come to be or already be included in promotional material, as a result of any prior purchases where the Company did not request exclusion from the promotional material, the Company can at any point, submit a written request via e-mail to marketing@knowledgetree.com to have Jam remove the Company’s name from the promotional material. Upon receipt of such request, Jam will remove any reference to the Company from such promotional material within 30 days and make no further reference to the Company.
During any term of this Agreement,
the Company grants to Jam a non-transferable, non-exclusive, license
to reproduce and display its logos, trademarks, trade names and similar
identifying material so that Jam may refer to the Company as a user
of the Software should Jam so desire, such as on the Jam website, in
press releases and in other marketing materials.
INDEMNIFICATION
If the Company distributes
the Software in violation of this Agreement, it hereby indemnifies,
hold harmless and defends Jam from and against any and all claims or
lawsuits, including attorney's fees and costs that arise, result from
or are connected with the use or distribution of the Software in violation
of this Agreement.
LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND
DAMAGES
In no event will Jam or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any personal injury or bodily injury (including death) to any persons caused by Jam's negligence, or for any lost profits, lost savings, LOSS OF USE, lost revenues or lost data arising from or relating to the Software or this Agreement, even if Jam or its licensors have been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will Jam’s liability or damages to THE COMPANY or any other person ever exceed the amount paid by THE COMPANY to use the Software, regardless of the form of the claim.
Some countries/states do not
allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential
damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to THE COMPANY.
GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
Programs delivered to the U.S.
Defense Dept. are delivered with Restricted Rights and the following
applies: "Restricted Rights Legend: Use, duplication or disclosure
by Government is subject to restrictions as currently set forth in subparagraph
(c)(1)(ii) of DFARS 252-227-7013, Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software (October 1988). Software manufaturer is The Jam Warehouse Software
(Pty) Ltd., Unit 1, Tramber Place,Blake Street Observatory, Cape Town,
7925, South Africa. Programs delivered to a U.S. Government Agency not
within the Defense, Dept. are delivered with "Restricted Rights"
as defined in FAR 52.227-14, Rights in Data - General, including Alternate
III (June 1987).
CONTRACTOR/MANUFACTURER
The Contractor/Manufacturer for the Software is:
The Jam Warehouse Software (Pty) Ltd.
Unit 1, Tramber Place
Blake Street
Observatory
Cape Town
7925
South Africa
Phone: +27 21 4477440
Fax:
+27 21 4477449
GENERAL
This Agreement is binding on
the Company as well as its employees, employers, contractors and agents,
and on any successors and assignees. Neither the Software nor any information
derived therefrom may be exported except in accordance with the laws
of the Republic of South Africa or other applicable provisions. This
Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. This
Agreement is the entire agreement between Jam and the Company and the
Company agrees that Jam will not have any liability for any untrue statement
or representation made by it, its agents or anyone else (whether innocently
or negligently) upon which the Company relied upon entering this Agreement,
unless such untrue statement or representation was made fraudulently.
This Agreement supersedes any other understandings
or agreements, including, but not limited to, advertising, with respect
to the Software. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid
or unenforceable by any country or government agency having jurisdiction,
that particular provision will be deemed modified to the extent necessary
to make the provision valid and enforceable, and the remaining provisions
will remain in full force and effect.

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