End User License Agreement for PuguaSoft Products version 10.06.09The individual using this software represents and warrants that he or she has authority as given by the Subscriber to enter into this agreement with PuguaSoft LLC that he or she has read the terms and conditions set out herein and that the Subscriber agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions. If the Subscriber does not agree with the terms and conditions the Subscriber must not use or permit the use of the Product. 1. Definitions The following terms are used in this agreement:
2. License Fee A one-time fee, where applicable as designated by Product, paid, without deduction or set-off, by Licensee to PuguaSoft LLC in consideration for the Authorized Use of the Product. License Fee is non-refundable and payable upon acceptance of the terms and conditions set out herein.
3. Grant of License Subject to the terms of this agreement, including limitations defined by the License, PuguaSoft LLC grants to Licensee, and Licensee accepts from PuguaSoft LLC, a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable License to use the Product.
4. Consumer Rights Nothing in this License shall affect Statutory Consumer Rights in cases where the Product has been purchased for purposes other than business or professional use.
5. No Warranty Save as provided in clause 14 below, the Product is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranty, express or implied, of any kind or nature, including, but not limited to, any warranties of performance or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, including without limitation that PuguaSoft LLC does not warranty that the Product will be error-free, complete, or correct. PuguaSoft LLC provides evaluation copies of the Product so that customers can assess the Product. Without limitation, PuguaSoft LLC will not be liable to any person for any loss, damage, cost, expense or other claim (including consequential damages and loss of profits) in relation to the Product including, without limitation:
6. PuguaSoft LLC's Obligations Upon receipt of Licensee Fee from Licensee, PuguaSoft LLC will (a) supply the Licensee with the Product and License Key via electronic download, invoice/receipt, electronic mail, or by fax; and (b) provide Software Maintenance as defined in Section 7, for a period described in the order/invoice (which may be none) from the Commencement Date (the "Initial Maintenance Period").
7. Software Maintenance Software Maintenance includes PuguaSoft LLC's provisioning to Licensee Product updates and/or enhancements made generally available to customers from time to time, and online technical support to one Licensee-designated technical contact for the sole purpose of addressing technical issues relating to the use of the Product (excluding any form of on-site visits by PuguaSoft LLC personnel or contractors). The Initial Maintenance Period may be renewed for additional twelve (12) month periods ("Renewal Period") at the then-current rate for Software Maintenance. Subsequent Renewal Periods commence upon the expiration of the prior Software Maintenance regardless of when it is purchased.
8. Licensee Obligations The Licensee must at all times:
9. Unauthorized Use and Distribution Licensee may not, whether through reckless, deliberate or negligent act or act of omission:
Licensee is required to immediately report in writing its knowledge of any violations of the foregoing to PuguaSoft LLC. Any such violations will entitle PuguaSoft LLC and/or its Licensor to, in addition to any other right or claim that PuguaSoft LLC or Embedded Software Licensor may have against Licensee, charge the Licensee a fee calculated by the number of prohibited distributions or unauthorized uses/accesses multiplied by the respective list prices, as at the date of the distributions or unauthorized uses/accesses, of the Product or the Embedded Software Licensor charges for the Product or Embedded Software respectively. For the avoidance of doubt such liability is in addition to any liability to satisfy any other right or claim that PuguaSoft LLC may have against the Licensee.
10. Investigation of Unauthorized Use and Distribution If PuguaSoft LLC reasonably suspects that a Product has been supplied distributed to or obtained by any person or party without PuguaSoft LLC's prior written consent, or that Embedded Software and/or Accessible Code and/or Protected Code is being accessed or used independently of the Product, the Licensee, on written request, will provide full evidence, including, but not limited to, a certificate from the company auditor (if the Licensee is incorporated) or a professionally qualified accountant (if the Licensee is not incorporated), following examination of all relevant records and correspondence and documentation, financial and otherwise, of the Licensee and oral inquiry of its managers and owners, that relates in any way to whether or not there has been total compliance with Authorized Use of the Product, Embedded Software, Accessible Code and Protected Code and, if there has not been such total compliance, to provide to PuguaSoft LLC the detail and evidence of the extent of such non-compliance.
11. Licensee's Restrictions Licensee must not, without the prior written consent of PuguaSoft LLC, which may, in its absolute discretion, be withheld or be subject to conditions:
For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Licensee is permitted to modify the Accessible Code to develop bug fixes, customizations, or additional features, solely for the purpose of using the Product as defined in, and during the term of, this Agreement. Under no circumstance may Licensee embed the Accessible Code into another application without prior written consent from PuguaSoft LLC, nor shall Licensee copy elements of the Accessible Code into other applications. In addition, the Product includes license protection mechanisms that are designed to manage and protect the intellectual property rights of PuguaSoft LLC. Licensee must not modify or alter those features or, by act or default, permit or enable or give opportunity to others to so do. The Accessible Code and Embedded Software, and all copies, whether in digital or written form, must be destroyed after the termination of this Agreement in a manner that is permanent and in such a way that the data and Code and Software can never be recovered.
12. Term The term of this agreement begins on the Commencement Date and will continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with Clause 13.
13. Termination This agreement may be terminated by either party if the other party commits a material breach. Either party will have thirty (30) days from notification in writing from the other, or, in the absence of such notification, its knowledge of such breaches, whichever is the earlier, to remedy any material breaches and, in the absence of such remedy after such period, this Agreement may then forthwith be terminated by the other party by notice in writing. Immediately upon termination, the Licensee guarantees that any Accessible Code in possession, custody or control of Licensee or Authorized Users, will be destroyed and written confirmation of such destruction and of the manner of destruction, including the extent and number of times that any hard drive or other storage media containing the Accessible Code, is wiped as well as identification of the software application and version utilized for that purpose, provided forthwith to PuguaSoft LLC. Clauses 1, 2, 4 - 6, 8.3, 9 - 11, 14 - 22 shall survive any termination of this agreement.
14. Limitation of Liability Where any law implies in this agreement any term, condition or warranty and that law avoids or prohibits a provision of this agreement excluding or modifying the application of or liability under any term, condition or warranty then the liability of PuguaSoft LLC is limited to:
PUGUASOFT LLC CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY PARTY RELATED TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR INSTALLATION OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEES PAID TO PUGUASOFT LLC BY YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION OR CLAIMS IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, INDEMNITY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATION, AND OTHER TORTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL PUGUASOFT LLC BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY PARTY RELATED TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF PUGUASOFT LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
15. Intellectual Property The Licensee acknowledges that the Product and all intellectual property rights in relation to the Product are the property of PuguaSoft LLC or the Licensors and PuguaSoft LLC is entitled to take whatever action it may decide in order to protect its intellectual property rights in the Product and further the Licensee will take whatever action is reasonable and necessary to protect such rights of PuguaSoft LLC.
16. Publicity Rights The Licensee grants PuguaSoft LLC the right to include the Licensee as a customer on PuguaSoft LLC's website or other promotional material in relation to the Product. Licensee can deny PuguaSoft LLC this right by submitting, prior to the issue by PuguaSoft LLC of the invoice for the License Fee, a request in writing to be excluded from all promotional material for the Product, whereupon, after 30 days of such request, and whether or not the Licensee had failed to submit such a request in respect of any prior purchase from PuguaSoft LLC, all references to the Licensee will be removed from all such promotional material. Should the customer come to be or already be included in Product promotional material, as a result of any prior purchases where the Licensee did not request exclusion from Product promotional material, the Licensee can at any point in time, submit a written request to have PuguaSoft LLC remove the Licensee's name from Product promotional material. Upon receipt of such request, PuguaSoft LLC will remove any reference to the Licensee from such promotional material within 30 days and make no further reference to the Licensee.
17. No assignment or amendment Licensee may, prior to termination under Clause 13, assign this agreement to succeeding parties in the case of a merger, acquisition or change of control so long as in doing so, PuguaSoft LLC is notified in writing within ninety (90) days of the closure of such transaction. PuguaSoft LLC may assign its rights and obligation under this agreement at any time, whether before or after termination, without consent of Licensee.
18. Tax Payments made by the Licensee under this agreement may incur taxes or duties payable in respect of the goods or services supplied in the jurisdiction where the payment is made or received. To the extent that any such taxes or duties are payable by PuguaSoft LLC in law to any authority empowered to collect same, the Licensee must forthwith, in addition to the License fee, pay to PuguaSoft LLC the amount of such taxes or duties. In the event the Licensee is exempt from such taxes or duties and, notwithstanding, payment of such taxes and duties has been made to PuguaSoft LLC, PuguaSoft LLC will , on request in writing from the Licensee, provide the Licensee with all documents necessary to enable the Licensee to obtain a tax or duty refund or credit.
19. Severance If any term or provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions will continue to have full force and effect. The failure of either party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, or the waiver of any aspect thereof, shall not be construed as a general waiver or relinquishment on its part of any other provision, which shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
20. Entire Agreement This Agreement together with any document expressly referred to in any of its terms, contains the entire Agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter covered and supersedes any previous Agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between the parties in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of this Agreement. Each party confirms that, in agreeing to enter into this Agreement, it has not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in this Agreement.
21. Variation No addition to, or modification of, any provision of this Agreement shall be binding on the parties unless made by a written instrument and signed by a director of each of the parties or, in the event either party is not an incorporated body, by the majority owner(s) for that party's business.
22. Notice For any notice that is to be served by either party on the other under this Agreement to be valid and binding it must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received by the other party at the earlier of service in person on any director of that other party or five (5) days after being sent by prepaid post and addressed to the applicable party.
23. United States Government Restricted Rights The Software and Documentation are provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(f)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights at 48 C.F.R. S:52.227-19, as applicable.
24. Governing Law and Choice of Forum This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Oregon, without regard to the conflicts of law rules thereof. Any claim or dispute arising in connection with this EULA shall be resolved in the federal or state courts situated within the Northern District of Oregon. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waive any objections to the jurisdiction or venue of such courts.
You acknowledge that Software is of U. S. origin. Recipient agrees to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the Software, including the U. S. Export Administration Regulations, as well as end-user, end-use and destination restrictions issued by U.S. and other governments.
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