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Dmitry Shmidt5d080802017-04-11 14:20:03 -07001End User License Agreement for Software related to Hisilicon HiKey960 Board
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3THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT
4BETWEEN YOU (EITHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, OR SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY) AND
5HISILICON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. ("HISILICON") FOR THE USE OF THE
6SOFTWARE ACCOMPANYING THIS AGREEMENT. HISILICON IS ONLY WILLING TO
7LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU ON CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE
8TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT. BY CLICKING I AGREE OR BY INSTALLING OR
9OTHERWISE USING OR COPYING THE SOFTWARE YOU INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO
10BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO
11THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, HISILICON IS UNWILLING TO LICENSE THE
12SOFTWARE TO YOU AND YOU MAY NOT INSTALL, USE OR COPY THE SOFTWARE, AND
13YOU SHALL PROMPTLY DESTROY, DELETE, OR RETURN THE SOFTWARE TO YOUR
14SUPPLIER.
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17SOFTWARE means the software in object code provided under the terms
18of this Agreement related to Hisilicon HiKey960 Board.
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211. GRANT OF LICENSE
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23In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following terms,
24and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, HISILICON
25hereby grants YOU, a non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
26revocable, worldwide copyright license (without the right to
27sublicense) to use and copy the SOFTWARE solely for the purpose of
28designing or developing applications for use in conjunction with
29Hisilicon HiKey960 Board.
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31All rights to the SOFTWARE and all intellectual property rights
32contained therein shall remain the sole and exclusive property of
33HISILICON. The SOFTWARE is licensed not sold. Except as expressly
34licensed in Clause 1, in no event shall the license granted in this
35Clause 1 be construed as granting YOU expressly or by implication,
36estoppels or otherwise, licenses to any intellectual property rights,
37including but not limited to patent rights, copyrights, trademark or
38trade secret in the SOFTWARE.
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40No right is granted to YOU under this Agreement to manufacture, have
41manufactured, or sell, supply or distribute any products which have
42taken into use or which embody any of the SOFTWARE or any of the
43intellectual property rights embodied therein.
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462. RESTRICTIONS
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48This Agreement does not prevent YOU from using the SOFTWARE for
49internal benchmarking purposes. However, YOU shall treat any and all
50benchmarking data relating to the SOFTWARE, and any other results of
51your use or testing of the SOFTWARE which are indicative of its
52performance, efficacy, reliability or quality, as confidential
53information and YOU shall not disclose such information to any third
54party without the express written permission of HISILICON.
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56YOU shall reproduce and not remove or obscure any notice incorporated
57by HISILICON in the SOFTWARE to protect HISILICONs intellectual
58property rights embodied therein.
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60YOU shall not decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the SOFTWARE.
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633. FEEDBACK
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65YOU may choose to provide suggestions, comments, feedback, ideas,
66modifications or know-how (whether in oral or written form) relating
67to the use of the SOFTWARE ("Feedback") to HISILICON under the terms
68of this Agreement. YOU hereby grants to HISILICON and its affiliates,
69under all of your and your affiliates (as applicable) intellectual
70property rights, a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free,
71non-exclusive, worldwide license to (i) use, copy and modify the
72Feedback; (ii) sell, supply, or otherwise distribute the Feedback;
73(iii) design, have designed, manufacture, have manufactured, use,
74import, sell, and otherwise distribute and dispose of products that
75incorporate the Feedback; and (iv) sublicense (together with the
76rights to further sublicense) the rights granted in this paragraph to
77any third party.
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804. NO WARRANTY
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82YOU AGREE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY HISILICON ON AN "AS IS"
83BASIS. HISILICON MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
84WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
85IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS
86FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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88YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL LIABILITIES AND RISKS, FOR USE OR OPERATION
89OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
90DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS
91PACEMAKERS, WEAPONRY, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION, FACTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS,
92ETC. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST
93OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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965. NO LIABILITY
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98PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU
99SHOULD USE THE SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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101IN NO EVENT SHALL HISILICON BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
102SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT
103LIMITATION, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
104DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF
105THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND
106WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT
107LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF HISILICON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
108THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EVEN IF THE SOFTWARE HAS ANY MATERIAL,
109VERIFIABLE, AND REPRODUCIBLE PROGRAM ERRORS, HISILICON SHALL HAVE NO
110LIABILITY TO MODIFY SUCH ERRORS.
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112NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT,
113THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF HISILICON TO YOU IN AGGREGATE FOR ALL CLAIMS
114MADE AGAINST HISILICON IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN
115CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED
116THE TOTAL OF SUMS RECEIVED BY HISILICON FROM YOU FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
117THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE OR EXTEND THE
118LIMIT.
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1216. CONFIDENTIALITY
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123YOU acknowledge and agree that the SOFTWARE and any benchmarking data
124and related information provided under this Agreement contain trade
125secrets and confidential material of HISILICON and YOU agree to
126maintain all such information in confidence and apply security
127measures no less stringent than the measures which YOU apply to
128protect your own like information, but not less than a reasonable
129degree of care, to prevent their unauthorized disclosure and use. The
130period of confidentiality shall be indefinite. YOU agree not to use
131any such information other than in normal use of the SOFTWARE under
132the license granted in this Agreement.
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1357. TERM AND TERMINATION
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137This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated. HISILICON may
138terminate this Agreement at any time with or without any cause. Upon
139termination of this Agreement, YOU shall immediately stop using the
140SOFTWARE and confidential information and destroy all copies of the
141SOFTWARE and confidential information in your possession, together
142with all documentation and related materials. The provisions of
143clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive termination of this
144Agreement.
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1478. GENERAL
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149Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable
150in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such
151prohibition or unenforceability without affecting, impairing or
152invalidating the remaining provisions hereof.
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154The failure by HISILICON to enforce any of the provisions of this
155Agreement, unless waived in writing, shall not constitute a waiver of
156HISILICON's rights to enforce such provision or any other provision of
157this Agreement in the future.
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159At HISILICON’s request, YOU agree to check your computers for
160installations of the SOFTWARE and any other information requested by
161HISILICON relating to SOFTWARE installation and to provide this
162information to HISILICON. YOU agree that employees or auditors
163nominated by HISILICON may also perform such checking and reporting on
164behalf of HISILICON by prior appointment during your normal business
165hours on seven (7) days’ notice. HISILICON shall bear the auditors’
166costs for that audit unless it reveals unlicensed usage in which case
167YOU shall promptly reimburse HISILICON for all reasonable costs and
168expenses, including professional fees, relating to such audit.
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170The SOFTWARE provided under this Agreement is subject to U.S. export
171control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its
172associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import
173regulations in other countries. YOU agree to comply fully with all
174laws and regulations of the United States and other countries ("Export
175Laws") to assure that the SOFTWARE, is not (1) exported, directly or
176indirectly, in violation of Export Laws, either to any countries that
177are subject to U.S.A. export restrictions or to any end user who has
178been prohibited from participating in the U.S.A. export transactions
179by any federal agency of the U.S.A. government; or (2) intended to be
180used for any purpose prohibited by Export Laws, including, without
181limitation, nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons proliferation.
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183This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
184the laws of People’s Republic of China, without reference to the
185principles of conflicts of laws. Any dispute arising out of or
186relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to Shenzhen Longgang
187District People’s court and parties waive all objections to that
188jurisdiction and venue.
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