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Vishal Bhoj7b3cf212017-10-04 22:12:32 +05301End User License Agreement for Software related to Hisilicon HiKey960 Board
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3THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
4YOU (EITHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, OR SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY) AND HISILICON
5TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. ("HISILICON") FOR THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE ACCOMPANYING
6THIS AGREEMENT. HISILICON IS ONLY WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU ON
7CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT. BY CLICKING I
8AGREE OR BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING OR COPYING THE SOFTWARE YOU
9INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF
10YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, HISILICON IS UNWILLING
11TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU AND YOU MAY NOT INSTALL, USE OR COPY THE
12SOFTWARE, AND YOU SHALL PROMPTLY DESTROY, DELETE, OR RETURN THE SOFTWARE TO
13YOUR SUPPLIER.
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15SOFTWARE means the software in object code provided under the terms of this Agreement related
16to Hisilicon HiKey960 Board.
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181. GRANT OF LICENSE
19In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following terms, and subject to the terms and conditions of
20this Agreement, HISILICON hereby grants YOU, a non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable,
21worldwide copyright license (without the right to sublicense) to use and copy the SOFTWARE solely for the
22purpose of designing or developing applications for use in conjunction with Hisilicon HiKey960 Board.
23All rights to the SOFTWARE and all intellectual property rights contained therein shall remain the sole and
24exclusive property of HISILICON. The SOFTWARE is licensed not sold. Except as expressly licensed in
25Clause 1, in no event shall the license granted in this Clause 1 be construed as granting YOU expressly or by
26implication, estoppels or otherwise, licenses to any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to
27patent rights, copyrights, trademark or trade secret in the SOFTWARE.
28No right is granted to YOU under this Agreement to manufacture, have manufactured, or sell, supply or
29distribute any products which have taken into use or which embody any of the SOFTWARE or any of the
30intellectual property rights embodied therein.
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322. RESTRICTIONS
33This Agreement does not prevent YOU from using the SOFTWARE for internal benchmarking purposes.
34However, YOU shall treat any and all benchmarking data relating to the SOFTWARE, and any other results of
35your use or testing of the SOFTWARE which are indicative of its performance, efficacy, reliability or quality,
36as confidential information and YOU shall not disclose such information to any third party without the express
37written permission of HISILICON.
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39YOU shall reproduce and not remove or obscure any notice incorporated by HISILICON in the SOFTWARE to
40protect HISILICONs intellectual property rights embodied therein.
41YOU shall not decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the SOFTWARE.
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433. FEEDBACK
44YOU may choose to provide suggestions, comments, feedback, ideas, modifications or know-how (whether in
45oral or written form) relating to the use of the SOFTWARE ("Feedback") to HISILICON under the terms of this
46Agreement. YOU hereby grants to HISILICON and its affiliates, under all of your and your affiliates (as applicable)
47intellectual property rights, a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, non-exclusive, worldwide license
48to (i) use, copy and modify the Feedback; (ii) sell, supply, or otherwise distribute the Feedback; (iii) design,
49have designed, manufacture, have manufactured, use, import, sell, and otherwise distribute and dispose of
50products that incorporate the Feedback; and (iv) sublicense (together with the rights to further sublicense) the
51rights granted in this paragraph to any third party.
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534. NO WARRANTY
54YOU AGREE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY HISILICON ON AN "AS IS" BASIS.
55HISILICON MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT
56TO ANY OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
57OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
58NON-INFRINGEMENT.
59YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL LIABILITIES AND RISKS, FOR USE OR OPERATION OF THE
60SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DESIGNED OR
61INTENDED FOR MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS PACEMAKERS, WEAPONRY,
62AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION, FACTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS, ETC. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE
63PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
64REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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665. NO LIABILITY
67PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD USE
68THE SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
69IN NO EVENT SHALL HISILICON BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
70INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
71PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
72BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE
73THE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT
74(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF HISILICON
75HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EVEN IF THE SOFTWARE HAS
76ANY MATERIAL, VERIFIABLE, AND REPRODUCIBLE PROGRAM ERRORS, HISILICON SHALL
77HAVE NO LIABILITY TO MODIFY SUCH ERRORS.
78NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE
79MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF HISILICON TO YOU IN AGGREGATE FOR ALL CLAIMS MADE AGAINST
80HISILICON IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
81SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL OF SUMS
82RECEIVED BY HISILICON FROM YOU FOR THIS AGREEMENT. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE
83THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE OR EXTEND THE LIMIT.
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856. CONFIDENTIALITY
86YOU acknowledge and agree that the SOFTWARE and any benchmarking data and related information
87provided under this Agreement contain trade secrets and confidential material of HISILICON and YOU agree
88to maintain all such information in confidence and apply security measures no less stringent than the measures
89which YOU apply to protect your own like information, but not less than a reasonable degree of care, to prevent
90their unauthorized disclosure and use. The period of confidentiality shall be indefinite. YOU agree not to use
91any such information other than in normal use of the SOFTWARE under the license granted in this Agreement.
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937. TERM AND TERMINATION
94This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated. HISILICON may terminate this Agreement at any time
95with or without any cause. Upon termination of this Agreement, YOU shall immediately stop using the
96SOFTWARE and confidential information and destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE and confidential
97information in your possession, together with all documentation and related materials. The provisions
98of clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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1008. GENERAL
101Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to
102the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without affecting, impairing or invalidating the remaining
103provisions hereof.
104The failure by HISILICON to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, unless waived in writing,
105shall not constitute a waiver of HISILICON's rights to enforce such provision or any other provision of
106this Agreement in the future.
107At HISILICONs request, YOU agree to check your computers for installations of the SOFTWARE and any
108other information requested by HISILICON relating to SOFTWARE installation and to provide this
109information to HISILICON. YOU agree that employees or auditors nominated by HISILICON may also
110perform such checking and reporting on behalf of HISILICON by prior appointment during your normal
111business hours on seven (7) days notice. HISILICON shall bear the auditors costs for that audit unless it
112reveals unlicensed usage in which case YOU shall promptly reimburse HISILICON for all reasonable costs and
113expenses, including professional fees, relating to such audit.
114The SOFTWARE provided under this Agreement is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the
115U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import
116regulations in other countries. YOU agree to comply fully with all laws and regulations of the United
117States and other countries ("Export Laws") to assure that the SOFTWARE, is not (1) exported, directly
118or indirectly, in violation of Export Laws, either to any countries that are subject to U.S.A. export
119restrictions or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in the U.S.A. export
120transactions by any federal agency of the U.S.A. government; or (2) intended to be used for any
121purpose prohibited by Export Laws, including, without limitation, nuclear, chemical, or biological
122weapons proliferation.
123This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Peoples Republic of China,
124without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement
125shall be submitted to Shenzhen Longgang District Peoples court and parties waive all objections to that
126jurisdiction and venue.