Beta and Usability Test Non-Disclosure Agreement
THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (PERSONALLY AND/OR AS AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR EMPLOYER OR A LEGAL ENTITY) (“PARTICIPANT”) AND WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES ("WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION"). WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION AGREES TO LICENSE THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE TO PARTICIPANT ONLY IF PARTICIPANT ACCEPTS ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS PRE-RELEASE LICENSE AGREEMENT (“PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT”). BY CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON OR INDICATING ASSENT ELECTRONICALLY OR LOADING THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE USING THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE, PARTICIPANT CONSENTS TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT. EACH TIME PARTICIPANT ACCESSES PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE, PARTICIPANT ACCEPTS, ON EACH SUCH OCCASION, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT. IF PARTICIPANT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT THEN CLICK THE “I DO NOT ACCEPT” BUTTON OR INDICATE REFUSAL ELECTRONICALLY OR RETURN THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE TO WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION AND DO NOT LOAD OR USE THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE.
This Pre-Release Agreement is effective as of the date it is accepted by Participant (“Effective Date”) and sets forth the general terms and conditions under which WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION may, from time-to-time, provide to Participant the WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION software (“Pre-Release Software”) accompanying this Agreement or as otherwise identified on the applicable schedule to this Agreement (“Schedule”).
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION hereby grants to Participant a
nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable
license to use a binary copy of the Pre-Release
Software solely for Participant’s internal,
non-commercial testing and evaluation purposes or
as may be further described in a Schedule and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Pre-Release Agreement (the “Purpose”). If specified
in an applicable Schedule, Participant may use the
Pre-Release Software on a limited basis in a
production environment, but only to the extent
necessary to complete its testing and evaluation of
the Pre-Release Software, and provided that such use
is only for internal, non-commercial purposes.
Participant may make one copy of the Pre-Release
Software for backup and archival purposes or as
specified on the applicable Schedule. Participant
may not otherwise copy the Pre-Release Software.
2. TESTING. Participant will test and evaluate the
Pre-Release Software. In addition, Participant will
promptly report to WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION
any problems or defects encountered in the
Pre-Release Software.
3. TERM AND TERMINATION. During the term of the
Pre-Release Agreement, Participant will have the
right to use the Pre-Release Software for the
Purpose until: (i) ninety (90) days from the
Effective Date, (ii) the expiration date specified
in an executed Schedule, or (iii) the termination of
the Pre-Release Agreement or the applicable Schedule
as set forth below (“Test Period”). Either party
may terminate this Agreement or an applicable
Schedule at any time upon advanced written noticed
to the other party. Upon expiration or termination
of this Pre-Release Agreement or the applicable
Schedule, Participant will immediately cease all
usage of the Pre-Release Software and destroy and
erase from computer memory the Pre-Release Software
together with all copies, modifications and merged
portions in any form. If requested by
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION, Participant will
certify in writing within three (3) days of the
request that Participant has complied with the terms
of this provision. THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE MAY
CONTAIN CODE THAT WILL DISABLE THE PRE-RELEASE
SOFTWARE UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TEST PERIOD.
4. INSTALLATION AND USE. Participant may install the
Pre-Release Software onto the number of computers
solely as specified in the applicable Schedule or as
otherwise necessary to use the Pre-Release Software
in accordance with this Agreement.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. WARDROBETOOLS/A
BRIDGE SOLUTION and/or its licensors shall retain
all right, title and interest in the Pre-Release
Software, including without limitation, any and all
copies, improvements, enhancements, modifications
and derivative works thereof. Participant does not
acquire any rights, express or implied, in the
Pre-Release Software, other than those specified in
this Pre-Release Agreement. Participant shall
reproduce all titles, trademarks, copyright, and
restricted rights notices contained in the original
Pre-Release Software in any copies made, and all
such copies shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Pre-Release Agreement.
6. OTHER PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Participant agrees not to cause or permit the (i)
reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or
other attempt (a) to defeat, avoid, bypass, remove,
deactivate or otherwise circumvent any software
protection mechanisms in, or (b) to derive the
source code of the underlying ideas, algorithms,
structure or organization from the Pre-Release
Software, except to the extent required by law; (ii)
distribution, use, copying, modification, rental,
lease, sublease, sublicense, or transfer of the
Pre-Release Software or documentation thereto
(“Documentation”), except as expressly provided in
this Pre-Release Agreement; (iii)creation of any
derivative works based on the Pre-Release Software
or Documentation; (iv) use of the Pre-Release
Software or Documentation by or on behalf of any
party other than Participant. In addition, if
applicable, Participant may only use the Pre-Release
Software on a device that is the designated system
(as specified in the Schedule) to which such
Pre-Release Software is licensed.
7. FEEDBACK. Any comments or suggestions provided
by Participant regarding the Pre-Release Software
(the "Feedback") shall be deemed non-confidential to
Participant. By providing such Feedback,
Participant grants to WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION, under Participant’s intellectual property
rights, a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and
non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense
to WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION’s licensees and
customers, to use and disclose the Feedback in any
manner WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION chooses and
to display, perform, copy, make, have made, use,
sell, and otherwise dispose of WARDROBETOOLS/A
BRIDGE SOLUTION’s and its sublicensee’s products
embodying such Feedback in any manner and via any
media WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION or its
sublicensees choose, without reference or obligation
to Participant. Participant will not give
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION any Feedback (i)
that Participant has reason to believe is subject to
any patent, copyright, or other intellectual
property claim or right of any third party; or (ii)
subject to license terms that seek to require any
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION product
incorporating or derived from any Feedback, or other
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION intellectual
property, to be licensed to or otherwise shared with
any third party. Unless otherwise set forth in the
applicable exhibit or authorized by Participant in
writing, WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION shall not
use or reference Participant’s name in its public
use of such Feedback.
8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Pre-Release
Software, Documentation, Pre-Release
Software-related information and any other
proprietary technology or know how provided to
Participant by WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION under
this Pre-Release Agreement is the confidential
information of WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION
(“Confidential Information”). Participant will hold
all Confidential Information in confidence for a
period of five (5) years from the date of
termination or expiration of this Pre-Release
Agreement. Participant will use the Confidential
Information only as expressly authorized in this
Pre-Release Agreement and Participant will protect
the Confidential Information by using the same
degree of care as Participant would use to protect
its own Confidential Information of like nature, but
no less than a reasonable degree of care, from the
unauthorized use, dissemination or publication of
the Confidential Information. Participant is not
obligated with respect to Confidential Information
that Participant can prove: (a) is or becomes a
matter of public knowledge through no fault of
Participant; (b) is rightfully received by
Participant from a third party without a duty of
confidentiality; (c) is independently developed by
Participant (excluding the Feedback) without use or
reference to the Confidential Information; (d) is
disclosed under operation of law or (e) is disclosed
by Participant with WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION’s prior written consent. Unauthorized use
or disclosure of Confidential Information may cause
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION irreparable harm;
therefore, WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION will have
the right to enforce this agreement and any of its
provisions by injunctive or other equitable relief.
9. NO OBLIGATION. WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION is under no obligation to provide technical support for the Pre-Release Software; however, WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION may at its sole discretion elect to provide certain support for the Pre-Release Software. Any updates or support deliverables provided by WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION are included in the definition of “Pre-Release Software” for purposes of this Pre-Release Agreement. WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION is under no obligation to develop, maintain or market the Pre-Release Software or to release production or general availability versions. Future versions of the Pre-Release Software, if any, may not be compatible with the current evaluation release of the Pre-Release Software.
10. DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY. PARTICIPANT
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE IS
EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE AND IS PROVIDED TO
PARTICIPANT ON AN “AS IS" BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION
AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL CONDITIONS,
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT TO LIMITED TO
WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT AND UNDER
NO LEGAL THEORY SHALL WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO PARTICIPANT
FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATED TO THIS PRE-RELEASE AGREEMENT, EVEN IF
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
12. INDEMNIFICATION. Participant agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION from any and all claims, liability and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs, arising out of Participant’s use of the
Pre-Release Software or breach of any provision of
this Pre-Release Agreement. WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION reserves the right, in its sole discretion
and at its own expense, to assume the exclusive
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject
to indemnification by Participant. Participant will
provide reasonable cooperation in the defense of any
claim.
13. SURVIVING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Section 5
(“Intellectual Property Rights”), 6 (“Other
Pre-Release Agreement Restrictions”), 8
(“Confidential Information”), 9 (“No Obligation”),
10 (“Disclaimer of Warranties”), 11 (“Limitation of
Liability”), 12 (“Indemnification”), 16 (“General
Terms”) and 13 (“Surviving Terms and Conditions”)
will survive expiration or termination of this
Pre-Release Agreement.
14. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. The Pre-Release
Software and accompanying documentation are deemed
to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial
computer software documentation,” respectively,
pursuant to DFARS Section 227.7202 and FAR Section
12.212, as applicable. Any use, modification,
reproduction, release, performance, display or
disclosure of the Pre-Release Software and
accompanying documentation by the U.S. Government
shall be governed solely by the terms of this
Pre-Release Agreement and shall be prohibited except
to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of
this Pre-Release Agreement. Participant must affix
the following legend to each copy of the Pre-Release
Software: “Use, duplication, reproduction, or
transfer of this commercial software and
accompanying documentation is restricted in
accordance with FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202 and
the terms of this Pre-Release Agreement. Contact
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION, 7001 Red Apple
Road, Cane Ridge, Tennessee 37013, U.S.A."
15. EXPORT COMPLIANCE. The Pre-Release Software may
be controlled under the United States Export
Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and may be
subject to the approval of the United States
Department of Commerce prior to export or re-export.
Any export or re-export, directly or indirectly, in
contravention of the EAR, or any other applicable
national law, regulation, or order, is prohibited,
including but not limited to the laws of members of
the European Union and Singapore. The Pre-Release
Software is prohibited for export or re-export to
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria and to any
country or its nationals subject to embargo or
sanction, or to any entity or person for which an
export license is required per US and other national
restricted party lists. Use or facilitation of the
Pre-Release Software in connection with chemical,
biological, or nuclear weapons, or missiles, drones
or space launch vehicles capable of delivering such
weapons is prohibited, in accordance with U.S. law.
16. GENERAL TERMS. This is the entire agreement
between Participant and WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE
SOLUTION and supersedes any terms of any other
agreement that may be included with the Pre-Release
Software, including any shrink-wrap or click wrap.
This Pre-Release Agreement will be governed by and
construed under the laws of the State of Tennessee,
without giving effect to such state’s conflict of
laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding
related to this Pre-Release Agreement shall be
instituted in a state or federal court in Davidson
County, Tennessee. WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION
and Participant agree to submit to the jurisdiction
of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts
in any such legal action or proceeding.
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION shall have the
right to verify Participant’s compliance with its
obligations under this Agreement by performing a
reasonable review of Participant’s applicable
business records and the Participant’s use of the
Pre-Release Software within Participant’s computing
environment. If any provision of this Pre-Release
Agreement is ruled invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Pre-Release Agreement. No amendment to this
Pre-Release Agreement will be binding unless
evidenced by a writing signed by an authorized
representative of the party against whom it is
sought to be enforced. No waiver by either
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION or Participant of
any breach or default under this Pre-Release
Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
other breach or default under this Pre-Release
Agreement. Participant may not assign this
Pre-Release Agreement, in whole or in part and
whether by operation of contract, law or otherwise,
without the prior express written consent of
WARDROBETOOLS/A BRIDGE SOLUTION. A change of
control in the ownership of Participant shall
constitute an assignment.