END USER AGREEMENT
END USER AGREEMENT
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT!
- This End User Agreement (“Agreement”) is a binding legal document between Visual Link IT and you, which explains your rights and obligations as an End User of Visual Link IT products. “End User” means either (a) you as an individual or (b) your company, if you are using Visual Link IT products in your capacity as an employee or agent of a company. You identify the specific “End User” during the registration process. “Visual Link IT” means Visual Link IT Pty Ltd (ABN 94 604 733 217) of 82 Sydenham Road Marrickville, New South Wales 2204 Australia.
- By allowing the “I Agree to the terms and conditions of the End User Agreement” box to remain checked, or by installing or using any Visual Link IT products, End User agrees to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree to this Agreement, then uncheck the “I Accept” box and do not install or use Visual Link IT products.
- The “Agreement” also includes any Visual Link IT policies or documents referenced in this document, including Visual Link IT’s Privacy Policy at http://www.visuallinkit.com/privacy-policy
- From time to time, Visual Link IT may modify this Agreement, including any referenced policies and other documents. Any modified version will be effective at the time it is posted. To keep abreast of your license rights and relevant restrictions, please bookmark this Agreement and read it periodically. By using any Product after any modifications, End User agrees to all of the modifications.
1. Introduction to Visual Link IT’s Products and License Terms.
1.1 What’s included in “Software”. Visual Link IT offers much different software, SaaS and Web Hosted Solutions for download and web Use. “Software” means any Visual Link IT product that End User orders from Visual Link IT (or a Visual Link IT Expert, as described below) and downloads from Visual Link IT. The term also includes (a) related documentation, (b) any Updates (defined below) to the Software, (c) any add-‐ons, plug-‐ins, APIs or Internet-‐based components of the Software provided by Visual Link IT (but not third parties) (“Supplementary Software”), and (d) any third party software embedded in or provided with Visual Link IT’s software (“Embedded Software”). End User’s detailed rights to use Software are in Section 2 below. To be clear, any add-‐ons, plug-‐ins, APIs or other code offered by third parties (through the Visual Link IT Market Services or otherwise) or created by End User itself are not “Software”, and Visual Link IT is not responsible for and does not offer any warranty, indemnity or support for those items.
1.2 What’s included in “Hosted Services”. “Hosted Services” include any Visual Link IT online services products that End User orders, which can include “On-Demand” versions of many Visual Link IT Software products. “Hosted Services” always means the version of the Hosted Services as described in Visual Link IT’s then-‐current product descriptions. End User’s detailed rights to use Hosted Services are in Section 3below.
1.3 The “Products”. This Agreement uses “Products” to refer to the Software and/or the HostedServices.
1.4 Visual Link IT’s Maintenance Offerings. For additional fees, Visual Link IT offers “Maintenance” to End Users. Maintenance includes(1)any generally released updates, upgrades, patches, and bug fixes for the Software (“Updates”) when and if generally released at Visual Link IT’s sole discretion, (2) web-‐based support and phone support (depending on End User’s support level) as described in the link above, and (3) other support features as described in the link above.
1.5 Limits on Authorized Users. When buying a license to the Software or a subscription to the Hosted Services, End User pays fees for a specific number of users, which are counted based on number of then-‐authorized users for Software and number of seats or logins for Hosted Services (“Authorized Users”). End User designates Authorized Users through the Products. Authorized Users may include End User’s employees, representatives, consultants, contractors, agents, and Customers (note: detailed rules for Customers in Section 4.4 below).End User may add Authorized Users for additional fees. End User is responsible for all use of the Products by its Authorized Users and their compliance with this Agreement.
1.6 Purchase through “Visual Link IT Experts” (Resellers). Fees are payable directly to Visual Link IT as described in Section 5 (Fees and Payment) below unless End User ordered the Products from a Visual Link IT authorised reseller (“Visual Link IT Experts”). If End User ordered Products from a Visual Link IT Expert, then the sections of this Agreement referring to orders with Visual Link IT or payments to Visual Link IT do not apply for those Products. Instead, End User agrees to pay the Visual Link IT Expert the fees separately agreed with the Visual Link IT Expert. No Visual Link IT Expert may change the terms of this Agreement (but they may impose additional restrictions on the use of the Products). No promises, warranties or agreements by Visual Link IT Experts are binding on Visual Link IT.
1.7 Purchase through Visual Link IT Market Services. Unless Visual Link IT is the publisher, use of Market Services Products purchased through the Visual Link IT Market Services are not governed by this Agreement but are instead governed by the Market Services Terms of Use.
2. License to Use Visual Link IT Software.
2.1 Software, Generally. Visual Link IT grants End User a worldwide, non-‐exclusive,non-‐transferable, non-‐sublicenseable right to use the Software, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Software licenses are perpetual unless terminated as described in this Agreement. Only authorised Users may use the Software, and only up to the permitted number of concurrent authorised Users (except for Non-‐Production Purposes, as described below). All use of Software must be in accordance with the relevant Visual Link IT documentation and policies. End User may make a limited number of copies of the Software as is strictly necessary for purposes of data protection, archiving, backup, and testing and internal development (e.g., of End User Modifications or End-‐User Plug-‐ins, as defined below, but not development of End User’s unrelated products or services) (“Non-‐Production Purposes”). For clarity, End User’s employees and contractors may use the Software for these Non-‐Production Purposes, and End User will be responsible for their compliance with this Agreement on all the same terms as for Authorized Users, except that these users will not count against End User’s limit of Authorized Users, and End User will not need to pay additional fees for these users. Unless Visual Link IT agrees otherwise in writing, End User may only install, use or make available the Software on End User’s hardware systems, whether owned, leased or controlled. End User will be responsible for any use of the Software on any hardware systems not owned, leased or controlled by End User (“Uncontrolled Systems”).
2.2 Updates and Supplementary Software. The terms for Software in this Agreement apply to any Updates and Supplementary Software, unless Visual Link IT provides different terms. Visual Link IT may cease making available Supplementary Software and Internet-‐based services used with the Software (e.g., the Visual Link IT Plugin Check-up tool) at any time.
2.3 Open Source Software. The Software may contain or be provided with components subject to the terms and conditions of “open source” software licenses (“Open Source Software”). To the extent required by the license that accompanies the Open Source Software, the terms of such license will apply instead of the provisions of this Agreement concerning such Open Source Software, including any provisions governing access to source code, modification or reverse-engineering.
2.4 Evaluation Software. This paragraph applies to any Software that Visual Link IT makes available on an evaluation basis (“Evaluation Software”). End User may only use the Evaluation Software for internal evaluation purposes for the period specified by Visual Link IT (or, if not specified, for 30 days), and may only permit a limited number of users (specified by Visual Link IT) to access the Evaluation Software. After the evaluation period, End User must delete all copies of the Evaluation Software. End User acknowledges that Evaluation Software may not be fully functional. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Visual Link IT does not offer any warranty, indemnity or support for any Evaluation Software.
2.5 Source Code. Visual Link IT may provide some elements of Software in source code form (“Source Code”). Unless otherwise specified, End User may modify Source Code solely to develop bug fixes, customizations, and additional features (“End User Modifications”) and, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, may only use End User Modifications internally for purposes of using the Software licensed from Visual Link IT. Visual Link IT will have no support, warranty, indemnity or other obligations relating to, and assumes no liability for, any End User Modifications or any effect they may have on the operation of the Products.
2.6 IP Protection Mechanisms. The Software has license protection mechanisms designed to manage and protect Visual Link IT’s and its suppliers’ and licensors’ intellectual property rights. Whether using Source Code or not, End User must not modify or alter these mechanisms or try to circumvent them or the usage rules they are designed to enforce.
3. Use of Visual Link IT Hosted Services.
3.1 Access Rights. End User may access and use the Hosted Services during the applicable Subscription Term (defined below), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Only authorised Users may use the Hosted Services, and only up to the permitted number of authorised Users. All use of the Hosted Services must be in accordance with the relevant Visual Link IT documentation and policies.
3.2 Subscription and Renewals. End User selects its initial subscription term, which may be a month, quarter, year, or other mutually agreed period, at the time of order. Once that term expires, it will automatically renew for successive terms of the same period (but no longer than 1 year each) unless either End User or Visual Link IT notifies the other of non-‐renewal at least 5 business days prior to the upcoming expiration date or Visual Link IT ceases to make a particular Hosted Service available. Renewals are charged at Visual Link IT’s then-‐current rates unless otherwise agreed, and Visual Link IT will at its discretion charge End User using the credit card on file on or after the expiration date or send End User an invoice. “Subscription Term” means the initial term and any renewal term(s).
3.3 Evaluations. For evaluations of Hosted Services, the “Subscription Term” does not apply. Instead, the evaluation period is specified by Visual Link IT. Visual Link IT may notify End User of the remaining number of days through the Hosted Services. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Visual Link IT does not offer any warranty, indemnity or support for any Hosted Services offered on an evaluation basis.
3.4 End User Data. Unless otherwise specified, End User retains ownership of any data or other content or information that End User provides through the Hosted Services, including any code uploaded by the customer (as described below) (“End User Data”). End User’s use of the Hosted Services and all End User Data must comply with End User’s own privacy policies and all domestic, foreign and international laws and regulations, including those relating to data privacy, offence international communications, and the exportation of technical or personal data. End User is solely responsible for the accuracy, content and legality of all End User Data. End User agrees not to submit any content that is obscene, defamatory, libellous, threatening, harassing, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive, that encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or give rise to any civil liability. End User will not submit any material (including any virus, bot, worm, scripting exploit or other harmful code) that is likely to harm or corrupt the Hosted Services or any computer systems or data. End User represents and warrants to Visual Link IT that it has sufficient rights in the End User Data to grant the rights in this section and that the End User Data does not infringe the rights of any third party. End User agrees that Visual Link IT may, in its sole discretion, delete or remove any End User Data at any time and with or without notice.
End User at this moment grants Visual Link IT a non-‐exclusive license to copy, distribute, perform, display, store, modify, and otherwise use End User Data in connection with operating the Hosted Services.
Visual Link IT may also use aggregate information to measure general Hosted Service usage patterns and characteristics of its user base and otherwise to improve its products and services and may include such aggregate information about its audience in promotional materials or reports to third parties. This aggregate information will not reference names, phone numbers, email addresses, or other personally identifiable information, and it will be not traceable to a specific recipient or user email address.
3.5 Special Terms for repositories. This paragraph applies to repositories. If End User runs a repository, End User represents and warrants that it will accurately designate both the license under which the code in the repository is licensed to third parties and the project license for any contributions by collaborators. Project collaborators should carefully read all third party licenses before using any code or contributing any code. End User agrees to use repositories solely as a code repository and not to upload any other content to repositories (e.g., music or video). END USER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALL CODE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH BITBUCKET IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTITY THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE. VISUAL LINK IT IS NOT THE LICENSOR OF ANY THIRD PARTY CODE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH BITBUCKET AND TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH CODE.
3.6 Storage Limits. Visual Link IT sells 1 GB blocks of storage for End User Data at the rates specified when End User orders Hosted Services. Use in excess of purchased storage will count as an overage, and any overages are charged at $5.00 per month for the next 1 GB block or Visual Link IT’s then-‐current rate. Visual Link IT may create or modify maximum storage limits for the Hosted Services at any time, in its discretion, and End User acknowledges that it may not receive notices about these boundaries. Note: This paragraph does not apply to storage on other hosting environments.
3.7 Return of End User Data. After termination or expiration of a Subscription Term or this Agreement, unless it was for End User’s breach, at End User’s request, Visual Link IT will use reasonable efforts to make available the End User Data for download. If made available, End User must download the End User Data within 30 days of termination or expiration. After that, Visual Link IT may delete the End User Data.
3.8 End User Responsibility for Systems. End User is responsible for its own Internet connection and must use software, systems and equipment compatible with the Hosted Services, as Visual Link IT specifies in its published policies. Any End User web browsers and other software must support the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol or other protocols accepted by Visual Link IT.
Visual Link IT’s security measures are described at http://www.visuallinkit.com/cloud-and-servers-security-statementVisual Link IT is not responsible for any End User Data lost, altered, intercepted or stored across networks not owned or operated by Visual Link IT.
3.9 Changes to the Hosted Services. Visual Link IT may make changes to the Hosted Services, but not in a way that materially reduces the features or functions of the Hosted Services compared to those existing in the applicable order or renewal date.
4. Important Customer Obligations
4.1 Accounts and Passwords. End User will provide accurate, current and complete information when registering with Visual Link IT and ordering Products and agrees to update its information if it changes.This is important, because Visual Link IT may send notices, statements and other information to End User by email or through End User’s account (for Hosted Services). End User will keep all its authorised Users’ passwords and usernames confidential and will not share them with third parties. End User is responsible for all actions taken through its accounts.
4.2 Embedded Software. All of the other restrictions for Software in this Agreement also apply to Embedded Software, with the addition of the following terms. End User receives restricted licenses to Embedded Software and may use Embedded Software only for its internal purposes (including for Customer Use as permitted below) in conjunction with the applicable Product as provided by Visual Link IT, and may only use the Embedded Software as part of and through that Product. End User may not install, access, configure or use any Embedded Software (including any APIs, tools, databases or other components of any Embedded Software) separately or independently of the rest of the Product, whether for production, technical support or any other purposes, or otherwise attempt to gain direct access to any Embedded Software components, or permit anyone else (including Customers) to do any of these things. Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, End User may not modify any Embedded Software. End User will be financially responsible to the applicable third party licensor (“Embedded Software Licensor”) for all damages and losses resulting from End User’s or its Customers’ breach of this Agreement. End User may not “benchmark” or otherwise analyse performance information for individual Embedded Software elements.
Some Embedded Software may include source code provided as part of the Embedded Software Licensor’s standard shipment. That source code will be governed by the terms for Embedded Software in this Agreement, and not the terms for Source Code in Section 2.5 (Source Code) above.
End User understands that the applicable Embedded Software Licensor retains all ownership and intellectual property rights to the Embedded Software. Embedded Software Licensors (and any other third party licensors of any components of the Products) are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement with respect to the items they license and may enforce this Agreement directly against End User; but, to be clear, Embedded Software Licensor do not assume any of Visual Link IT’s obligations under this Agreement. In addition, End User agrees to the Embedded Software-‐related audit provisions in Section 6 (License Certifications and Audits) below.
Embedded Software may include or be accompanied by third-party technology that may be appropriate or necessary for use with some Embedded Software. Such technology may be specified in the Documentation or otherwise specified by Visual Link IT, those terms and is licensed to End User only for use with the Product with which it is provided under the specified third party license terms, and not this Agreement. Visual Link IT may also provide additional or substitute terms for Embedded Software if required by the Embedded Software Licensor, and End User will comply with those terms.
4.3 Rules for Plug-‐ins. End User may develop its own plug-‐ins for various Products (“End User Plug-‐ins”) and may distribute End User Plug-‐ins to third parties, but only for those Products permitted by Visual Link IT, and only in agreement with Visual Link IT’s published plug-‐in and API guidelines. End User Plug-‐ins distributed through the Visual Link IT Market Services will be subject to the posted terms for the Visual Link IT Market Services.
4.4 Use by End User’s Customers. End User’s customers (“Customers”) may be authorised Users. End User will be responsible for Customers the same as any other authorised User and must enter into valid, binding agreements withCustomers consistent with this Agreement, including the additional conditions below. A Customer’s permitted use of Products under this Agreement is called “Customer Use”.
In addition to all other terms of this Agreement, the following conditions apply to Customer Use:
(a) End User may not distribute or make available any Product on a standalone basis. Instead, End User may only make available the Product to Customers to support Customers’ use of content and features that are part of End User’s own existing offerings. Examples would include End User using: (i) Confluence as a tool to provide customer-‐facing knowledge base articles or technical documentation; (ii) Confluence as a customer-‐facing extranet for discussions, project updates, and centralized knowledge-‐sharing source about End User’s own products and services unrelated to the Products; (iii) JIRA to collect direct customer feedback on application development (e.g. JIRA Mobile Connect, Bonfire) ; and (iv) JIRA as a customer-‐facing helpdesk or support systems.
(b) End User may not resell or OEM the Product or otherwise charge Customers for the use of the Product itself but may charge End Users as part of an overall program that includes access to End User content or features as supported by the Product. Example: A paid support offering that includes, as a minor component, access to the support forum.
(c) Customers may interact with the Product, but may not receive any administrator, configuration or similar access to the Product. Example: Customers may post comments in a JIRA issue, but End User may not permit any Customer to administer project and global site level configurations.
(d) In making available Products to Customers, End User may not violate any other term or condition in this Agreement, such as reverse engineering and anti-‐circumvention restrictions.
Visual Link IT will not have any direct or indirect liability or obligation to any Customers, and Customers do not acquire any rights under this Agreement.
Visual Link IT understands that Product usage may be flexible and that End Users may identify new proposed uses for the Products.If End User has questions about whether a proposed use complies with these rules, please contact Visual Link IT at solutions@visuallinkit.com
4.5 Conditions on Use of Products. End User will not, and will not allow any Authorized User or another third party to: (a) resell, assign, rent, give, transfer, pass title to, lease, copy, provide access to or sublicense (including without limitation on a timeshare, subscription service, hosted service or outsourced basis) any Product to any third party (for use in its business operations or otherwise) or anyone else besides Authorized Users (including Customers) in accordance with this express terms of this Agreement, or permit anyone besides Authorized Users to use any data or information not owned by End User that is generated by the Products (and, in the event End User grants any security interest in any Products, the secured party has no right to use or transfer the Products); (b) use any Product to provide, or incorporate any Product into any product or service provided to, a third party, except as expressly permitted above for Customer Use; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher, decrypt, or otherwise seek to discover or obtain the source code or non-‐public APIs to Products (including any data structure or similar materials produced by the Products), except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law despite this prohibition (and then only upon advance notice to Visual Link IT); (d) modify, adapt or create derivative works of a Product (excluding End User Modifications and End User Plug-‐ins); (e) remove or obscure any proprietary or other notices of Visual Link IT or any third party contained in any Product (including any information or data generated by the Products); (f) publicly disseminate information regarding the performance of Products; (g) use any Product for commercial solicitation purposes or spam; (h) use the Visual Link IT name or any Visual Link IT trademarks or logos except as permitted in Section 4.6 (Attribution); or (i) commit any act or omission that could result in damage to Visual Link IT’s or its suppliers’ or licensors’ reputations. End User will not attempt to do any of the foregoing, encourage others to do so, or otherwise attempt to bypass or circumvent any usage restrictions in this Agreement.
4.6 Attribution. In any use of the Software, End User must include the following attribution to Visual Link IT on all user interfaces in the following format: “Powered by Visual Link IT”, which must in every case include a hyperlink to http://www.visuallinkit.com and which must be in the same format as delivered in theSoftware.
4.7 Export Control. If a Product is acquired in Australia by End User, End User must comply with all applicable Australian export control laws and regulations, including the laws and regulations administered by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (or any replacement department or authority). If a Product is acquired by End User in the United States, End User acknowledges that the Product is subject to U.S. export jurisdiction and agrees to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the Product, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, as well as end-‐user, end-‐use, and destination restrictions issued by U.S. and other governments. In any case, the import and export of any Product may be subject to control or restriction by applicable local law. End User is solely responsible for determining the existence and application of any such law to any proposed import and export and for obtaining any needed authorization. End User agrees not to export, directly or indirectly, any Product (or any direct product thereof) from any country in violation of applicable laws.
4.8 Indemnification. End User will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Visual Link IT from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or in connection with any claim arising from or relating to (a) any breach by End User (including any Authorized Users) of this Agreement, (b) any End User Data, (c) any End User Modifications, End User Plug-‐ins or other modifications of or combinations with a Product, or any service or product offered by End User in connection with or related to a Product, (d) any Uncontrolled Systems, or (e) any representations or warranties made by End User (including any Authorized User) regarding a Product to third parties. This indemnification obligation is subject to End User receiving (i) prompt written notice of such claim (but in any event notice in sufficient time for End User to respond without prejudice); (ii) the exclusive right to control and direct the investigation, defence, or settlement of such claim, provided that Visual Link IT may participate in the claim at its own expense and End User may not settle any claim without Visual Link IT’s prior written consent; and (iii) all reasonable necessary cooperation of Visual Link IT at End User’s expense.
5. Fees and Payment
5.1 General. End User must pay all fees by their due date specified at the time of order or otherwise within 30 days of Visual Link IT’s invoice or notice. Renewal fees for Hosted Services will be charged as described in Section 3.2 (Subscription and Renewals). Late payments are subject to interest charges of 1.0% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is less, plus all collection expenses. End User will continue to be charged during any period of suspension. In event of any termination, End User will pay the unpaid balance due calculated in accordance with this section and this Agreement. Visual Link IT may charge such unpaid fees and charges to End User's credit card or otherwise bill End User for such unpaid fees and charges. End User acknowledges that it is not relying on the future availability of any Products (including any Embedded Software) in agreeing to or making its payments hereunder.
5.2 Taxes. Payments made by End User under this Agreement exclude any taxes or duties payable in respect of the Products in the jurisdiction where the payment is either made or received. To the extent that any such taxes or duties are payable by Visual Link IT, End User must pay to Visual Link IT the amount of such taxes or duties in addition to any fees owed under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, End User may have obtained an exemption from relevant taxes or duties as of the time such taxes or duties are levied or assessed. In that case, End User will have the right to provide to Visual Link IT with any such exemption information and Visual Link IT will use reasonable efforts to provide such invoicing documents as may enable End User to obtain a refund or credit for the amount so paid from any relevant revenue authority if such a refund or credit is available.
5.3 End Users who wish to make use of Visual Link IT's continuous integration application available within the High demand resources must pay a registration with Amazon Web Hosted Services (“AWS”) for Amazon's Elastic Cloud Hosted Service (EC2) (“EC2 Hosted Service). The EC2 Hosted Service enables End Users to use the system, which dynamically creates and runs remote agents in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the EC2 Hosted Service is not part of the Hosted Services and fees paid to Visual Link IT do not include fees for the EC2 Hosted Service. End Users using the EC2 Hosted Service will be charged directly by AWS and will be solely responsible for payment of all fees to AWS. This service will be managed by Visual Link IT at all times and the core software will only be accessible by Visual Link IT the usage will be available to the customer. Additional installation fees will apply.
6. License Certifications and Audits
Upon Visual Link IT’s written request, End User will provide Visual Link IT with a signed certification certifying that all Products are being used pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including any access and user limitations. With prior reasonable notice of at least ten (10) days, Visual Link IT (or its authorised agent) may audit the use of the Products by End User and its authorised Users and any Customers, provided such audit is during regular business hours. End User will provide reasonable assistance and access to information in the course of any audit. End User is responsible for such audit costs only in the event the audit reveals that End User’s use of the Products is not in accordance with the permitted scope of use. In the event that any certification or audit reveals that End User has exceeded its permitted number of authorised Users, Visual Link IT may invoice End User for any past or ongoing excessive use and End User will pay the invoice in accordance with Section 5 (Fees and Payment). This remedy is without prejudice to any other remedies available to Visual Link IT at law or equity or under this Agreement.
End User understands that Visual Link IT may report audit results to any applicable Embedded Software Licensor or may assign the right to audit End User in this Section 6 to Embedded Software Licensors. When the audit is assigned, then notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, End User Licensor will not be responsible for End User’s costs incurred in cooperating with the audit.
7. Visual Link IT’s Ownership Rights; Feedback
Visual Link IT and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted to End User in this Agreement. The Products (including any content or information contained therein) and all copies thereof are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. Visual Link IT or its licensors own the title, copyright, and other intellectual property rights in the Products and all copies, modifications and derivative works of the Products and underlying software (including any incorporating Feedback) (“Visual Link IT Technology”), and End User does not acquire any ownership rights in Visual Link IT Technology. All Products are licensed, not sold.
“Feedback” means any feedback, comments, suggestions or materials (including, to the extent disclosed to Visual Link IT, any End User Modifications, but excluding End User Plug-‐ins) that End User may provide to Visual Link IT about or in connection with the Products, including any ideas, concepts, know-‐how or techniques contained therein. End User may provide Feedback in connection with Maintenance and otherwise. End User hereby grants Visual Link IT a worldwide, royalty-‐free, non-‐exclusive, or otherwise perpetual and irrevocable license to use, copy, modify and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose, including incorporating or implementing the Feedback in the Products. End User agrees that Visual Link IT may exploit all Feedback without any restriction or obligation on account of intellectual property rights or otherwise. For clarity, no Feedback will be deemed End User’s Confidential Information, and nothing in this Agreement (including Section 8 (Confidentiality)) limits Visual Link IT’s right to independently use, develop, evaluate, or market products, whether incorporation or otherwise.
8. Confidentiality
Except as otherwise set forth in Section 7 (Visual Link IT’s Ownership Rights; Feedback) above, each party agrees that all code, inventions, know-‐how, business, technical and financial information it obtains (“Receiving Party”) from the disclosing party (“Disclosing Party”) constitute the confidential property of the Disclosing Party (“Confidential Information”), provided that it is identified as confidential at the time of disclosure or should be reasonably known by the Receiving Party to be Confidential Information due to the nature of the information disclosed and the circumstances surrounding the disclosure. Any Visual Link IT Technology, performance information relating to the Products, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed Confidential Information of Visual Link IT without any marking or further designation. Except as expressly authorised herein, the Receiving Party will hold in confidence and not use or disclose any Confidential Information. The Receiving Party’s nondisclosure obligation shall not apply to information which the Receiving Party can document: (i) was rightfully in its possession or known to it prior to receipt of the Confidential Information; (ii) is or has become public knowledge through no fault of the Receiving Party; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation; (iv) is independently developed by employees of the Receiving Party who had no access to such information; or (v) is required to be disclosed pursuant to a regulation, law or court order (but only to the minimum extent required to comply with such regulation or order and with advance notice to the Disclosing Party). The Receiving Party acknowledges that disclosure of Confidential Information would cause substantial harm for which damages alone would not be a sufficient remedy, and therefore that upon any such disclosure by the Receiving Party the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever other remedies it might have atlaw.
9. Termination
This Agreement will continue so long as End User has a license to the Software or an ongoing Subscription Term for the Hosted Services unless earlier terminated. Visual Link IT may suspend or terminate this Agreement and End User’s account, with respect to one or more of the Products, if End User fails to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including any failure to pay fees when due. Visual Link IT may terminate any free account or evaluation usage at any time in its sole discretion.
End User may terminate this Agreement at any time with 6 months of notice given to Visual Link IT.
Immediately upon termination of any license or subscription right granted under this Agreement, End User’s license to Software and Hosted Services will cease, and End User must at its own cost:(a) cease using (and require all Authorized Users, and anyone else to cease using) all the terminated Products; (b) remove all copies of Software from its computer systems and any Uncontrolled Systems; and (c) return to Visual Link IT all Software or provide Visual Link IT with written certification that it has destroyed all copies of the Software and other Visual Link IT Confidential Information in its possession, custody or control. Upon termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, End User will not be entitled to credits or refunds for any unused portion of this Agreement, including but not limited to unused maintenance and support.
All payment and other obligations accrued as of the date of any expiration or termination of this Agreement, and Sections 4.5 (Conditions on Use of Products), 4.7 (Export Control), 4.8 (Indemnification), 5 (Fees and Payment), 6 (License Certifications and Audit), 7 (Visual Link IT’s Ownership Rights; Feedback); 8 (Confidentiality), 9 (Termination), 11 (Warranties; Disclaimer of Warranties), 12 (Limitation of Liability), 13 (Publicity Rights) 14 (Assignment), 15 (Governing Law and Arbitration), 16 (DMCA Notices), 17 (Government End Users) and 18 (General) will survive expiration or termination.
10. Visual Link IT Infringement Indemnification
Subject to the remainder of this Section 10, Visual Link IT may indemnify, defend and hold End User harmless against a claim to the extent based on an allegation that End User’s use of a Product (in the form provided by Visual Link IT) in compliance with this Agreement infringes an Australian, United States or European Union patent or registered copyright (“Claim”), and will pay those damages and costs finally awarded against End User by a court of competent jurisdiction, or agreed to in writing by Visual Link IT as settlement, as a result of such Claim, provided that Visual Link IT is (i) promptly notified and furnished a copy of such Claim, (ii) given all relevant evidence in End User’s possession, custody or control, and (iii) given reasonable assistance in and sole control of the defence thereof and all negotiations for its settlement. Visual Link IT will have no obligation to defend and no liability for any damages or costs to the extent that a Claim is based upon: (i) use of a Product in combination with any non-‐Visual Link IT product, software or equipment; (ii) use of a Product in a manner or for an application other than for which it was designed, or intended to be used, regardless of whether Visual Link IT was aware of or had been advised of such use; (iii) modifications to a Product by any person or entity other than Visual Link IT (including any End User Modifications); or (iv) other circumstances or occurrences that are covered in End User’s indemnification obligations in Section4.8.
If a Product becomes, or in the opinion of Visual Link IT may become, the subject of a Claim, Visual Link IT may, at its option and in its discretion: (i) procure for End User the right to use the Product free of any liability; (ii) replace or modify the Product to make it non-‐infringing; or (iii) terminate End User’s right to continue using such Product and refund, in the case of Software, any license fees related to this Software paid by End User (depreciated on a three-‐year straight line basis) or, in the event of a Hosted Service, any prepaid amounts for the service no longer being provided.
This Section 10 states the sole liability of Visual Link IT and the exclusive remedy of End User for any infringement of intellectual property rights in connection with any Product or other items provided by Visual Link IT under this Agreement.
11. Warranties; Disclaimers of Warranties
11.1 General. Each party represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and that, if End User is an entity, this Agreement and each order is entered into by an employee or agent of such party with all necessary authority to bind such party to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
11.2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND EXCEPT ASEXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, VISUAL LINK IT AND ITS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS PROVIDE THE PRODUCTS (INCLUDING THE HOSTED SERVICES, SOFTWARE AND ANY MAINTENANCE) AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-‐INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, VISUAL LINK IT AND ITS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTY
(1) AS TO THE RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY PRODUCTS OR ANY CONTENT THEREIN OR GENERATED THEREWITH, (2) THAT (A) THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS WILL BE SECURE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-‐FREE OR OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR DATA, (B) THE PRODUCTS WILL MEET END USER'S REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (C) ANY STORED DATA WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE OR THAT ANY STORED DATA WILL NOT BE LOST OR CORRUPTED, (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY END USER THROUGH THE PRODUCTS WILL MEET END USER'S REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (E) ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (F) THE PRODUCTS (OR ANY SERVER(S) THAT MAKE A HOSTED SERVICE AVAILABLE) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, VISUAL LINK IT AND ITS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO, AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR, ANY PRODUCTS PROVIDED ON AN EVALUATION BASIS. IN ADDITION, VISUAL LINK IT AND ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSOR/SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS, SERVICE FAILURES AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN USE OF THE INTERNET AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR OTHER SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF VISUAL LINK IT.
END USER MAY HAVE OTHER STATUTORY RIGHTS. HOWEVER, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DURATION OF STATUTORILY REQUIRED WARRANTIES, IF ANY, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE LIMITED WARRANTY PERIOD.
11.3 Hosted Services Facilities. The Hosted Services are controlled and operated from facilities in Australia or in the United States. Visual Link IT makes no representations that the Hosted Service is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Hosted Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all applicable Australian, United States and local laws and regulations, including export and import regulations.
12. Limitation of Liability
12.1 MAXIMUM LIABILITY. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS PAYABLE TO THIRD PARTIES PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS IN SECTION 4.8 AND 10 OR END USER’S BREACH OF ANY LICENSE OR USE RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO THE PRODUCTS, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY DAMAGES EITHER PARTY MIGHT INCUR FOR ANYREASON WHATSOEVER, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER PARTY’S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE ACTUAL DAMAGES SUCH PARTY INCURS, UP TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY END USER FOR (A) SUCH SOFTWARE, DEPRECIATED ON A THREE-‐YEAR STRAIGHT LINE BASIS, OR (B) SUCH HOSTED SERVICE IN THE LAST TWELVE (12)MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EMBEDDED SOFTWARE LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO END USER FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING DIRECT DAMAGES OR THE TYPES OF DAMAGES DISCLAIMED IN SECTION 12.2BELOW.
12.2 OTHER DISCLAIMERS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND EXCEPT FOR END USER’S BREACH OF ANY LICENSE OR USE RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO PRODUCTS, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY (OR THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS) BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE) WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT. END USER SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT VISUAL LINK IT (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS) DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIESAND LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO LOSS, LOSS OF USE OR CORRUPTION OF ANY END USER DATA (OR OTHER DATA END USER MAY PROVIDE) AND THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF ANY SUBSTITUTEGOODS.
12.3 Failure of Essential Purpose. The parties agree that the limitations specified in this Section 12 will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in this Agreement is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
12.4 Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder (except for the non-‐payment of money) on account of strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, war, acts of terrorism, fires, flood, storm, explosions, earthquakes, acts of God, governmental action, labour conditions, or any other cause which is beyond the reasonable control of the party.
13. Publicity Rights
Visual Link IT may identify End User as a customer in Product promotional material. End User may request that Visual Link IT cease identifying End User at any time by submitting an email to solutions@visuallinkit.com Requests may take 30 days to process.
14. Assignment
End User may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of Visual Link IT (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), provided that the assignee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Visual Link IT may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part without the consent of End User. Any permitted assignee shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
15. Governing Law and Arbitration
15.1 Applicable Law; Venue. This Agreement is governed by the laws of NSW, Australia (with regard to conflict of law principles), and, subject to Section 15.2, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of NSW, Australia.
15.2 Arbitration. Except in circumstances where a party seeks urgent injunctive relief, before commencing any court proceedings, if any disputes arise under this Agreement the parties will negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute and if the dispute has not been resolved within sixty (60) calendar days by the relevant parties using their best efforts to resolve the dispute, the dispute will be referred to arbitration and determined under the Rules of Arbitration of NSW, Australia with any hearings to be held at the Arbitration Center in Sydney (Australia), as mutually agreed by the parties.
15.3 Exclusion of UN Convention and UCITA. The terms of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods do not apply to this Agreement. The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) shall not apply to this Agreement regardless of when or were adopted.
16. DMCA Notices
If End User believes that any content on Visual Link IT’s Hosted Services or site violates its copyright, it should notify Visual Link IT's copyright agent in writing. The contact information for Visual Link IT’s copyright agent is at the bottom of this section. Visual Link IT cannot take action unless End User gives us all the required information.
In order for Visual Link IT to take action, End User must do the following in its notice:
(i) provide End User’s physical or electronic signature;
(ii) identify the copyrighted work that End User believe is being infringed;
(iii) identify the item that End User thinks is infringing and include sufficient information about where the material is located (including which website) so that Visual Link IT can find it;
(iv) provide Visual Link IT with a way to contact End User (such as address, telephone number, or email);
(v) provide a statement that End User believes in good faith that the item identified as infringing is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law to be used by Visual Link IT; Enauthorisedtoauthorised and
(vi) Provide a statement that the information End User provides in its notice is accurate, and that (under penalty Unauthorised act on behalf of the copyright owner whose work is being infringed.
Here is the contact information for Visual Link IT’s copyright agent:
Copyright Enforcement
Visual Link IT Pty Ltd
82 Sydenham Road Marrickville,
New South Wales 2204 Australia
E-‐Mail:copyright@visuallinkit.com
17. Government End Users
The Products are commercial computer software. If the user or licensee of the Products is an agency, department, or other entity of the Australian or United States Governments, the use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure, or transfer of the Software, or any related documentation of any kind, including technical data and manuals, is restricted by a license agreement by the terms of this Agreement in accordance with Australian and United States Federal Acquisition Regulation 12.212 for civilian purposes and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 227.7202 for military purposes. The Products were developed fully at private expense. All other use is prohibited.
18. General
This Agreement is the entire agreement between End User and Visual Link IT relating to the Products and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals and representations with respect to the Products or any other subject matter covered by this Agreement.If any provision of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall continue in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as described on the first page of this Agreement or otherwise with the written agreement of Visual Link IT (which may be withheld in its complete discretion without any requirement to provide reasons). As used herein, “including” (and its variants) means “including without limitation” (and its variants). If either party to this Agreement breaches any provision of this Agreement relating to Confidential Information or intellectual property rights, there may not be an adequate remedy available solely at law; therefore, an injunction, specific performance or another form of equitable relief or monetary damages or any combination thereof may be sought by the injured party to this Agreement. No failure or delay by the injured party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder at law or equity. Thepartiesareindependentcontractors. ThisAgreementshallnotbeconstruedasconstitutingeitherpartyasa partner of the other or to create any other form of legal association that would give on party the express or implied right, other party power or authority to create any duty or obligate other party.
