LICENSING CONDITIONS FOR TOLERANCE DATA
LIST OF CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS
2. EXTENT OF LICENCE RIGHTS
3. COPYING
4. PERMITTED USE, NEW FUNCTIONS AND CHANGES
5. NON-MATERIAL RIGHTS/COPYRIGHT
6. CORRECTING FAULTS
7. LIMITED LIABILITY
8. FORCE MAJEURE
9. TRANSFER
10. DURATION
11. TERMINATION
12. VALIDITY AND LEGAL DOMICILE
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. “Access codes”: These are the codes that form a key to opening the
Programme and allow the Licence holder to use the Programme.
1.2. “Tolerance”: means Tolerance A/S, Fabrikvej 12, 8800 Viborg, who own
the rights to the Programme as stated in these Licensing Conditions.
1.3. “Data store”: means an electronic unit on which the EBD programmes
and data are stored (i.e. machine, data processor, PC or server).
1.4. “Documentation”; means any electronic and written aid developed by
Tolerance for the Programme and to which the Licence Holder acquires user rights
at any time and any description prepared by Tolerance in connection with the
Programme.
1.5. “Licensing Conditions”: means these Licensing Conditions as issued by
Tolerance.
1.6. “Programme”: means those parts of the most recent version of
Tolerance’s EDB software programme, including New Versions, Hot Fixes and
Service Packs and all third party software programmes that have been wholly or
partially integrated by Tolerance as part of Tolerance’s EDB software
programme, to which the Licence Holder acquires user rights at any time together
with relevant Documentation.
2. EXTENT OF LICENCE RIGHTS
2.1.
Tolerance hereby grants the Licence Holder user rights. These
non-exclusive user rights to the Programme only confer the right to install on
one Data Store at a time. The duration and detailed extent of the user rights
are shown on the invoice and can be read under the menu “Administration”
after installation and activation.
2.2.
The licence rights are conditional upon payment of the licence fee.
3. COPYING
3.1.
The Licence Holder is only permitted to take copies of the programme for
archiving or back-up purposes. In all other cases, copying will take place in
accordance with Tolerance’s copyright.
3.2.
The use of these copies is subject to the terms and rules of the
Licensing conditions. The License Holder is not entitled to make further copies
of the programme unless otherwise stipulated in binding legislation.
4. PERMITTED USE, NEW FUNCTIONS AND CHANGES
4.1. The printing out and using of the Programme’s data or information in
hard copy is only permitted in accordance with these Licensing Conditions, the
accompanying letter and to the extent that the licence fee has been paid.
4.2. The Licence holder is not permitted to change the Programme without
Tolerance’s prior written consent.
4.3.
The Licence Holder is not entitled to translate the Programme from object
code to source code, e.g. by undertaking reverse engineering, disassembling or
de-compilation of the Programme, unless this is required in accordance with
binding legislation, in which case the Licence Holder will inform Tolerance in
writing if the Licence Holder wishes to undertake this, giving at least ten days
notice.
4.4.
Tolerance is entitled at any time, including when issuing a new version,
release, Service Pack or update of the Programme, to add new functions or
content to the Programme and to change or remove previous functions and content
without the consent of the Licence Holder.
4.5.
The Licence Holder may only add new functions to the Programme after
prior consent from Tolerance and then only with the use of approved tools. This
also applies to the incorporation of external functions that are supported by
the Programme.
5. NON-MATERIAL
RIGHTS/COPYRIGHT
5.1.
Tolerance owns the complete copyright, access rights and all other rights
to the Programme apart from parts of the product produced by a third party and
to which that party has complete rights. The Programme is protected in
accordance with copyright law. Any infringement of Tolerance’s and/or any
third party supplier’s rights, including careless use of the Programme that
enables third-party copying of the Programme will be considered a breach of
these terms and conditions.
5.2.
The Licence Holder is not entitled to break or change any Security Codes.
The Licence Holder is not entitled to change or remove information in the
Programme or on those media on which the Programme is supplied concerning rights,
trademarks or the like.
6.
CORRECTING FAULTS
6.1.
The Licence Holder is obliged to check and test the Programme immediately
after receiving it. Tolerance is obliged to supply a new copy of the Programme
for a period of three months after delivery, if the medium on which the
Programme is supplied is not legible.
7. LIMITED LIABILITY
7.1.
Under no circumstances will Tolerance be liable for the loss of expected
earnings, data, damage to registrations or data or other direct or indirect loss
or secondary loss (including but not limited to the loss of goodwill as a result
of any other form of business stoppage) in connection with the use of the
Programme or loss as a result of inadequate or faulty programme functioning or
service provision in connection therewith, irrespective of whether Tolerance was
informed of the possibility of such loss and irrespective of whether the damage
was caused within or outside the terms of the contract.
7.2.
The above limitation in liability also includes any product
responsibility that Tolerance might incur as a result of he loss of or damage to
property normally used for commercial purposes to the extent that this does not
conflict with binding legislation.
7.3.
Under no circumstances will Tolerance’s total liability for loss or
damage exceed the licence fee paid for the use of the Programme by the Licence
Holder during the last 18 months.
7.4.
Tolerance is not liable for faults or shortcomings that are not related
to the Programme but to external effects, including other programmes. Tolerance
is further not liable for the integration or interplay between the Programme and
the Licence Holder’s own EDB environment and organisation.
7.5.
Insofar as the Licence Holder undertakes or commissions changes to the
Programme, the Licence Holder will bear the responsibility for such changes and
the consequences thereof in the Programme. This means that the Licence Holder
cannot claim against Tolerance, irrespective of the circumstances, if the
liability relates to such changes in the Programme.
7.6.
Tolerance provides no guarantee in connection with the implementation of
updates, New Versions, releases or Service Packs for the Licence Holder’s
ability to make full use of possible changes in the user logic of the Programme
or parts thereof that the Licence Holder has undertaken or commissioned.
8.
FORCE MAJEURE
8.1.
Neither of the parties is liable for damage incurred by the other party
as a direct or indirect result of the other party being delayed in or prevented
from fulfilling its obligations under the terms of these Licensing Conditions as
a result of force majeure. Force majeure includes events such as war and
military mobilisation, natural catastrophes, strikes, lockouts, arson, import
and export restrictions and other circumstances over which the party concerned
has no control.
9. TRANSFER
9.1.
The Licence Holder is only permitted to transfer the right to use the
Programme in its entirety to a third party with Tolerance’s prior written
consent. Tolerance is entitled to transfer all of its rights and obligations in
relation to these Licensing Conditions wholly or in part to any third party
without the Licence Holder’s consent.
9.2.
When transferring its licence, the Licence Holder is obliged to ensure
that the other party accepts and will conform to Tolerance’s Licensing
Conditions. The Licence Holder is liable for any breach by the other party of
these Licensing Conditions.
9.3.
In connection with any such transfer, the Licence Holder will provide the
other party with the original Programme and all related material and may not
retain any copy of the Programme. Any Programme for which several copies are
licensed can only be transferred in its entirety. If the Programme is an update,
the transfer must include all earlier versions of the Programme received by the
Licence Holder.
9.4.
When a transfer has taken place in accordance with the above, the Licence
Holder’s licence for the Programme in accordance with these Licensing
conditions is withdrawn.
10. DURATION
10.1.
These Licensing Conditions are valid for the Programme supplied herewith.
The Programme may only be used to the extent that licensing fees are paid.
10.2.
Upon receipt and installation of any update, the new Licensing Conditions
accompanying the update will replace these Licensing Conditions.
11. TERMINATION
11.1. Licence Holder
11.1.1. The Licence Holder is entitled to terminate these Licensing
Conditions with one month’s written notice to Tolerance.
Upon such termination, the Licence Holder is not entitled to claim
repayment of any licence fees paid. Within the above period of one month, the
Licence Holder will return the Programme to Tolerance or conform to any other
instructions issued by Tolerance and destroy all versions and copies of the
Programme, data and information, apart from one archive copy of the programme
insofar as this is required in accordance with binding legislation.
11.2. Tolerance
11.2.1. Apart from the right to terminate these Licensing Conditions as
expressly laid down in these Licensing Conditions, Tolerance is only entitled to
terminate these Licensing Conditions as a result of a significant breach of
these Licensing Conditions by the Licence Holder. In such cases, all of the
Licence Holder’s rights in accordance with these Licensing Conditions,
including user rights, are withdrawn. The Licence Holder cannot demand repayment
of any part of the licence fee paid and is obliged to return the Programme and
all documentation to Tolerance and to destroy any back-up or archive copy
thereof. Tolerance can also claim compensation for any loss that Tolerance might
incur as a result of such a breach.
11.2.2. Tolerance is entitled at any time to cease making updates, New
Versions, releases or Service Packs for the Programme. The Licence Holder cannot
make any claim against Tolerance on these grounds.
12. VALIDITY AND LEGAL DOMICILE
12.1.
Insofar as any rule in these Licensing Conditions is declared invalid,
contrary to law or without legal force, this will not affect the rest of the
contract and the rule in question will be changed or reformulated in accordance
with law in order to reflect Tolerance’s original intentions as far as
possible. Any rule in these Licensing conditions that, by its nature, extends
beyond the time when the Licensing Conditions are terminated will continue to be
valid and binding to the parties.
12.2.
These Licensing Conditions are subject to Danish law and will be
interpreted in accordance therewith. Any dispute between the parties will be
resolved in Tolerance’s local court.