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THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM
IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS IBM PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT").
ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
1. DEFINITIONS
"Contribution"
means:
a) in the case of International Business Machines
Corporation ("IBM"), the Original Program, and
b) in the case of each Contributor,
i) changes to the Program, and
ii) additions to the Program;
where such changes and/or additions to the Program
originate from and are distributed by that particular Contributor. A
Contribution 'originates' from a Contributor if it was added to the Program by
such Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's behalf.
Contributions do not include additions to the Program which: (i) are separate
modules of software distributed in conjunction with the Program under their own
license agreement, and (ii) are not derivative works of the Program.
"Contributor"
means IBM and any other entity that distributes the Program.
"Licensed Patents
" mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are necessarily
infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when combined with the
Program.
"Original
Program" means the original version of the software accompanying this
Agreement as released by IBM, including source code, object code and
documentation, if any.
"Program"
means the Original Program and Contributions.
"Recipient"
means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement, including all
Contributors.
2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each
Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
copyright license to reproduce, prepare
derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and
sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such derivative
works, in source code and object code form.
b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each
Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty-free patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell,
offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such
Contributor, if any, in source code and object code form. This patent license
shall apply to the combination of the Contribution and the Program if, at the
time the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such addition of the
Contribution causes such combination to be covered by the Licensed Patents. The
patent license shall not apply to any other combinations which include the
Contribution. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor
grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are
provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or
other intellectual property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor
disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity
based on infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a
condition to exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each
Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to secure any other intellectual
property rights needed, if any. For example, if a third party patent license is
required to allow Recipient to distribute the Program, it is Recipient's
responsibility to acquire that license before distributing the Program.
d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it
has sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the
copyright license set forth in this Agreement.
3. REQUIREMENTS
A Contributor may choose
to distribute the Program in object code form under its own license agreement,
provided that:
a) it complies with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; and
b) its license agreement:
i) effectively disclaims on behalf of all Contributors
all warranties and conditions, express and implied, including warranties or
conditions of title and non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose;
ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors
all liability for damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental and
consequential damages, such as lost profits;
iii) states that any provisions which differ from this
Agreement are offered by that Contributor alone and not by any other party; and
iv) states that source code for the Program is available
from such Contributor, and informs licensees how to obtain it in a reasonable
manner on or through a medium customarily used for software exchange.
When the Program is made
available in source code form:
a) it must be made available under this Agreement; and
b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each
copy of the Program.
Each Contributor must
include the following in a conspicuous location in the Program:
Copyright © {date
here}, International Business Machines Corporation and others. All Rights
Reserved.
In addition, each
Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its Contribution, if any,
in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify the
originator of the Contribution.
4. COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION
Commercial distributors
of software may accept certain responsibilities with respect to end users,
business partners and the like. While this license is intended to facilitate the
commercial use of the Program, the Contributor who includes the Program in a
commercial product offering should do so in a manner which does not create
potential liability for other Contributors. Therefore, if a Contributor includes
the Program in a commercial product offering, such Contributor ("Commercial
Contributor") hereby agrees to defend and indemnify every other Contributor
("Indemnified Contributor") against any losses, damages and costs
(collectively "Losses") arising from claims, lawsuits and other legal
actions brought by a third party against the Indemnified Contributor to the
extent caused by the acts or omissions of such Commercial Contributor in
connection with its distribution of the Program in a commercial product
offering. The obligations in this section do not apply to any claims or Losses
relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property infringement. In order
to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial
Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow the Commercial Contributor to
control, and cooperate with the Commercial Contributor in, the defense and any
related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may participate in
any such claim at its own expense.
For example, a
Contributor might include the Program in a commercial product offering, Product
X. That Contributor is then a Commercial Contributor. If that Commercial
Contributor then makes performance claims, or offers warranties related to
Product X, those performance claims and warranties are such Commercial
Contributor's responsibility alone. Under this section, the Commercial
Contributor would have to defend claims against the other Contributors related
to those performance claims and warranties, and if a court requires any other
Contributor to pay any damages as a result, the Commercial Contributor must pay
those damages.
5. NO WARRANTY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each
Recipient is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and
distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of
rights under this Agreement, including but not limited to the risks and costs of
program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data,
programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations.
6. DISCLAIMER OF
LIABILITY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY
LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
7. GENERAL
If any provision of this
Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement,
and without further action by the parties hereto, such provision shall be
reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and
enforceable.
If Recipient institutes
patent litigation against a Contributor with respect to a patent applicable to
software (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit), then any patent
licenses granted by that Contributor to such Recipient under this Agreement
shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. In addition, If
Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a
cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program itself
(excluding combinations of the Program with other software or hardware)
infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under
Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
All Recipient's rights
under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails to comply with any of the
material terms or conditions of this Agreement and does not cure such failure in
a reasonable period of time after becoming aware of such noncompliance. If all
Recipient's rights under this Agreement terminate, Recipient agrees to cease use
and distribution of the Program as soon as reasonably practicable. However,
Recipient's obligations under this Agreement and any licenses granted by
Recipient relating to the Program shall continue and survive.
IBM may publish new
versions (including revisions) of this Agreement from time to time. Each new
version of the Agreement will be given a distinguishing version number. The
Program (including Contributions) may always be distributed subject to the
version of the Agreement under which it was received. In addition, after a new
version of the Agreement is published, Contributor may elect to distribute the
Program (including its Contributions) under the new version. No one other than
IBM has the right to modify this Agreement. Except as expressly stated in
Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no rights or licenses to the
intellectual property of any Contributor under this Agreement, whether
expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All rights in the Program not
expressly granted under this Agreement are reserved.
This Agreement is
governed by the laws of the State of New York and the intellectual property laws
of the United States of America. No party to this Agreement will bring a legal
action under this Agreement more than one year after the cause of action arose.
Each party waives its rights to a jury trial in any resulting litigation.