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– Read carefully:
In this Agreement “you” means you personally if you will exercise the rights
granted for your own benefit, but it means your company (or you on behalf of
your company) if you will exercise the rights granted for your company’s
benefit. This source and binary code internal
use license agreement (“Agreement”)
is a legal agreement between you and Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”).
The “Licensed Materials”
subject to this Agreement include the
software programs and any associated electronic documentation (in each case, in
whole or in part) that
accompany this Agreement and are set forth in the applicable software manifest and you access either “on-line” or through any type of media storage such
as, but not limited to CD, USB Stick, etc., as
well as any updates, modifications or upgrades to such software programs or documentation,
if any, provided to you at TI’s sole discretion. The Licensed Materials are specifically
designed and licensed for use solely and exclusively with semiconductor devices
and/or evaluation hardware modules manufactured by or for TI (collectively, “TI Devices” and each a “TI Device”). By installing, copying or otherwise using the
Licensed Materials you agree to abide by the provisions set forth herein. This Agreement is displayed for you to read
prior to using the Licensed Materials. If you choose not to accept or agree with
these provisions, do not download or install the Licensed Materials.
Note Regarding
Possible Access to Other Licensed Materials: The Licensed Materials may be bundled with
software and associated electronic documentation, if any, licensed under terms
other than the terms of this Agreement (in whole or in part, “Other Licensed Materials”), including,
for example Open Source Software and/or TI-owned or third party Proprietary
Software licensed under such other terms. "Open Source Software" means any
software licensed under terms requiring that (A) other software (“Proprietary Software”) incorporated,
combined or distributed with such software or developed using such software:
(i) be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or (ii) otherwise be
licensed on terms inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, including but
not limited to permitting use of the Proprietary Software on or with devices
other than TI Devices, or (B) require the owner of Proprietary Software to
license any of its patents to users of the Open Source Software and/or
Proprietary Software incorporated, combined or distributed with such Open
Source Software or developed using such Open Source Software.
If by accepting this
Agreement, you gain access to Other Licensed Materials, they will be listed in
the applicable software manifest. Your
use of the Other Licensed Materials is subject to the applicable other
licensing terms acknowledgements and disclaimers as specified in the applicable
software manifest and/or identified or included with the Other Licensed
Materials in the software bundle. For
clarification, this Agreement does not limit your rights under, or grant you
rights that supersede, the terms of any applicable Other Licensed Materials
license agreement. If any of the Other
Licensed Materials is Open Source Software that has been provided to you in
object code only under terms that obligate TI to provide to you or show you
where you can access the source code versions of such Open Source Software, TI
will provide to you or show you where you can access, such source code if you
contact TI at Texas Instruments Incorporated, 13588 N Central Expressway, MS
3999, Dallas, TX 75243, Attention: Contracts Manager, Analog. In the event you choose not to accept or
agree with the terms in any applicable Other Licensed Materials license
agreement, you must terminate this Agreement.
1.
Licensed Materials License Grant and
Use Restrictions.
a. License
Grant
i.
Source Code and Binary
Code Limited
Internal Use License. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, TI
hereby grants to you a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive,
non-assignable, non-sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, license
only to make
copies of, prepare derivative works of, display internally and use internally the Licensed Materials solely in
connection with TI Devices.
ii.
Contractors. The licenses
granted to you hereunder shall include your on-site and off-site contractors
(either an individual or entity), while such contractors are performing work
for or providing services to you, provided that such contractors have executed
work-for-hire agreements with you containing applicable terms and conditions
consistent with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and
provided further that you shall be liable to TI for any breach by your
contractors of this Agreement to the same extent as you would be if you had breached
the Agreement yourself.
b. NO
OTHER LICENSE. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as a license to any intellectual property rights
of TI other than those rights embodied in the Licensed Materials provided to
you by TI. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, NO
OTHER LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY OTHER TI
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED HEREIN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THIS AGREEMENT
DOES NOT CONVEY ANY LICENSE TO USE THE LICENSED MATERIALS IN PRODUCTION, OR TO DISTRIBUTE
THE LICENSED MATERIALS TO ANY THIRD PARTY.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A SEPARATE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH TI BEFORE
MANUFACTURING OR DISTRIBUTING THE LICENSED MATERIALS OR ANY PRODUCTS THAT
CONTAIN THE LICENSED MATERIALS.
You hereby
acknowledge and agree that (i) any unauthorized use or distribution of the
Licensed Materials is a material breach of this Agreement, (ii) any
unauthorized use or distribution will be at your sole risk, and (iii)
notwithstanding any such unauthorized use or distribution, the terms of this
Agreement other than the License Grant (Section
1(a)) shall continue to apply.
No such unauthorized use or distribution shall impose any liability on TI,
or any of its licensors, whether implied, by estoppel, through course of
dealing, or otherwise. You hereby agree to indemnify TI, its affiliates and
licensors against any and all claims, losses, and damages based on your use or
distribution of the Licensed Materials in breach of this Agreement.
c. Covenant not to Sue. During the term of this Agreement, you agree
not to assert a claim against TI or its licensees that Licensed Materials
infringe your intellectual property rights.
d. Restrictions. You shall maintain
the source code versions of the Licensed Materials under password control
protection and shall not disclose such source code versions or distribute the
Licensed Materials to any person other than your employees and contractors whose job
performance requires access. You may use the Licensed Materials for benchmarking internally against competing products under
normal conditions, but shall not publish or disclose any benchmarking data to
any person other than your employees who have a need to know or to TI pursuant
to the reporting obligation set forth in Section
1(e). You shall not use the Licensed Materials with a processing device
manufactured by or for an entity other than TI, and you agree that any such unauthorized use of
the Licensed Materials is a material breach of this Agreement. You shall not use the Licensed Materials for
the purpose of analyzing or proving infringement of any of your patents by
either TI or TI’s customers. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, you shall
not copy, publish, disclose, display, provide, transfer or make available the
Licensed Materials to any third party and you shall not sublicense, transfer,
or assign the Licensed
Materials or your rights under this Agreement to any third party. You shall not
mortgage, pledge or encumber the Licensed Materials in any way. You may
use the Licensed Materials with Open Source Software or with software developed
using Open Source Software tools, provided you do not incorporate, combine or
distribute the Licensed Materials in a manner that subjects the Licensed
Materials to any license obligations or any other intellectual property related
terms of any license governing such Open Source Software.
e. Reports. At TI’s request, you will complete
and send to TI, one (1) written evaluation report concerning the performance of
the Licensed Materials, including failure logs, status reports, and error
reports, as well as any and all benchmarking results relating to the comparison
of the Licensed Materials with competitive products. Such report will also discuss your evaluation
of the strengths and weaknesses of the Licensed Materials and any recommended
improvements.
f. Term
and Termination. The term of this
Agreement shall begin on the date the Licensed Materials are delivered to you
together with this Agreement. You may
terminate this Agreement at any time by written notice to TI. Without prejudice to any other rights, TI may
end this Agreement and your right to use the Licensed Materials with no
liability to you upon written notice to you if you fail to comply with the
terms of this Agreement; or you are acquired.
Upon termination of this Agreement, you will destroy any and all copies of
the Licensed Materials in your possession, custody or control and provide to TI
a written statement signed by your authorized representative certifying such destruction.
Except for Sections 1(a) and
(c), all provisions of this Agreement shall survive.
2. Licensed Materials Ownership. The Licensed Materials are licensed, not sold to you, and
can only be used in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the licenses granted to you
pursuant to this Agreement, TI and TI’s licensors own and shall continue to own
all right, title, and interest in and to the Licensed Materials, including all
copies thereof. You agree that all
fixes, modifications and improvements to the Licensed Materials conceived of or
made by TI that are based, either in whole or in part, on your feedback,
suggestions or recommendations are the exclusive property of TI and all right,
title and interest in and to such fixes, modifications or improvements to the
Licensed Materials will vest solely in TI.
Moreover, you acknowledge and agree that when
your independently
developed software or hardware components are combined, in whole or in part,
with the Licensed Materials, your right to use the combined work that includes
the Licensed Materials remains subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
3. Intellectual Property Rights.
a. The Licensed
Materials contain copyrighted material, trade secrets and other proprietary
information of TI and its licensors and are protected by copyright laws,
international copyright treaties, and trade secret laws, as well as other
intellectual property laws. To protect
TI’s and its licensors’ rights in the Licensed Materials, you agree, except as
specifically permitted by statute by a provision that cannot be waived by contract,
not to “unlock”, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise
translate to a human-perceivable form any portions of the Licensed Materials
provided to you in object code format only, nor permit any person or entity to
do so. You shall not remove, alter,
cover, or obscure any confidentiality, trade secret, trade mark, patent,
copyright or other proprietary notice or other identifying marks or designs
from any component of the Licensed Materials and you shall reproduce and
include in all copies of the Licensed Materials the copyright notice(s) and
proprietary legend(s) of TI and its licensors as they appear in the Licensed
Materials. TI reserves all rights not
specifically granted under this Agreement.
b. Certain Licensed Materials may be based on
industry recognized standards or software programs published by industry
recognized standards bodies and certain third parties may claim to own patents,
copyrights, and other intellectual property rights that cover implementation of
those standards. You acknowledge and
agree that this Agreement does not convey a license to any such third party
patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights and that you are
solely responsible for any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property
right claim that relates to your use of the Licensed Materials or your use of
your products that include or incorporate the Licensed Materials. Moreover, you acknowledge that you are
responsible for any fees or royalties that may be payable to any third party
based on such third party’s interests in the Licensed Materials or any
intellectual property rights that cover implementation of any industry
recognized standard, any software program published by any industry recognized
standards bodies or any other proprietary technology.
4. Audit Right.
At TI's request, and
within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving written notice, you shall
permit an internal or independent auditor selected by TI to have access, no
more than twice each calendar year (unless the immediately preceding audit
revealed a discrepancy) and during your regular business hours, to all of your
equipment, records, and documents as may contain information bearing upon the
use of the Licensed Materials. You shall
keep full, complete, clear and accurate records with respect to your use of the
Licensed Materials for a period beginning with the then current calendar year
and going back three (3) years.
5. Confidential Information.
You acknowledge and agree that the Licensed Materials contain trade
secrets and other confidential information of TI and its licensors. You agree to use the Licensed Materials
solely within the scope of the licenses set forth herein, to maintain the Licensed
Materials in strict confidence, to use at least the same procedures and degree
of care that you use to prevent disclosure of your own confidential information of like importance
but in no instance less than reasonable care, and to prevent disclosure of the
Licensed Materials to any third party, except as may be necessary and required
in connection with your rights and obligations hereunder; provided, however, that you may not provide the Licensed
Materials to any business organization or group within your company or to
customers or contractors that design or manufacture semiconductors unless TI
gives written consent. You agree to obtain executed confidentiality
agreements with your employees and contractors having access to the Licensed
Materials and to diligently take steps to enforce such agreements in this
respect. TI may disclose your contact
information to TI’s licensors.
6. Warranties and Limitations. THE LICENSED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS
IS”. FURTHERMORE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND
AGREE THAT THE LICENSED MATERIALS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED OR CERTIFIED BY ANY
GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR INDUSTRY REGULATORY ORGANIZATION OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY
ORGANIZATION. YOU AGREE THAT PRIOR TO USING OR INCORPORATING THE LICENSED
MATERIALS IN OR WITH ANY COMMERCIAL PRODUCT THAT YOU WILL THOROUGHLY TEST THE
PRODUCT AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE LICENSED MATERIALS IN OR WITH THAT PRODUCT
AND BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR FAILURES.
TI AND ITS LICENSORS
MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
REGARDING THE LICENSED MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS OR OTHER
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU AGREE
TO USE YOUR INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT IN DEVELOPING YOUR PRODUCTS. NOTHING CONTAINED
IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED AS A WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION BY TI TO
MAINTAIN PRODUCTION OF ANY TI SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OR OTHER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
WITH WHICH THE LICENSED MATERIALS MAY BE USED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TI,
OR ITS LICENSORS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE LICENSED
MATERIALS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER TI HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. EXCLUDED DAMAGES INCLUDE, BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO, COST OF REMOVAL OR REINSTALLATION, OUTSIDE COMPUTER TIME,
LABOR COSTS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF SAVINGS,
OR LOSS OF USE OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS.
IN NO EVENT WILL TI’S OR ITS LICENSORS’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE LICENSED MATERIALS EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
U.S. DOLLARS (US$500).
Because some jurisdictions do not allow
the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages or
limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts, the above limitations or
exclusions may not apply to you.
7. Indemnification
Disclaimer. YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE
THAT TI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR AND SHALL NOT DEFEND OR INDEMNIFY YOU AGAINST
ANY THIRD PARTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIM THAT RELATES TO OR IS BASED ON YOUR USE OF
THE LICENSED MATERIALS
OR YOUR USE OF YOUR PRODUCTS
THAT INCLUDE OR INCORPORATE THE LICENSED MATERIALS.
8. No
Technical Support. TI and its
licensors are under no obligation to install, maintain or support the Licensed
Materials.
9.
Notices. All notices to TI hereunder shall be delivered to
Texas Instruments Incorporated, 13588 N. Central Expressway, Mail Station 3999,
Dallas, Texas 75243, Attention: Contracts Manager, Analog. All
notices shall be deemed served when received by TI.
10. Export
Control. The Licensed Materials are subject
to export control under the U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Administration
Regulations (“EAR”). Unless prior
authorization is obtained from the U.S. Commerce Department, neither you nor
your subsidiaries shall export, re-export, or release, directly or indirectly
(including, without limitation, by permitting the Licensed Materials to be
downloaded), any technology, software, or software source code, received from
TI, or export, directly or indirectly, any direct product of such technology,
software, or software source code, to any person, destination or country to
which the export, re-export, or release of the technology, software, or
software source code, or direct product is prohibited by the EAR. You represent and warrant that you (i) are
not located in, or under the control of, a national or resident of Cuba, Iran,
North Korea, Sudan and Syria or any other country subject to a U.S. goods
embargo; (ii) are not on the U.S. Treasury Department’s List of Specially
Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Denied Persons List or
Entity List; and (iii) will not use the Licensed Materials or transfer the
Licensed Materials for use in any military, nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons, or missile technology end-uses.
Any software export classification made by TI shall not be construed as
a representation or warranty regarding the proper export classification for
such software or whether an export license or other documentation is required
for the exportation of such software.
11. Governing
Law and Severability; Waiver. This Agreement will be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without
reference to conflict of laws principles.
If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision
of the Agreement to be unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the
maximum extent possible to effectuate the intent of the parties, and the
remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. This Agreement shall not be governed by the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, or
by the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). The parties agree that non-exclusive
jurisdiction for any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement lies
within the courts located in the State of Texas. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any judgment
may be enforced in any United States or foreign court, and either party may
seek injunctive relief in any United States or foreign court. Failure by TI to
enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of future
enforcement of that or any other provision in this Agreement or any other
agreement that may be in place between the parties.
12.
PRC Provisions. If you are located in the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”) or if the
Licensed Materials will be sent to the PRC, the following provisions shall apply:
a. Registration
Requirements. You shall be solely
responsible for performing all acts and obtaining all approvals that may
be required in connection with this Agreement by the government of
the PRC, including but not limited to registering pursuant to, and
otherwise complying with, the PRC Measures on the Administration of Software
Products, Management Regulations on Technology Import-Export, and Technology
Import and Export Contract Registration Management Rules. Upon receipt of such approvals from the
government authorities, you shall forward evidence of all such approvals to TI
for its records. In the event that you
fail to obtain any such approval or registration, you shall be solely
responsible for any and all losses, damages or costs resulting therefrom, and
shall indemnify TI for all such losses, damages or costs.
b. Governing Language. This Agreement is written and executed in the
English language and shall be authoritative and controlling, whether or not
translated into a language other than English to comply with law or for
reference purposes. If a translation of
this Agreement is required for any purpose, including but not limited to
registration of the Agreement pursuant to any governmental laws, regulations or
rules, you shall be solely responsible for creating such translation.
13. Contingencies. TI
shall not be in breach of this Agreement and shall not be liable for any
non-performance or delay in performance if such non-performance or delay is due
to a force majeure event or other circumstances beyond TI’s reasonable control.
14.
Entire
Agreement. This
is the entire agreement between you and TI and this Agreement supersedes any
prior agreement between the parties related to the subject matter of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any signed and effective
software license agreement relating to the subject matter hereof and stating
expressly that such agreement shall control regardless of any subsequent
click-wrap, shrink-wrap or web-wrap, shall supersede the terms of this
Agreement. No amendment or modification of this Agreement
will be effective unless in writing and signed by a duly authorized
representative of TI. You hereby warrant
and represent that you have obtained all authorizations and other applicable
consents required empowering you to enter into this Agreement.