QNX Open Community License Version 2.0

THIS QNX OPEN COMMUNITY LICENSE ( "THE OCL", OR "THIS AGREEMENT") APPLIES TO PROGRAMS THAT QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ("QSS") EXPRESSLY ELECTS TO LICENSE UNDER THE OCL TERMS. IT ALSO APPLIES TO DERIVATIVE WORKS CREATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT THAT CREATORS ELECT TO LICENSE TO OTHERS IN SOURCE CODE FORM. ANY USE, REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH PROGRAMS CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE OCL. THE LICENSE RIGHTS GRANTED BELOW ARE CONDITIONAL UPON RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE FORMATION OF A BINDING CONTRACT. NOTHING ELSE GRANTS PERMISSION TO USE, REPRODUCE, MODIFY OR DISTRIBUTE SUCH PROGRAMS OR THEIR DERIVATIVE WORKS. THESE ACTIONS ARE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED. CONTACT QSS IF OTHER STEPS ARE REQUIRED LOCALLY TO CREATE A BINDING CONTRACT.

The OCL is intended to promote the development, use and distribution of derivative works created from QSS source code. This includes commercial distribution of object code versions under the terms of Recipient's own license agreement and, at Recipient's option, sharing of source code modifications within the QNX developer's community. The license granted under the OCL is royalty free. Recipient is entitled to charge royalties for object code versions of derivative works that originate with Recipient. If Recipient elects to license source code for its derivative works to others, then it must be licensed under the OCL. The terms of the OCL are as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

"Contribution" means:

  1. in the case of QSS: (i) the Original Program, where the Original Program originates from QSS, (ii) changes and/or additions to Unrestricted Open Source, where the Original Program originates from Unrestricted Open Source and where such changes and/or additions originate from QSS, and (iii) changes and/or additions to the Program where such changes and/or additions originate from QSS.
  2. in the case of each Contributor, changes and/or additions to the Program, where such changes and/or additions 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 QSS and any other entity that distributes the Program.

"Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable by Contributor to others, which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when combined with the Program.

"Unrestricted Open Source" means published source code that is licensed for free use and distribution under an unrestricted licensing and distribution model, such as the Berkley Software Design ("BSD") and "BSD-like" licenses. It specifically excludes any source code licensed under any version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) or the GNU Lesser/Library GPL. All "Unrestricted Open Source" license terms appear or are clearly identified in the header of any affected source code for the Original Program.

"Original Program" means the original version of the software accompanying this Agreement as released by QSS, 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

  1. 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, and directly and indirectly sublicense and distribute the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such derivative works, in source code and object code form.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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:

  1. it complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
  2. its license agreement:
    1. 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;
    2. effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors all liability for damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental and consequential damages, such as lost profits; and
    3. states that any provisions which differ from this Agreement are offered by that Contributor alone and not by any other party.

If the Program is made available in source code form:

  1. it must be made available under this Agreement; and
  2. 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 along with any other copyright or attribution statements required by the terms of any applicable Unrestricted Open Source license:

Copyright {date here}, QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG 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

Recipient acknowledges that there may be errors or bugs in the Program and that it is imperative that Recipient conduct thorough testing to identify and correct any problems prior to the productive use or commercial release of any products that use the Program, and prior to the release of any modifications, updates or enhancements thereto.

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.

QSS 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 QSS 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 in force in the Province of Ontario, Canada without regard to the conflict of law provisions therein. The parties expressly disclaim the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. 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.

 

* QNX is a registered trademark of QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG

 

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