Bicom Platform “Software” End User License Agreement
YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR USING THE SOFTWARE AS A SITE LICENCE, NETWORK LICENCE OR ENTERPRISE LICENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE.
NOTE: If you have reason to believe that your Software product was acquired from an illegal source or has been illegally modified, product updates likely will not work as designed and may cause unexpected failures to your applications.
The Software distributed exclusively by Bicom Systems Limited are designed for Buyers to promote their Communications Businesses. These include: SERVERware, PBXware, gloCOM, Meeting and sipPROT, otherwise known collectively as, “The Bicom Platform.” Details of which are available at www.bicomsystems.com
The Software are encrypted and the license granted is only for the use of the software as a tool. In no manner is any of the source code made available, nor any industrial secrets passed on or required for their usage. All usage can be undertaken by the publicly available support documentation to inform the use of the software provided by Bicom. The licenses should be considered a Site License or a Network License as mentioned in Article 14.2 of the OECD 2010 Commentaries on the Model of Taxation. As such Article 12 of the OECD Model Taxation has no application, there are no royalties due, nor any withholding taxes applied and all revenues are to be treated as Article 7 Business Profits.
END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR BICOM SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT “READ CAREFULLY:”
This End-User License Agreement “EULA” is a legal agreement between you, your principals, officers, directors, employees, assignees, agents and/or successors, hereafter referred to as “You” and Bicom Inc., a company registered with number 2031369, whose registered office is at Kismet House, Long Path Road, Sandy Hill, Al-2640, Anguilla, British West Indies, (hereinafter referred to as “Bicom”) for the SOFTWARE that accompanies this EULA. “The Software” is hereby defined as all software included in the medium that has been given to You, irrespective of the original origin or ownership of The Software or any rights associated with it. An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the Software. For the latest version of this EULA please refer to: “Mutual Agreements & Policies,” in the customer portal www.bicomsystems.com/myaccount/.
The license to use and enjoy the Software is distributed by Bicom Systems Limited, a company registered in England & Wales, number 05529411 with Registered Office: Unit 5, 5 Rockware Avenue, Greenford, UB6 0AA, United Kingdom, (hereinafter referred to as “Distributor.”)
As a convenience to the End User, Bicom makes available within The Software distribution certain third-party software products as listed below (“Third Party Software”). Your use of each Third Party Software included is subject to separate licensing agreements that are either included with such Software or The Software documentation or otherwise made available by Bicom or by its appointed Distributor or Reseller. Some of the Third-Party Software that may be included are listed below with hyperlinks to assist you. For a more comprehensive list please write to the registered address.
GNU: Such Third Party Software may include open source packages that are subject to the terms of the GNU General Public License and are more specifically identified in the documentation for The Software. For more on the GNU General Public License see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/qpl.txt. By accepting the terms of this Agreement, you agree that you have had the opportunity to review these third-party licenses and agree to comply with them. ONLY where applicable within the terms of a GNU license, Bicom will provide a copy of the source code to any requesting party.
It should be understood that these GNU or similar software are largely without use absent of the proprietary software included in this distribution. Altering their code would invalidate any support warranties associated with this license.
In the event of a conflict between a term of this Agreement and a term of a third-party license, the terms of the third party license will prevail.
Third-Party Software:
For more information on Third-Party Software, visit: “Mutual Agreements & Policies,” in the customer portal www.bicomsystems.com/myaccount/.
Installation and use.
(a) You may install and use a copy of The Software on one personal computer, server, mobile or other hardware devices. The license will be associated with a “MAC address” of that device unless specified otherwise, such as being based on an IP Address. The “MAC address” being defined as the unique
12-digit hexadecimal number that identifies the physical LAN address of the hardware device uniquely.
(b) You may not change or transfer a license from one MAC address to another. In exceptional circumstances, Bicom may grant a waiver to this clause. You must understand that at all times it remains in the ultimate discretion of Bicom to grant such a waiver and facilitate the transfer of a license from one MAC address to another.
(c) You may install an additional copy of the executable files of The Software on a second, portable device for Your exclusive use, to be able to execute those files in the event that the primary device fails and needs to be restored. In no other circumstance should this second copy be executed in such a way that it could be used or enjoyed by yourselves or any other party.
(d) You may not sub-licence, resell or loan the use of the Software associated with this licence to any Third-Party in any manner.
(e) You accept that for the good measurement and performance of desktop and mobile software there will be the sending of (SHA-1 hash). This sending of the Hash is based upon the Identification Number of the Hard Disk’s Partition (e.g. C: Drive), Serial Number or Identifier for Vendor without revealing the original Identification or Serial Number.
(f) You accept that for the good measurement and performance of desktop and mobile software there will be the sending of the values corresponding to the following: the software license number, version, edition, brand of the software, OS, phone model, and other possible related data. Please refer to Clause 5.1 (Confidentiality) for more details on how confidential information is to be collected, transferred and stored; and “Mutual Agreements & Policies,” in the customer portal www.bicomsystems.com/myaccount/ for full details on all data obtained and how it is processed under our General Data Protection Policy and specific gloCOM Policies.
(g) You accept that for the good measurement and performance of SERVERware and PBXware software there will be the sending of the values corresponding to the following: the software license number, version, edition, brand of the software, OS, and other possible related data. Please refer to Clause 5.1 (Confidentiality) for more details on how confidential information is to be collected, transferred and stored; and “Mutual Agreements & Policies,” in the customer portal www.bicomsystems.com/myaccount/ for full details on all data obtained and how it is processed under our General Data Protection Policy and specific SERVERware and PBXware Policies.
1.2 License Grant for Remote Access. You may use remote access technologies, such as a browser connected through an intranet or over the Internet, to access and use your licensed copy of The Software.
1.3 License Grant for Remote Assistance. You may permit any device to access and use your licensed copy of The Software. In no manner does this permit you the right to install The Software onto such a device.
1.4 License Grant for Media Elements. The Software may include certain photographs, clip art, shapes, animations, sounds, music and video clips that are identified in The Software for your use (together with “Media Elements”). You may copy and modify the Media Elements, and license, display and distribute them, along with your modifications as part of your software products and services, including your web sites, but you are not licensed to do any of the following:
(a) indemnify and defend Bicom from and against any claims or lawsuits, including attorneys’ fees that arise from or result from the licensing, use or distribution of Media Elements as modified by you, and (b) include a valid copyright notice on your products and services that include the Media Elements.
1.5 License Grant for Documentation. The documentation that accompanies The Software is publicly available and is licensed for internal, non-commercial reference purposes only.
1.6 License Grant for Templates. The Software may include templates. You may copy and modify the templates available as part of the Software that accompanies this EULA for your own purpose. Such templates or your modifications may not be distributed for use by other licensees of The Software. You are not licensed to do any of the following:
1.7 You agree that if applicable Your resellers, Customers and Users will be bound by agreements containing terms no less restrictive or protective of Bicom’s rights as licensor to use and enjoy the Works without access to the code or other intellectual property rights than those set forth in this Agreement, making equally clear as to the original authors or owners of each software as does this agreement.
2.1 Mandatory Activation. THERE ARE TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES IN THIS SOFTWARE THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLICENSED USE OF THE SOFTWARE. You may not be able to
use your rights to The Software under this EULA after a finite number of product launches unless you activate your copy of The Software in the manner described in the launch sequence. You may also have to reactivate The Software if you change the hardware device that it is loaded on or alter The Software. Bicom will use those measures to confirm you have a legally licensed copy of The Software.
Uploads. Bicom expressly reserves the right to monitor your usage of The Software for compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You agree to provide Bicom or its related parties with access reasonably necessary to monitor Your compliance with this Agreement. In addition, You acknowledge and agree that Bicom or its related parties will be entitled to receive: reports, data and any other information related to The Software used by you pursuant to this Agreement, through uploads to Bicom or its related parties by means of The Software. The parties agree to work together to facilitate such uploads. If such uploads are not available for any reason, then You agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the data and information included in such uploads to Bicom, in the form, format and frequency as mutually agreed. If you are not using a licensed copy of The Software, you are forbidden to install The Software or request Software updates.
2.2 Internet-Based Services. You may not use any Internet-based services associated with The Software in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair such services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of them. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any service, account, computer systems or networks associated with the Internet-based services.
2.3 Speech Recognition. If The Software includes speech and/or handwriting recognition component(s), you should understand that speech recognition are inherently statistical processes; that recognition errors are inherent in the processes; that it is your responsibility to provide for the handling of such errors and to monitor the recognition processes and correct any errors. Neither Bicom nor its providers shall be liable for any damages arising out of errors in the speech processes.
2.4 Malicious use. You agree not to use The Software for any malicious purpose that could cause harm or discomfort to any person or organization. Specifically but not exclusively this includes voice broadcast, fax broadcasts and any activity deemed to be illegal in Your jurisdiction or any jurisdiction in which your actions may have an effect.
The Sub-Distributor is prohibited from engaging in Reverse Engineering the software. For the purpose of this agreement, Reverse Engineering includes the decompiling, disassembling ,deconstruction and/or dismantling or similar of any of the following but not limited to the following “inputs”: the software source code, Data Dictionary, DDL – Data Definition Language either by the party or through an associated party often known as “clean-rooming” and any other activity that can be defined as a form of Reverse Engineering.
Such activity with respect to inputs may have purpose to “outputs,” that may include but not be limited to, Database Design, API Field Mapping to permit Bi-Directional database Mapping, Physical Schema Structure, Entity-Relationship Model (ERM), Normalized data model, Project Specification or any other derivative work.
It should be noted that the creation of any derivative work such as but not limited to a Database Migration Tool would constitute such an activity and likewise even the act of a using a Migration Tool or agreeing or instructing another party to use a Migration Tool would constitute an act of Reverse Engineering.
Any Reverse Engineering will be deemed as a breach of clause 5 (Confidentiality), clause 8 (Additional Software/Services), and clause 22 (Government License Rights).
Due to the confidential nature of the licensed software, breach of clause 4 will result in the Distributor seeking an injunction followed by the commencement of Civil Litigation proceedings. This may include but not be limited to damages and tort.
During and after the term of this Agreement you shall hold in confidence and protect, and shall not use (except as expressly authorized by this Agreement), or disclose Proprietary Information; unless such Proprietary Information becomes part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement by You.
You acknowledge and agree that, due to the unique nature of the Proprietary Information, there can be no adequate remedy at law for any breach of Your obligations hereunder and that any such breach may allow You or third parties to unfairly compete with Bicom or its related parties resulting in irreparable harm to Bicom or its related parties; and therefore, that upon any such breach or threat thereof, Bicom or its related parties shall be entitled to injunctions and other appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever remedies it may have at law.
5.1 You are under a contractual obligation to safeguard any third party personal data transferred, stored, migrated or utilised in any capacity during the course of using the Software. Any breach of said legislation will result in potential contractual damages. You are also expected to be aware of any legislation in your own jurisdiction that would be relevant to these topics and to abide by that legislation.
5.2 You may also obtain access to secrets such as the software code, Data Dictionary, DDL – Data Definition Language, other intellectual property, intellectual know-how and secrets. These should be returned to Bicom or Destroyed immediately.
Failing such agreement, and if this Agreement fails to meet the Government’s stated needs or is inconsistent in any respect with federal law, the Government agrees to return The Software and Documentation, unused, to Bicom or, if applicable, Reseller. Bicom, Attn. Bicom Sales Information Center or the Bicom-related party serving your country.
Should you have any questions concerning this EULA, please contact Bicom’s related party serving your country.
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