VBDepend Eula

VBDepend - End User License Agreement

EULA VBDepend / VisualVBDepend / VBDepend.Console / VBDepend API / CQLinq
Copyright (C) 2009-2017 CoderGears LLC
END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
FOR ALL SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S)
IMPORTANT- READ CAREFULLY: This CoderGears LLC ("CoderGears") End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you, a developer of software applications, ("Developer End User") and CoderGears for all CoderGearss products, controls, source code, demos, intermediate files, media, printed materials, and "online" or electronic documentation ("SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S)") contained in this installation file.

Note: In case the terms of this Agreement are in conflict with the terms of any agreement individually negotiated and agreed between CoderGears and Licensee, the terms of the latter shall prevail.


1. PARTIES

1.1. "CoderGears" , "We" or Us means CoderGears LLC.

1.2. "Licensee" means the sole proprietor or legal entity specified in the Subscription Confirmation. For legal entities, "Licensee" includes any entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Licensee. For purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares or beneficial ownership of such entity.


2. DEFINITIONS

2.1. "Agreement" means this Subscription License Agreement.

2.2. "Product" means any software provided as part of the VBDepend offering.

2.3. "Client" means a computer device used by User for running Product.

2.4. "Customer" means an individual or a legal entity purchasing Product directly from CoderGears.

2.5. "Product Version" means a release, update, or upgrade of a particular Product that is not identified by CoderGears as being made for the purpose of fixing software bugs.

2.6. "Bug Fix Update" for a particular Product Version means a software update or release that is specifically identified by CoderGears as a bug fix for that Product Version.

2.7. "Fallback Date" means the date that was 12 months prior to the date of expiration of the Subscription.

2.8. "Fallback Version" means the most recent Product Version that CoderGears made available for public purchase prior to the Fallback Date, along with any Bug Fix Updates for that Product Version. For purposes of clarity, Fallback Version does not include any Product updates that Licensee may have used in the period between the Fallback Date and the date of expiration of the Subscription.

2.9. "VBDepend" means all of CoderGears individual developer productivity software (as identified on the VBDepend website).

2.10. "Subscription Confirmation" means an email confirming Licensee's rights to access and use Products, including VBDepend Subscription plans and number of licenses acquired.

2.11. "VBDepend Subscription" specifies the subscription term, the set of Products covered by this Agreement, subscription fees and payment schedules.

2.12. "User" means any employee, independent contractor or other temporary worker authorized by Licensee to use Software while performing duties within the scope of their employment or assignment.


3. GRANT OF LICENSE

3.1. The Product is licensed on a per-seat basis. If Licensee complies with terms of this Agreement, Licensee has the rights identified below in this section for each VBDepend Subscription that Licensee acquires.

3.2. Unless the VBDepend Subscription is expired or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 12, and subject to the terms and conditions specified herein, CoderGears grants Licensee a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use each Product covered by VBDepend Subscription as follows:

(A) Licensee may:

(i) Install and use the Product covered by VBDepend Subscription on any operating system supported by the Product;

(ii) Make one backup copy of the Product solely for archival purposes.

(B) Licensee may not:

(i) Allow the same VBDepend Subscription to be used concurrently by more than one (1) User.

(ii) Rent, lease, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works of, distribute, sell, sublicense or transfer the Product, or provide access to the Product or Licensee's VBDepend license to a third party;

(iii) Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, or translate the Product, or make any attempt to discover the source code of the Product;

(iv) Remove or obscure any proprietary or other notices contained in the Product.

3.3. Following the expiration of this Agreement, the license rights in Section 3.2(A) shall continue on a perpetual, royalty-free, limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable basis for the continued use of a Fallback Version of each Product covered by the VBDepend Subscription. The rights granted in this Section are expressly contingent upon Licensee having paid in full the applicable VBDepend Subscription fees for the preceding 12 months or longer without interruption. The limitations set forth in clause 3.2.B of this Agreement apply to the usage of the Fallback Version. The parties agree that upon expiration of this Agreement and Licensee's continued use of the Fallback Version, the provisions identified in Section 12.5 shall continue to apply to Licensee.

3.4. Products are made available on a limited license or access basis, and no ownership right is conveyed to Licensee, irrespective of the use of terms such as "purchase" or "sale". CoderGears has and retains all right, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Products any and all related or underlying technology, and any modifications or derivative works of the foregoing created by or for CoderGears, including without limitation as they may incorporate Feedback (as defined below).


4. PURCHASING THROUGH RESELLERS

This Agreement applies whether Licensee purchases an VBDepend Subscription directly from CoderGears or through resellers. If Licensee purchases through a reseller, the VBDepend Subscription details shall be as stated in the Subscription Confirmation issued by a reseller to Licensee, and the reseller is responsible for the accuracy of any such Subscription Confirmation. Resellers are not authorized to make any promises or commitments on CoderGearss behalf, and CoderGears is not bound by any obligations to Licensee other than as specified in this Agreement.


5. ACCESS TO PRODUCTS

5.1. All deliveries under this Agreement will be electronic. Licensee and its Users must have an Internet connection in order to gain access to VBDepend products and receive any deliveries. For the avoidance of any doubt, Licensee is responsible for downloading and installing Products. CoderGears will make Products available to Licensee for download on VBDepend website at www.VBDepend.com.

5.2. Licensee and its Users may use VBDepend in accordance with its documentation. Licensee and its Users are solely responsible for the accuracy of any information provided via and any action taken through VBDepend.


6. FEES

Licensee must pay VBDepend Subscription fees in accordance with the CoderGears Terms of Purchase or reseller's terms of purchase, whichever is applicable. If Licensee fails to make the timely payment of VBDepend Subscription fees, this Agreement will be terminated and Licensee may not use Products except as set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.


7. TAX

All prices for SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S) on the VBDepend website are displayed without any indirect taxes. Unless stipulated separately by this Agreement, CoderGears LLC, shall not charge the Developer End User any taxes excluding the value added tax (V.A.T.). Where applicable, CoderGears LLC, shall charge any Developer End User residing in the European Union (European Economic Community), the value added tax under the legislation of the French Republic. The value added tax sum shall be added to the final invoice sum issued by CoderGears LLC at the moment of purchase and shall be considered obligatory for any EU resident user.


8. FEEDBACK

Licensee has no obligation to provide us with ideas, suggestions, or proposals ("Feedback"). However, if Licensee or Users submit Feedback to us, then Licensee grants us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license that is sub-licensable and transferable, to make, use, sell, have made, offer to sell, import, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, and publicly perform the Feedback in any manner without any obligation, royalty or restriction based on intellectual property rights or otherwise.


9. VBDepend SUBSCRIPTION TRIAL

9.1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Licensee is granted a one-time right to install and use Product for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of thirty 14 days (renewable once) from the date of the Product installation, unless otherwise specified ("Evaluation Period"). Licensee's use of Product during Evaluation Period shall be limited to the internal evaluation of Product for the sole purpose of determining whether Product meets Licensee's requirements and whether Licensee desires to continue using Product.

9.2. Licensee may withdraw from using Product at Licensee's sole discretion any time before expiration of Evaluation Period. Upon expiration of Evaluation Period, Licensee's right to continue to use Product will terminate, unless Licensee purchases a VBDepend Subscription to the Product. The Product contains a feature that will automatically disable the Product upon expiration of Evaluation Period.


10. LIMITED WARRANTY

ALL PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED TO LICENSEE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES. USE OF THE PRODUCTS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CoderGears MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO ITS USE OR PERFORMANCE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CoderGears, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND RESELLERS, DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH REGARD TO THE PRODUCTS, AND THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES LICENSEE SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. LICENSEE MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE/JURISDICTION TO STATE/JURISDICTION. CoderGears (AND ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES) DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PRODUCTS ARE ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; THAT ANY DEFFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE PRODUCTS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY CONTENT OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS ARE DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH DOWNLOAD.


11. DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES

11.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CoderGears (OR ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, OR EMPLOYEES), OR CoderGears LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS OR RESELLERS BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANYONE ELSE FOR: (A) ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE; (B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSEE'S ACCESS TO OUR PRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND (C) ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES), INCLUDING THOSE (D) RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE, (E) BASED ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR (F) ARISING FROM ANY OTHER CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH LICENSEE'S USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

11.2. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY IN ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED (100) US DOLLARS OR THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT LICENSEE PAID FOR PRODUCTS DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, WHICHEVER IS LARGER. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LIABILITY EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.


12. TERM AND TERMINATION

12.1. The term of this Agreement will commence upon acceptance of this Agreement by Licensee as set forth in the preamble above, and will continue for each Product through the end of the applicable subscription period specified in the respective Subscription Confirmation. This Agreement will automatically renew with respect to each Product for a successive VBDepend Subscription term, unless terminated as set forth herein.

12.2. Licensee may terminate this Agreement at any time by cancelling a subscription. If such termination occurs during a then-current subscription period, this Agreement will continue to be effective until the end of that subscription period. Such termination does not relieve Licensee of the obligation to pay any outstanding subscription fees owed to CoderGears, and no credits or refunds will be issued to Licensee for prepaid subscription fees. Any refund request following the Product purchase date will be subject to the prior authorization by CoderGears and acceptance of such request shall be at the sole discretion of CoderGears, unless otherwise provided by applicable law.

CoderGears provides an opportunity to evaluate any of its Products free of charge during a trial period and encourages Customer to fully evaluate a Product prior to purchasing. Customer may withdraw from using Product at its sole discretion at any time before expiration of a free trial period.

12.3. CoderGears may terminate this agreement if:

(A) Licensee has materially breached this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof;

(B) Licensee fails to make the timely payment of subscription fees;

(C) CoderGears is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the CoderGears VBDepend to Licensee is, or becomes, unlawful); or

(D) CoderGears elects to discontinue providing CoderGearss VBDepend, in whole or in part.

12.4. CoderGears will make reasonable efforts to notify Licensee via email as follows:

(A) Thirty (30) days prior to termination of the Agreement in the events specified in Clauses 11.3(C) and 11.3(D) above, and in such events Licensee will be entitled to refund of unused portion of prepaid subscription fees, if applicable;

(B) Three (3) days prior to termination of the Agreement in the event specified in Clause 11.3(B), and in such event Licensee will not be entitled to any refund of unused portion of prepaid subscription fees.

12.5. Survival. Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement by Licensee under Section 12.2, and if Licensee elects to use the Fallback Version Licensee subject to Section 3.3 of this Agreement, Sections 3.3, 8, 10 and 11 of this Agreement will survive.


13. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION FOR NON-PAYMENT

13.1. CoderGears reserves the right to suspend Licensee's access to CoderGears Products in the event that Licensee fails to make payment for its subscription.

13.2. If CoderGears suspends Licensee's access to CoderGears Products for non-payment according to the provision 13.1., Licensee must pay all past due amounts in order to restore its access to CoderGears Products.

13.3. Licensee hereby agrees that CoderGears is entitled to charge Licensee for the time period during which Licensee has access to CoderGears Products until Licensee or CoderGears terminates or suspends Licensee's subscription in accordance with this Agreement.


14. EXPORT REGULATIONS

Licensee shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations with regards to: economic sanctions; export controls; import regulations; and trade embargoes ("Sanctions"), including those of the European Union and United States (specifically the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). Licensee acknowledges that it is not a person targeted by Sanctions nor is it otherwise owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of any person targeted by Sanctions. Further, Licensee acknowledges that it will not download or otherwise export or re-export CoderGearss VBDepend or any related technical data directly or indirectly to any person targeted by Sanctions or download or otherwise use CoderGearss VBDepend for any end-use prohibited or restricted by Sanctions.


15. GENERAL

15.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning its subject matter and supersedes any prior agreements between Licensee and CoderGears regarding Licensee's use of any CoderGears software covered by CoderGearss VBDepend. No purchase order, other ordering document or any handwritten or typewritten text which purports to modify or supplement the printed text of this Agreement or any schedule will add to or vary the terms of this Agreement unless signed by both Licensee and CoderGears.

15.2. Reservation of Rights. CoderGears reserves the right at any time to cease the support of CoderGearss VBDepend and to alter prices, features, specifications, capabilities, functions, licensing terms, release dates, general availability or other characteristics of CoderGearss VBDepend.

16.3. Changes to this Agreement. We may update or modify this Agreement from time to time, including any referenced policies and other documents. If a revision meaningfully reduces Licensee's rights, we will use reasonable efforts to notify Licensee (by, for example, sending an email to the billing or technical contact provided by Licensee to us, posted on our blog, or via the Product itself). If we modify Agreement, the modified version of Agreement will be effective upon the next VBDepend Subscription term. In this case, if Licensee objects to the updated Agreement terms, as Licensee's exclusive remedy, Licensee may cancel an VBDepend Subscription. Licensee may be required to click through the updated Agreement to show the acceptance. For the avoidance of doubt, any Subscription Confirmation is subject to the version of the Agreement in effect on the Subscription Confirmation date.

15.4. Opportunity to Review. Licensee hereby declares that Licensee has had sufficient opportunity to review this Agreement, understand the content of all of its clauses, negotiate its terms, and seek independent professional legal advice in that respect before entering into it. Consequently, any statutory "form contracts" ("adhesion contracts") regulations shall not be applicable to this Agreement.

15.5. Severability. If a particular term is not enforceable, the unenforceability of that term will not affect any other terms.

15.6. Headings. Headings and titles are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

15.7. No Waiver. Our failure to enforce or exercise any of this Agreement is not a waiver of that section.

15.8. Notice. CoderGears may deliver any notice to Licensee via electronic mail to an email address provided by Licensee, registered mail, personal delivery or renowned express courier (such as DHL, Fedex or UPS). Any such notice will be deemed to be effective (i) on the day the notice is sent to Licensee via email, (ii) upon personal delivery, (iii) one (1) day after deposit by express courier, (v) or five (5) days after deposit in the mail, whichever occurs first.

For exceptions or modifications to this Agreement, or for any questions concerning this EULA, or if you want to contact CoderGears for any reason, please contact us at: CoderGears LLC at support at codergears dot com.