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| CeCILL-B FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT | ||||
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|     Notice | ||||
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| This Agreement is a Free Software license agreement that is the result | ||||
| of discussions between its authors in order to ensure compliance with | ||||
| the two main principles guiding its drafting: | ||||
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|     * firstly, compliance with the principles governing the distribution | ||||
|       of Free Software: access to source code, broad rights granted to | ||||
|       users, | ||||
|     * secondly, the election of a governing law, French law, with which | ||||
|       it is conformant, both as regards the law of torts and | ||||
|       intellectual property law, and the protection that it offers to | ||||
|       both authors and holders of the economic rights over software. | ||||
|  | ||||
| The authors of the CeCILL-B (for Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre]) | ||||
| license are: | ||||
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| Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CEA, a public scientific, technical | ||||
| and industrial research establishment, having its principal place of | ||||
| business at 25 rue Leblanc, immeuble Le Ponant D, 75015 Paris, France. | ||||
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| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, a public scientific | ||||
| and technological establishment, having its principal place of business | ||||
| at 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris cedex 16, France. | ||||
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| Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - | ||||
| INRIA, a public scientific and technological establishment, having its | ||||
| principal place of business at Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP | ||||
| 105, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, France. | ||||
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|     Preamble | ||||
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| This Agreement is an open source software license intended to give users | ||||
| significant freedom to modify and redistribute the software licensed | ||||
| hereunder. | ||||
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| The exercising of this freedom is conditional upon a strong obligation | ||||
| of giving credits for everybody that distributes a software | ||||
| incorporating a software ruled by the current license so as all | ||||
| contributions to be properly identified and acknowledged. | ||||
|  | ||||
| In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy, | ||||
| modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only | ||||
| with a limited warranty and the software's author, the holder of the | ||||
| economic rights, and the successive licensors only have limited liability. | ||||
|  | ||||
| In this respect, the risks associated with loading, using, modifying | ||||
| and/or developing or reproducing the software by the user are brought to | ||||
| the user's attention, given its Free Software status, which may make it | ||||
| complicated to use, with the result that its use is reserved for | ||||
| developers and experienced professionals having in-depth computer | ||||
| knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the | ||||
| suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions | ||||
| enabling the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and, | ||||
| more generally, to use and operate it in the same conditions of | ||||
| security. This Agreement may be freely reproduced and published, | ||||
| provided it is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or | ||||
| removed herefrom. | ||||
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| This Agreement may apply to any or all software for which the holder of | ||||
| the economic rights decides to submit the use thereof to its provisions. | ||||
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|     Article 1 - DEFINITIONS | ||||
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| For the purpose of this Agreement, when the following expressions | ||||
| commence with a capital letter, they shall have the following meaning: | ||||
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| Agreement: means this license agreement, and its possible subsequent | ||||
| versions and annexes. | ||||
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| Software: means the software in its Object Code and/or Source Code form | ||||
| and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when the Licensee | ||||
| accepts the Agreement. | ||||
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| Initial Software: means the Software in its Source Code and possibly its | ||||
| Object Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when | ||||
| it is first distributed under the terms and conditions of the Agreement. | ||||
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| Modified Software: means the Software modified by at least one | ||||
| Contribution. | ||||
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| Source Code: means all the Software's instructions and program lines to | ||||
| which access is required so as to modify the Software. | ||||
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| Object Code: means the binary files originating from the compilation of | ||||
| the Source Code. | ||||
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| Holder: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over the Initial | ||||
| Software. | ||||
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| Licensee: means the Software user(s) having accepted the Agreement. | ||||
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| Contributor: means a Licensee having made at least one Contribution. | ||||
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| Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity, who | ||||
| distributes the Software under the Agreement. | ||||
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| Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections, translations, | ||||
| adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the Software by any or | ||||
| all Contributors, as well as any or all Internal Modules. | ||||
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| Module: means a set of sources files including their documentation that | ||||
| enables supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered | ||||
| by the Software. | ||||
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| External Module: means any or all Modules, not derived from the | ||||
| Software, so that this Module and the Software run in separate address | ||||
| spaces, with one calling the other when they are run. | ||||
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| Internal Module: means any or all Module, connected to the Software so | ||||
| that they both execute in the same address space. | ||||
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| Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor. | ||||
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| These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form. | ||||
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|     Article 2 - PURPOSE | ||||
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| The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the | ||||
| Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the | ||||
| Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the | ||||
| protection granted by the rights over said Software. | ||||
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|     Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE | ||||
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| 3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and | ||||
| conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the | ||||
| following events: | ||||
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|     * (i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by | ||||
|       downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical | ||||
|       medium; | ||||
|     * (ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights | ||||
|       granted hereunder. | ||||
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| 3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the | ||||
| characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the | ||||
| fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided | ||||
| to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1 | ||||
| hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and | ||||
| understood it. | ||||
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|     Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM | ||||
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|       4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE | ||||
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| The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by | ||||
| the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1. | ||||
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|       4.2 TERM | ||||
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| The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of | ||||
| protection of the economic rights over the Software. | ||||
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|     Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED | ||||
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| The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following | ||||
| rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the | ||||
| Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter. | ||||
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| Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents | ||||
| protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its | ||||
| components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by | ||||
| these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or | ||||
| modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor | ||||
| undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set | ||||
| forth in this paragraph. | ||||
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|       5.1 RIGHT OF USE | ||||
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| The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation | ||||
| as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified | ||||
| that this comprises: | ||||
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|    1. permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software | ||||
|       by any or all means and in any or all form. | ||||
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|    2. loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or | ||||
|       all medium. | ||||
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|    3. entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to | ||||
|       determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent | ||||
|       elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee | ||||
|       carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission | ||||
|       or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled | ||||
|       to carry out hereunder. | ||||
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|       5.2 ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS | ||||
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| The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt, | ||||
| arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right | ||||
| to reproduce the resulting software. | ||||
|  | ||||
| The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contributions to the | ||||
| Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the | ||||
| author of said Contribution and indicates the date of the creation thereof. | ||||
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|       5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION | ||||
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| In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish, | ||||
| transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or | ||||
| all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in | ||||
| consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the | ||||
| Software by any means. | ||||
|  | ||||
| The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified | ||||
| or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and | ||||
| conditions set forth hereinafter. | ||||
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|         5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION | ||||
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| The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in | ||||
| Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution | ||||
| complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by: | ||||
|  | ||||
|    1. a copy of the Agreement, | ||||
|  | ||||
|    2. a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's | ||||
|       warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9, | ||||
|  | ||||
| and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is | ||||
| redistributed, the Licensee allows effective access to the full Source | ||||
| Code of the Software at a minimum during the entire period of its | ||||
| distribution of the Software, it being understood that the additional | ||||
| cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of | ||||
| transferring the data. | ||||
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|         5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE | ||||
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| If the Licensee makes any Contribution to the Software, the resulting | ||||
| Modified Software may be distributed under a license agreement other | ||||
| than this Agreement subject to compliance with the provisions of Article | ||||
| 5.3.4. | ||||
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|         5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES | ||||
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| When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and | ||||
| conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that | ||||
| may be distributed under a separate license agreement. | ||||
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|         5.3.4 CREDITS | ||||
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| Any Licensee who may distribute a Modified Software hereby expressly | ||||
| agrees to: | ||||
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|    1. indicate in the related documentation that it is based on the | ||||
|       Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the intellectual | ||||
|       property notice for the Software, | ||||
|  | ||||
|    2. ensure that written indications of the Software intended use, | ||||
|       intellectual property notice and license hereunder are included in | ||||
|       easily accessible format from the Modified Software interface, | ||||
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|    3. mention, on a freely accessible website describing the Modified | ||||
|       Software, at least throughout the distribution term thereof, that | ||||
|       it is based on the Software licensed hereunder, and reproduce the | ||||
|       Software intellectual property notice, | ||||
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|    4. where it is distributed to a third party that may distribute a | ||||
|       Modified Software without having to make its source code | ||||
|       available, make its best efforts to ensure that said third party | ||||
|       agrees to comply with the obligations set forth in this Article . | ||||
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| If the Software, whether or not modified, is distributed with an | ||||
| External Module designed for use in connection with the Software, the | ||||
| Licensee shall submit said External Module to the foregoing obligations. | ||||
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|         5.3.5 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CeCILL AND CeCILL-C LICENSES | ||||
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| Where a Modified Software contains a Contribution subject to the CeCILL | ||||
| license, the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional. | ||||
|  | ||||
| A Modified Software may be distributed under the CeCILL-C license. In | ||||
| such a case the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional. | ||||
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|     Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | ||||
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|       6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE | ||||
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| The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or | ||||
| all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms | ||||
| and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work | ||||
| and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the | ||||
| distribution of said Initial Software. | ||||
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| The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at | ||||
| least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2. | ||||
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|       6.2 OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS | ||||
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| The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the owner of the | ||||
| intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by | ||||
| applicable law. | ||||
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|       6.3 OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES | ||||
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| The Licensee who develops an External Module is the owner of the | ||||
| intellectual property rights over this External Module as defined by | ||||
| applicable law and is free to choose the type of agreement that shall | ||||
| govern its distribution. | ||||
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|       6.4 JOINT PROVISIONS | ||||
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| The Licensee expressly undertakes: | ||||
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|    1. not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property | ||||
|       notices attached to the Software; | ||||
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|    2. to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies | ||||
|       of the Software modified or not. | ||||
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| The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the | ||||
| intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the | ||||
| Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all | ||||
| measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights | ||||
| of the Holder and/or Contributors. | ||||
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|     Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES | ||||
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| 7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to | ||||
| provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software. | ||||
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| However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The | ||||
| terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such | ||||
| maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the | ||||
| Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services | ||||
| shall incur liability therefor. | ||||
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| 7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under | ||||
| its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon | ||||
| itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified | ||||
| Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said | ||||
| warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application, | ||||
| shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor | ||||
| and the Licensee. | ||||
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|     Article 8 - LIABILITY | ||||
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| 8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be | ||||
| entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered | ||||
| from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant | ||||
| Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof. | ||||
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| 8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under | ||||
| this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular: | ||||
| (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its | ||||
| obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the | ||||
| Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more | ||||
| generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly | ||||
| agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data, | ||||
| loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders, | ||||
| opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all | ||||
| legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party, | ||||
| shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to | ||||
| any or all compensation from the Licensor. | ||||
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|     Article 9 - WARRANTY | ||||
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| 9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical | ||||
| state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all | ||||
| possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of | ||||
| possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's | ||||
| attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using, | ||||
| modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are | ||||
| reserved for experienced users. | ||||
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| The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means, | ||||
| the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working | ||||
| order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons | ||||
| or properties. | ||||
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| 9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled | ||||
| to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the | ||||
| rights set forth in Article 5). | ||||
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| 9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by | ||||
| the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than | ||||
| that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty | ||||
| as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant | ||||
| nature. | ||||
|  | ||||
| Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free | ||||
| from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will | ||||
| be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software | ||||
| configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements. | ||||
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| 9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the | ||||
| Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right | ||||
| relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore, | ||||
| the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee | ||||
| arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be | ||||
| instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the | ||||
| Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against | ||||
| the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal | ||||
| assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be | ||||
| decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the | ||||
| Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor | ||||
| disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the | ||||
| name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of | ||||
| prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence | ||||
| of a trademark. | ||||
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|     Article 10 - TERMINATION | ||||
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| 10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations | ||||
| hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement | ||||
| thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has | ||||
| remained ineffective. | ||||
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| 10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be | ||||
| authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any | ||||
| licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement | ||||
| shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance | ||||
| with the terms and conditions hereof. | ||||
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|     Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
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|       11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS | ||||
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| Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to | ||||
| perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force | ||||
| majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective | ||||
| functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications | ||||
| networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by | ||||
| government authorities, natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes, | ||||
| fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc. | ||||
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| 11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke | ||||
| one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be | ||||
| interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to | ||||
| invoke said provision(s) subsequently. | ||||
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| 11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements, | ||||
| whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same | ||||
| purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said | ||||
| Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the | ||||
| terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties | ||||
| unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized | ||||
| representatives. | ||||
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| 11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to | ||||
| conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text, | ||||
| said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make | ||||
| the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative | ||||
| text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity | ||||
| of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not | ||||
| cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid. | ||||
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|       11.5 LANGUAGE | ||||
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| The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions | ||||
| are deemed authentic. | ||||
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|     Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT | ||||
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| 12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this | ||||
| Agreement. | ||||
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| 12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is | ||||
| protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who | ||||
| reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the | ||||
| Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may | ||||
| address new issues encountered by Free Software. | ||||
|  | ||||
| 12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may | ||||
| only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement | ||||
| or a subsequent version. | ||||
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|     Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION | ||||
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| 13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to | ||||
| endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes | ||||
| that may arise during the performance of the Agreement. | ||||
|  | ||||
| 13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their | ||||
| occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the | ||||
| disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having | ||||
| jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party. | ||||
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| Version 1.0 dated 2006-09-05. | ||||
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