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1. OWNERSHIP.
The SOFTWARE distributed and licensed to You hereunder, including, if
and when provided, any updates furnished to You for free or for
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licensors hereafter referred to as "Licensors"). The SOFTWARE is not sold,
and instead is only licensed for Your use, strictly in accordance with
this SLA. The SOFTWARE is protected by copyright laws and international
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ownership of, the SOFTWARE and modifications, including their
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under subsection 1(ii) below and the terms in Section 3. All
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applications and Your derivative works of the sample source code
delivered, including their respective intellectual property rights,
subject to Licensor's rights as described in subsection 1(i) above.
2. LICENSE.
2A) Grant
Subject to the terms and conditions of this SLA, NVIDIA hereby grants You a
limited, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license, without the right to
sublicense or distribute (except as expressly provided in this SLA), to:
(i) Install and use the SOFTWARE:
a. only on computer system(s) running a specific operating system
on which the SOFTWARE is designed to run and for which the
SOFTWARE is intended to produce an executable image ("Target
Systems"), and
b. only by the number of concurrent users for which Your
corresponding product configuration has been licensed,
(ii) Modify and create derivative works of sample source code delivered
in the SOFTWARE,
(iii) Distribute the below described distributable SOFTWARE in an
application that You build with the SOFTWARE that provides material
additional functionality beyond that included with the SOFTWARE
("End-User Application") to users within Your organization as well
as third party users outside Your organization ("Sublicensees")
only for use on Target Systems, subject to the Distribution
Requirements indicated in this SLA. The distributable SOFTWARE is
as follows:
a. SOFTWARE compiled or linked into, and inseverable from, Your
End-User Application, or
b. files contained or listed in folders or directories whose names
begin with "REDIST" within the SOFTWARE installation ("Run-Time
Files") that are required by, and bundled with, Your End-User
Application.
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For SOFTWARE versions that are not "Pre-Release" versions as defined in
Section 2C below, You may exercise the distribution license grant above
subject to all of the following:
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be consistent with the terms of this SLA, including (without
limitation) terms relating to the license grant and license
restrictions and protection of NVIDIA's intellectual property
rights,
(ii) You may identify NVIDIA as the SOFTWARE licensor or as having
NVIDIA Target System compatibility, where appropriate, provided
that You shall not otherwise use NVIDIA's name or trademarks to
market, endorse, or promote any End-User Application without prior
written permission from NVIDIA,
(iii) The distributable portions of the SOFTWARE shall only be accessed
by Your End-User Application,
(iv) You will not allow Sublicensees to remove any copyright or other
proprietary notice from the SOFTWARE,
(v) You will not allow Sublicensees to modify, create derivative works
reverse engineer, disassemble or attempt in any manner to obtain
the source code of the SOFTWARE,
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(vii) You shall disclaim, to the maximum extent permitted by law,
Licensors' and their respective affiliates' liability for all
damages, direct or indirect, incidental or consequential, that may
arise from any use of the SOFTWARE,
(viii) You shall not export the SOFTWARE, directly or indirectly, in
violation of U.S. export control laws or any export or import
regulations in other countries,
(ix) You shall strictly prohibit the further distribution of the
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software contains source code provided by NVIDIA Corporation."
(xi) You agree to notify NVIDIA in writing of any known or suspected
distribution or use of the SOFTWARE not in compliance with the
requirements of this SLA, and to enforce the terms of your
agreements with respect to distributed SOFTWARE.
2C) Pre-Release SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE versions identified as alpha, beta, preview, "early access", or
otherwise as "Pre-Release", may not be fully functional, may contain
errors or design flaws, and may have reduced or different security,
privacy, accessibility, availability, and reliability standards relative
to commercial versions of NVIDIA software and materials. Use of a
Pre-Release version may result in unexpected results, loss of data,
project delays or other unpredictable damage or loss.
You may use a Pre-Release version internally, at Your own risk,
understanding that Pre-Release versions are not intended for distribution
or for use in production or business-critical systems.
Only You may use an application compiled with a Pre-Release version. You do
not have any rights to distribute or otherwise transfer an application
compiled with a Pre-Release version.
NVIDIA may choose not to make available a commercial version of any
Pre-Release SOFTWARE. NVIDIA may also choose to abandon development and
terminate the availability of a Pre-Release version at any time without
liability.
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You acknowledge that the SOFTWARE may come bundled with, or otherwise
include or be distributed with open source, freeware, or other software
provided to NVIDIA under license from third parties ("Third Party
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conditions, which are made a part of and incorporated by reference into the
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of the Third Party Components is subject to the third party license terms
in addition to this SLA. To the extent the terms of this license conflict
with the terms of such third party licenses with respect to the Third Party
Components, the terms of such third party licenses will govern.
4. RESTRICTIONS.
4A) You may make copies of the SOFTWARE in machine-readable form solely for
archival or backup purposes, or for distribution as expressly permitted in
this SLA. You shall retain copyright notices and other proprietary legends
on the SOFTWARE and all copies of the SOFTWARE. You may not modify or
create derivative works, in whole or in part, based on the SOFTWARE, except
as expressly authorized in this SLA. You may not reverse engineer,
de-compile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE, or attempt in any manner to obtain
the source code. You may not rent, lease, loan, sublicense, or transfer,
electronically or otherwise, the SOFTWARE to others or authorize any
portion of the SOFTWARE to be copied onto another individual or legal
entity's computer except as expressly provided in this SLA. For clarity,
you may not distribute or sublicense the SOFTWARE as a stand-alone
product. The SOFTWARE is licensed as a single product. You may not bypass,
disable, or circumvent any encryption, security, digital rights management
or authentication mechanism in the SOFTWARE. Unless you have an agreement
with NVIDIA for this purpose, you may not indicate that an application
created with the SOFTWARE is sponsored or endorsed by NVIDIA.
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rights in the SOFTWARE and agree to respect and protect such intellectual
property rights. No right, title, or interest in or to any trademark,
service mark, logo or trade name of the Licensors is granted under this
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or intended for use in connection with the design, construction,
maintenance, and/or operation of any system or application where the use or
failure of such system or application could result in a situation that
threatens the safety of human life or results in catastrophic damages
(including, for example, in on-line control equipment in hazardous
environments such as nuclear activities, aircraft navigation or control, or
life support systems). The Licensors disclaim any express or implied
warranty of fitness for such uses. NVIDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY
THIRD PARTY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM
SUCH USES.
4D) You will not use the SOFTWARE so that any part of it becomes subject to an
Excluded License. As used in this SLA, an "Excluded License" is one that
requires, as a condition of use, modification, and/or distribution, that
(i) the SOFTWARE be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or
(ii) others have a right to modify it, or
(iii) the SOFTWARE becomes redistributable at no charge, or
(iv) the SOFTWARE loses its proprietary nature.
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granting by implication, estoppel or otherwise, (i) a license to any
NVIDIA product or technology other than the SOFTWARE; or (ii) any
additional license rights for the SOFTWARE other than the licenses
expressly granted in this SLA.
5. FEEDBACK.
You may, but are not obligated to, provide NVIDIA any suggestions, comments
and feedback regarding the SOFTWARE delivered to You hereunder("Feedback").
NVIDIA and its affiliates may use and include any Feedback that You have
voluntarily provided to improve the SOFTWARE and other NVIDIA products or
technologies. Accordingly, if You provide Feedback, You grant NVIDIA and
its affiliates and their licensees a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
royalty-free, fully paid-up license grant to freely use, have used, sell,
modify, reproduce, transmit, license, sublicense (through multiple tiers
of sublicensees), distribute (through multiple tiers of distributors), and
otherwise commercialize the Feedback in the SOFTWARE and other products or
technologies.
6. LIMITED WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSORS FURTHER DISCLAIM
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
OF THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER
DAMAGES, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF THIS SLA
OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE LICENSORS HAVE
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
FOREGOING, TO THE EXTENT THAT NVIDIA OR ITS AFFILIATES MAY BE HELD LEGALLY
LIABLE TO YOU BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, OR
ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
APPLICABLE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
(US$1,000), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
NVIDIA has no obligation to support or provide any updates of the SOFTWARE.
You agree that You are solely responsible for maintaining appropriate data
backups and system restore points for Target Systems.
7. INDEMNITY AND AUDIT.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the Licensors and their respective
employees, directors, officers, and agents harmless from and against any
and all claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, settlements, and costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
court or arbitration costs), (collectively "Claims") arising from, or
resulting from:
(i) Your breach of any term or condition of this SLA;
(ii) alleged or actual infringement of the intellectual property or
other proprietary rights of a third party by You or Your
Sublicensees;
(iii) the use, modifications, derivative works or distribution of the
SOFTWARE by You or Your Sublicensees;
(iv) combination of the SOFTWARE or derivative products with other
software, products or materials not in accordance with the terms
of this SLA; or
(v) any acts or omissions by You, Your employees, directors, officers,
and agents or Sublicensees either under this SLA or outside its
scope, including personal injury, death, or property damage to
anyone or anything.
NVIDIA reserves the right, upon reasonable prior written notice to You and
during Your normal business hours, to audit Your use of the SOFTWARE and
any derivative products made therefrom to confirm Your compliance with the
terms of this SLA.
8. EXPORT.
You acknowledge that the SOFTWARE is subject to U.S. Export law. This
includes both the Export Administration Regulations (the "EAR") and the
Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") and You agree to comply with
these laws. You confirm that You will not export or re-export the
SOFTWARE, directly or indirectly, to: (1) any countries that are subject to
US export restrictions (currently including, but not necessarily limited
to, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and the Crimea region); (2) any
end user who You know or have reason to know will utilize them in the
design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, and sounding rockets, or
unmanned air vehicle systems; or (3) any end user who has been prohibited
from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the
U.S. government. In addition, You are responsible for complying with any
local laws which may impact Your right to import, export or use the
SOFTWARE. You acknowledge that the use of the SOFTWARE or any NVIDIA
products by military end-users or for military end-uses is prohibited in
China, Russia, and Venezuela.
9. SOFTWARE MANUALS.
All proprietary documentation provided with the SOFTWARE is copyrighted and
may not be copied, photographed, reproduced, translated or reduced to any
electronic medium or machine-readable form in whole or in part without the
express, written, prior approval of NVIDIA.
10. GOVERNMENT USE.
The SOFTWARE has been developed at private expense and is "commercial item"
consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer
software documentation" provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication
or disclosure by the U.S. Government or a U.S. Government subcontractor is
subject to the restrictions in this SLA pursuant to DFARS 227.7202-3(a) or
as set forth in subparagraphs(b)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer
SOFTWARE - Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19, as applicable.
Contractor/manufacturer is NVIDIA, 2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara,
CA 95051.
11. TERMINATION.
The license granted to You in this SLA is effective until terminated.
11A) This SLA will automatically terminate if You fail to comply with any of
the terms and conditions hereof. You may terminate the license at any time
by returning and/or destroying the SOFTWARE together with all copies.
Upon termination of the license for any reason, You agree to destroy all
copies of the SOFTWARE.
11B) If You commence or participate in any legal proceeding against NVIDIA with
respect to the SOFTWARE, then NVIDIA may, in its sole discretion, suspend
or terminate license grants or any other rights provided under this SLA
during the pendency of such legal proceedings.
12. SURVIVING TERMS.
In the event this SLA is terminated for any reason, all provisions shall
survive termination except for the license grants to You.
13. NO ASSIGNMENT.
This SLA, and each party's rights and obligations herein, may not be
assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by You without
NVIDIA's prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, subcontract,
delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and
void. The terms of this SLA shall be binding upon assignees.
14. CONTROLLING LAW AND COMPLETE AGREEMENT.
This SLA shall be construed and interpreted under the laws of the state of
Delaware, not including its conflict of laws principles. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically
disclaimed. You and NVIDIA agree that all disputes arising out of this SLA
shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the federal
and state courts within Santa Clara County, California, and both parties
hereby consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of
these courts. If any provision of this SLA, or portion thereof, is found to
be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent
possible and the remainder of this SLA shall continue in full force and
effect.
15. PRIVACY NOTICE & CONSENT TO COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION.
You hereby acknowledge that during installation and compilation the
SOFTWARE may access and collect data in order to: (a) properly configure
and optimize for Target Systems; (b) deliver content or service through the
SOFTWARE; and (c) improve NVIDIA products and services. Information
collected by the SOFTWARE may include: (i) configuration data; (ii)
operating system and driver configuration; (iii) installed applications;
(iv) applications settings, performance and usage data; and (v) usage
metrics of the SOFTWARE.
NVIDIA may require certain personal information such as Your name, email
address and user credentials in order to deliver or provide products or
services to You.
The SOFTWARE may contain links to websites and services. NVIDIA encourages
You to review the privacy statements on those sites and services that You
choose to visit so that You can understand how they may collect, use and
share Your data. NVIDIA is not responsible for the privacy statements or
practices of sites and services controlled by other companies or
organizations.
You should review the NVIDIA Privacy Policy, located at
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/, which explains
NVIDIA's policy for collecting and using data, and the NVIDIA Privacy
Center, located at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/privacy-center/, to manage
Your consent and privacy preferences.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS SLA AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.
YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN YOU AND NVIDIA AND THAT IT SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR
WRITTEN, ANY PROPOSAL, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN YOU AND NVIDIA
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS SLA.
Rev 2020-June
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