1 Qt COMMERCIAL LICENSE AGREEMENT
5 This Qt Commercial License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal
6 agreement between Nokia Corporation ("Nokia"), with its registered
7 office at Keilalahdentie 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland and you (either an
8 individual or a legal entity) ("Licensee") for the Licensed Software
13 "Affiliate" of a Party shall mean an entity (i) which is directly or
14 indirectly controlling such Party; (ii) which is under the same direct
15 or indirect ownership or control as such Party; or (iii) which is
16 directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Party. For these
17 purposes, an entity shall be treated as being controlled by another if
18 that other entity has fifty percent (50 %) or more of the votes in
19 such entity, is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the
20 composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.
22 "Applications" shall mean Licensee?s software products created using
23 the Licensed Software which may include portions of the Licensed
26 "Designated User(s)" shall mean the employee(s) of Licensee acting
27 within the scope of their employment or Licensee?s consultant(s) or
28 contractor(s) acting within the scope of their services for Licensee
29 and on behalf of Licensee.
31 "Initial Term" shall mean the period of time one (1) year from the
32 later of (a) the Effective Date; or (b) the date the Licensed Software
33 was initially delivered to Licensee by Nokia. If no specific
34 Effective Date is set forth in the Agreement, the Effective Date shall
35 be deemed to be the date the Licensed Software was initially delivered
38 "License Certificate" shall mean the document accompanying the
39 Licensed Software which specifies the modules which are licensed under
40 the Agreement, Platforms and Designated Users.
42 "Licensed Software" shall mean the computer software, ?online? or
43 electronic documentation, associated media and printed materials,
44 including the source code, example programs and the documentation
45 delivered by Nokia to Licensee in conjunction with this Agreement.
46 Licensed Software does not include Third Party Software (as defined in
49 "Modified Software" shall mean modifications made to the Licensed
52 "Party or Parties" shall mean Licensee and/or Nokia.
54 "Platforms" shall mean the operating systems listed in the License
57 "Redistributables" shall mean the portions of the Licensed Software
58 set forth in Appendix 1, Section 1 that may be distributed with or as
59 part of Applications in object code form.
61 "Support" shall mean standard developer support that is provided by
62 Nokia to assist eligible Designated Users in using the Licensed
63 Software in accordance with its established standard support
65 http://www.qtsoftware.com/support-services/files/pdf/.
67 "Updates" shall mean a release or version of the Licensed Software
68 containing enhancement, new features, bug fixes, error corrections and
69 other changes that are generally made available to users of the
70 Licensed Software that have contracted for maintenance and support.
74 The Licensed Software is protected by copyright laws and international
75 copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and
76 treaties. The Licensed Software is licensed, not sold.
78 Nokia shall own all right, title and interest including the
79 intellectual property rights in and to the information on bug fixes or
80 error corrections relating to the Licensed Software that are submitted
81 by Licensee to Nokia as well as any intellectual property rights to
82 the correction of any errors, if any. To the extent any rights do not
83 automatically vest in Nokia, Licensee assigns, and shall ensure that
84 all of its Affiliates, agents, subcontractors and employees assign,
85 all such rights to Nokia. All Nokia's and/or its licensors'
86 trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos or other words or
87 symbols are and shall remain the exclusive property of Nokia or its
88 licensors respectively.
92 Some of the files in the Licensed Software have been grouped into
93 Modules. These files contain specific notices defining the Module of
94 which they are a part. The Modules licensed to Licensee are specified
95 in the License Certificate. The terms of the License Certificate are
96 considered part of the Agreement. In the event of inconsistency or
97 conflict between the language of this Agreement and the License
98 Certificate, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
100 4.VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT
102 By installing, copying, or otherwise using the Licensed Software,
103 Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If
104 Licensee does not agree to the terms of this Agreement, Licensee may
105 not install, copy, or otherwise use the Licensed Software. Licensee
106 may, however, return it to Licensee's place of purchase within
107 fourteen (14) days of purchase for a full refund. In addition, by
108 installing, copying, or otherwise using any Updates or other
109 components of the Licensed Software that Licensee receives separately
110 as part of the Licensed Software, Licensee agrees to be bound by any
111 additional license terms that accompany such Updates, if any. If
112 Licensee does not agree to the additional license terms that accompany
113 such Updates, Licensee may not install, copy, or otherwise use such
116 Upon Licensee's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this
117 Agreement, Nokia grants Licensee the right to use the Licensed
118 Software in the manner provided below.
122 5.1.Using, modifying and copying
124 Nokia grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual
125 license to use, modify and copy the Licensed Software for the
126 Designated User(s) specified in the License Certificate for the sole
127 purposes of designing, developing, and testing Application(s).
129 Licensee may install copies of the Licensed Software on an unlimited
130 number of computers provided that only the Designated Users use the
131 Licensed Software. Licensee may at any time designate another
132 Designated User to replace a then-current Designated User by notifying
133 Nokia, provided that a) the then-current Designated User has not been
134 designated as a replacement during the last six (6) months; and b)
135 there is no more than the specified number of Designated Users at any
140 a) Nokia grants Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to
141 reproduce and distribute the object code form of Redistributables
142 for execution on the specified Platforms. Copies of
143 Redistributables may only be distributed with and for the sole
144 purpose of executing Applications permitted under this Agreement
145 that Licensee has created using the Licensed Software. Under no
146 circumstances may any copies of Redistributables be distributed
147 separately. This Agreement does not give Licensee any rights to
148 distribute any of the parts of the Licensed Software listed in
149 Appendix 1, Section 2, neither as a whole nor as parts or snippets
152 b) Licensee may not distribute, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose
153 of Applications and/or Redistributables, in binary/compiled form,
154 or in any other form, if such action is part of a joint software
155 and hardware distribution, except as provided by a separate runtime
156 distribution license with Nokia or one of its authorized
157 distributors. A joint hardware and software distribution shall be
160 (i) distribution of a hardware device where, in its final end user
161 configuration, the main user interface of the device is
162 provided by Application(s) created by Licensee or others, using
163 a commercial version of Qt or a Qt-based product, and depends
164 on the Licensed Software or an open source version of any Qt or
165 Qt-based software product; or
167 (ii) distribution of the Licensed Software with a device designed
168 to facilitate the installation of the Licensed Software onto
169 the same device where the main user interface of such device
170 is provided by Application(s) created by Licensee or others,
171 using a commercial version of Qt or a Qt-based product, and
172 depends on the Licensed Software.
174 5.3.Further Requirements
176 The licenses granted in this Section 5 by Nokia to Licensee are
177 subject to Licensee's compliance with Section 8 of this Agreement.
181 Nokia or a certified auditor on Nokia's behalf, may, upon its
182 reasonable request and at its expense, audit Licensee with respect to
183 the use of the Licensed Software. Such audit may be conducted by mail,
184 electronic means or through an in-person visit to Licensee's place of
185 business. Any such in-person audit shall be conducted during regular
186 business hours at Licensee's facilities and shall not unreasonably
187 interfere with Licensee's business activities. Nokia shall not remove,
188 copy, or redistribute any electronic material during the course of an
189 audit. If an audit reveals that Licensee is using the Licensed
190 Software in a way that is in material violation of the terms of the
191 Agreement, then Licensee shall pay Nokia's reasonable costs of
192 conducting the audit. In the case of a material violation, Licensee
193 agrees to pay Nokia any amounts owing that are attributable to the
194 unauthorized use. In the alternative, Nokia reserves the right, at
195 Nokia's sole option, to terminate the licenses for the Licensed
198 7.THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
200 The Licensed Software may provide links to third party libraries or
201 code (collectively "Third Party Software") to implement various
202 functions. Third Party Software does not comprise part of the
203 Licensed Software. In some cases, access to Third Party Software may
204 be included along with the Licensed Software delivery as a convenience
205 for development and testing only. Such source code and libraries may
206 be listed in the ".../src/3rdparty" source tree delivered with the
207 Licensed Software or documented in the Licensed Software where the
208 Third Party Software is used, as may be amended from time to time, do
209 not comprise the Licensed Software. Licensee acknowledges (1) that
210 some part of Third Party Software may require additional licensing of
211 copyright and patents from the owners of such, and (2) that
212 distribution of any of the Licensed Software referencing any portion
213 of a Third Party Software may require appropriate licensing from such
216 8.CONDITIONS FOR CREATING APPLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING REDISTRIBUTABLES
218 The licenses granted in this Agreement for Licensee to create
219 Applications and distribute them and the Redistributables (if any) to
220 Licensee's customers is subject to all of the following conditions:
221 (i) all copies of the Applications which Licensee creates must bear a
222 valid copyright notice, either Licensee's own or the copyright notice
223 that appears on the Licensed Software; (ii) Licensee may not remove or
224 alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice
225 contained in any portion of the Licensed Software, including but not
226 limited to the About Boxes in "Qt Assistant" and "Qt Linguist" as
227 defined in Appendix 1; (iii) Redistributables, if any, shall be
228 licensed to Licensee's customer "as is"; (iv) Licensee shall indemnify
229 and hold Nokia, its Affiliates, contractors, and its suppliers,
230 harmless from and against any claims or liabilities arising out of the
231 use, reproduction or distribution of Applications; (v) Applications
232 must be developed using a licensed, registered copy of the Licensed
233 Software; (vi) Applications must add primary and substantial
234 functionality to the Licensed Software; (vii) Applications may not
235 pass on functionality which in any way makes it possible for others to
236 create software with the Licensed Software, however Licensee may use
237 the Licensed Software's scripting functionality solely in order to
238 enable scripting that augments the functionality of the Application(s)
239 without adding primary and substantial functionality to the
240 Application(s); (viii) Applications may not compete with the Licensed
241 Software; (ix) Licensee may not use Nokia's or any of its suppliers'
242 names, logos, or trademarks to market Application(s), except to state
243 that Application was developed using the Licensed Software.
245 NOTE: The Open Source Editions of Nokia's Qt products and the Qt,
246 Qtopia and Qt Extended versions previously licensed by Trolltech
247 (collectively referred to as "Products") are licensed under the terms
248 of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 ("LGPL") and/or
249 the GNU General Public License versions 2.0 and 3.0 ("GPL") (as
250 applicable) and not under this Agreement. If Licensee has, at any
251 time, developed all (or any portions of) the Application(s) using a
252 version of one of these Products licensed under the LGPL or the GPL,
253 Licensee may not combine such development work with the Licensed
254 Software and must license such Application(s) (or any portions derived
255 there from) under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
256 version 2.1 (Qt only) or GNU General Public License version 2.0 (Qt,
257 Qtopia and Qt Extended) or version 3 (Qt only) copies of which are
258 located at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html,
259 http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/info/GPLv2.html, and
260 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
263 9.LIMITED WARRANTY AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
265 Nokia hereby represents and warrants with respect to the Licensed
266 Software that it has the power and authority to grant the rights and
267 licenses granted to Licensee under this Agreement. Except as set forth
268 above, the Licensed Software is licensed to Licensee "as is". To the
269 maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Nokia on behalf of itself
270 and its suppliers, disclaims all warranties and conditions, either
271 express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties
272 of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
273 non-infringement with regard to the Licensed Software.
275 10.LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
277 If, Nokia's warranty disclaimer notwithstanding, Nokia is held liable
278 to Licensee, whether in contract, tort or any other legal theory,
279 based on the Licensed Software, Nokia's entire liability to Licensee
280 and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be, at Nokia's option, either
281 (A) return of the price Licensee paid for the Licensed Software, or
282 (B) repair or replacement of the Licensed Software, provided Licensee
283 returns to Nokia all copies of the Licensed Software as originally
284 delivered to Licensee. Nokia shall not under any circumstances be
285 liable to Licensee based on failure of the Licensed Software if the
286 failure resulted from accident, abuse or misapplication, nor shall
287 Nokia under any circumstances be liable for special damages, punitive
288 or exemplary damages, damages for loss of profits or interruption of
289 business or for loss or corruption of data. Any award of damages from
290 Nokia to Licensee shall not exceed the total amount Licensee has paid
291 to Nokia in connection with this Agreement.
293 11.SUPPORT AND UPDATES
295 Licensee shall be eligible to receive Support and Updates during the
296 Initial Term, in accordance with Nokia's then current policies and
297 procedures, if any. Such policies and procedures may be changed from
298 time to time. Following the Initial Term, Nokia shall no longer make
299 the Licensed Software available to Licensee unless Licensee purchases
300 additional Support and Updates according to this Section 11 below.
302 Licensee may purchase additional Support and Updates following the
303 Initial Term at Nokia's terms and conditions applicable at the time of
308 Each party acknowledges that during the Initial Term of this Agreement
309 it shall have access to information about the other party's business,
310 business methods, business plans, customers, business relations,
311 technology, and other information, including the terms of this
312 Agreement, that is confidential and of great value to the other party,
313 and the value of which would be significantly reduced if disclosed to
314 third parties (the "Confidential Information"). Accordingly, when a
315 party (the "Receiving Party") receives Confidential Information from
316 another party (the "Disclosing Party"), the Receiving Party shall, and
317 shall obligate its employees and agents and employees and agents of
318 its affiliates to: (i) maintain the Confidential Information in strict
319 confidence; (ii) not disclose the Confidential Information to a third
320 party without the Disclosing Party's prior written approval; and (iii)
321 not, directly or indirectly, use the Confidential Information for any
322 purpose other than for exercising its rights and fulfilling its
323 responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement. Each party shall take
324 reasonable measures to protect the Confidential Information of the
325 other party, which measures shall not be less than the measures taken
326 by such party to protect its own confidential and proprietary
329 "Confidential Information" shall not include information that (a) is
330 or becomes generally known to the public through no act or omission of
331 the Receiving Party; (b) was in the Receiving Party's lawful
332 possession prior to the disclosure hereunder and was not subject to
333 limitations on disclosure or use; (c) is developed by the Receiving
334 Party without access to the Confidential Information of the Disclosing
335 Party or by persons who have not had access to the Confidential
336 Information of the Disclosing Party as proven by the written records
337 of the Receiving Party; (d) is lawfully disclosed to the Receiving
338 Party without restrictions, by a third party not under an obligation
339 of confidentiality; or (e) the Receiving Party is legally compelled to
340 disclose the information, in which case the Receiving Party shall
341 assert the privileged and confidential nature of the information and
342 cooperate fully with the Disclosing Party to protect against and
343 prevent disclosure of any Confidential Information and to limit the
344 scope of disclosure and the dissemination of disclosed Confidential
345 Information by all legally available means.
347 The obligations of the Receiving Party under this Section shall
348 continue during the Initial Term and for a period of five (5) years
349 after expiration or termination of this Agreement. To the extent that
350 the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between Nokia and Licensee
351 conflict with the terms of this Section 12, this Section 12 shall be
352 controlling over the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement.
354 13.GENERAL PROVISIONS
358 Nokia may include Licensee's company name and logo in a publicly
359 available list of Nokia customers and in its public communications.
363 Licensee shall not be entitled to assign or transfer all or any of its
364 rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement without the
365 prior written consent of Nokia, which shall not be unreasonably
370 Nokia may terminate the Agreement at any time immediately upon written
371 notice by Nokia to Licensee if Licensee breaches this Agreement.
373 Either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
374 immediately upon written notice in the event that the other party
375 becomes insolvent, files for any form of bankruptcy, makes any
376 assignment for the benefit of creditors, has a receiver,
377 administrative receiver or officer appointed over the whole or a
378 substantial part of its assets, ceases to conduct business, or an act
379 equivalent to any of the above occurs under the laws of the
380 jurisdiction of the other party.
382 Upon termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall return to Nokia all
383 copies of Licensed Software that were supplied by Nokia. All other
384 copies of Licensed Software in the possession or control of Licensee
385 must be erased or destroyed. An officer of Licensee must promptly
386 deliver to Nokia a written confirmation that this has occurred.
388 13.4.Surviving Sections
390 Any terms and conditions that by their nature or otherwise reasonably
391 should survive a cancellation or termination of this Agreement shall
392 also be deemed to survive. Such terms and conditions include, but are
393 not limited to the following Sections: 2, 5.1, 6, 7, 8(iv), 10, 12,
394 13.5, 13.6, 13.9, 13.10 and 13.11 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
395 the foregoing, Section 5.1 shall not survive if the Agreement is
396 terminated for material breach.
398 13.5.Entire Agreement
400 This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement between the parties
401 and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous discussions,
402 representations, and proposals, written or oral, with respect to the
403 subject matters discussed herein, with the exception of the
404 non-disclosure agreement executed by the parties in connection with
405 this Agreement ("Non-Disclosure Agreement"), if any, shall be subject
406 to Section 12. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective
407 unless contained in a writing executed by an authorized representative
408 of each party. No term or condition contained in Licensee's purchase
409 order shall apply unless expressly accepted by Nokia in writing. If
410 any provision of the Agreement is found void or unenforceable, the
411 remainder shall remain valid and enforceable according to its
412 terms. If any remedy provided is determined to have failed for its
413 essential purpose, all limitations of liability and exclusions of
414 damages set forth in this Agreement shall remain in effect.
416 13.6.Payment and Taxes
418 All payments under this Agreement are due within thirty (30) days of
419 the date Nokia mails its invoice to Licensee. All amounts payable are
420 gross amounts but exclusive of any value added tax, use tax, sales tax
421 or similar tax. Licensee shall be entitled to withhold from payments
422 any applicable withholding taxes and comply with all applicable tax
423 and employment legislation. Each party shall pay all taxes
424 (including, but not limited to, taxes based upon its income) or levies
425 imposed on it under applicable laws, regulations and tax treaties as a
426 result of this Agreement and any payments made hereunder (including
427 those required to be withheld or deducted from payments). Each party
428 shall furnish evidence of such paid taxes as is sufficient to enable
429 the other party to obtain any credits available to it, including
430 original withholding tax certificates.
434 Neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay or
435 non-performance of its obligations hereunder other than the obligation
436 of paying the license fees in the event and to the extent that such
437 delay or non-performance is due to an event of Force Majeure (as
438 defined below). If any event of Force Majeure results in a delay or
439 non-performance of a party for a period of three (3) months or longer,
440 then either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
441 with immediate effect without any liability (except for the
442 obligations of payment arising prior to the event of Force Majeure)
443 towards the other party. A "Force Majeure" event shall mean an act of
444 God, terrorist attack or other catastrophic event of nature that
445 prevents either party for fulfilling its obligations under this
450 Any notice given by one party to the other shall be deemed properly
451 given and deemed received if specifically acknowledged by the
452 receiving party in writing or when successfully delivered to the
453 recipient by hand, fax, or special courier during normal business
454 hours on a business day to the addresses specified below. Each
455 communication and document made or delivered by one party to the other
456 party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the English language or
457 accompanied by a translation thereof.
459 Notices to Nokia shall be given to:
468 Licensee acknowledges that the Licensed Software may be subject to
469 export control restrictions of various countries. Licensee shall
470 fully comply with all applicable export license restrictions and
471 requirements as well as with all laws and regulations relating to the
472 importation of the Licensed Software and/or Modified Software and/or
473 Applications and shall procure all necessary governmental
474 authorizations, including without limitation, all necessary licenses,
475 approvals, permissions or consents, where necessary for the
476 re-exportation of the Licensed Software, Modified Software or
479 13.10.Governing Law and Legal Venue
481 This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with
482 the laws of Finland, excluding its choice of law provisions. Any
483 disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
484 resolved in arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the Chamber
485 of Commerce of Helsinki, Finland. The arbitration tribunal shall
486 consist of one (1), or if either Party so requires, of three (3),
487 arbitrators. The award shall be final and binding and enforceable in
488 any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in
489 Helsinki, Finland and the process shall be conducted in the English
492 13.11.No Implied License
494 There are no implied licenses or other implied rights granted under
495 this Agreement, and all rights, save for those expressly granted
496 hereunder, shall remain with Nokia and its licensors. In addition, no
497 licenses or immunities are granted to the combination of the Licensed
498 Software and/ Modified Software, as applicable, with any other
499 software or hardware not delivered by Nokia under this Agreement.
507 1. Parts of the Licensed Software that are permitted for distribution ("Redistributables"):
509 - The Licensed Software's main and plug-in libraries in object code form
510 - The Licensed Software's configuration tool ("qtconfig")
511 - The Licensed Software's help tool in object code/executable form ("Qt Assistant")
512 - The Licensed Software's internationalization tools in object code/executable form ("Qt Linguist", "lupdate", "lrelease")
513 - The Licensed Software's designer tool ("Qt Designer")
514 - The Licensed Software's IDE tool ("Qt Creator")
517 2. Parts of the Licensed Software that are not permitted for distribution include, but are not limited to:
519 - The Licensed Software's source code and header files
520 - The Licensed Software's documentation
521 - The Licensed Software's tool for writing makefiles ("qmake")
522 - The Licensed Software's Meta Object Compiler ("moc")
523 - The Licensed Software's User Interface Compiler ("uic" or in the case of Qt Jambi: "juic")
524 - The Licensed Software's Resource Compiler ("rcc")
525 - The Licensed Software's generator (only in the case of Qt Jambi if applicable)
526 - The Licensed Software's Qt SDK