Technical Evaluation Licence

 

 

Non-Exclusive Licence to use Satellite Products

For Technical Evaluation Purpose Only

 

By downloading the PRODUCT and/or installing the PRODUCT, the End-User signifies that he unconditionally accepts all the terms and conditions of the present Technical Evaluation License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “LICENCE”)..

 

The acceptance by the END-USER of this LICENCE is the condition upon which Spot Image makes the PRODUCT available to the END-USER.

 

The END-USER of the PRODUCT shall ensure that the PRODUCT, and any copy thereof, is used in strict compliance with the terms of this LICENCE.

 

It is strictly prohibited for any END-USER established in the territory of CANADA to download any SPOT PRODUCT.

 

 

Article 1 - Definitions

 

END-USER: means either the individual, the legal business entity or the government agency, acting in its own name, which downloads the PRODUCT.

 

 

PRODUCT: means any satellite imagery product that may be downloaded by the END-USER at the following web address http://www.spotimage.com/demo-products/.

 

Article 2 - Licence

 

2.1  Permitted Uses

 

The END-USER is hereby granted by Spot Image a limited, non-exclusive, non transferable, licence to:

(a)  to install the PRODUCT on one or several individual computers in its premises; and

(b)  to use the PRODUCT for internal technical evaluation purposes only; and

(c)  to print extracts of the PRODUCT for internal technical evaluation purpose only.

 

All rights not expressly granted by Spot Image under the present Article 2.1 are hereby retained by Spot Image.

 

 2.2 Prohibited Uses

 

 

The END-USER shall not, and shall not permit any third party to:

(a)  use the PRODUCT for any use other than internal technical evaluation; and/or

(b)  alter or change the PRODUCT, without the express authorisation of Spot Image; and/or

(c)  alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the PRODUCT; and/or

(d) reproduce, transmit, disseminate, or make available in any way the PRODUCT, in whole or in part, to any third party, by any means, free of charge or in return for payment.

(e)  transfer the PRODUCT outside of the territory of establishment of the END-USER without Spot Image prior written authorisation.

 

In particular, any transfer, distribution and/or dissemination whatsoever of the PRODUCT, either in whole or in part, via the internet or any other computer network is strictly prohibited.

 

The END-USER shall not use the PRODUCT or any part of the PRODUCT for any commercial and/or operational use, or any technical evaluation using any operational system of any kind (terrestrial vehicle, plane, unmanned aerial vehicle, weapon system, boat, simulation system, command and control system, training system, targeting system, IMINT…).

 

 

2.3  Technical Evaluation Results

 

The END-USER shall inform Spot Image of the results of the evaluation it has performed.

 

 

Article 3 – Intellectual Property Rights

 

3.1   The satellite imagery data contained in the PRODUCT are and remain the property of the Centre National d’Etude Spatiales – CNES (for SPOT and Pléiades PRODUCTS), the National SPace Organization – NSPO (for F2 PRODUCTS) or of KARI (for K2 PRODUCTS).

Reference3D PRODUCTS are the common property of Spot Image and IGN France.

TerraSAR-X data are the property of the Federal Republic of Germany.

3.2   The END-USER recognizes the right of Spot Image and/or its licensors to copyright protection and/or protection against unauthorized use of the PRODUCTS and data contained thereof, in accordance with the applicable copyright laws and international agreements.

 

Article 4 – Warranty - Liability

 

4.1   The PRODUCT is complex; neither Spot Image, nor its licensors, warrants that the PRODUCT is free of bugs, errors, defects or omissions, and that operation of the PRODUCT will be error free or uninterrupted nor that all non-conformities will or can be corrected. They do not warrant that the PRODUCT shall meet the END-USER’s requirements or expectations, or shall be fit for the END-USER’s intended purposes. There are no express or implied warranties of fitness or merchantability given in connection with this PRODUCT or any other warranty.

4.2   In no event shall Spot Image, nor its licensors, nor anybody having contributed to development and/or production and/or delivery of the PRODUCT, be liable for any claim, damage or loss incurred by the END-USER, including without limitation indirect, compensatory, consequential, incidental, special, incorporeal or exemplary damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the PRODUCT, and shall not be subject to legal action in this respect.

4.3   The financial cumulative liability of Spot Image and its licensors and of anybody having contributed to developing and/or production and/or delivery of the PRODUCT shall in any event be limited to five hundred euros (500€).

 

Article 5 – Miscellaneous

 

5.1   This LICENCE is granted free of charge.

5.2   This LICENCE shall run for six (6) months from the date the PRODUCTS are downloaded by END USER.

5.3   Spot Image may, in addition to all other remedies to which it may be entitled under this LICENCE or at law, terminate this LICENCE by notice in writing if the END-USER breaches or is presumed to have breached any provision of this LICENCE. The END-USER shall have no claim to any kind of indemnity in this case.

5.4   Upon termination or expiration of this LICENCE, the END-USER shall destroy any copy of the PRODUCT.

5.5   The END-USER shall not transfer part or all of this LICENCE.

5.6   In the event that any provision of this LICENCE is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this LICENCE shall be applicable.

5.7   This Licence is governed by the laws of France. All disputes shall be referred to the courts of Toulouse, France.