License agreement
public offer (invitation to
offer)
This offer, in accordance with the first
and second parts of Article 329 of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia, is
an official/public offer (invitation to the offer) of the limited liability
company Aqtra Platform Ltd. and contains all the essential terms to grant
rights to use the computer/software program.
"Aqtra Platform" Limited
Liability Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Licensor"),
represented by the director Ilia Korsun, acting on the basis of the founding
agreement and charter of the enterprise, makes this public offer for the
purpose of entering into a license agreement under the following conditions.
Procedure for accepting this
offer
In accordance with the first and second
parts of Article 330, Article 331, Article 332 and Article 361, Part 2 of the
Civil Code of the State of Georgia, if an individual or legal entity accepts
the terms of the offer and pays the service fee, the individual or A legal
entity becomes a "licensee".
Acceptance of this public offer is the
payment of the fee by the licensee for the right to use the computer program to
the licensor.
From the moment funds are received in the
Licensor's settlement account, the Licensee is deemed to have fulfilled its
obligations to accept this offer. The deadline of acceptance of the offer by
the licensee is unlimited.
Software License Terms:
The Software License Terms (referred to as
the "Agreement") are entered into between the Licensor and the
Licensee and are effective from the date of payment of the License Fee (the
"Effective Date"). Licensor and Licensee are individually referred to
as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties".
Definitions:
"Documentation" - means user manuals, manuals
of any kind, software descriptions and specifications, brochures, technical
manuals, support materials and other information related to the Software,
printed, electronic or video and/or distributed in any other format.
"Software
activation key"
- the procedure performed by the licensor for technical authorization for the
licensee to use the software, the authorization of which is carried out by
sending the activation key-password to the licensee to activate the software.
"Content" - means software (including
computer-generated images), applications, online services, features,
technology, data, text, audio, video, images or other materials.
"Confidential
Information"
- means the terms of this Agreement, as well as any material relating to the
research, development, products, services, customers, markets, documentation
(as defined below), inventions, price lists, technologies or finances of either
party or other information of a commercial nature and information containing a
trade secret that is considered by the transmitting party to be a trade secret
or confidential information. Without limiting the foregoing, any software and
any databases (including data models, structures, specific data unrelated to
Licensee and general data contained in such software and databases) shall be
deemed to be Licensor's confidential information. Also, any type of Information
that is recognized as confidential information by the international trade
organization, as well as any information that is recognized as confidential
information of the party based on international trade principles and
approaches, including and not only based on the principles of “INCOTERMS 2020”, as well as
international legislation. It is recognized as confidential information and/or
information containing confidential information and/or such signs by
agreements, conventions and internal legislation of the State of Georgia.
"New Version
of the Software"
- means a major release of the Software, the primary purpose of which is to add
new functionality or improve the performance of the Software, as identified by
the applicable release number of the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
new release does not contain any new software or modules (whether or not
Licensor's proprietary software) that may be distributed and monetized by
Licensee separately.
"New Software
or Modules"
- are separate units of software that may be implemented as a stand-alone
software product.
"Personal
Data" - means
information described and provided for in international law and applicable
domestic data protection laws of Georgia and includes, but is not limited to
any data or information (in which it is contained and whether contained
separately or in combination) identified or In relation to an identifiable
natural person.
"Intellectual
Property Rights"
- means all currently known and subsequent rights relating to copyrighted works
worldwide, including exclusive rights of use, copyright, moral rights of author
and circuit layout; (b) trademark and trade designation rights; c) the right to
trade secrets; (d) patent rights, industrial designs, algorithms and other
industrial property rights; (e) other intellectual property rights and
proprietary rights of any kind worldwide, whether by law, contract or license
or otherwise; and (f) all registration and application documents, certificates
of renewal, merger or division and reissued copies of the foregoing; (g) the
useful module, the whole or part of the useful module and any other type of
right recognized under international law as an intellectual property right
and/or part of it.
"Software" - the digital platform Aqtra
Platform DPA (Digital Process Automation), also referred to as "Low-code
Platform Aqtra" and "Platform Aqtra", which is the intellectual
property of the Licensor.
"License
Term" - means
the period of use of the Licensed Software by Licensee.
"Price/Fee"
- means the amount payable for the Subscription License and/or Professional
Services specified in the applicable Order Form.
"Technical
support services" -
a set of services to solve user problems related to access to software services
in accordance with the service level agreement - SLA, located on the website www.aqtra.io
1. Issuance of license
1.1. The Licensor grants the Licensee, for
a fee, the right to use the Software in any territory in the following ways:
installing on its own servers or in the cloud, running the Software and working
with it, that is, using built-in integration. Functionality, backup copy,
without the right to transfer to third parties (sublicense).
The validity period of the license is
determined by the tariff paid by the licensee.
1.2. Licensee may not: (i) permit third
parties (including affiliates or contractors) to use the Software or maintain
or operate the Software on behalf of Licensor; (ii) decompile, reverse engineer
or reverse engineer the Software in whole or in part; (iii) modify, adapt or
create derivative works of the Software; (iv) integrate the Software with other
software; (v) remove any proprietary notices/information, including
intellectual property, from the Software or Documentation.
1.3. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, Licensee agrees not to use or permit the use of the Software to
display, store, process, or transmit any Content that may (i) endanger or harm
any person or property, (ii) include the posting of any material, that is
false, defamatory, abusive or obscene, (iii) violates privacy rights or
promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or violence, (iv) constitutes unsolicited
mail, "junk mail", "spam" or "letters"; (v)
constitutes an infringement of intellectual property rights or other
proprietary rights, or (vi) otherwise violates any applicable laws, regulations
or rules. If Licensor becomes aware that the other party is in violation of any
of the foregoing restrictions, Licensee shall notify Licensor and Licensee and
Licensor shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy such violation. If
the Licensee does not take the necessary measures in accordance with the above,
the Licensor reserves the right to voluntarily take corrective measures if any
Content violates the above restrictions, including removing or disabling access
to such Content. In case of such action, the Licensor shall have no liability
to the other party.
1.4. Delivery and Receipt: Software and
documentation will be distributed electronically. The licensee installs and
configures the software within 5 (five)
days after paying the access key fee and receiving it. It tests the
functionality of the software. If no reasoned refusal is provided by the
Licensor on the fifth day of testing, the rights to use the Software shall be
deemed fully accepted by the Licensee.
2. Maintenance and support
2.1. Technical Support Services: Licensor
shall provide technical support and technical support services in accordance
with the Support Level Agreement (SLA) as updated by it from time to time.
3. Payment
3.1. Payment: All fees are payable in
accordance with Licensee's chosen tariff terms, which are non-refundable except
as expressly provided in this Agreement.
3.2. Any payment that Licensee is required
to make under this Agreement and is not paid is subject to a daily fine in
amount of 0.1% due per day. Licensee shall also pay all collection costs,
including confirmed legal fees and costs.
4. Privacy
4.1. Confidential Information: Each party
will have access to the other party's or third party's confidential or
non-public information ("Confidential Information"). Confidential
Information disclosed is and will remain the property of the disclosing party
or its third parties. The Software and Documentation are confidential
information of Licensor. Confidential Information does not include information
that: (i) is or becomes public or becomes in the public domain through no fault
of the recipient; (ii) lawfully transferred to recipients who are not bound by
an obligation of confidentiality; (iii) is already in the possession of the
recipient at the time of disclosure without an obligation of confidentiality;
(iv) independently developed by Licensee; or (v) approved in writing for public
disclosure.
4.2. Confidentiality Obligation: Each party
agrees to: (i) use the Confidential Information only for the purposes of this
Agreement; (ii) keep the Confidential Information confidential and protected
from disclosure or use by any third party; (iii) not create derivative works
based on the Confidential Information; (iv) restrict access to Confidential
Information and strictly control access to it to its employees, affiliates,
agents and contractors who need access to such Confidential Information and who
have obtained written consent to work with such Confidential Information in
accordance with this Agreement; and (v) return or destroy all Confidential
Information of the other party upon termination or expiration of this
Agreement. If Licensee is required by law to disclose such Confidential
Information, Licensee must notify Licensor prior to disclosure and allow a
reasonable time for Licensor to protect against disclosure of Confidential
Information.
4.3 For the
purposes of this Agreement, any natural and/or legal entity other than the
Licensor
and the Licensee is considered a third party. Also, all those employees,
personnel, persons associated with the Licensee, contractors,
persons employed under the contract, etc., shall be considered as third
persons. which does not objectively participate in the activity of using the
license.
5. Warranty
5.1. Licensor warrants that the Software
will operate in accordance with the Documentation for a period of 01 year from the date of delivery of
the Software Activation Key ("Warranty Period"). In the event that
the Software fails to function as agreed during the Warranty Period, the
Licensor will correct a critical error (blocking the use of the Software) in
the Software, provided that the Licensee notifies it of such error during the
Warranty Period. If a critical error is discovered after the warranty period,
Licensor will provide Licensee with a version of the Software with corrected
code free of charge. This warranty does not apply if the affected software has
been modified by a person other than the licensee or used in a manner
inconsistent with the applicable documentation.
5.2. The Licensee shall lose the right to
claim compensation and/or other compensation under this Agreement, in the following
events: (i) the Software is modified by a third party other than the Licensor;
(ii) an older version of the Software was used that caused the damage, if the
infringement could have been avoided with a current version and such version
was provided to Licensee; (iii) use the Software in conjunction with other
software, hardware, or data of Licensee; (iv) use the Software in a manner
inconsistent with its documentation; (v) use the Software in a manner that
violates and/or conflicts with this Agreement.
5.3. If Licensor determines that the
Software may be the subject of a claim of intellectual property infringement,
Licensor may, in its sole discretion: (i) modify the Software; (ii) authorize
Licensee to continue using the Software; or (iii) terminate the license to the
Software and refund Licensee for the unused subscription period.
5.4. The clauses of this article establish
the sole responsibility of the licensee and the exclusive rights of the
licensor in case of appropriation or infringement of intellectual property to
act on the basis of this agreement, the internal legislation of the State of
Georgia and international legislation and to demand protection of the violated
rights and compensation for damages. The defense of infringed rights and the
right to claim damages shall prevail over all other obligations and/or
liabilities of Licensor.
5.5. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, LICENSEE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE IN
CONNECTION WITH LICENSEE'S USE OF THE SOFTWARE. LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) FOR ANY
CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. In addition to its
obligations set forth in the "Warranties" section of this Agreement,
Licensor's liability, regardless of the form of the claim, may not exceed the
total amount paid under this Agreement for Software Licenses during any 12-month’s period.
6. Termination
6.1. This Agreement shall be effective from
the date Licensee pays for the license and shall continue in effect until the
expiration of the license at the rate selected by Licensee.
6.2. The invalidity of any provision of
this Agreement shall not result in the invalidity of the entire Agreement.
Licensor may terminate this Agreement upon prior written notice if Licensee (i)
fails to cure a breach of this Agreement within
30 days of Licensor's written notice of such breach or (ii) insolvency
proceedings, including bankruptcy, are commenced against Licensee. Proceedings
that last more than 45 calendar days.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Licensee shall immediately
pay all amounts due under this Agreement, all rights under the License shall
immediately terminate, and Licensee shall cease use of the Software. Licensee
shall destroy the Software and all copies and related materials no later than 05 days after the date of termination
of this Agreement (and promptly certify such destruction to the other party).
7. General provisions
7.1. Components of the Software may include
or extend to third parties ("Third Party Components"). Such
distribution may be free or commercial. If the Licensee uses the Software in
accordance with the documentation provided and/or executed by the Licensor, the
presence of third-party components does not limit the rights granted by this
Agreement.
7.2. Without the prior written consent of
the Licensor, the Licensee may not transfer or delegate any of its rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement. Any assignment, transfer, delegation
or sublicense without the written consent of Licensor is void.
7.3 The parties agree that, despite this
agreement, the licensee does not have the right and access to the collection,
use, destruction and/or disclosure of any personal and/or other information
processed and stored by the licensor during the development and/or use of the
software. Licensor is responsible for the unauthorized collection, receipt,
transmission, use and disclosure of personal or other information obtained as a
result of the use of the Software. The licensee guarantees that it will
strictly comply with the domestic legislation of Georgia on privacy and data
protection, international legislation, as well as international agreements and
conventions recognized on the territory of Georgia. Otherwise, the licensee shall
bear full responsibility on the basis of this agreement and the above-mentioned
legislation.
7.4. The parties agree to resolve any
disputes arising under this Agreement through communication with each other
including electronic communication via electronic communicator’s. After 10 working days from the beginning of
the communication, if the communication of the parties is unsuccessful, the
parties agree that the dispute between them will be settled by the arbitration
operating in the state of Georgia.
7.5 The arbitration court referred to in Clause 7.4 of this Agreement
means Non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity "International
Arbitration Center of Georgia" (after “Arbitration
Court”) (S/N
400108281), which is located at: N29 N. Shataidze St., Tbilisi, Georgia.
7.6 The “International Arbitration
Center of Georgia” referred to in clause 7.4.1 is authorized to consider the
dispute between the parties arising from the present agreement. “Arbitration
Court” will overview dispute between parties with three arbitrator’s. The each
party chooses one arbitrator from the list/composition of arbitrators of "International Arbitration Center of
Georgia". Two arbitrator’s selected by parties shall choose the third
member of the “Arbitration Court” - the chairman of the “Arbitration Court”.
The “Arbitration Court” considers the dispute in accordance with the
legislation of Georgia.
7.7. The licensee agrees that during the
term of the license the licensor has the right to use its name for advertising,
placement on the electronic site and/or brochures and etc. for any marketing
and/or promotional activities.