License
Summary and License FAQ
H2 is dual licensed and available under a modified version of the MPL 1.1 (Mozilla Public License) or under the (unmodified) EPL 1.0 (Eclipse Public License). The changes to the MPL are underlined. There is a License FAQ for both the MPL and the EPL, most of that is applicable to the H2 License as well.
- You can use H2 for free. You can integrate it into your application
(including commercial applications), and you can distribute it.
- Files containing only your code are not covered by this license (it is 'commercial friendly').
- Modifications to the H2 source code must be published.
- You don't need to provide the source code of H2 if you did not modify anything.
However, nobody is allowed to rename H2, modify it a little, and
sell it as a database engine without telling the customers it is in
fact H2. This happened to HSQLDB: a company called 'bungisoft' copied
HSQLDB, renamed it to 'RedBase', and tried to sell it, hiding the fact
that it was in fact just HSQLDB. It seems 'bungisoft' does not exist
any more, but you can use the Wayback Machine and visit old web pages of http://www.bungisoft.com
.
About porting the source code to another language (for example C# or
C++): converted source code (even if done manually) stays under the
same copyright and license as the original code. The copyright of the
ported source code does not (automatically) go to the person who ported
the code.
H2 License, Version 1.0
1. Definitions
1.0.1. "Commercial Use"
means distribution or otherwise making the Covered Code available to a third party.
1.1. "Contributor"
means each entity that creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications.
1.2. "Contributor Version" means the
combination of the Original Code, prior Modifications used by a
Contributor, and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor.
1.3. "Covered Code" means the Original Code
or Modifications or the combination of the Original Code and
Modifications, in each case including portions thereof.
1.4. "Electronic Distribution Mechanism"
means a mechanism generally accepted in the software development community for the electronic transfer of data.
1.5. "Executable"
means Covered Code in any form other than Source Code.
1.6. "Initial Developer"
means the individual or entity identified as the Initial Developer in the Source Code notice required by Exhibit A.
1.7. "Larger Work"
means a work which combines Covered Code or portions thereof with code not governed by the terms of this License.
1.8. "License"
means this document.
1.8.1. "Licensable" means having the right
to grant, to the maximum extent possible, whether at the time of the
initial grant or subsequently acquired, any and all of the rights
conveyed herein.
1.9. "Modifications" means any addition to
or deletion from the substance or structure of either the Original Code
or any previous Modifications. When Covered Code is released as a
series of files, a Modification is:
1.9.a. Any addition to or deletion from the contents of a file containing Original Code or previous Modifications.
1.9.b. Any new file that contains any part of the Original Code or previous Modifications.
1.10. "Original Code"
means Source Code of computer software code which is described in the Source Code notice required by Exhibit A
as Original Code, and which, at the time of its release under this
License is not already Covered Code governed by this License.
1.10.1. "Patent Claims" means any patent
claim(s), now owned or hereafter acquired, including without
limitation, method, process, and apparatus claims, in any patent
Licensable by grantor.
1.11. "Source Code" means the preferred
form of the Covered Code for making modifications to it, including all
modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files,
scripts used to control compilation and installation of an Executable,
or source code differential comparisons against either the Original
Code or another well known, available Covered Code of the Contributor's
choice. The Source Code can be in a compressed or archival form,
provided the appropriate decompression or de-archiving software is
widely available for no charge.
1.12. "You" (or "Your") means an individual
or a legal entity exercising rights under, and complying with all of
the terms of, this License or a future version of this License issued
under Section 6.1.
For legal entities, "You" includes any entity which controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with You. For purposes of
this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct or indirect, to
cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract
or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding shares or beneficial ownership of such entity.
2. Source Code License
2.1. The Initial Developer Grant
The Initial Developer hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
non-exclusive license, subject to third party intellectual property
claims:
2.1.a. under intellectual property rights (other
than patent or trademark) Licensable by Initial Developer to use,
reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the
Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications,
and/or as part of a Larger Work; and
2.1.b. under Patents Claims infringed by the
making, using or selling of Original Code, to make, have made, use,
practice, sell, and offer for sale, and/or otherwise dispose of the
Original Code (or portions thereof).
2.1.c. the licenses granted in this Section 2.1 (a) and (b) are effective on the date Initial Developer first distributes Original Code under the terms of this License.
2.1.d. Notwithstanding Section 2.1 (b)
above, no patent license is granted: 1) for code that You delete from
the Original Code; 2) separate from the Original Code; or 3) for
infringements caused by: i) the modification of the Original Code or
ii) the combination of the Original Code with other software or
devices.
2.2. Contributor Grant
Subject to third party intellectual property claims, each
Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive
license
2.2.a. under intellectual property rights (other
than patent or trademark) Licensable by Contributor, to use, reproduce,
modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute the Modifications
created by such Contributor (or portions thereof) either on an
unmodified basis, with other Modifications, as Covered Code and/or as
part of a Larger Work; and
2.2.b. under Patent Claims infringed by the
making, using, or selling of Modifications made by that Contributor
either alone and/or in combination with its Contributor Version (or
portions of such combination), to make, use, sell, offer for sale, have
made, and/or otherwise dispose of: 1) Modifications made by that
Contributor (or portions thereof); and 2) the combination of
Modifications made by that Contributor with its Contributor Version (or
portions of such combination).
2.2.c. the licenses granted in Sections 2.2 (a) and 2.2 (b) are effective on the date Contributor first makes Commercial Use of the Covered Code.
2.2.c. Notwithstanding Section 2.2 (b)
above, no patent license is granted: 1) for any code that Contributor
has deleted from the Contributor Version; 2) separate from the
Contributor Version; 3) for infringements caused by: i) third party
modifications of Contributor Version or ii) the combination of
Modifications made by that Contributor with other software (except as
part of the Contributor Version) or other devices; or 4) under Patent
Claims infringed by Covered Code in the absence of Modifications made
by that Contributor.
3. Distribution Obligations
3.1. Application of License
The Modifications which You create or to which You contribute are
governed by the terms of this License, including without limitation
Section 2.2.
The Source Code version of Covered Code may be distributed only under
the terms of this License or a future version of this License released
under Section 6.1, and You must include a
copy of this License with every copy of the Source Code You distribute.
You may not offer or impose any terms on any Source Code version that
alters or restricts the applicable version of this License or the
recipients' rights hereunder. However, You may include an additional
document offering the additional rights described in Section 3.5.
3.2. Availability of Source Code
Any Modification which You create or to which You contribute must
be made available in Source Code form under the terms of this License
either on the same media as an Executable version or via an accepted
Electronic Distribution Mechanism to anyone to whom you made an
Executable version available; and if made available via Electronic
Distribution Mechanism, must remain available for at least twelve (12)
months after the date it initially became available, or at least six
(6) months after a subsequent version of that particular Modification
has been made available to such recipients. You are responsible for
ensuring that the Source Code version remains available even if the
Electronic Distribution Mechanism is maintained by a third party.
3.3. Description of Modifications
You must cause all Covered Code to which You contribute to contain
a file documenting the changes You made to create that Covered Code and
the date of any change. You must include a prominent statement that the
Modification is derived, directly or indirectly, from Original Code
provided by the Initial Developer and including the name of the Initial
Developer in (a) the Source Code, and (b) in any notice in an
Executable version or related documentation in which You describe the
origin or ownership of the Covered Code.
3.4. Intellectual Property Matters
3.4.a. Third Party Claims: If Contributor
has knowledge that a license under a third party's intellectual
property rights is required to exercise the rights granted by such
Contributor under Sections 2.1 or 2.2,
Contributor must include a text file with the Source Code distribution
titled "LEGAL" which describes the claim and the party making the claim
in sufficient detail that a recipient will know whom to contact. If
Contributor obtains such knowledge after the Modification is made
available as described in Section 3.2,
Contributor shall promptly modify the LEGAL file in all copies
Contributor makes available thereafter and shall take other steps (such
as notifying appropriate mailing lists or newsgroups) reasonably
calculated to inform those who received the Covered Code that new
knowledge has been obtained.
3.4.b. Contributor APIs: If Contributor's
Modifications include an application programming interface and
Contributor has knowledge of patent licenses which are reasonably
necessary to implement that API, Contributor must also include this
information in the legal file.
3.4.c. Representations:
Contributor represents that, except as disclosed pursuant to Section 3.4 (a)
above, Contributor believes that Contributor's Modifications are
Contributor's original creation(s) and/or Contributor has sufficient
rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.
3.5. Required Notices
You must duplicate the notice in Exhibit A
in each file of the Source Code. If it is not possible to put such
notice in a particular Source Code file due to its structure, then You
must include such notice in a location (such as a relevant directory)
where a user would be likely to look for such a notice. If You created
one or more Modification(s) You may add your name as a Contributor to
the notice described in Exhibit A. You must
also duplicate this License in any documentation for the Source Code
where You describe recipients' rights or ownership rights relating to
Covered Code. You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for,
warranty, support, indemnity or liability obligations to one or more
recipients of Covered Code. However, You may do so only on Your own
behalf, and not on behalf of the Initial Developer or any Contributor.
You must make it absolutely clear than any such warranty, support,
indemnity or liability obligation is offered by You alone, and You
hereby agree to indemnify the Initial Developer and every Contributor
for any liability incurred by the Initial Developer or such Contributor
as a result of warranty, support, indemnity or liability terms You
offer.
3.6. Distribution of Executable Versions
You may distribute Covered Code in Executable form only if the requirements of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5
have been met for that Covered Code, and if You include a notice
stating that the Source Code version of the Covered Code is available
under the terms of this License, including a description of how and
where You have fulfilled the obligations of Section 3.2.
The notice must be conspicuously included in any notice in an
Executable version, related documentation or collateral in which You
describe recipients' rights relating to the Covered Code. You may
distribute the Executable version of Covered Code or ownership rights
under a license of Your choice, which may contain terms different from
this License, provided that You are in compliance with the terms of
this License and that the license for the Executable version does not
attempt to limit or alter the recipient's rights in the Source Code
version from the rights set forth in this License. If You distribute
the Executable version under a different license You must make it
absolutely clear that any terms which differ from this License are
offered by You alone, not by the Initial Developer or any Contributor.
You hereby agree to indemnify the Initial Developer and every
Contributor for any liability incurred by the Initial Developer or such
Contributor as a result of any such terms You offer.
3.7. Larger Works
You may create a Larger Work by combining Covered Code with other
code not governed by the terms of this License and distribute the
Larger Work as a single product. In such a case, You must make sure the
requirements of this License are fulfilled for the Covered Code.
4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation.
If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
License with respect to some or all of the Covered Code due to statute,
judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with the terms
of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b) describe the
limitations and the code they affect. Such description must be included
in the legal file described in Section 3.4
and must be included with all distributions of the Source Code. Except
to the extent prohibited by statute or regulation, such description
must be sufficiently detailed for a recipient of ordinary skill to be
able to understand it.
5. Application of this License.
This License applies to code to which the Initial Developer has attached the notice in Exhibit A and to related Covered Code.
6. Versions of the License.
6.1. New Versions
The H2 Group may publish revised and/or new
versions of the License from time to time. Each version will be given a
distinguishing version number.
6.2. Effect of New Versions
Once Covered Code has been published under a particular version of
the License, You may always continue to use it under the terms of that
version. You may also choose to use such Covered Code under the terms
of any subsequent version of the License published by the H2 Group. No one other than the H2 Group has the right to modify the terms applicable to Covered Code created under this License.
6.3. Derivative Works
If You create or use a modified version of this License (which you
may only do in order to apply it to code which is not already Covered
Code governed by this License), You must (a) rename Your license so
that the phrases "H2 Group", "H2"
or any confusingly similar phrase do not appear in your license (except
to note that your license differs from this License) and (b) otherwise
make it clear that Your version of the license contains terms which
differ from the H2 License. (Filling in the name of the Initial Developer, Original Code or Contributor in the notice described in Exhibit A shall not of themselves be deemed to be modifications of this License.)
7. Disclaimer of Warranty
Covered code is provided under this license on an "as is" basis,
without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including,
without limitation, warranties that the covered code is free of
defects, merchantable, fit for a particular purpose or non-infringing.
The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the covered code
is with you. Should any covered code prove defective in any respect,
you (not the initial developer or any other contributor) assume the
cost of any necessary servicing, repair or correction. This disclaimer
of warranty constitutes an essential part of this license. No use of
any covered code is authorized hereunder except under this disclaimer.
8. Termination
8.1. This License and the rights granted hereunder
will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with terms herein
and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the
breach. All sublicenses to the Covered Code which are properly granted
shall survive any termination of this License. Provisions which, by
their nature, must remain in effect beyond the termination of this
License shall survive.
8.2. If You initiate litigation by asserting a
patent infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions)
against Initial Developer or a Contributor (the Initial Developer or
Contributor against whom You file such action is referred to as
"Participant") alleging that:
8.2.a. such Participant's Contributor Version
directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then any and all rights
granted by such Participant to You under Sections 2.1 and/or 2.2
of this License shall, upon 60 days notice from Participant terminate
prospectively, unless if within 60 days after receipt of notice You
either: (i) agree in writing to pay Participant a mutually agreeable
reasonable royalty for Your past and future use of Modifications made
by such Participant, or (ii) withdraw Your litigation claim with
respect to the Contributor Version against such Participant. If within
60 days of notice, a reasonable royalty and payment arrangement are not
mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties or the litigation claim
is not withdrawn, the rights granted by Participant to You under
Sections 2.1 and/or 2.2 automatically terminate at the expiration of the 60 day notice period specified above.
8.2.b. any software, hardware, or device, other
than such Participant's Contributor Version, directly or indirectly
infringes any patent, then any rights granted to You by such
Participant under Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b)
are revoked effective as of the date You first made, used, sold,
distributed, or had made, Modifications made by that Participant.
8.3. If You assert a patent infringement claim
against Participant alleging that such Participant's Contributor
Version directly or indirectly infringes any patent where such claim is
resolved (such as by license or settlement) prior to the initiation of
patent infringement litigation, then the reasonable value of the
licenses granted by such Participant under Sections 2.1 or 2.2 shall be taken into account in determining the amount or value of any payment or license.
8.4. In the event of termination under Sections 8.1 or 8.2
above, all end user license agreements (excluding distributors and
resellers) which have been validly granted by You or any distributor
hereunder prior to termination shall survive termination.
9. Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort
(including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall you, the initial
developer, any other contributor, or any distributor of covered code,
or any supplier of any of such parties, be liable to any person for any
indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any
character including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill,
work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other
commercial damages or losses, even if such party shall have been
informed of the possibility of such damages. This limitation of
liability shall not apply to liability for death or personal injury
resulting from such party's negligence to the extent applicable law
prohibits such limitation. Some jurisdictions do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this
exclusion and limitation may not apply to you.
10. United States Government End Users
The Covered Code is a "commercial item", as that term is defined in
48 C.F.R. 2.101 (October 1995), consisting of "commercial computer
software" and "commercial computer software documentation", as such
terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (September 1995). Consistent with 48
C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995),
all U.S. Government End Users acquire Covered Code with only those
rights set forth herein.
11. Miscellaneous
This License represents the complete agreement concerning subject
matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
necessary to make it enforceable. This License shall be governed by
California law provisions (except to the extent applicable law, if any,
provides otherwise), excluding its conflict-of-law provisions. With
respect to disputes in which at least one party is a citizen of, or an
entity chartered or registered to do business in United States of
America, any litigation relating to this License shall be subject to
the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of the Northern District of
California, with venue lying in Santa Clara County, California, with
the losing party responsible for costs, including without limitation,
court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses. The
application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. Any law or
regulation which provides that the language of a contract shall be
construed against the drafter shall not apply to this License.
12. Responsibility for Claims
As between Initial Developer and the Contributors, each party is
responsible for claims and damages arising, directly or indirectly, out
of its utilization of rights under this License and You agree to work
with Initial Developer and Contributors to distribute such
responsibility on an equitable basis. Nothing herein is intended or
shall be deemed to constitute any admission of liability.
13. Multiple-Licensed Code
Initial Developer may designate portions of the Covered Code as
"Multiple-Licensed". "Multiple-Licensed" means that the Initial
Developer permits you to utilize portions of the Covered Code under
Your choice of this or the alternative licenses, if any, specified by
the Initial Developer in the file described in Exhibit A.
Exhibit A
Multiple-Licensed under the H2 License, Version 1.0,
and under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0
(http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
Initial Developer: H2 Group
Eclipse Public License - Version 1.0
THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS
ECLIPSE PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
1. DEFINITIONS
"Contribution" means:
a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and documentation distributed under this Agreement, and
b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:
i) changes to the Program, and
ii) additions to the Program;
where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and
are distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution
'originates' from a Contributor if it was added to the Program by such
Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's behalf.
Contributions do not include additions to the Program which: (i) are
separate modules of software distributed in conjunction with the
Program under their own license agreement, and (ii) are not derivative
works of the Program.
"Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes the Program.
"Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor
which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution
alone or when combined with the Program.
"Program" means the Contributions distributed in accordance with this Agreement.
"Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement, including all Contributors.
2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby
grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright
license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display,
publicly perform, distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such
Contributor, if any, and such derivative works, in source code and
object code form.
b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby
grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent
license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell,
import and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such Contributor, if
any, in source code and object code form. This patent license shall
apply to the combination of the Contribution and the Program if, at the
time the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such addition of the
Contribution causes such combination to be covered by the Licensed
Patents. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations
which include the Contribution. No hardware per se is licensed
hereunder.
c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the
licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are
provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the
patent or other intellectual property rights of any other entity. Each
Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by
any other entity based on infringement of intellectual property rights
or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights and licenses
granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to
secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any. For
example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient
to distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire
that license before distributing the Program.
d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient
copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright
license set forth in this Agreement.
3. REQUIREMENTS
A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program in object code form under its own license agreement, provided that:
a) it complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
b) its license agreement:
i) effectively disclaims on behalf of all Contributors all warranties
and conditions, express and implied, including warranties or conditions
of title and non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose;
ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors all liability
for damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental and
consequential damages, such as lost profits;
iii) states that any provisions which differ from this Agreement are
offered by that Contributor alone and not by any other party; and
iv) states that source code for the Program is available from such
Contributor, and informs licensees how to obtain it in a reasonable
manner on or through a medium customarily used for software exchange.
When the Program is made available in source code form:
a) it must be made available under this Agreement; and
b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Program.
Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright notices contained within the Program.
Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its
Contribution, if any, in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent
Recipients to identify the originator of the Contribution.
4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
Commercial distributors of software may accept certain
responsibilities with respect to end users, business partners and the
like. While this license is intended to facilitate the commercial use
of the Program, the Contributor who includes the Program in a
commercial product offering should do so in a manner which does not
create potential liability for other Contributors. Therefore, if a
Contributor includes the Program in a commercial product offering, such
Contributor ("Commercial Contributor") hereby agrees to defend and
indemnify every other Contributor ("Indemnified Contributor") against
any losses, damages and costs (collectively "Losses") arising from
claims, lawsuits and other legal actions brought by a third party
against the Indemnified Contributor to the extent caused by the acts or
omissions of such Commercial Contributor in connection with its
distribution of the Program in a commercial product offering. The
obligations in this section do not apply to any claims or Losses
relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property infringement.
In order to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly
notify the Commercial Contributor in writing of such claim, and b)
allow the Commercial Contributor to control, and cooperate with the
Commercial Contributor in, the defense and any related settlement
negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may participate in any such
claim at its own expense.
For example, a Contributor might include the Program in a commercial
product offering, Product X. That Contributor is then a Commercial
Contributor. If that Commercial Contributor then makes performance
claims, or offers warranties related to Product X, those performance
claims and warranties are such Commercial Contributor's responsibility
alone. Under this section, the Commercial Contributor would have to
defend claims against the other Contributors related to those
performance claims and warranties, and if a court requires any other
Contributor to pay any damages as a result, the Commercial Contributor
must pay those damages.
5. NO WARRANTY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each Recipient is solely responsible
for determining the appropriateness of using and distributing the
Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of rights
under this Agreement, including but not limited to the risks and costs
of program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss
of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of
operations.
6. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER RECIPIENT
NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED
HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
7. GENERAL
If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable
under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement, and
without further action by the parties hereto, such provision shall be
reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid
and enforceable.
If Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including
a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program
itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software or
hardware) infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's
rights granted under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such
litigation is filed.
All Recipient's rights under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails
to comply with any of the material terms or conditions of this
Agreement and does not cure such failure in a reasonable period of time
after becoming aware of such noncompliance. If all Recipient's rights
under this Agreement terminate, Recipient agrees to cease use and
distribution of the Program as soon as reasonably practicable. However,
Recipient's obligations under this Agreement and any licenses granted
by Recipient relating to the Program shall continue and survive.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute copies of this Agreement,
but in order to avoid inconsistency the Agreement is copyrighted and
may only be modified in the following manner. The Agreement Steward
reserves the right to publish new versions (including revisions) of
this Agreement from time to time. No one other than the Agreement
Steward has the right to modify this Agreement. The Eclipse Foundation
is the initial Agreement Steward. The Eclipse Foundation may assign the
responsibility to serve as the Agreement Steward to a suitable separate
entity. Each new version of the Agreement will be given a
distinguishing version number. The Program (including Contributions)
may always be distributed subject to the version of the Agreement under
which it was received. In addition, after a new version of the
Agreement is published, Contributor may elect to distribute the Program
(including its Contributions) under the new version. Except as
expressly stated in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no
rights or licenses to the intellectual property of any Contributor
under this Agreement, whether expressly, by implication, estoppel or
otherwise. All rights in the Program not expressly granted under this
Agreement are reserved.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York and the
intellectual property laws of the United States of America. No party to
this Agreement will bring a legal action under this Agreement more than
one year after the cause of action arose. Each party waives its rights
to a jury trial in any resulting litigation.