VRTsim Licentie

1. Copyright and Ownership

VRTsim (hereafter, the Software) is intellectual property owned by Van Rossem Timeware and is copyright of Van Rossem Timeware in all countries in the world, and ownership remains with Van Rossem Timeware only.

Licensee shall not modify the software in whole or in part, shall not reverse compile or reverse assemble all or any portion of the software, or rent, lease, sub-license, distribute, sell, publish, or create derivative works of the software or any copies thereof.

VRT retains the right to take and maintain appropriate technical measures to protect the intellectual ownership of the software, including but not limited to the monitoring of IP Addresses with respect to the use of the license.

2. Agreement

Van Rossem Timeware ("VRT") grants you (either an individual end-user or an entity, hereafter "Licensee") a non-exclusive and non-transferable license for using the provided software including documentation ("software") for a specific time period. The software is licensed to you, not sold to you, for use only under the terms and conditions of this agreement ("Agreement").

3. Restrictions

Licensee receives the right to use the software for a specified limited time ("license period"). This period is the period over which the license fee has been fully paid. Licensee guarantees to stop every further use of the software after the expiration of the license period. All usage of the Software shall be made in compliance with any applicable law or embargo.
You understand that all text and other information uploaded by you to our web site or made publicly available by you by means of our web site, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. We do not control or screen such information or provide any guarantee about its correctness or validaty. You agree not to upload or publish to our web site any material that is offensive, indecent, objectionable or in contradiction with any applicable law.

4. License Fee

The use of the software requires the payment of licensing fees. These consist of three parts:

1. A yearly license fee for the game development and test platform. This allows Licensee to develop and test management models and games with the VRTsim software and includes E-mail support and regular software updates.
2. Runtime license fees for each commercial application of a management game or simulation developed with the VRTsim platform, live of via internet. These runtime license fees are indebted per day of runtime use. Commercial use includes any situation where a number of students or other participants take part in a management game or simulation using VRTsim Software under the responsibility of Licensee or his subcontractors, even if this offered by Licensee for free or as part of a broader program.
3. A separate fee is required for the use of existing models, licensed by us or one of our associates. This fee and the conditions vary per model. It does not apply for models you developed yourself using our software or models for which you obtained the sole ownership.

Licensee is allowed to use VRTsim on our server from any internet computer for the duration of the yearly license fee. Within the framework of a runtime license, Licensee may provide access to the participants pages to all participating customers for the duration of the runtime license by providing the team login and passwords to the participants. The registration login and password may never be provided to Licensee's customers or other parties.

Licensee acknowledges that using the VRTsim software without the appropriate license fee is not allowed, and that technical measures taken by VRT may cause the VRTsim software to stop working when this is nevertheless attempted.

5. Evaluation

If the license grant is for evaluation purposes only, Licensee additionally guarantees: (i) to use the Software only for non-commercial evaluation purposes internally in his organization, and (ii) to exclude any third party from the use of the Software (excluding also the provision of any results or data emanating from the software to any third party).

6. Limited Product Warranty

VRT warrants to you that the Software will substantially conform to its published documentation. VRT's limited warranty is nontransferable. Any defects demonstrated by Licensee will be corrected by VRT. In no event will VRT be liable for any costs of procurement, lost profits, loss of information or data, or any other special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages or personal injury arising in any way out of the sale of, use of, or inability to use any VRT Software or service. In no case shall VRT's total liability exceed the actual money paid for the VRT's software or service giving rise to the liability. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary under local laws.

Licensee recognizes that all management simulations executed using VRTsim, are based upon a model of reality and are partly fictitious. The results of these simulations may therefore never be used as a basis for real-world management decisions.

7. Applicable Law

This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision of the Agreement shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the use of the Software and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings, communications or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.