DISCOVERLINK END USER PILOT LICENSE AGREEMENT

(Current at September 1, 2018)

DEFINITIONS

When used in this contract, the following terms have the meanings stated:

“Agreement” means this DiscoverLink End User Pilot License Agreement, as amended, modified, or updated and in effect from time to time.

“Content” means (a) all the templates, information and courses which the User has subscribed to that are the proprietary property of DiscoverLink.  DiscoverLink Content may include both currently available courses as well as (b) upgrades, modified versions, updates, additions, and copies of the Content, if any, licensed to you by DiscoverLink (c) templates, information and courses licensed to DiscoverLink by third parties and which are provided to Users through LMS.

“DiscoverLink” means DiscoverLink, Inc., a Tennessee corporation. DiscoverLink is the owner and licensor of the LMS and the Content.

“Learning Management System” (and “LMS” or DiscoverLink Talent) means (a) the SCORM (Shared Content Object Reference Model)-compliant learning management system developed by DiscoverLink for managing, tracking and reporting usage of the Content and User generated Content and (b) upgrades, modified versions, updates, additions, and copies of the LMS, if any, licensed to you by DiscoverLink.

“Use” or “Using” means to access or otherwise benefit from using the functionality of the LMS or any Content, or both, in accordance with the Agreement.

“User” means the licensee, the person who signs up for access to, and pays for the specified use of, the selected LMS or Content, or any person authorized by the licensee to use the LMS or Content in connection with the licensee’s business (in each case, also “you,” “your” and “user”).

NOTICES TO USER

BY ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE AND USING ALL, OR ANY PORTION OF, THE DISCOVERLINK LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR THE DISCOVERLINK CONTENT, YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

YOU AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE LIKE ANY WRITTEN NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT SIGNED BY YOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT ACCESS THIS WEBSITE OR USE THE LMS OR ANY CONTENT.

PILOT LICENSE

From the date on which you first register to pilot the LMS and Content, DiscoverLink grants you a personal, nontransferable, non-exclusive, limited, and revocable license to use the LMS and Content for evaluation purposes only.

This pilot license is provided without charge. Accordingly, DiscoverLink makes no warranties, representations or gives any undertakings, whether express, implied or statutory, including without limitation, as to merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose in relation to the LMS or Content during or after the pilot period.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall DiscoverLink or our affiliates or third party suppliers be liable to you for any incidental, consequential, indirect, or special damages, even if DiscoverLink or our affiliates or third party suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. The maximum aggregate liability of DiscoverLink or its affiliates or third party suppliers arising out of or in connection with these terms of use or the provision of LMS and Content during the pilot period shall be limited to the fee paid by you for the license granted hereunder, which is zero dollars.

PILOT TERM AND TERMINATION

The agreement between you and DiscoverLink for the purposes of the pilot shall commence on the date that you register for the pilot or begin using the LMS and Content and shall continue for the length of thirty (30) days. After the pilot period, you will need to become a paid client and receive a subscriber license to access the LMS and Content.  DiscoverLink shall be entitled to withdraw the offer of this pilot at any time before the date on which you register or being using the LMS and Content or withdraw your access rights to use the LMS and Content at any time.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree, during and after your use of the LMS, or the Content, or both, to indemnify and hold harmless DiscoverLink, (including its affiliates, officers, directors and employees) against all losses, costs, and liabilities, that DiscoverLink incurs, arising out of your breach of this Agreement; (ii) your unauthorized use of the LMS or Content; or (iii) your introduction of any viruses, malware or similar destructive codes.

EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE LMS, THE CONTENT AND ALL INFORMATION IN THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. DISCOVERLINK DOES NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LMS OR THE CONTENT, OR THAT THE LMS, OR ANY CONTENT, WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, THAT IT IS ERROR-FREE, THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USING THE CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR SATISFACTORY, OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. 

DISCOVERLINK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT INTERNET CONNECTIONS AND ACCESS TO THE CONTENT WILL BE AVAILABLE, RELIABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR SATISFACTORY. DISCOVERLINK MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) WITH RESPECT TO NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, INTEGRATION, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW DISCOVERLINK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF DISCOVERLINK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) RESULTING FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER. IN NO CASE SHALL DISCOVERLINK’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS ($50).

THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OR LIMIT ANY WARRANTY OR RIGHT THAT MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED, TO THE EXTENT DISALLOWED, IN RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All source and object code, operating systems and all other materials and proprietary information contained in the LMS and the Content are the copyrighted and exclusive property of DiscoverLink, its affiliated companies, or third party licensors. The DiscoverLink logo, all other service marks, and the names of various products and services described in this Agreement or within the LMS or the Content are service marks of DiscoverLink or its affiliates, or specifically identified third-parties. You may not use any portion of the LMS or any Content, or any other DiscoverLink intellectual property, in any way without our prior express written permission. You may not modify, publish, reproduce, republish, create derivative works, copy, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or otherwise use any LMS material or Content without our prior express written permission. You may not in any case, rent, lease, sublicense, share the Content or access codes, allow third-party access to, or copy, or permit all or any portion of the LMS or Content to be copied onto another user’s computer or device.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Assignment; No Shared Use. DiscoverLink may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice to you. You may not assign this Agreement, or any part of it, to any other party. Your rights under this Agreement are exclusive to you and only you may exercise them. Any attempt by you to assign this Agreement, or to share access to the LMS or Content, is a material violation of this Agreement, and in many circumstances is unlawful.

Only Authorized Uses are Permitted. Your use of the LMS and Content is limited to its contemplated functionality. The Content may never be used in an unauthorized manner. You may not use technology or any other means to gain unauthorized access to any part of the DiscoverLink computer system or other user accounts. You may not use or introduce, and you must take reasonable precautions not to introduce, automated processes, bots, spiders. screen scrapers, viruses, malware or similar destructive code.

Entire Agreement. The Agreement, as amended from time to time, constitutes the entire Agreement between you and DiscoverLink and governs your use of the LMS and the Content.

Governing Law. The Agreement, and the relationship between you and DiscoverLink, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee without regard to its conflict of law provisions. In case of any litigation arising from this Agreement, the finally prevailing party will be entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees and costs.

Timing of Disputes. You agree with us that regardless of any law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of the LMS, or any Content or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose or it is lost forever.

Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of DiscoverLink to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of the right or provision. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity of the balance of the Agreement, which shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms.

Force Majeure. Nonperformance of DiscoverLink shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered impossible by strike, fire, acts of God, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers, satellite, cable, telecommunications or internet failures, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control of and is not caused by the negligence of DiscoverLink.

Notices. You agree that DiscoverLink may provide notices, including those regarding changes to the Agreement by postings at https://discoverlink.com/staging/EndUserPilotLicense/.