User Documentation
Weidmüller Software License Agreement Version 1.0
Page 3
5.4 If the purpose of specific engineering Software is to enable Customer to create own software
and to incorporate such software with the Software in a hardware product, WM does not represent
and warrant that the Software is suitable for any particular purpose. Customer is obliged to
examine the suitability of the Software and any software based on or connected with the Software.
Customer shall not incorporate the Software in any hardware product without adequate testing.
5.5 Customer shall not change Software in any way except for those changes which are required
for purposes to repair any Software faults if WM is in default with, or not in a position, to repair
such fault.
5.6 Any use beyond this scope is not agreed to and not permitted.
6. RESTRICTIONS
6.1 Safe where explicitly stipulated in clauses 4 and 5 of these Terms or in separate written
agreements to the contrary, no other rights to use or exploit Software are granted. Especially,
Customer shall not (1) alter, merge, modify, adapt or translate, decompile, reverse-engineer,
disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human receivable form, (2) distribute copies
of the Software nor otherwise sell, lease, rent or sublicense the Software, (3) modify or create
derivate works based upon the Software, (4) export the Software to any country prohibited by the
applicable export control statutes, regulations or acts. Customer shall not use the Software to
develop any software or other technology having the same primary function as the Software,
including, but not limited to, using the Software in any development or test procedure that seeks
to develop like software or other technology, or determine if such software or other technology
performs in a similar manner as the Software.
6.2 If Customer fails to comply with the restrictions of this clause 6, WM has the right to terminate
the license and where terminated Customer must destroy all copies of the Software.
7. PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES
7.1 If agreed, the Customer shall be obliged to pay the remuneration/periodical fees/royalties
(“Royalty”). In the event that Weidmüller does not charge a Firmware Royalty in excess to the
purchase price of the Weidmüller hardware device this shall not be construed such that the
principle of exhaustion applies to any right to use or copy beyond use of the Weidmüller hardware
device product
7.2 Any Royalty is to be paid net, i.e. is payable plus respective applicable VAT, excise or other
sales tax. The price is decided by the most current price list. WM is entitled to cut access to any
Weidmüller online platform or cloud solution in the event Customer is in arrears and WM sent a
payment remainder and a reasonable grace period has expired.
8. CUSTOMER’S OTHER DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS
The Customer shall fulfill duties and obligations as are required to give the agreement effect.
Namely, the following applies:
8.1 Customer is responsible for providing the system environment in accordance with system
requirements for the use of the Software specified by WM: Customer has reviewed and hereby
confirms that the system requirements are met for those Software modules and variants that
Customer intends to apply.