SPAN Insiders Program Participation and Confidentiality Agreement 

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SPAN INSIDERS PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING THE “AGREE” BUTTON OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING YOUR SIGNATURE BELOW, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

1. Participation in the Beta Program.

The purpose of this Agreement is to make certain beta or pre-release software, services, and related documentation, materials, and information (collectively, the “Beta Materials”) available to program participants for a limited time to test, evaluate, and provide feedback on the quality and usability of the Beta Materials (the “Beta Program”). 

You understand and agree that participation in the Beta Program is voluntary and does not create a legal partnership, agency, or employment relationship between You and SPAN, and neither You nor SPAN has any authority to bind the other. SPAN reserves the right to modify the terms, conditions, and policies of the Beta Program at any time without notice, and to revoke Your participation in the Beta Program and access to the Beta Materials at any time. 

By participating in the Beta Program, You certify that You are at least 18 years of age and You represent that You are legally permitted to join the Beta Program.

2. Term and Termination.

The term of this Agreement shall run from the date of Your signature below (the “Effective Date”) and continue until terminated by Company (the “Beta Test Period”). Company may terminate this Agreement at any time with or without cause and Company is not required to provide prior notice to You.  

3. License Grant for Testing and Evaluation Only.

Company grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable limited license to use the Beta Materials in the United States solely for testing, evaluation, and feedback purposes and only in connection with this Beta Program. You may not publicly disclose, sublicense, sell, assign, lease, loan, or otherwise transfer the Beta Materials to any third party for any reason. Nothing in this Agreement obligates Company to create any updates or enhancements, nor to provide technical support or maintenance services for the Beta Materials. Except as expressly set forth herein, no other rights or licenses are granted or to be implied under any SPAN intellectual property.

4. Your Obligations.

You acknowledge and agree:

a.

to familiarize Yourself with the Beta Materials provided by Company and to only use or test the Beta Materials in accordance with this Agreement and the Beta Materials;

b.

to notify Company of any and all functional flaws, errors, anomalies, and problems directly or indirectly associated with the Beta Materials known to or discovered by You, including by promptly responding to any and all reasonable inquiries, questionnaires, surveys, and other test documents submitted to You by Company;

c.

to provide Company any assistance Company may require to document, perfect, and maintain our rights in the Evaluation Information (defined below); and

d.

to pay all incidental costs (such as, costs for internet and phone services, accessories, cabling, etc.) associated with Your testing and use of the Beta Materials and incurred during Your possession of the Beta Materials.

5. Feedback; Proprietary Rights.  

a.

Your reports concerning any issues identified with the Beta Materials, as well as, Your opinions, feedback, ideas, modifications, suggestions, improvements, enhancements, evaluation, and the like made by You with respect to the Beta Materials (“Evaluation Information”) will be the property of Company. You agree to assign, and hereby assign, all right, title, and interest worldwide in the Evaluation Information and the related intellectual property rights to Company and agree to assist Company, at Company’s expense, in perfecting and enforcing such rights. Company may disclose or use Evaluation Information for any purposes whatsoever without any obligation to You.

b.

The Beta Materials and all authorized copies thereof shall remain the exclusive property of Company and shall not be used in any way other than as allowed by this Agreement. You acknowledge that, as between Company and You, the Beta Materials and all copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights with respect thereto, are and will at all times be the property of Company, even if Evaluation Information provided by You are incorporated into subsequent versions of the Beta Materials.

c.

You may not copy or reproduce the Beta Materials without Company’s prior written consent, except as reasonably needed to perform Your testing under this Agreement. Each copy of software or documentation made by You must contain Company’s proprietary and copyright notices in the same form as on the original. You shall not remove or deface any portion of any legend provided on any part of the Beta Materials.

d.

You will not translate, copy, disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile the Beta Materials, without Company’s prior written consent.

6. Confidential Information. 

a.

You agree and acknowledge that in Your participation of the Beta Program, You may receive and have access to certain valuable information belonging to and relating to Company which Company considers confidential information, including, but not limited to, the Beta Materials, information concerning the Beta Materials, the Beta Program’s existence, functionality, performance, business purpose, specifications, documentation, test results obtained by You through use of the Beta Materials, any material data relating to use of the Beta Materials by You, including, but not limited to defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions, workarounds, features, enhancements, updates, upgrades, and other information typically relating to unreleased version(s) of computer programs, and any and all information, either written or oral, relating to the Beta Materials, including plans and business information, which may, from time-to-time, be disclosed by Company to You during the term of this Agreement, any documentation and/or manuals, trade secrets and other related materials provided by Company are considered confidential information of Company (“Confidential Information”). You will use the Confidential Information only for the testing, evaluation, and feedback purposes as set forth in this Agreement, and for a period of three (3) years from Your receipt of the Confidential Information, shall not disclose, without Company’s written consent, such Confidential Information to third parties or use such Confidential Information for Your own benefit, for the benefit of third parties, or for any commercial use. 

b.

This Agreement shall impose no obligation of confidentiality upon You with respect to Confidential Information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public through no fault of You; (ii) is rightfully received by You from a third party without limitation as to its use; or (iii) is independently developed by You without the use of any Confidential Information, or (iv) is any third-party software and/or documentation provided to You by SPAN and accompanied by licensing terms that do not impose confidentiality obligations on the use or disclosure of such software and/or documentation. After the Beta Test Period, or upon request of Company, You shall promptly return to Company all documents, notes, or other tangible materials representing the Confidential Information.  

c.

You agree to take reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use, disclosure, publication, or dissemination of Confidential Information, including preventing access to or display of the Beta Materials to third parties. You agree to use the Confidential Information solely for the permitted uses as set forth in this Agreement. You agree not to use the Confidential Information otherwise for Your own or any third party’s benefit without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of SPAN. You hereby acknowledge that unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information could cause irreparable harm and significant injury to SPAN that may be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, You agree that SPAN will have the right to seek immediate injunctive relief to enforce obligations under this Agreement in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have.

7. Publicity.

You will not make any public announcement (including, but not limited to, social media, blog, or public or private forum posts) or issue any press release concerning the terms of this Agreement, including the existence of this Agreement, the Beta Materials, or the Beta Program.

8. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.

In order to provide, test, and help SPAN, its partners, and third-party developers improve their products and services, including the Beta Materials, You acknowledge that SPAN will be collecting, using, storing, transmitting, processing and analyzing (collectively, “Collecting” or “Collection”) diagnostic, technical, and usage logs and information from Your use of the Beta Materials as part of this Beta Program. The information to be Collected includes, but is not limited to, general diagnostic and usage data, unique device identifiers, performance statistics, metadata, energy usage data, and data about how You use the Beta Materials, including Your questions, conversation histories with chatbots or SPAN employees, and feedback. You may revoke your consent to Collection at any time by immediately ceasing Your use of the Beta Materials and Your participation in the Beta Program, but such revocation will not affect any logs or information already Collected prior to such revocation.

9. Disclaimer of Warranty.

By its nature, the Beta Materials may contain errors, bugs and other problems that could cause system failure and the testing and quality assurance of the Beta Materials may not yet be completed. Because the Beta Materials are subject to change, Company reserves the right to alter the Beta Materials at any time, and any reliance on the Beta Material is at Your own risk. YOU ACCEPT THE BETA MATERIAL “AS IS.” COMPANY AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE REGARDING THE BETA MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THE BETA MATERIAL WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING YOUR CONTENT OR ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, WILL BE SECURE OR NOT OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, COMPANY AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THE BETA MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

10. Limitation of Liability.

COMPANY AND ITS LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA), EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, NEITHER COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS OR LICENSORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT, OR DAMAGES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH: (A) YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE BETA MATERIALS, INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF ANY (i) TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE BETA MATERIALS, (ii) DISCONTINUATION OF A PORTION OR ALL OF THE BETA MATERIALS, OR, (iii) WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER OBLIGATIONS, ANY UNANTICIPATED OR UNSCHEDULED DOWNTIME OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE BETA MATERIALS FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF POWER OUTAGES, SYSTEM FAILURES OR OTHER INTERRUPTIONS; (B) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT, GOODS OR SERVICES; (C) ANY INVESTMENTS, EXPENDITURES, OR COMMITMENTS BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE BETA MATERIALS; OR (D) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR THE DELETION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, LOSS OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY OF YOUR CONTENT OR OTHER DATA. 

11. Indemnification. 

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company and its licensors, and each of their respective employees, officers, directors, and representatives from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to any third party claim concerning: (a) Your use of the Beta Materials; (b) breach of this Agreement or violation of applicable law by You; (c) the content You transmit through the Beta Materials, including any claim involving alleged infringement or misappropriation of third-party rights by Your content or by the use of Your content; or (d) a dispute between You and any third-party over Your collection or use of Your content. 

12. General Provisions.

a.

Assignment.  You will not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Company. 

b.

No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement does not create any third party beneficiary rights in any individual or entity that is not a party to this Agreement.

c.

If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

d.

Export Requirements.  You may not export or re-export the Beta Materials or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.

e.

Entire Agreement.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, this Agreement constitutes the sole and exclusive agreement between You and Company with regard to the Beta Program and Beta Materials, and supersedes all prior agreements, whether oral or written, and other communications between the Parties relating to the subject matter set forth in this Agreement.  You agree that Your use of the Beta Materials is neither contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features nor dependent on any oral or written public comments made by Company regarding future functionality or features of the Beta Materials. No modification or amendment of any portion of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the Parties to this Agreement. If Company provides a translation of the English language version of this Agreement, the English language version of the Agreement will control if there is any conflict.

f.

Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the SPAN Terms of Service posted at https://www.span.io/terms-of-service, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. 

g.

No Waivers. The failure by either Party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a present or future waiver of the provision nor limit the Party’s right to enforce the provision at a later time.  All waivers by a Party must be in writing.

h.

Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. 

i.

Governing Law; Venue. The laws of the State of California, without reference to conflict of law rules, govern this Agreement and any dispute relating in any way to the Beta Materials. Any dispute relating in any way to the Beta Materials or this Agreement must only be adjudicated in a state or federal court located in the City and County of San Francisco, California. Each Party consents to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in these courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may seek injunctive relief in any state, federal, or national court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or alleged infringement of that Party’s or any third Party’s intellectual property or other proprietary rights. The United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this Agreement.