WITNESS Licence Terms
WITNESS Licence Terms
Do not install this software or click on the “ACCEPT” option below until you have read and accepted all the
terms of this software CLICK WRAP License and Seller’s quotation (together hereinafter referred to as the
“Agreement”) for this software product (“Software”), which also includes printed materials and online
documentation (“Documentation”) which will bind you (the “Licensee”) and your employees. If you do not
agree to the terms of the Agreement, we are unwilling to license the Software to you, and you must
discontinue installation now by clicking on the “DECLINE” option below. In this case you must return the
medium on which the Software is provided and all Documentation to the Seller. If you do this your License fee
will be refunded.
1. The License
a. Owner: HaskoningDHV UK Limited, Westpoint, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood PE2 6FZ,
England
b. Grant: The Owner or its reseller (“Seller”) grants the Licensee a non-exclusive, non transferable
license to use the Software upon the terms of the Agreement. Unless agreed otherwise in the Agreement the
Licensee is not granted a right to sub-license the Software to third Parties.
c. Users and Period Restrictions: The number of concurrent users and the period for which the Licensee
may use the Software is limited to the maximum number of concurrent users and the period for which a license
has been purchased as controlled by the hardware lock device, license administration software, and/or a
license authorisation key (“Security Device”) which enables the Software to operate. Use of the Software
without the required Security Device is prohibited and the Licensee may not take any steps to circumvent such
Security Device.
d. Installing the Software on a virtual machine: If Licensee installs the Software on a virtual machine, it
shall manage all Software licenses residing on its virtual machines as conscientiously, and according to the
same criteria, as those deployed on physical machines and ensure that it has all necessary license
management resources and procedures in place to monitor and manage compliance with its obligations under
this Agreement.
e. Use Restrictions: This License entitles the Licensee to install and use the Software on the target
hardware from time to time specified in the System Requirements section of the Installation Guide and/or,
subject to clause 1 c, on a virtual machine. Such installation and use shall be:
i. solely within the site or sites specified as the licensed location in the Agreement (“Licensed Location”);
or
ii. remotely by employees whose principal place of work is at a Licensed Location.
f. Additional License Required: Without first obtaining the Seller's prior written consent for which an
additional license fee shall be payable, the Licensee may not use the Software for the purposes of providing:
i. training, education or consultancy services for remuneration if the Licensee's normal business is
education; or
ii. a software as a service offering, commonly known as SaaS.
g. Use Monitoring: The Owner may embed a software security mechanism within the Software to verify
the Licensee’s compliance with this License. Such security mechanism:
i. shall be capable of storing data relating to the usage of the Software and the number of times it has
been copied, and may communicate with computers controlled by the Owner over any type of communications
link to exchange communications and report data relating to the usage of the Software and the number of
times it has been copied; but
ii. shall not have access to any customer business data and there will be no transport of Personal Data
as defined in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), tailored by the Data Protection Act 2018
to which such use monitoring may be subject.
2. Support
a. Subject to due payment of the agreed support fee the Seller shall supply generally available
enhancements to the Software at its discretion and a telephone and email advisory service during the Seller’s
normal business hours (the “Support”).
b. The Seller shall not be obliged to provide Support when it is requested as a result of misuse of the
Software, operator error or failure by the Licensee to use enhanced versions of the Software provided by the
Seller.
c. For the purpose of providing Support, the Licensee shall, when requested by the Seller, exercise
reasonable skill and care to reproduce the symptoms of any error or defect on request and obtain further
diagnostic information and will allow access to the Software by the Seller or its employees.
3. Payment
a. All fees and expenses will be payable in accordance with the payment schedule and within the number
of days specified in the Agreement unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Seller. If the number of days is
not specified, all invoices will be paid within 30 days after invoice date.
b. Payment shall be made in British pounds, unless agreed otherwise in writing.
c. The Seller reserves the right to charge the Licensee interest on payments received late at an annual
rate of 5% over the Bank of England base lending rate or, for sales made in the USA, at an annual rate of 5%
over the Federal Reserve Prime rate.