Software License Agreements and Information:

Our License Agreements | Integrating our Products into your Application | License Agreement Change Requests

We offer flexible license agreements for our products to meet a variety of needs. The different license types are described in Section 1 of the Software License Agreement.

IDAutomation's License Agreements:

• Software License Agreement - all software products are covered by this agreement.

• Source Code Agreement - customers that purchase the Multi-Site License or Unlimited Developer License, may obtain the source code by executing this agreement.

1. Optional Integration:
   With the Optional Integration option, we provide support for barcode problems related your client's application and we also assist in the installation and maintenance of the barcode product we provide. This is provided to you at minimal cost and offers an additional method of increasing revenue with our Affiliate Program.
   This is how it works:
   1. Purchase the Single User License of our software to test integration and create your application to access the API of our barcode product - be sure not to distribute the purchased version with your software. You may distribute our demo version if desired.
   2. In your documentation, inform the customer of the product number and provide a link to our website so they can easily order the product.
   3. We offer to you a 30% commission for any customer of yours that orders from us this way with our Affiliate Program.
   4. When they install our software on their system, your software should then be able to use it.
   5. IDAutomation will also assist the customer if they have problems installing our product.
   6. If you choose this option, please contact us and we will make sure we do not change the font name or API of our component.
2. Complete Integration:
   With a Developer License, you may distribute our software product with your application as long as you have bundled our software component with the application and are not distributing it separately.
   This is how it works:
   1. Order the applicable Developer License of the product. We strongly suggest ordering the Priority Support and Upgrade Subscription also which is 18% of the cost of the product annually. Independent contractors, consultants and small companies with less that 2 million USD in annual revenue may obtain the Small Company Developer License at an approximate 50% discount off the normal price.
   2. Integrate the product into your software and update the documentation if necessary. You will use and distribute the products an integrated part of your application according to the Developer License of the product.
   3. You provide support to the customer for barcode issues and would be responsible for installation of all barcode products related to your application.
   4. For problems you are unable to resolve, your developers may contact us for support, but we cannot provide support directly to your clients.
3. Source Code Integration:
   Customers that purchase the Multi-Site License or Unlimited Developer License, may obtain the source code by executing the Source Code License Agreement.
   This is how it works:
   1. Order the applicable Unlimited Developer License of the product. We strongly suggest ordering the Priority Support and Upgrade Subscription also which is 18% of the cost of the product annually.
   2. To obtain the source code after purchase, you must sign and send us the Source Code License Agreement.
   3. Integrate the product into your software and update the documentation if necessary. You will use and distribute the products and source code royalty free as an integrated part of your application.
   4. You provide support to the customer for barcode issues and would be responsible for installation of all barcode products related to your application.
   5. For problems you are unable to resolve, your developers may contact us for support, but we cannot provide support directly to your clients.

You cannot distribute our products outside your organization without a Developer License. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us.

License Agreement Change Requests:
We believe that our license agreements as they are written now are fair for the purchaser. We are a small company and we have to protect ourselves from legal problems that could jeopardize our business. Please also understand that other companies that do honor such requests may not be around to support their products in the future. This can become very important to your company when new operating systems are released or standards are changes or revised and changes are needed to the old products.

Below is a list of changes requested in the past and the reasons we cannot make these changes:

• Indemnification - indemnification as related to the intellectual property of the software product is already included in the license agreement. It states "IDAutomation warrants to You that IDAutomation is, and will continue to be, the sole owner of the Software including all patents, copyrights or other applicable intellectual property rights in and to the Software unless otherwise indicated in the Software. IDAutomation shall defend, indemnify and hold Licensee harmless from any third party claims..." Additional indemnification cannot be provided. This is a standard practice in the software industry.

• Limitation of Liability - our license agreement states "IDAutomation's entire liability under any provision of this Agreement shall be limited to ten (10) times the amount actually paid by Licensee..." This limitation is necessary to provide an adequate amount of protection from "patent trolling" law firms, while still providing the Licensee information to dismiss their claims. These firms purchase "broad scope" patents, or patents that have claims that can be interpreted different ways, and threaten to sue small companies or demand license fees from them. In all such cases, IDAutomation has been able to provide enough information and evidence about the patents in question to deter any such claims, with minimal expenses to IDAutomation and the Licensee.

• Warranty - our license agreement states "Although efforts have been made to assure that the Software is date compliant, correct, reliable, and technically accurate, the Software is licensed to you as is and without warranties as to performance of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use, or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. You, your organization and all users of the Software, assume all risks when using it." We are unwilling to make any other warranties for the software. This is a standard practice in the software industry.

• Controlling Law and Severability - we cannot change the location of jurisdiction from our location.

• Additions - we believe the agreement as it exists covers all that is necessary and we should remain silent on any other issues. IDAutomation does not believe any additions are necessary.

• Other Changes - other minor changes to the IDAutomation's Software License Agreement may be made for special circumstances. Please contact us describing your application of the software, your change request and the reasons for the change. When we do make changes to a license agreement or accept additions, we require the purchase of the applicable Multi-Site License or the Unlimited Developer License for the product. Before requesting the changes, please be prepared for the costs of this license type. In addition, the changes requested must be limited to 30 words or less.

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