Couchbase, Inc. Community Edition License Agreement

Community Edition License Agreement

This Couchbase Community Edition License Agreement between you and Couchbase, Inc. governs your use of the community edition of Couchbase’s software accompanying this agreement, including but not limited to Couchbase Server Community Edition, Couchbase Sync Gateway Community Edition and Couchbase Lite Community Edition, and any Couchbase services or updates for such software, in addition to all versions of Couchbase’s community software described in Section 1 below (together, the “Community Software”). The software license provided through this agreement excludes the cross datacenter replication (“XDCR”) feature and any other excluded features as described in Couchbase documentation.

BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CEASE USING THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE AND UNINSTALL AND DELETE ALL COPIES OF THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE.

If you are installing or using the Community Software on behalf of an organization or are otherwise entering into this agreement on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to enter into this agreement on behalf of your organization. In consideration of the rights granted to you in this agreement, you must comply with all the terms in this agreement.

1. Application of Agreement. If you have installed or used any prior version of the community edition of our software under any other license terms, by installing or using the version of the Community Software that accompanies this agreement, you agree that this agreement replaces those other license terms in their entirety and will also govern your use of all prior versions of the Community Software.

2. Term and Termination. This agreement will continue to apply until (a) you terminate this agreement at any time by uninstalling and deleting all copies of the Community Software in your possession or control; or (b) we terminate this agreement. We may terminate this agreement at any time for any reason (including but not limited to your breach of this agreement) in our sole discretion by providing you with notice. If we notify you of our termination, you must uninstall and delete all copies of the Community Software in your possession or control. Upon request, you shall provide written certification that you have uninstalled, deleted and ceased all usage of the Community Software within five (5) business days of our request. If you represent an organization, then such certification must be signed by an authorized representative of your organization on behalf of your organization.

3. Modification of Agreement. We may modify this agreement or replace this agreement with new terms from time to time with any update or new version of the Community Software or with notice to you.

4. License Grant. The Community Software is licensed, not sold, to you. During the term of this agreement and subject to your compliance with this agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, revocable and personal license to install and use the Community Software at no charge for your internal business purposes and to develop or commercialize products that interact with the Community Software, subject to the restrictions in Section 5 and provided that you ensure that users of your products also comply with the applicable restrictions in Section 5.

5. License Restrictions. This agreement does not grant any rights to our source code or to any commercial or enterprise (i.e. non-community) edition of our software or services, which are subject to separate terms. In addition to the other restrictions and limitations in this agreement, you must not, and you must not assist or authorize others to: (a) work around or bypass any technical limitations, protections, or security measures used for or contained in the Community Software; (b) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Community Software (except the extent prohibited by applicable law or to the extent permitted by the licensing terms governing use of any open source components included with the Community Software); (c) use the Community Software in any manner that violates applicable law, including but not limited to transferring the Community Software to any country or recipient in violation of any sanctions or export control laws or regulations, or that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any right of any third party; (d) commercialize (other than as permitted by Section 4 above) or otherwise distribute, offer, provide, share, sell, transfer, license or sublicense the Community Software; (e) make any representations or warranties regarding the Community Software; (f) use or deploy Couchbase Server Community in clusters comprised of more than five (5) node instances of Couchbase Server Community running on a server, including a physical server, server blade, virtual machine, software container, or cloud server; or (g) use or deploy the Community Software to support an application or workload also supported by any commercial or enterprise Couchbase offering (including without limitation Couchbase Enterprise Edition software or Couchbase Capella). Furthermore, this agreement does not grant you any rights to the XDCR functionality provided by Couchbase.

6. Verification of Use. We may verify that you are using the Community Software in compliance with this agreement, including without limitation through technological features in the Community Software that may transmit to us data relating to your use of the Community Software. Upon our request, you will provide us promptly and in any event within five (5) business days with system-generated information verifying that your use of the Community Software complies with this agreement. If you are found to be using the Community Software in breach of this agreement, then without limiting any other rights or remedies we may have, you must immediately pay us a license fee for such usage of the Community Software that is equal to the amount you would have paid if you had licensed the commercial or enterprise version Couchbase’s software. If you do not comply with this agreement and we do not take immediate action, we reserve and do not waive the right to take action in the future.

7. Privacy and Data Security. Our use of any personal data collected by us under this agreement is governed by our privacy policy, currently located at: https://www.couchbase.com/privacy-policy/. Your use of the Community Software operates as a consent to the practices described in our privacy policy.

8. No Support Services. Because this is the free community edition of our software, all Community Software is provided “as is” without any services or support. We are under no obligation to provide or continue to provide the Community Software (including any update, upgrade or new version) to you.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) USE OF ANY COMMUNITY SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT; (B) THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE IS LICENSED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AVAILABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT; AND (C) WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. NO INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY US WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE COMMUNITY SOFTWARE; AND (B) IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSS, CLAIMS AND DAMAGES EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS (USD 50.00). ALL LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL APPLY EVEN IF THE ABOVE STATED REMEDIES FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OR SOURCE OF CLAIM OR LOSS, WHETHER THE CLAIM OR LOSS WAS FORESEEABLE, AND WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CLAIM OR LOSS.

11. Non-Assignment. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your rights and obligations under this agreement, in whole or in part, without our written consent, and any such attempt will be void. We may transfer our rights or obligations under this agreement to a third party at our sole discretion.

12. Dispute Resolution. If you have any concern or dispute, you must first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us. If your dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days of submission, any resulting legal actions must be resolved through final and binding arbitration. If you reside in the Americas, JAMS will administer the arbitration in Santa Clara County, California pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. If you reside in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., Taiwan, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, or a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, then the Singapore International Arbitration Centre will administer the arbitration in Singapore under its Rules of Arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this section. Otherwise, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) will administer the arbitration in London under the LCIA Arbitration Rules. You agree to appear in the identified and applicable forum stated in this paragraph, and to be bound by the results of the arbitration. There will be one arbitrator that you and we mutually select. The arbitration will be conducted in the English language. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered and will be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction having jurisdiction over you and us.

13. No Class Actions; Injunctive Relief; Governing Law; Severability. You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and you may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Notwithstanding anything else in this agreement, if you use the Community Software in violation of this agreement, we are entitled to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction. This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of California. By using the Community Software you represent that you will comply with, and acknowledge that the software and any related technology or documentation is subject to, U.S. sanctions and export control laws and regulations. If any part of this agreement is held invalid, the remainder of the agreement will continue in full force and effect. If you have other rights not described in this agreement, including consumer rights, under the laws of your state or country, this agreement does not change those other rights if the laws of your state or country do not permit it to do so.