Software Licensing

Software

By downloading, installing, copying, or otherwise using the SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, stop now and do not download this software.

This software is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws. The software itself is not sold, but rather only licensed for your use, strictly in accordance with this agreement.

Provided that Licensee complies with the terms of this Agreement, Quality Data Bay hereby grants Licensee the following limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the software, with the following limitations: licensee may install and use the software on a shared computer or server and make multiple back-up copies of the software solely for Licensee’s use within its legal entity such as a corporation or university department.

No Reverse Engineering: Licensee may not reverse engineer, decompile, copy parts of the software, nor attempt in any other manner to use the source code to produce a product that could feasibly be repurposed.

No Rental: Licensee may not rent or lease the software to any other company or person.

All rights, title, interest and copyrights in and to the software (including but not limited to all images, forms, reports, functions, text and other information incorporated into the software), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the software, are owned by Quality Data Bay.

Copyright

The entire content included in all Quality Data Bay database versions, including but not limited to text, graphics or software code is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of Quality Data Bay, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Permission is granted to electronically copy and print hard copy portions of the database data screens and reports to perform work as part of managing a quality system and conducting training within your company. Copying, altering or otherwise manipulating any software code within a Quality Data Bay database is not authorized, except for the explicit purpose of customizing the database for the company in which the database is licensed. The transference of a license to another party or company is not authorized except with written permission by Quality Data Bay.

Warranty Disclaimer

Quality Data Bay software products and other materials on this website are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Quality Data Bay, Inc. disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Quality Data Bay, Inc. does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in its software products and other materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that the defects will be corrected, or that its software products and other materials are free of viruses or other harmful components. Quality Data Bay, Inc. does not make any warrantees or representations regarding the use of its software products and other materials in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. Some states do not permit limitations or exclusions on warranties, so the above limitations may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability

Quality Data Bay, Inc. shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the software products and other materials available on the Quality Data Bay website or the performance of same, even if Quality Data Bay, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation of exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Restrictions of Use

If you purchased an upgrade or expert (open source) database license, the following restrictions shall be observed:

  • The Quality Data Bay name and logo shall not be altered or removed from the standard database forms, reports and VB code.
  • The database shall not be installed for use except by the person or company that purchased the license for use.
  • Database Visual Basic (VB) code written by Quality Data Bay is protected by international copyright laws and shall not be copied by any means and/or sent by electronic or paper media to other persons or entities for any reason, without prior written authorization by an officer of Quality Data Bay, Inc.

Regulatory Compliance

This database has built-in electronic signatures, electronic records and audit trail functionality. However, since every company has their own, unique requirements for electronic signatures and electronic records, it is up to you (the customer) to properly validate this functionality for compliance to applicable standards and regulations.