We're making our first license for ensuring Basis works optimally with lower level tech, like compilers and hardware. Exciting! I suggested "for testing purposes" as the legal language, and @viduongjd suggested the following clause instead which I love:
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"'Authorized Purpose' means Licensee’s internal use of the Software for the sole purpose of evaluating the Software, testing the interoperability of Licensee’s Products with the Software, and modifying Licensee’s Products to ensure interoperability with the Software."
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(This is why I'm not a lawyer and am so thankful Vi works with us)
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Now that Basis is used in some major products, it's important for us to ensure that the tech it's built on works well. You'd think compilers & hardware are super stable but- no offense to the engineers, just how it goes- still not ideal! With partnerships like this it gets closer
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Wording is important for licenses with restrictions and limits, even without bad actors. In a big company, totally innocent, good-faith people who just weren't there at the original discussion can misinterpret the contract and use it in ways that really mess with our business.
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These are the main license templates we use now: Free Eval (30-60 days) Paid Eval (6 months) R&D-only (yearly auto-renew) Commercial (yearly or per project) Commercial, with source code access (per project) and then soon, this one Testing-only License (one year, then revisit)
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I really like the business process that that Testing-only License enables. Props to you and your lawyer; that's very, very smart.
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