Fortinet Product License Agreement / EULA and Warranty Terms
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Product License Agreement
The parties to this agreement are you, the end customer, and either (i) where you have purchased your Product within the Americas, Fortinet, Inc., or (ii) where you have purchased
your Product outside of the Americas, Fortinet Singapore Private Limited (each referred to herein as “Fortinet”) .CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT (THE OR
THIS “AGREEMENT” OR “EULA”). USE OR INSTALLATION OF FORTINET PRODUCT(S) AND ANY UPDATES THERETO, INCLUDING HARDWARE APPLIANCE PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE AND
FIRMWARE INCLUDED THEREIN BY FORTINET, AND STAND-ALONE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS SOLD BY FORTINET (TOGETHER, THE “PRODUCTS”) CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE BY YOU
OF THE TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED OR UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME IN FORTINET’S DISCRETION BY FORTINET PUBLISHING AN AMENDED OR UPDATED VERSION.
FORTINET SHALL NOT BE BOUND BY ANY ADDITIONAL AND/OR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS IN ANY ORDER, RELEASE, ACCEPTANCE OR OTHER WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE OR OTHER
WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMUNICATION UNLESS EXPRESSLY AGREED TO IN A WRITING SIGNED BY THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF FORTINET. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS
OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT START THE INSTALLATION PROCESS OR USE THE PRODUCTS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY,
AND IN NO EVENT LATER THAN FIVE (5) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT OF THE PRODUCTIMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE FORTINET LEGAL TEAM IN WRITING AT LEGAL@FORTINET.
COM OF REQUESTED CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT.
1. License Grant.
This is a license, not a sales agreement, between you and Fortinet. The term “Software”, as used throughout this Agreement, includes all Fortinet and third party firmware and
software provided to you with, or incorporated into, Fortinet appliances and any stand-alone software provided to you by Fortinet, with the exception of any open source software
contained in Fortinet’s Products which is discussed in detail in section 15 below, and the term “Software” includes any accompanying documentation, any updates and enhancements
of the software or firmware provided to you by Fortinet, at its option. Fortinet grants to you a non-transferable (except as provided in section 5 (“Transfer”) and section 15 (“Open
Source Software”) below), non-exclusive, revocable (in the event of your failure to comply with these terms or in the event Fortinet is not properly paid for the applicable Product)
license to use the Software solely for your internal business purposes (provided, if a substantial portion of your business is to provide managed service provider services to your
end-customers, you may use the Software embedded in FortiGate and supporting hardware appliances to provide those services, subject to the other restrictions in this Agreement), in
accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement and subject to any further restrictions in Fortinet documentation, and solely on the Fortinet appliance, or, in the case of blades,
CPUs or databases, on the single blade, CPU or database on which Fortinet installed the Software or, for stand-alone Software, solely on a single computer running a validly licensed
copy of the operating system for which the Software was designed, or, in the case of blades, CPUs or databases, on a single blade, CPU or database. For clarity, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, all licenses of Software to be installed on blades, CPUs or databases are licensed on a per single blade, solely for one blade and not for multiple blades that
may be installed in a chassis, per single CPU or per single database basis, as applicable. The Software is “in use” on any Fortinet appliances when it is loaded into temporary memory
(i.e. RAM). You agree that, except for the limited, specific license rights granted in this section 1, you receive no license rights to the Software.
2. Limitation on Use.
You may not attempt to, and, if you are a corporation, you are responsible to prevent your employees and contractors from attempting to, (a) modify, translate, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble, create derivative works based on, sublicense, or distribute the Software; (b) rent or lease any rights in the Software in any form to any third party or make the
Software available or accessible to third parties in any other manner; (c) except as provided in section 5, transfer assign or sublicense right to any other person or entity, or (d) remove
any proprietary notice, labels, or marks on the Software, Products, and containers.
3. Proprietary Rights.
All rights, title, interest, and all copyrights to the Software and any copy made thereof by you and to any Product remain with Fortinet. You acknowledge that no title to the intellectual
property in the Software or other Products is transferred to you and you will not acquire any rights to the Software or other Products except for the specific license as expressly set
forth in section 1 (“License Grant”) above.
4. Term and Termination.
Except for evaluation and beta licenses or other licenses where the term of the license is limited per the evaluation/beta or other agreement or in the ordering documents, the term of
the license is for the duration of Fortinet’s copyright in the Software. Fortinet may terminate this Agreement, and the licenses and other rights herein, immediately without notice if you
breach or fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You agree that, upon such termination, you will cease using the Software and any Product and either
destroy all copies of the Fortinet documentation or return all materials to Fortinet. The provisions of this Agreement, other than the license granted in section 1 (“License Grant”), shall
survive termination.
5. Transfer.
If you are a Fortinet contracted and authorized reseller or distributor of Products, you may transfer (not rent or lease unless specifically agreed to in writing by Fortinet) the Software
to one end user on a permanent basis, provided that: (i) you ensure that your customer and the end user receives a copy of this Agreement, is bound by its terms and conditions,
and, by selling the Product or Software, you hereby agree to enforce the terms in this Agreement against such end user, (ii) you at all times comply with all applicable United States
export control laws and regulations, and (iii) you agree to refund any fees paid to you by an end user who purchased Product(s) from you but does not agree to the terms contained
in this Agreement and therefore wishes to return the Product(s) as provided for in this Agreement. Further, if you are a non-authorized reseller of Products, you are not authorized to
sell Product(s) or Software, but, regardless, by selling Product(s) or Software, you hereby agree you are bound by the restrictions and obligations herein and are bound to: (i) ensure
that your customer and the end user receive a copy of this Agreement and are bound in full by all restrictions and obligations herein (ii) enforce the restrictions and obligations in this
Agreement against such customer and/or end user, (iii) comply with all applicable United States export control laws and regulations and all other applicable laws, and (iv) refund any
fees paid to you by a customer and/or end user who purchased Product(s) from you but does not agree to the restrictions and obligations contained in this Agreement and therefore
wishes to return the Product(s) as provided for in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, distributors, resellers and other Fortinet partners (a) are not agents of
Fortinet and (b) are not authorized to bind Fortinet in any way.
6. Limited Warranty.
Fortinet provides this limited warranty for its product only to the single end-user person or entity that originally purchased the Product from Fortinet or its authorized reseller or distrib-
utor and paid for such Product. The warranty is only valid for Products which are registered on Fortinet’s Support Website: https://support.fortinet.com; or on the TalkSwitch support
website: http://global.talkswitch.com; or such other website as provided by Fortinet. For the below software warranty to start, registration must take place within three hundred
sixty-five (365) days from the date the Product was originally shipped from Fortinet’s facilities or the warranty is null and void and will not be honored. For the hardware warranty,
such warranty starts on the earlier of the date of Product registration on Fortinet’s Support Website or ninety (90) days from the date that the Product was originally shipped from Forti-
net’s facilities. It is the Fortinet distributor’s and reseller’s responsibility to make clear to the end user the date the product was originally shipped from Fortinet, and it is the end user’s
responsibility to understand the original ship date from the party from which the end user purchased the product. All warranty claims must be submitted in writing to Fortinet before
the expiration of the warranty term or such claims are waived in full, i.e. ninety (90) days from the earlier of registration or the automatically started term for hardware and spare parts
claims and three hundred sixty-five (365) days from registration within three hundred sixty-five (365) days from shipment for software claims. Fortinet provides no warranty for any
beta, donation or evaluation Products, for any spare parts not purchased directly from Fortinet by the end-user, for any accessories, or for any stand-alone software.
Fortinet warrants that the hardware portion of the Products, including spare parts unless noted otherwise (“Hardware”) will be free from material defects in workmanship as compared
to the functional specifications for the period set forth as follows and applicable to the Product type (“Hardware Warranty Period”): a three hundred sixty-five (365) day limited
warranty for the Hardware excluding spare parts, power supplies, and accessories (provided, solely with respect to FortiAP indoor Wi-Fi access point Hardware appliance products
and FortiSwitch Hardware appliance products other than the FortiSwitch-5000 series (for both excluding spare parts, power supplies, and accessories), the warranty herein shall last
from the start of the warranty period as discussed above until five (5) years following the product announced end-of-life date), and, for spare parts, power supplies, and accessories,
solely a ninety (90) days limited warranty. Fortinet’s sole obligation shall be to repair or offer replacement Hardware for the defective Hardware at no charge to the original owner.
This obligation is exclusive of transport fees, labor, de-installation, installation, reconfiguration, or return shipment and handling fees and costs, and Fortinet shall have no obligation
related thereto. Such repair or replacement will be rendered by Fortinet at an authorized Fortinet service facility as determined by Fortinet. The replacement Hardware need not be
new or of an identical make, model, or part; Fortinet may, in its discretion, replace the defective Hardware (or any part thereof) with any reconditioned Product that Fortinet reasonably
determines is substantially equivalent (or superior) in all material respects to the defective Hardware. The Hardware Warranty Period for the repaired or replacement Hardware shall be
for the greater of the remaining Hardware Warranty Period or ninety days from the delivery of the repaired or replacement Hardware. If Fortinet determines in its reasonable discretion
that a material defect is incapable of correction or that it is not practical to repair or replace defective Hardware, the price paid by the original purchaser for the defective Hardware will
be refunded by Fortinet upon return to Fortinet of the defective Hardware. All Hardware (or part thereof) that is replaced by Fortinet, or for which the purchase price is refunded, shall
become the property of Fortinet upon replacement or refund.
Fortinet warrants that the software as initially shipped with the Hardware Products will substantially conform to Fortinet’s then current functional specifications for the Software, as set
forth in the applicable documentation for a period of ninety (90) days (“Software Warranty Period”), if the Software is properly installed on approved Hardware and operated as con-
templated in its documentation. Fortinet’s sole obligation shall be to repair or offer replacement Software for the non-conforming Software with software that substantially conforms to
Fortinet’s functional specifications. This obligation is exclusive of transport fees, labor, de-installation, installation, reconfiguration, or return shipment and handling fees and costs, and
Fortinet shall have no obligation related thereto. Except as otherwise agreed by Fortinet in writing, the warranty replacement Software is provided only to the original licensee, and is
subject to the terms and conditions of the license granted by Fortinet for the Software. The Software Warranty Period shall extend for an additional ninety (90) days after any warranty
replacement software is delivered. If Fortinet determines in its reasonable discretion that a material non-conformance is incapable of correction or that it is not practical to repair or
replace the non-conforming Software, the price paid by the original licensee for the non-conforming Software will be refunded by Fortinet; provided that the non-conforming Software
(and all copies thereof) is first returned to Fortinet. The license granted respecting any Software for which a refund is given automatically terminates immediately upon refund. For
purpose of the above hardware and software warranties, the term “functional specifications” means solely those specifications authorized and published by Fortinet that expressly
state in such specifications that they are the functional specifications referred to in this section 6 of this Agreement, and, in the event no such specifications are provided to you with
the Software or Hardware, there shall be no warranty on such Software.
7. Disclaimer of Other Warranties and Restrictions.
EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SPECIFIED IN SECTION 6 ABOVE, THE PRODUCT AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR WARRANTY FOR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-IN-
FRINGEMENT. IF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED IN ANY TERRITORY WHERE A PRODUCT IS SOLD, THE DURATION OF SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED
TO NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL SHIPMENT FROM FORTINET. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY COVERED UNDER THE LIMITED WARRANTY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE ENTIRE
RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, SELECTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT IS WITH THE PURCHASER OF THE PRODUCT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE
HARDWARE WARRANTY PERIOD DISCUSSED ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN FORTINET PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FORTIFONE WHICH HAS A NINETY (90) DAY LIMITED WARRANTY
AND FORTITOKEN WHICH HAS A 365 DAY WARRANTY FROM THE DATE OF SHIPMENT FROM FORTINET’S FACILITIES, AND THE SOFTWARE WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN
FORTINET PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FORTIGATE-ONE AND VDOM SOFTWARE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NO VENDOR CAN ASSURE COMPLETE SECURITY AND
NOTHING HEREIN OR ELSEWHERE SHALL BE DEEMED TO IMPLY A SECURITY GUARANTEE OR ASSURANCE.
The warranty in Section 6 above does not apply if the Software, Product or any other equipment upon which the Software is authorized to be used (a) has been altered, except by
Fortinet or its authorized representative, (b) has not been installed, operated, repaired, updated to the latest version, or maintained in accordance with instructions supplied by Fortinet,
(c) has been subjected to abnormal physical or electrical stress, misuse, negligence, or accident; (d) is licensed for beta, evaluation, donation, testing or demonstration purposes or for
which Fortinet does not charge a purchase price or license fee. In the case of beta, testing, evaluation, donation or free Software or Product, the end user acknowledges and agrees
that such Software or Product may contain bugs or errors and could cause system failures, data loss and other issues, and the end user agrees that such Software or Product is
provided “as-is” without any warranty whatsoever, and Fortinet disclaims any warranty or liability whatsoever. An end user’s use of evaluation or beta Software or Product is limited to
thirty (30) days from original shipment unless otherwise agreed in writing by Fortinet.
8. Governing Law.
Any disputes arising out of this Agreement or Fortinet’s limited warranty shall be governed by the laws of the state of California, without regard to the conflict of laws principles. In the
event of any disputes arising out of this Agreement or Fortinet’s limited warranty, the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Santa Clara County,
California, as applicable.
9. Limitation of Liability.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, FORTINET IS NOT LIABLE UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT,
STRICT LIABILITY, INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE OR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER,
WHETHER DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, LOSS
OR DAMAGE RELATED TO USE OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES, DE-INSTALLATION AND INSTALLATION FEES AND COSTS, DAMAGE TO
PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, COMPUTER SECURITY BREACH, COMPUTER VIRUS INFECTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR
DATA CONTAINED IN, STORED ON, OR INTEGRATED WITH ANY PRODUCT INCLUDING ANY PRODUCT RETURNED TO FORTINET FOR WARRANTY SERVICE) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF
THE PRODUCT, RELATING TO WARRANTY SERVICE, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY IN SECTION 6 ABOVE, EVEN IF FORTINET HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE SOLE REMEDY FOR A BREACH OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY IS REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE DEFECTIVE OR NON-CONFORMING
PRODUCT AS SPECIFICALLY STATED IN SECTION 6 ABOVE.
10. Import / Export Requirements; FCPA Compliance.
You are advised that the Products may be subject to the United States Export Administration Regulations and other import and export laws; diversion contrary to United States law and
regulation is prohibited. You agree to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the Products as well as end user, end-use, and destination restrictions
issued by U.S. and other governments. For additional information on U.S. export controls see www.bis.doc.gov. Fortinet assumes no responsibility or liability for your failure to obtain
any necessary import and export approvals. You represent that neither the United States Bureau of Industry and Security nor any other governmental agency has issued sanctions
against you or otherwise suspended, revoked or denied your export privileges. You agree not to use or transfer the Products for any use relating to nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons, or missile technology, unless authorized by the United States Government by regulation or specific written license. Additionally, you agree not to directly or indirectly export,
import or transmit the Products contrary to the laws or regulations of any other governmental entity that has jurisdiction over such export, import, transmission or use. Furthermore,
you represent that you understand, and you hereby agree to comply with, all requirements of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and all other applicable laws. For beta, testing,
evaluation, donation or free Products and/or related services, you hereby agree, represent and warrant to Fortinet that (a) receipt of the Products and/or services comply with all
policies and you have obtained all necessary approvals for such Products and/or services, (b) the Products and/or services are not provided in exchange for Fortinet maintaining
current business or for new business opportunities, and (c) the Products and/or services are not being received for the benefit of, and are not being transferred to, any government
entity, representative or affiliate.
11. U.S. Government End Users.
The Software and accompanying documentation are deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation,” respectively, pursuant to
DFAR Section 227.7202 and FAR Section 12.212, as applicable. Any use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display or disclosure of the Software and accompanying
documentation by the United States Government shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms
of this Agreement and its successors.
12. Tax Liability.
You agree to be responsible for payment of any sales or use taxes imposed at any time on this transaction.
13. General Provisions.
Except as specifically permitted and required in section 5 (“Transfer”) above, you agree not to assign this Agreement or transfer any of the rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of Fortinet. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the parties. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods is expressly excluded. This Agreement and other Fortinet agreements may be amended or supplemented only by a writing
that refers explicitly to the agreement signed on behalf of both parties, or, for this Agreement, as otherwise expressly provided in the lead-in above Section 1 above, provided, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary and except for this Agreement which may be amended or updated as expressly provided in the lead-in above Section 1 above, for any amendment
or other agreement to be binding on Fortinet, such amendment or other agreement must be signed by Fortinet’s General Counsel. No waiver will be implied from conduct or failure to
enforce rights nor effective unless in a writing signed on behalf of the party against whom the waiver is asserted. If any part of this Agreement is found unenforceable, that part will be
enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remainder shall continue in full force and effect. You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement, understand it, and agree to
be bound by its terms and conditions.
14. Privacy.
For information regarding Fortinet’s collection, use and transfer of your personal information please read the Fortinet privacy policy on the Fortinet web site (http://www.fortinet.com/
aboutus/privacy.html)..
15. Open Source Software.
Fortinet’s products may include software modules that are licensed (or sublicensed) to the user under the GNU General Public License, Version 2, of June 1991 (“GPL”) or GNU Lesser
General Public License, Version 2.1, of February 1999 (“LGPL”) or other open source software licenses which, among other rights, permit the user touse, copy, modify and redistribute
modules, or portions thereof, and may also require attribution disclosures and access to the source code (“Open Source Software”). The GPL requires that for any Open Source
Software covered under the GPL, which is distributed to someone in an executable binary format, that the source code also be made available to those users. For any Open Source
Software covered under the GPL, the source code is made available on this CD or download package. If any Open Source Software licenses require that Fortinet provide rights to use,
copy or modify a Open Source Software program that are broader than the rights granted in this agreement, then such rights shall take precedence over the rights and restrictions
herein. Fortinet will provide, for a charge reflecting our standard distribution costs, the complete machine-readable copy of the modified software modules. To obtain a complete
machine-readable copy, please send your written request, along with a check in the amount of US $25.00, to General Public License Source Code Request, Fortinet, Inc., 899 Kifer Rd,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA. In order to receive the modified software modules, you must also include the following information: (a) Name, (b) Address, (c) Telephone number, (d) E-mail
Address, (e) Product purchased (if applicable), (f) Product Serial Number (if applicable). All open source software modules are licensed free of charge. There is no warranty for these
modules, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The copyright holders provide these software modules “AS-IS” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no
event will the copyright holder for the open source software be liable to you for damages, including any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability
to use the software modules, even if such holder has been advised of the possibility of such damages. A full copy of this license, including additional open source software license
disclosures and third party license disclosures applicable to certain Fortinet products, may obtained by contacting Fortinet’s Legal Department at [email protected].
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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The “Program”, below, refers to any such program or work, and a “work based on the Program” means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a
work containing the Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
the term “modification”.) Each licensee is addressed as “you”.
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output
from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on
what the Program does.
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program’s source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each
