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TIMESCALE LICENSE AGREEMENT
Posted Date: December 19, 2018
Posted Date: September 24, 2020
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS TIMESCALE LICENSE AGREEMENT ("TSL Agreement"), WHICH
CONSTITUTES A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT AND GOVERNS USE OF THE TIMESCALE
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https://github.com/timescale. The Timescale software is composed of two
major pieces.
The first, core piece (referred to herein as the Timescale Open Source
Software, as defined below) is open source software that is licensed under
the Apache Version 2.0 license.
The first piece (referred to herein as the Timescale Open Source Software,
as defined below) is open source software that is licensed under the Apache
Version 2.0 license.
The second piece (referred to herein as the TSL Licensed Software, as
defined below) is all of the Timescale Software other than the Timescale
Open Source Software.
Certain functions or features of the TSL Licensed Software (referred to
herein as Community Features, as defined below) may be used under this TSL
Agreement without charge, in some cases subject to certain usage limits that
may be imposed by a software license key and/or technical restrictions in
the code.
Certain other functions or features of the TSL Licensed Software (referred
to herein as Enterprise Features, as defined below) may be used either
solely under a Commercial License Agreement subject to charge, or under this
TSL Agreement without charge only for a limited time trial period. In order
to use such features, You must obtain an appropriate license key.
You may find more information at https://www.timescale.com/pricing about
which functions and features of the TSL Licensed Software are classified as
Community Features and Enterprise Features, details about any applicable
usage limits and trial periods, and a description of how You can obtain any
required license keys and enter into a Commercial License Agreement with
Timescale.
Open Source Software. The TSL Licensed Software may be used under this TSL
Agreement without charge.
1. GOVERNING LICENSES
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in both source and executable forms, is governed by the terms of the Apache
License Version 2.0, a copy of which is available at
https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0. The use of all other Timescale
Software in source code form is governed by this TSL Agreement and/or a
Commercial License Agreement, as applicable.
Software, in both source and executable forms, is governed by this TSL
Agreement.
1.2 Commercial License Rights. If You desire to use Community Features
beyond applicable Usage Limits, or to use Enterprise Features beyond an
applicable trial period (or those Enterprise Features that are not available
for use under this TSL Agreement at all), as the case may be, You must
obtain an appropriate License Key and enter into a Commercial License
Agreement with Timescale, subject to applicable charges.
1.3 License Rights to Your Customers. As set forth in Section 2.1 below,
1.2 License Rights to Your Customers. As set forth in Section 2.1 below,
the use by Your customers of the Timescale Software as part of any Value
Added Products or Services that You distribute will be subject to the most
current version of this TSL Agreement, including any applicable Usage Limits
and restrictions on the use of Enterprise Features. If Your customers
desire to use any functions or features of the Timescale Software beyond
applicable Usage Limits, or to use Enterprise Features, they must enter into
a Commercial License Agreement with Timescale and obtain any necessary
License Keys.
current version of this TSL Agreement.
2. GRANT OF LICENSES
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Section 2.3):
(a) Internal Use. A license to copy, compile, install, and use the
Timescale Software in unmodified form: (i) solely for Your own internal
Timescale Software and Derivative Works solely for Your own internal
business purposes in a manner that does not expose or give access to,
directly or indirectly (e.g., via a wrapper), the Timescale Data
Definition Interfaces or the Timescale Data Manipulation Interfaces to
any person or entity other than You or Your employees and Contractors
working on Your behalf, and (ii) solely in compliance with all applicable
Usage Limits and any limits imposed on the use of Enterprise Features by
a License Key or the Timescale Software itself. You agree not to use the
Community Features in any manner or extent beyond the Usage Limits or use
the Enterprise Features in any manner or extent beyond the limits imposed
by a License Key or the Timescale Software itself, except as may be
permitted by a Commercial License Agreement that You and Timescale may
enter into.
working on Your behalf.
(b) Value Added Products or Services. A license (i) to copy, compile,
install, and use the Timescale Software solely in unmodified form to
develop and maintain Your Value Added Products or Services, and (ii) to
utilize (in the case of services) or distribute (in the case of products
that are distributed to Your customers) copies of the Timescale Software
or parts thereof solely in unmodified form and solely as incorporated
install, and use the Timescale Software, Derivative Works, or parts
thereof to develop and maintain Your Value Added Products or Services,
(ii) to utilize (in the case of services) copies of the Timescale
Software, Derivative Works, or parts thereof solely as incorporated
into or utilized with Your Value Added Products or Services, and
(iii) to distribute (in the case of products that are distributed to
Your customers) copies of the Timescale Software binaries or of
Derivative Works solely in binary form, and both solely as incorporated
into or utilized with Your Value Added Products or Services; provided
that (1) You notify Your customers that use of such Timescale Software is
subject to this TSL Agreement and You provide to each such customer a
copy of the most current version of this TSL Agreement or a URL from
which the most current version of this TSL Agreement may be obtained, and
(2) the customer is prohibited, either contractually or technically, from
defining, redefining, or modifying the database schema or other
structural aspects of database objects, such as through use of the
Timescale Data Definition Interfaces, in a Timescale Database utilized by
such Value Added Products or Services.
that (1) You notify Your customers that use of such Timescale Software
or Derivative Works is subject to this TSL Agreement and You provide to
each such customer a copy of the most current version of this TSL
Agreement or a URL from which the most current version of this TSL
Agreement may be obtained, and (2) the customer is prohibited, either
contractually or technically, from defining, redefining, or modifying
the database schema or other structural aspects of database objects,
such as through use of the Timescale Data Definition Interfaces, in a
Timescale Database utilized by such Value Added Products or Services.
(c) Distribution of Source Code or Binaries in Standalone Form. Subject
to the prohibitions in Section 2.2 below, a license to copy and
distribute the Timescale Software Source Code and the Timescale Software
Binaries solely in unmodified standalone form and subject to the terms
and conditions of the most current version of this TSL Agreement. You
may not distribute the TSL Licensed Software Source Code or the TSL
Licensed Software Binaries in combination with or for use with any other
software except for Your Value Added Products or Services.
distribute the Timescale Software source code and binaries solely in
unmodified standalone form and subject to the terms and conditions of
the most current version of this TSL Agreement.
(d) Derivative Works. A license to prepare, compile, and test Derivative
Works of the TSL Licensed Software Source Code solely in a Non-Production
Environment, provided that (i) neither such Derivative Works nor any
binary executable versions thereof are utilized in a production capacity
or outside a Non-Production Environment, (ii) such Derivative Works do
not violate any of the prohibitions on circumvention of Technological
Protection Measures set forth in Section 2.5, and (iii) such Derivative
Works are not distributed to any third person or entity other than as a
contribution back to Timescale under Timescale's Contributor Agreement
for potential incorporation into Timescale's maintained code base at its
sole discretion.
(d) Derivative Works. A license (i) to prepare, compile, and test
Derivative Works of the TSL Licensed Software; (ii) to use Derivative
Works for Internal Use solely as expressly permitted in Section 2.1(a);
(iii) to utilize Derivative Works with Your Value Added Products or
Services solely as expressly permitted in Section 2.1(b); (iv) to
distribute Derivative Works in binary form with Your Value Added
Products or Services solely as expressly permitted in Section 2.1(b);
and (v) to distribute Derivative Works back to Timescale under
Timescale's Contributor Agreement for potential incorporation into
Timescale's maintained code base at its sole discretion.
2.2 Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any other provision in this TSL
Agreement, You are prohibited from (i) using any TSL Licensed Software to
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Derivative Works of any TSL Licensed Software or, except as expressly
permitted herein, transfer, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, loan, or
otherwise transfer or make available any TSL Licensed Software, whether in
source code or binary executable form. If You have any question as to
whether a specific use You intend to make of the TSL Licensed Software
complies with the foregoing prohibitions, please contact
licensing@timescale.com.
source code or binary executable form.
2.3 Affiliates and Contractors. You may permit Your Contractors and
Affiliates to exercise the licenses set forth in Section 2.1, provided that
such exercise by Contractors must be solely for your benefit and/or the
benefit of Your Affiliates, and You shall be responsible for all acts and
omissions of such Contractors and Affiliates in connection with such
exercise of the licenses, including but not limited to breach of any
applicable Usage Limits, limits imposed by a License Key, or other terms of
this TSL Agreement.
exercise of the licenses, including but not limited to breach of any terms
of this TSL Agreement.
2.4 Reservation of Rights. Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.1, no
other license or rights to the Timescale Software are granted to You under
this TSL Agreement, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.
2.5 Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures. You agree not to
descramble, decrypt, alter, avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, or
otherwise circumvent any Technological Protection Measure protecting the
Timescale Software or any portion thereof, including but not limited to any
License Key.
3. DEFINITIONS
In addition to other terms defined elsewhere in this TSL Agreement, the
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outstanding voting shares of the legal entity, or the contractual right to
establish policy for, and manage the operations of, the legal entity.
3.2 "Commercial License Agreement" means a license agreement offered by
Timescale separate from this TSL Agreement that grants license rights, for
applicable charges, to (i) activate and use one or more Enterprise Features
that Timescale does not make available for access and use under this TSL
Agreement at all, (ii) use one or more Enterprise Features beyond expiration
of a limited time trial period, and/or (iii) use one or more Community
Features beyond applicable Usage Limits.
3.3 "Community Features" means those functions or features of the TSL
Licensed Software that Timescale designates from time to time at
https://www.timescale.com/pricing as available for access and use under this
TSL Agreement without charge, subject to any applicable Usage Limits.
3.4 "Contractor" means a person or entity engaged as a consultant or
3.2 "Contractor" means a person or entity engaged as a consultant or
contractor to perform work on Your behalf, but only to the extent such
person or entity is performing such work on Your behalf.
3.5 "Derivative Work" means any modification or enhancement made by You to
the TSL Licensed Software, whether in source code, executable, intermediate,
or other form.
3.3 "Derivative Work" means any modification or enhancement made by You to
the TSL Licensed Software, whether in source code, binary executable,
intermediate, or other form.
3.6 "Enterprise Features" means certain functions or features of the TSL
Licensed Software that Timescale designates from time to time at
https://www.timescale.com/pricing as (i) available for activation and use
solely under a Commercial License Agreement with a License Key and subject
to applicable charges, or (ii) available for use without charge under this
TSL Agreement only on a limited time trial basis with a License Key.
3.7 "License Key" means a software license key issued by Timescale that
allows (i) activation and use of certain Enterprise Features either under a
Commercial License Agreement or without charge for a limited time trial
period under this TSL Agreement, or (ii) use of certain Community Features
beyond applicable Usage Limits.
3.8 "Non-Production Environment" means an environment for development,
testing, or quality assurance, where software is not used for production
purposes.
3.9 "Technological Protection Measure" means a technological measure,
including but not limited to a License Key, encryption, scrambling,
procedure, or process, that controls access to and/or restricts or limits
the use of any function, feature, or portion of the Timescale Software.
3.10 "Timescale Database" means a time-series database that is created
3.4 "Timescale Database" means a time-series database that is created
and/or used by the Timescale Software.
3.11 "Timescale Data Definition Interfaces" means SQL commands and other
3.5 "Timescale Data Definition Interfaces" means SQL commands and other
interfaces of the Timescale Software that can be used to define or modify
the database schema and other structural aspects of database objects in a
Timescale Database, including Data Definition Language (DDL) commands such
as CREATE, DROP, ALTER, TRUNCATE, COMMENT, and RENAME.
3.12 "Timescale Data Manipulation Interfaces" means SQL commands and
3.6 "Timescale Data Manipulation Interfaces" means SQL commands and
analytical function, procedural, and other types of application programming
interfaces or commands, that allow the use, manipulation, and control of
data present in a Timescale Database, including Data Manipulation Language
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Language (TCL) commands such as COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT, and SET
TRANSACTION.
3.13 "Timescale Open Source Software" means those portions of the Timescale
Software that Timescale makes publicly available from time to time as open
source software under the terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 or, in
some limited instances, under other open source licenses (such as the
PostgreSQL license) as identified in the applicable source code files and/or
accompanying notices.
3.7 "Timescale Open Source Software" means those portions of the Timescale
Software that Timescale makes publicly available for distribution from time
to time as open source software under the terms of the Apache License
Version 2.0 or, in some limited instances, under other open source licenses
(such as the PostgreSQL license) as identified in the applicable source
code files and/or accompanying notices.
3.14 "Timescale Software" means, collectively, all time-series database
software and related software made publicly available by Timescale from time
to time, in both source code and binary executable form, which includes the
Timescale Open Source Software and the TSL Licensed Software.
3.8 "Timescale Software" means, collectively, all time-series database
software and related software made publicly available by Timescale for
distribution from time to time, in both source code and binary executable
form, which includes the Timescale Open Source Software and the TSL
Licensed Software.
3.15 "Timescale Software Binaries" means the binary executable form of the
Timescale Software that Timescale makes publicly available from time to
time.
3.16 "Timescale Software Source Code" means the source code of the Timescale
Software that Timescale makes publicly available from time to time.
3.17 "TSL Licensed Software" means those parts of the Timescale Software
3.9 "TSL Licensed Software" means those parts of the Timescale Software
other than the Timescale Open Source Software.
3.18 "TSL Licensed Software Binaries" means the TSL Licensed Software or any
portion thereof in binary executable form.
3.19 "TSL Licensed Software Source Code" means the TSL Licensed Software or
any portion thereof in source code form.
3.20 "Usage Limits" means limits, such as capability restrictions or usage
metrics, that Timescale may place from time to time on the use under this
TSL Agreement of certain Community Features. Usage Limits may be set by a
License Key and/or by limits implemented in the TSL Licensed Software code
itself.
3.21 "Value Added Products or Services" means products or services developed
3.10 "Value Added Products or Services" means products or services developed
by or for You that utilize (for example, as a back-end function or part of a
software stack) all or parts of the Timescale Software to provide
time-series database storage and operations in support of larger value-added
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in a Timescale Database utilized by such Value Added Products or
Services.
4. SUPPORT
From time to time, in its sole discretion, Timescale may offer professional
services or support for the TSL Licensed Software pursuant to a separate
support or maintenance agreement, which may now or in the future be subject
to fees. Please see https://www.timescale.com/pricing for a description of
professional services or support that may be available from Timescale.
5. TERMINATION
4. TERMINATION
This TSL Agreement will automatically terminate, whether or not You receive
notice of such termination from Timescale, in the event You breach any of
its terms or conditions. In accordance with Section 7 below, Timescale
its terms or conditions. In accordance with Section 6 below, Timescale
shall have no liability for any damage, loss, or expense of any kind,
whether consequential, indirect, or direct, suffered or incurred by You
arising from or incident to the termination of this TSL Agreement, whether
or not Timescale has been advised or is aware of any such potential damage,
loss, or expense.
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL TIMESCALE SOFTWARE
PROVIDED UNDER THIS TSL AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL PORTIONS OF THE TIMESCALE
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ANY PROMISE, WARRANTY, OR REPRESENTATION NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL
TIMESCALE OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
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OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF TIMESCALE HAS BEEN ADVISED OR IS AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
8. GENERAL
7. GENERAL
8.1 Complete Agreement. This TSL Agreement completely and exclusively
7.1 Complete Agreement. This TSL Agreement completely and exclusively
states the entire agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all prior proposals, agreements, or other
communications between the parties, oral or written, regarding such subject
matter.
8.2 Modification. This TSL Agreement may be modified by Timescale from time
7.2 Modification. This TSL Agreement may be modified by Timescale from time
to time, and any such modifications will be effective upon the "Posted Date"
set forth at the top of the modified agreement. The modified agreement shall
govern any new version of the TSL Licensed Software (and all its constituent
source code and binaries) that is officially released as a complete version
release by Timescale on or after such Posted Date. Except as set forth in
this Section 8.2, this TSL Agreement may not be amended except by a writing
this Section 7.2, this TSL Agreement may not be amended except by a writing
executed by both parties.
8.3 Governing Law. This TSL Agreement shall be governed by and construed
7.3 Governing Law. This TSL Agreement shall be governed by and construed
solely under the laws of the State of New York, without application of any
choice of law rules or principles that would lead to the applicability of
the law of any other jurisdiction. None of the provisions of either the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
or the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act shall apply.
8.4 Unenforceability. If any provision of this TSL Agreement is held
7.4 Unenforceability. If any provision of this TSL Agreement is held
unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this TSL Agreement shall remain
in effect and the unenforceable provision shall be replaced by an
enforceable provision that best reflects the original intent of the parties.
8.5 Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge that a breach or threatened breach
7.5 Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge that a breach or threatened breach
of any provision of this TSL Agreement will cause irreparable harm to
Timescale for which damages at law will not provide adequate relief, and
Timescale shall therefore be entitled to injunctive relief against such
breach or threatened breach without being required to post a bond.
8.6 Assignment. You may not assign this TSL Agreement, including by
operation of law in connection with a merger or acquisition or otherwise, in
whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Timescale, which
7.6 Assignment. You may not assign this TSL Agreement, including by
operation of law in connection with a merger or acquisition or otherwise,
in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Timescale, which
Timescale may grant or withhold in its sole and absolute discretion. Any
assignment in violation of the preceding sentence is void.
8.7 Independent Contractors. The parties to this TSL Agreement are
7.7 Independent Contractors. The parties to this TSL Agreement are
independent contractors and this TSL Agreement does not establish any
relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency
between the parties.
8.8 U.S. Government Rights. The Timescale Software and related
7.8 U.S. Government Rights. The Timescale Software and related
documentation are "Commercial Items", as that term is defined at 48
C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial
Computer Software Documentation," as such terms are used in 48
C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable. Consistent with 48
C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable,
the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software
Documentation are being licensed to U.S. Government end users (a) only as
C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable, and
are being licensed to U.S. Government end users (a) only as
Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted to all other
end users pursuant to the terms and conditions of this TSL Agreement.
Unpublished – rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.