Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement This Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement is dated June ____, 2003 and is by and between the following Parties: SCO: The SCO Group, Inc. 355 South 520 West Lindon, Utah 84042 RECIPIENT: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ WHEREAS, The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") possesses certain Confidential Information, including source code and other proprietary information, and WHEREAS, RECIPIENT desires to review the Confidential Information, and thereafter to generally summarize portions of the Confidential Information without revealing the confidential source code itself, or its design methods and concepts, or specific comparisons of code; NOW THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises and agreements made herein, and other good and valuable consideration, THE PARTIES agree as follows: 1. Disclosure of Confidential Information. RECIPIENT desires that SCO disclose to RECIPIENT certain Confidential Information relating to SCO's Unixware and SCOsource businesses and certain statements SCO has made publicly regarding SCO's property relative to the Linux operating system. RECIPIENT acknowledges that it will receive access only to a portion of information relevant to these issues. 2. Purpose. RECIPIENT warrants that the Confidential Information disclosed by SCO to RECIPIENT shall only be used for the purposes of (a) evaluating SCO's public statements regarding its UNIX source code and attendant rights and the ways in which those UNIX rights affect one or more distributions of Linux, and (b) evaluating whether RECIPIENT's or other's use of Linux violates any of SCO's UNIX-related source code or other rights. Following RECIPIENT's review of the Confidential Information, it may publicly offer its general opinion on and a general, brief summary of the Confidential Information it has seen. 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RECIPIENT shall not use Confidential Information except for the purpose and by the methods described in Paragraph 2. RECIPIENT shall use its best efforts to ensure against any disclosure, transfer or use of Confidential Information not specifically authorized by SCO in writing. 5. Employees. Access to Confidential Information by RECIPIENT's employees shall be limited by RECIPIENT to employees having a specific need to know. RECIPIENT shall be responsible for its employees and their compliance with this Agreement. 6. No License. SCO is not obligated to grant to RECIPIENT any license or right under any patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of SCO. 7. No Obligation to Disclose. SCO has no obligation under this Agreement to disclose to RECIPIENT any Confidential Information which SCO elects to withhold. 8. Injunctive Relief. 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Any modification, recission or amendment of this Agreement shall not be effective unless made in a writing executed by SCO and RECIPIENT. 11. Waiver. Any waiver of, or promise not to enforce, any right under this Agreement shall not be enforceable unless evidenced by a writing signed by the Party making said waiver or promise. 12. Construction. The headings in this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only and shall not limit, enlarge, or affect any of the covenants, terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement represents the wording selected by the Parties to define their agreement and no rule of strict construction shall apply against either Party. 13. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Attorney's Fees. This Agreement shall be governed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Utah, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, and RECIPIENT hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in courts (whether federal or state) in the state of Utah. RECIPIENT waives all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. In any action to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement or to interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees, costs and other expenses. 14. Authorization. The persons signing below represent that they are authorized to execute this Agreement for and on behalf of the Party for whom they are signing and to bind said Party to the terms of this Agreement. AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY: ("RECIPIENT") Authorized Signature: Name (print): Title: The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") Authorized Signature: Name (print): Title:
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How about naming a couple instead of just dropping a blanket statement on us?
Section 1 and 2 especially are by far the most important. Most of the rest is just further clarifying section 1. But section 2 is the meat, where they practically invite analysis of what was seen, and in no way prohibit that analysis from being released.
Responses from those that have seen it have varied from "very formadable" to "inconclusive". NO ONE has said anything like "absurd" or "unlikely", which somehow still seems to be the Red Hat et al position.