CENDIO THINLINC SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT 2021-02-01 This agreement ("Agreement") describes the terms and conditions associated with upgrades and support for Cendio ThinLinc ("Product"). 1. Upgrades 1.1 The Customer is entitled to receive user licenses for any version of the Product released during the period that this Agreement is valid. 1.2 Updated user licenses will be delivered within two Business Days from the time the request has been received by Cendio. 1.3 Cendio is free to deny any request for user licenses if the Customer has already received user licenses for the requested version of the Program. Cendio is also free to deny requests for a greater number of user licenses than those specified in the associated purchase order. 2. Support 2.1 Cendio will provide support services for resolving technical problems in the Product. Support is given in English only unless the Customer is in a location where localised support has been made available by Cendio. 2.2 Support requests will be handled and support services given by Cendio during office hours, 08:00 CET to 17:00 CET, on Business Days. With "Business Days" is meant Monday through Friday, excluding Swedish public holidays. 2.3 If Customer has purchased a "ThinLinc Standard Subscription", support services will be provided remotely by email. Cendio will respond to a new support request within two Business Days. 2.4 If Customer has purchased a "ThinLinc Premium Subscription", support services can also be provided by telephone. The time and date for such calls must be agreed upon with Cendio’s support engineer(s) by email. A support request associated with a "ThinLinc Premium Subscription" is given priority over other support requests and Cendio will respond to a new support request within one Business Day. 2.5 Cendio requires remote access to Customer's system to analyze and resolve problems. Customer will be informed prior to Cendio's conduct of any remote service. Cendio may provide Customer with software to assist with diagnosis and/or resolution of the problem. Any information reviewed by Cendio shall be deemed as confidential in accordance with Section 6 below. In the event Customer does not provide Cendio with remote access, Cendio is not responsible for such support issue, but will use reasonable efforts to resolve the issue remotely. 2.6 In situations where Cendio cannot provide a satisfactory resolution to Customer's critical problem through normal support methods, Cendio may engage its product development team to create a so called hotfix to the Product. Cendio retains all right, title and interest in and to such hotfixes. Hotfixes are designed to address a specific Customer situation and may not be distributed by Customer outside Customer organization, without prior written consent from Cendio. Limited regression testing is performed on hotfixes. Hotfixes can be released as updates to other customers. Cendio is free to limit the amount of resources devoted to developing a hotfix and does not guarantee that a hotfix will be delivered within a certain time. 2.7 Cendio's performance is subject to Customer's fulfillment of the following responsibilities: a) Customer may be asked by Cendio to perform certain problem determination activities. These activities may include performing network traces, capture error messages and collecting configuration information. Customer may also be requested to perform problem resolution activities including changing product configurations, installing new versions of software or new components, or modifying processes. Customer agrees to fulfill such requests. b) Customer is responsible for implementing backup and other procedures necessary to safeguard the software and data from unauthorized access and to reconstruct lost or altered files resulting from system failures. c) Customer is responsible for procuring, installing and maintaining all equipment, telephone lines, communications interfaces, and other hardware in Customer's IT- environment and for providing Cendio with access to such Customer facilities required to operate the Product and permitting Cendio to perform support according to this Agreement. 3. Exclusions 3.1 Cendio is not required to provide any support services relating to problems arising out of (i) Customer's failure to implement all currently available Upgrades to the Product; (ii) changes to the operating system or IT- environment which adversely affect the Product; (iii) any alterations of or additions to the Product performed by parties other than Cendio; (iv) use of the Product on other CPU and peripherals than for which the Product is designed and licensed; or (v) use of the Product on other operating systems than the Product is licensed for; or (vi) versions of the software released more than three years ago. By "Upgrades" is meant any new versions, updates, or hotfixes. Technical Support does not include development work on software not licensed from Cendio or development work for enhancements or functions that are outside the documented functionality of the Product. 4. Warranty and Limitation of Liability 4.1 Cendio will use all reasonable commercial efforts to provide the support requested by Customer under this Agreement in a professional and workmanlike manner, but Cendio cannot guarantee that every issue or problem raised by Customer will be resolved or guarantee a certain resolution time. Cendio makes no warranties beyond what is explicitly stated in this Agreement. 4.2 Each Party's liability to pay damages is limited to direct losses amounting to a total of twelve (12) months' subscription fees. Provided there has been no intent or gross negligence, neither party shall have any liability for lost profits or other indirect damages or losses, including liability to compensate any third party or loss of information. 5. Term and Termination 5.1 This Agreement is valid for the duration specified in the associated purchase order, starting from the date of delivery. If there is no duration specified then this Agreement will be valid for (1) year. 5.2 Either party may at its option terminate this License immediately upon written notice in the event that the other party: (a) breaches any term of this License, which breach remains uncured for a period of 30 (thirty) days after written notice of such breach to the other party; or (b) becomes insolvent or asserts that it is insolvent, fails to make any payments as they become due, institutes or has instituted against it any proceeding, arrangement, receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or files or has filed against it any petition under applicable bankruptcy laws. 6. Confidentiality 6.1 Cendio may through this Agreement have access to certain information which Customer deems confidential. Cendio shall for a period of two (2) years from the date of receipt of confidential information maintain such information confidential in the same manner and to the same extent as Cendio protects its own confidential information of like kind or similar nature. Cendio shall only disclose confidential information to those of Cendio's employees who have a direct need to know this information. Cendio shall maintain confidentiality through confidentiality agreements with the employees and other appropriate measures. Upon request by Cendio, Customer shall advise whether it considers any particular information to be confidential. 6.2 The provisions of this Section 6 shall not apply to information: (i) which is or becomes available to the public other than by breach of this Agreement or of any other duty; (ii) which is already in Cendio's possession prior to disclosure by Customer; (iii) which Cendio has received by a third party without restrictions as to confidentiality; or (iv) is developed by Cendio independently from Customer's information. 7. General Provisions 7.1 Modifications of this Agreement, or waiver of any rights, shall be effective only in writing. 7.2 The waiver of a breach of agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other right in this Agreement or of the right to call attention to any subsequent breach of agreement. 7.3 All notices concerning this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be delivered personally, by e-mail or by registered letter. Notice will be deemed served a) at the time of delivery, if delivered personally, b) the next Business Day, if delivered by e-mail during normal office hours, or c), three (3) Business Days after mailing, if sent by mail. 7.4 Neither party shall be liable for any damage or loss resulting from causes beyond such party's reasonable control. 7.5 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to upgrades and support services for the Product. 7.6 The terms of this Agreement supersede any possible contrary or additional terms in any Customer-issued purchase order or other documentation. 7.7 Customer shall not assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent from Cendio, which is not to be unreasonably withheld. 7.8 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Swedish law. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof shall be finally settled by arbitration administered by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (the "SCC"). The Rules for Expedited Arbitrations shall apply where the amount in dispute does not exceed EUR 200,000. Where the amount in dispute exceeds EUR 200,000 the Arbitration Rules shall apply. The amount in dispute includes the claims made in the Request for Arbitration and any counterclaims made in the Answer to the Request for Arbitration. The Arbitral Tribunal shall be composed of a sole arbitrator. The place of arbitration shall be Linköping. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English.
Frequently Asked Questions
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ThinLinc is packaged in subscriptions with a tiered pricing system. A higher number of subscriptions will give a lower price. The subscriptions can be purchased for different periods, 12, 36 and 60 month. A longer duration will give a greater price. The payment of the subscriptions is done in advance.
The default rule is that the prices are set in accordance with the number of subscriptions that are purchased at the actual call off. Deviation from this can be eventually agreed if a roll-out plan can be committed in advance.
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Every valid ThinLinc Subscription Agreement has a specific ID. Contact Cendio at support@cendio.com and refer to your ID, and we will issue new user licenses for you.
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Contact Cendio support team at support@cendio.com. And refer to your ThinLinc Subscription ID in your support request.
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We will set up an evaluation account that gives the permission to receive support directly from our technical team. Cendio can also provide trial licenses for more than 10 users. Please contact sales@cendio.com directly.
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Cendio wants to sponsor organizations where the business aims to make the world better. This means to help people, regions etc. that really need help. Please contact us a sales@cendio.com.
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Cendio offers a non-profit discount for organizations that fall under the definitions that can be found at the https://www.cendio.com/thinlinc/shop/non-profit-organization/. Please contact us at sales@cendio.com for pricing.
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Cendio will, in good time before expiration of the ThinLinc Subscriptions Agreement, send a reminder by email. The renewal process will follow the same routines that are used in a new or additional purchase.
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Other set-ups are possible for bigger deals. Contact sales@cendio.com.
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Purchases can be done directly via invoice, web shop or by a reseller. Cendio is a Swedish and EU company with long experience from doing business with foreign organizations. If you have any questions or need support, please contact us at sales@cendio.com
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Best functionality and performance will always be achieved by upgrading to the latest version, both on the server and client-side. A newer version on the client-side will always give a better user experience than a former version. Cendio’s ambition is to keep good compatibility and functionality between the different versions. Historically, good compatibility between versions has been 3-5 years.
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A ThinLinc set-up consists of a server software, client software and user licenses.
Server software
The server software is the heart of ThinLinc installation and handles all sessions, desktop environments and generates the virtual desktop, workspace etc.
User licenses
To allow more than 10 sessions to connect access to the server software, user licenses need to be added into the server software. User licenses are bought from Cendio. Please note, when placing user licenses into the ThinLinc server, the counting starts from 0, not 10. In concrete, this means that you need to buy and install the number of user licenses that you need.
Client software
The client software is installed on the device that is used to connect to the server and provision the virtual desktop / workspace. If using the web access client, no local installation of client software is needed, the provisioning is generated via the web browser that is installed at the server.
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It’s up to the licensee to decide who can connect into the server installation. The ThinLinc client software is free of charge and can be downloaded by everyone.
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The licensing is per organization. There is no limitation on how the ThinLinc user licenses are distributed in the legal organization, as long as the number of consumed licenses don’t exceed the number of paid licenses. It’s allowed to move the user licenses, but not copy.
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The license use can be seen in the status module, how to manage can be found at https://www.cendio.com/resources/docs/tag/tlwebadm_status.html#tlwebadm-status . ThinLinc will notify you when the limit of licenses has been reached, for detailed information see, https://www.cendio.com/resources/docs/tag/licensehandling.html?highlight=soft
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Both the ThinLinc server and client software are free to distribute. The user licenses are connected to a purchase and are not allowed to distribute. For more detailed information, see https://www.cendio.com/thinlinc/docs/legal/eula
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A specific version of ThinLinc is supported 3 years from release date. After 3 years, Cendio can’t guarantee support.
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The number of user licenses that will be delivered will be in accordance with the number of subscriptions that have been acquired by the customer. The user licenses are perpetual.
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When adding user licenses into the ThinLinc server, the counting will start from zero. So if you require 200 users, you need to have 200 user licenses
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You need to buy user licenses and install them in the ThinLinc server. The user licenses are received through buying ThinLinc subscriptions.
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It’s easy to add new users into a current ThinLinc set-up. By purchasing additional subscriptions into your agreement, so will we issue additional user licenses.
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Cendio will, after receiving a valid order, distribute user licenses via email for the latest version after a purchase. If the purchase is a renewal and the customers have already received the latest version, no user licenses will be delivered by default, updated licenses will be delivered on request in this case.
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It’s possible to merge existing agreements. When doing a merge, the period shall be at least 12 months.
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The default rule is that the prices are set in accordance with the number of subscriptions that are purchased at the actual call off. Deviation from this can be eventually agreed if a roll-out plan can be committed in advance.
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The client software packages are free of charge.
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The ThinLinc license is perpetual and will still work after the expiry date of the ThinLinc subscriptions.
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Both as an individual and as an organization, it is not allowed to use the free version of ThinLinc if you have valid user licenses.
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ThinLinc is free to use for up to 10 concurrent users for both individuals and organizations (on a group basis).
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ThinLinc Subscriptions give the possibility to run more than 10 concurrent users per ThinLinc installation. It also gives technical support directly from Cendio and the right to get upgrades (new versions) for ThinLinc.
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ThinLinc Premium Subscription gives prioritized answers, faster response time, and direct access to our qualified technical support via telephone service.
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The free version of ThinLinc is limited to 10 concurrent users and is supported via the ThinLinc Community. The commercial version of ThinLinc is packaged in a so-called subscription and can be scaled for more than 10 users. The subscriptions also give the right to get professional support in ThinLinc directly from the Cendio technical team.
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ThinLinc is free to use up to 10 users at the same time per individual or organization worldwide, without any obligations. The usage can be 10 installations with one user per each or one installation with 10 users. What matters is that the 10 users aren’t exceeded.