Compute Express Link™: The Breakthrough CPU-to-Device Interconnect
CXL™ Specification
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EVALUATION COPY AGREEMENT – as of November 10, 2020
THIS EVALUATION COPY AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated as of the Effective Date (as defined below), governs the access and use of the CXL Specification (as defined herein), which is owned by Compute Express Link Consortium, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation (“CXL”).
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1. DEFINITIONS. In addition to any other defined terms herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
1.1 "CXL Specification" means the evaluation copy of the following CXL specification: CXL 2.0 Specification
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(i) The Evaluation License is personal to the End User and is not transferable, sub-licensable, or assignable to any other party.
(ii) End User is prohibited from revising, altering, modifying, making any derivatives of, or otherwise amending any part of the CXL Specification.
(iii) Except for the limited internal evaluation purpose set forth in the Evaluation License under Section 2.1 above, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed as granting (either expressly, implied or by estoppel) to the End User any kind of license to implement the CXL Specification, any other CXL standards, or any other Intellectual Property Rights owned by CXL.
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