Non-commercial Usage Agreement

This noncommercial copyright license grants a company limited rights to copy, display, and distribute a defined copyrighted work on its current websites for a three-year term. The license also permits incorporation of the work, in whole or in part, into derivative works. Visitors to the site may copy or download the work for personal, noncommercial use and transmit copies by email for personal use, provided they retain copyright or proprietary notices.

The copyright owner keeps all other rights, underscoring ownership of intellectual property, trademarks, and service marks, and the need for appropriate credit, acknowledgment of source, and a clear license notice. The framework functions as a noncommercial user agreement that restricts commercial use by end users while allowing the licensee's controlled web distribution.

Common use cases include content creation for nonprofit organizations, learning and self-education materials, educational courses, internal research, and publication in articles, posters, or dissertations. Teams can adapt content into new formats for their sites, while preserving notices. The agreement does not address data sets or IHME data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, but similar noncommercial licensing principles often require data source acknowledgment and prohibit commercial benefits from redistribution of data sets similar in function.

The term is fixed at three years; the term and termination occur by expiry. Notably absent are typical boilerplate clauses such as limitation of liability, warranty limitations, disclaimer of damages, indemnify the university, insurance protection, governing law, jurisdiction and venue, notice of dispute, negotiation and mediation, attorney fees, injunctive relief, force majeure, entire agreement, severability, no waiver, privacy policy, data processing addendum, export regulations compliance, or export control compliance. This is not a subscription agreement; there is no per user basis, subscription period, subscription renewal, subscription confirmation, activation code, license activation, temporary suspension, renewals and upgrades, technical support, community editions, anonymous data collection or ide telemetry with an opt out, a jetbrains account, code with me, third party software terms, or reverse engineer decompile disassemble or reverse compile prohibitions.

It is also not a university facility's revocable permit approved by a campus president or board of regents; it does not address use of facilities, auxiliary services, building and fire codes, admission fees or donations, political purposes, equal opportunity for meeting, advocacy directed to inciting, record keeping, or New York State Comptroller or Attorney General processes. It is not a Creative Commons license or public domain grant; there are no additional restrictions beyond the stated noncommercial limits, but the license may not give you all permissions needed for every use.

Proposal Kit can help organizations assemble agreements like this and related supporting documents using its document assembly system, automated line-item quoting for services, AI Writer for companion materials, and an extensive template library designed for ease of use.

Beyond the core grant of website display, copying, and derivative rights, this form of noncommercial licensing serves a wide range of noncommercial organizations and teams. It suits occasional users and other users who need limited access for publication purposes, such as publication in articles, posters, or dissertations, internal reference, hobby development, or noncommercial development tied to open-source contributions. Because the licensee may modify, translate, or merge the work into derivative content, the policy should clarify what end users may share and adapt for personal use and what exceptions or limitations apply.

Organizations often strengthen this model by adding a clear term and termination of agreement section that explains conditions for revocation or termination on breach. Many adopt compliance monitoring based on user declarations (for example, confirming no commercial use), and rules for handling confidential information, a source identifier, and service publicity marks. Operational clauses frequently include as-is and as-available service language, a disclaimer of damages clause, and a feedback license for input posted to a community forum or bug tracker, sometimes with anonymized statistics.

If the work is distributed with software, a license dialog can require users to accept the agreement or download PDF terms; some vendors mirror the accept toolbox subscription agreement patterns even for a noncommercial subscription. Where copies are stored on a machine, policies often allow retention for backup purposes.

Cross-border compliance matters too. Many add export or re-export controls, economic sanctions screening, and the right to temporarily suspend access. Dispute resolution may specify governing law, Washington, for public institutions subject to the Washington State Public Records Act, especially a school of medicine, or alternatively, governing law, the Czech Republic, with dispute resolution arbitration in an arbitration court.

If rights are later broadened to a commercial entity, compensation for use and terms and conditions of purchase would govern any financial transaction. Public institutions sometimes reference oversight by the New York State Attorney General in their templates. A concise license summary, a definitions section, and guidance contrasting this license with a Creative Commons deed can help users respect publicity, privacy rights, and technological measures.

Proposal Kit streamlines writing by assembling consistent clauses and related documents from its extensive template library. Teams can quickly tailor noncommercial terms, produce companion materials with the AI Writer, and generate automated line-item quotes for optional services, improving accuracy and ease of use across the contracting process.

Further operational clarity helps teams apply this license. Assign ownership for derivative workflows so editors and designers who modify, translate, and merge the work follow a documented intake and approval path. Track effort in full-time equivalent days to budget staff time for adaptation and review, and keep a simple change log linking each derivative to its source identifier and the applicable license notice.

Differentiate modes of delivery. When you stream content on your current websites, treat it as display only; ensure the player and page template preserve copyright and proprietary notices and do not expose direct download links unless allowed for personal, noncommercial use. For downloadable files retained for backup purposes, label them clearly so occasional users do not inadvertently circulate them beyond permitted channels.

Create guidance for academic dissemination. For publication in articles, posters, dissertations, provide an internal checklist covering appropriate credit, scope of excerpts, and where the licensed material can appear (e.g., supplemental files versus the main text), with a final compliance review before release.

Writing the Non-commercial Usage Agreement document - The Narrative

How to Build a Legal Contract with Proposal Kit

This video illustrates how to create a legal contract using the Proposal Pack Wizard software. It also shows how to create a proposal with an invoice and contract at the same time.