Common use of High Risk Applications Clause in Contracts

High Risk Applications. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the QNX Materials are offered as a general purpose, modular, real-time operating system; (ii) there will be errors (which may include critical errors) in the QNX Materials; (iii) selecting and integrating modules of the QNX Materials into a runtime Target System environment requires many design decisions which impact the operation, performance and reliability of the Target System; (iv) the operation, performance and reliability of the QNX Materials in the Target System may also be affected by error corrections or enhancements, and by changes to the associated hardware or software environments; (v) error corrections may not be subjected to the same level of quality assurance testing to which QSS subjects its commercially released software products; (vi) Licensees who engage in high risk applications must conduct thorough testing to identify and correct problems prior to the release of Target Systems, and prior to the release of any modifications, updates or enhancements thereto; (vii) such testing requires an intimate knowledge of the overall Target System design, and the nature and scope of ongoing changes; and (viii) QSS has minimal experience in or knowledge of the risks associated with Licensee’s direct and indirect use of the Target System, and has no control over Licensee’s testing programs or decisions to release Target Systems.