Isivumelwano Sokugcinelana Imfihlo

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Lesi sivumelwano senziwe ngo-13/11/2026 e-eThekwini phakathi kwa-:

(1) Ubuntu Holdings (Pty) Ltd, ikheli: 12 Anton Lembede Street, eThekwini ("Iqembu Lokuqala"); kanye no-

(2) Imbali Consulting (Pty) Ltd, ikheli: 8 Church Square, ePitoli ("Iqembu Lesibili").

Lilinye "Iqembu" futhi bobabili ngokubambisana "Amaqembu". Iqembu elinikeza ulwazi oluyimfihlo "Linikeza Ulwazi" futhi eliluthola "Lithola Ulwazi"; iqembu ngalinye lingaba kuzo zombili izindima.

Isingeniso

A. Amaqembu afuna ukukhulumisana ngenhloso: ukuxoxa ngephrojekthi yesofthiwe engaba khona ("Inhloso").

B. Ngenxa yalokho angabelana ngolwazi olubalulekile nolubucayi ebhizinisini.

C. Amaqembu avumelana ukuvikela lolo lwazi ngokwezimiso ezilandelayo.

Isigaba 1 - Izincazelo

1.1 "Ulwazi Oluyimfihlo" luwuwo wonke ulwazi, noma ngabe lubhaliwe, lukhulunywe, lungu-elektroniki noma luhlobo olunye, olunikezwe yiqembu elinikeza ulwazi noma egameni laleli eqenjini elithola ulwazi, olubhalwe njengemfihlo noma olufanele ngokunengqondo lubhekwe njengemfihlo ngenxa yohlobo lwalo noma izimo zokulunikeza, njengezinhlelo zebhizinisini, idatha yezimali, izinhlu zamakhasimende nabahlinzeki, amanani, ulwazi lobuchwepheshe, isofthiwe, ikhodi yomthombo, imiklamo, izinqubo, amasu emakethe nemfihlo yohwebo.

1.2 "Abameleli" yizikhulu, abasebenzi, abeluleki, abahloli bamabhuku, amagqwetha nabanye abeluleki abangochwepheshe beqembu abadinga ukwazi ulwazi ngenxa yeNhloso.

Isigaba 2 - Inhloso nokusetshenziswa okuvunyelwe

2.1 Iqembu elithola ulwazi lizosebenzisa Ulwazi Oluyimfihlo ngenhloso kuphela.

2.2 Lesi sivumelwano asibophi amaqembu ukuthi angene kunoma yisiphi isivumelwano sebhizinisi; lokho kudinga isivumelwano esibhaliwe esihlukile.

Isigaba 3 - Isibopho sokugcina imfihlo

3.1 Iqembu elithola ulwazi lizovikela Ulwazi Oluyimfihlo ngokunaka okufanayo nalokho eliqapha ngakho ulwazi lwalo oluyimfihlo, futhi okungenani ngokunaka okunengqondo.

3.2 Lingadalulela kuphela Abameleli abadinga ukwazi ngenxa yeNhloso futhi ababoshwe isibopho esifanayo sokugcina imfihlo; liyahlala linesibopho ngokwephula kwabo.

3.3 Aliyikukopisha ulwazi noma ukwenza i-reverse engineering ngaphandle kwemvume ebhaliwe yeqembu elinikeza ulwazi, ngaphandle kwalokho okudingekayo ngenxa yeNhloso.

3.4 Uma liyazi ngokusetshenziswa, ukudalulwa noma ukulahleka okungagunyaziwe, lizokwazisa ngokushesha ngokubhala iqembu elinikeza ulwazi futhi lisize ekunciphiseni umonakalo.

Isigaba 4 - Okungafakwanga

4.1 Lezi zibopho azisebenzi kulolu lwazi: (a) olube sesidlangalaleni ngaphandle kwecala leqembu elithola ulwazi; (b) elaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngaphambili futhi okungafakazelwa ngokubhala; (c) elutholwe ngokusemthethweni kunoma yimuphi umuntu wesithathu ongaboshwanga ukugcina imfihlo; (d) olwakhiwe ngokuzimela ngaphandle kokusebenzisa Ulwazi Oluyimfihlo.

4.2 Uma umthetho, inkantolo noma igunya elifanele licela ukudalula, iqembu elithola ulwazi lizokwazisa kusengaphambili uma kuvunyelwe futhi lidalule okudingekayo kuphela.

Isigaba 5 - Impahla yengqondo

Ulwazi Oluyimfihlo lusala luyizinto zeqembu elinikeza ulwazi. Lesi sivumelwano asinikezi nhlobo ilayisense noma ilungelo kumaphethenti, amalungelo okukopisha, uphawu lwezohwebo, imfihlo yohwebo noma amanye amalungelo empahla yengqondo. Ulwazi lunikezwa "njengoba lunjalo" ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso senembile noma ukuphelela, ngaphandle uma kuvunyelwene ngokubhala.

Isigaba 6 - Isikhathi

6.1 Isivumelwano siqala ukusebenza ngosuku lokusayinwa futhi siqhubeke kuyilapho kushintshana ngolwazi.

6.2 Izibopho zokugcina imfihlo nokusetshenziswa okuncane ziqhubeka iminyaka engu-3 kusukela ngosuku lokusayinwa, noma ngabe ingxoxo iphela ngaphambilini. Imfihlo yohwebo iyavikelwa inqobo nje uma isamfihlo ngokomthetho.

6.3 Noma yiliphi iqembu lingakhansela ukwabelana ngolwazi olusha ngokwazisa ngokubhala ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu (30); ulwazi olunikeziwe kakade lusala lungaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano.

Isigaba 7 - Ukubuyisa nokucekela phansi

Ngesicelo esibhaliwe seqembu elinikeza ulwazi noma lapho Inhloso iphelile, iqembu elithola ulwazi lizobuyisa noma licekele phansi ngokuphephile wonke amakhophi futhi liqinisekise ngokubhala; ngaphandle kwamakhophi okufanele agcinwe ngokomthetho namakhophi okugcina azenzakalelayo (backups), aqhubeka eyimfihlo.

Isigaba 8 - Ukwephulwa nezixazululo

Amaqembu avuma ukuthi ukudalulwa okungagunyaziwe kungadala umonakalo ongabhekelelwa ngemali kuphela; uma kunokwephulwa noma ingozi yokwephulwa, iqembu elinikeza ulwazi lingacela ukulahlekelwa kanye nomyalelo wenkantolo kanye nezinye izixazululo ezivunyelwe umthetho.

Isigaba 9 - Izimiso ezijwayelekile

9.1 Lesi sivumelwano sithatha indawo yazo zonke izivumelwano zangaphambilini ngeNhloso. 9.2 Izinguquko zenziwa kuphela ngombhalo osayinwe yibo bobabili. 9.3 Akukho ukudlulisela ngaphandle kwemvume ebhaliwe yeqembu elinye. 9.4 Ukubambezela ukusebenzisa ilungelo akusho ukuliyeka. 9.5 Uma isigaba esisodwa singasebenzi, ezinye ziyaqhubeka. 9.6 Izaziso zithunyelwa ngokubhala emakhelini abhalwe ekuqaleni. 9.7 Lesi sivumelwano senziwe ngamakhophi amabili angempela, elilodwa leqembu ngalinye, anesisindo esilinganayo.

Isigaba 10 - Umthetho osebenzayo nokuxazulula izimpikiswano

10.1 Lesi sivumelwano sibuswa yimithetho yeRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika.

10.2 Amaqembu azozama ukuxazulula noma yiziphi izimpikiswano ngengxoxo enokwethembeka kuqala; uma zingaxazululwa ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amathathu (30), zizothunyelwa enkantolo efanele e-eThekwini noma, uma amaqembu evumelana, ekulamuleni.

Amaqembu aqinisekisa ukuthi afunde futhi aqonda lesi sivumelwano futhi alamukela ngokuthanda kwawo. Ukufakazela lokhu, abameleli bawo abagunyaziwe basayine ngosuku olubhalwe ngenhla.

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