NASA TLX Computer Version Download

NASA TLX is a free tool available via download for non-commercial use. You can download the tool directly to your computer upon review of the "NASA TLX Software Usage Agreement" and completion of the registration process below.

NASA TLX Software Usage Agreement

This Agreement is NOT a License. SOFTWARE USAGE AGREEMENT FOR GENERAL WORLDWIDE RELEASE of NASA Ames Research Center SOFTWARE [RECIPIENT’s NAME] ______________________________________________________ (hereinafter RECIPIENT] has requested that the United States Government as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center , located at Moffett Field, California 94035-1000 (hereinafter NASA), release the following computer software: Name of Software to be released: NASA Task Load Index Version: 2.0 NASA Technology Number: ARC- 15150-1 (hereinafter SOFTWARE) Description of Software: The NASA Task Load Index is a multi-dimensional rating procedure that provides an overall workload score based on a weighted average of ratings on six subscales: Mental Demands, Physical Demands, Temporal Demands. Own Performance. Effort, and Frustration. Additional information about the software is located at the following web site: ___________ ___ Software code to be released: Executable NASA Technical Point of Contact: Sandra G. Hart Org Code: TH NASA Ames Research Center Mail Stop: 262-11 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: 650-604-6072 E-mail: Sandra.G.Hart@nasa.gov The authority for NASA to release SOFTWARE is NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 2210.1. Definitions: For purposes of this Agreement: i) software, as applied to the SOFTWARE, means a collection of one or more programs or microprograms fixed in any tangible medium of expression that comprises a sequence of instructions (source code) to carry out a process in, or convertible into, a form executable by an electronic computer (object code); ii) "data", as used in this Agreement means recorded information, regardless of form, the media on which it may be recorded, or the method of recording; and iii) "technical data" is defined as any specific information necessary for the development, production or use of the SOFTWARE. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of NASA releasing the SOFTWARE to RECIPIENT and granting RECIPIENT the right to: (i) use the SOFTWARE, reproduce and make derivative works thereof for internal use only; (ii) release the SOFTWARE only to employees of RECIPIENT. The RECIPIENT agrees as follows: 1. This SOFTWARE is not in the public domain and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as making the SOFTWARE available to the public without restriction. 2. There shall be no further distribution or publication of the SOFTWARE by RECIPIENT, neither the source code, nor the executable code, nor associated run-time applications, whether standalone or embedded, to or for use by any third party without the express prior written approval of the NASA Ames Software Release Authority. 3. Excluded from the foregoing restrictions is information that: a. was published, known publicly or otherwise in the public domain prior to the effective date of this agreement; b. was known to RECIPIENT prior to the effective date of this agreement, provided that RECIPIENT shall have the burden of establishing such prior knowledge by competent written proof; c. subsequent to the effective date of this agreement, is published by NASA, or becomes publicly known, or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no act or omission of RECIPIENT; or d. subsequent to the effective date of this agreement, is made available to RECIPIENT by a third party under no obligation of confidentiality. 4. The SOFTWARE, and/or any modified or enhanced version thereof, shall not be published by RECIPIENT, given to another entity, or in any manner offered for sale to the U.S. Government or any other entity. The SOFTWARE may be used in contracts with the U.S. Government, but no charge may be made for its use. The RECIPIENT may not rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer or distribute the SOFTWARE or technical data to third parties. 5. The RECIPIENT may make corrections, modifications, derivative works and enhancements to the SOFTWARE for internal use purposes only. These corrections, modifications, derivative works and enhancements shall be documented in the source files. Any change to the SOFTWARE should adhere to the original coding standards, although upgrading the syntax or style to take advantage of new language features is encouraged where appropriate. All copyright notices, disclaimers, notices and in-line documentation shall remain part of the SOFTWARE in its corrected, modified, enhanced or derivative form. RECIPIENT must retain and reproduce in, or provide with, all copies of the SOFTWARE and any modified versions thereof the disclaimer of warranty and waiver of claims and indemnity agreement of paragraph 10 and the following notices: Copyright 2003 U.S. Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All Right Reserved. If the SOFTWARE is modified or enhanced under Government funding, RECIPIENT will provide NASA with the complete source code of the modified or enhanced version and RECIPIENT will assign all rights to the U.S. Government to the modified or enhanced version. If the SOFTWARE is modified or enhanced for internal applications and RECIPIENT voluntarily provides NASA a copy, then RECIPIENT agrees to grant the U.S. Government a non-exclusive, royalty free, paid-up worldwide license in the modified or enhanced version to use, reproduce and prepare derivative works for Governmental purposes. RECIPIENT is requested to report any corrections to be made or any bugs discovered in the SOFTWARE or technical data. The RECIPIENT shall not assert any rights in any of the corrections or bug fixes and agrees to allow NASA to use such corrections and bug fixes without restriction as to use or disclosure. Copies of corrected, modified, enhanced or derivative versions of the SOFTWARE and technical data shall be sent to the NASA Technical Point of Contact named above. 6. The SOFTWARE and any technical data accompanying the SOFTWARE remain the property of NASA. The RECIPIENT acknowledges that it acquires no ownership interest in the SOFTWARE or any technical data accompanying the SOFTWARE under this Agreement. 7. NASA shall be neither liable nor responsible for any maintenance or updating of the provided SOFTWARE, nor for correction of any errors in the SOFTWARE. 8. The SOFTWARE has been classified as EAR99. It is intended for use only by persons who meet the requirements of this classification. In addition, within the United States, the SOFTWARE shall be made available only to foreign persons (as defined by 22 CFR §120.16) who meet this classification. Furthermore, the SOFTWARE shall not be provided to any person or entity listed on any “denied parties/persons” list (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons; Office of Foreign Assets Control, Changes to List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons; Office of Defense Trade Controls, List of Debarred Parties; Bureau of Export Administration, List of Denied Persons; Bureau of Export Administration, Entity List). This SOFTWARE is subject to export control under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) at 15 CFR Parts 730-774 and depending upon its application, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 22 CFR 120-130, making this SOFTWARE or technical data available to a foreign national may subject the undersigned to significant civil and criminal penalties under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 50 U.S.C. app. Sections 24-1-2420, the Arms Export Control Act, 22 USC 2778 and their applicable regulations. For purposes of the export laws, a person who has permanent resident status as defined in 8 USC sections 1101(a)(20), and persons admitted to the United States on the basis of refugee status under 8 USC 1157, 1158 are U.S. persons and not foreign nationals. Similarly, a corporation or other business entity organized under the laws of the United States is an U.S. entity for purposes of the export laws. RECIPIENT certifies that it is not listed on any of the aforementioned lists. 9. Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein, RECIPIENT is hereby put on notice that export of any goods or technical data from the United States may require some form of export license from the U.S. Government. Failure to obtain necessary export licenses may result in criminal liability of RECIPIENT under U.S. laws. NASA neither represents that a license shall not be required nor that, if required, it shall be issued. Nothing granted herein to RECIPIENT provides any such export license. 10. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONFORM TO THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NASA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT BASED UPON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS SUSTAINED BY PERSONS OR PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT LOSS WAS SUSTAINED FROM, OR AROSE OUT OF THE RESULTS OF, OR USE OF, THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER. RECIPIENT AGREES TO WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS, AND SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT RECIPIENT MAY INCUR FROM RECIPIENT’S PRIOR OR FUTURE USE OF THE PROVIDED SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES FROM PRODUCTS BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM, THE USE THEREOF. IF FURTHER RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SOFTWARE OR TECHNICAL DATA DERIVED FROM THIS SOFTWARE IS PERMITTED, RECIPIENT AGREES TO OBTAIN THIS IDENTICAL WAIVER OF CLAIMS, INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT WITH ANY ENTITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH THE SOFTWARE OR TECHNICAL DATA DERIVED FROM USE OF THE SOFTWARE. 11. If the SOFTWARE and/or any documentation provided with the SOFTWARE includes a copyright notice, or other restrictive marking or legend, identifying it as a work of a third party, the third party software or documentation will be governed by the terms and conditions of its copyright, or other restrictive marking. NASA disclaims all warranties and liabilities regarding third party software, if present in the NASA generated SOFTWARE, and distributes it “as is.” 12. This Agreement does not, in any manner, constitute an exclusive release of the SOFTWARE to RECIPIENT. NASA’s distribution of the SOFTWARE to other entities is in no manner limited. 13. This Agreement does not, in any manner, constitute an endorsement by NASA of any test results, resulting designs, hardware, or other matters resulting from use of the SOFTWARE. 14. This Agreement is not intended to create, constitute, give the effect of, or otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership, agency, or formal business organization of any kind, and the rights and obligations of the undersigned and NASA shall be only those expressly set forth herein. 15. This Agreement does not, in any manner, constitute the grant of a license to RECIPIENT under any NASA copyright, patent, patent application or other intellectual property. 16. If after using the SOFTWARE, the RECIPIENT wishes to commercialize the SOFTWARE the RECIPIENT must contact the Patent Counsel at NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 about obtaining a license. 17. The restrictions on disclosure and distribution imposed by this Agreement shall apply to any software code developed by RECIPIENT that incorporates the SOFTWARE. 18. Any use of the SOFTWARE by RECIPIENT other than that authorized in this Agreement may result in liability of the RECIPIENT to the U.S. Government and/or other parties. 19. This Agreement shall be construed, and the legal relations between the parties hereto shall be determined, in accordance with United States federal law for all purposes. 20. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto relating to release of the SOFTWARE and may not be superseded, modified or amended except by further written agreement duly executed by the parties. 21. The RECIPIENT shall not assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement nor any interest arising under it without the prior written consent of the Patent Counsel, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 22. RECIPIENT shall inform all employees of RECIPIENT given access to the SOFTWARE of the restrictions specified herein, and RECIPIENT shall require that such employees be bound by such restrictions. Furthermore, RECIPIENT represents that it has authority to bind such employees to the restrictions specified herein. 23. Either NASA or RECIPIENT may terminate this Agreement, at any time by written notice to the other thirty (30) days before the desired date of termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, RECIPIENT shall return the SOFTWARE to NASA, or if so instructed, shall certify that the SOFTWARE has been destroyed and/or deleted from the computer systems on which it resided. 24. The effective date of this Agreement shall be the date of RECIPIENT'S execution of this Agreement as set forth below. The person signing below on behalf of RECIPIENT represents that he or she has the authority to sign this Agreement on behalf of RECIPIENT. 25. The RECIPIENT agrees that a facsimile signature shall be valid and have full force and the same effect upon him/herself if an individual, or upon the company or entity if representing such, as original signatures Executed on Behalf of RECIPIENT by: Name (printed or typed) Signature Date Title (Indicate formal title if signing as an authorized representative of a company or entity. If signing as an individual, fill in the Title line as “Individual”) Country of Citizenship: If not an U.S. citizen, are you a resident alien? Yes No Alien Registration Number: Name of RECIPIENT: Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Software Custodian/User Name : Title : Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Fax completed signed Agreement to: Agreements Administrator, Office of Technology Partnerships, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000. Phone 650-604-0509 Fax 650-604-1592

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