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Exhibit 10.51
Amendment No. 1 to Infoseek/XSoft Software Distribution and License Agreement.
This Amendment, effective the 16th day of December, 1996 is by and between
XSoft, A Unit of Xerox Corporation ("Xerox") and Infoseek Corporation
("Infoseek"), and hereby amends the Agreement ("Agreement") between the two
companies.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Scope of Agreement
The purpose of this amendment is to:
Amend the License Grant from Xerox to Infoseek to enable Infoseek to reproduce
and Sub-license to SunSites the LICENSED SOFTWARE as defined in paragraph 1.02
and Attachment 1 of the Agreement, as amended, and the Noun Phrase Detector
included in Release 2.0 for evaluation purposes (both jointly referred to
herein as "LICENSED SOFTWARE/NPD"), as included in Infoseek's Intranet search
product, Infoseek Enterprise, and derivatives thereof.
2. Definition
A. "Sub-license" with respect to Intranet means the licensing of LICENSED
SOFTWARE to SunSites via an online limited use end-user software license. Such
sub-licensing may be accomplished through Infoseek's direct sales organization
or through third parties.
B. "Noun Phrase Detector" refers to a compact data module encoding grammatical
knowledge that enables the identification of noun phrases in tagged text for a
single language. It is used in conjunction with the runtime libraries and API
of the Lexicons.
C. "SunSITE"(TM) (Sun Software, Information and Technology Exchange) is a Sun
Microsystems sponsored program at leading universities around the world.
3. License Grant
Infoseek is hereby granted a non-exclusive, worldwide license to reproduce and
Sub-license to SunSITES, the LICENSED SOFTWARE/NPD as included in Infoseek's
Intranet search product, Infoseek Enterprise, and derivatives thereof.
4. Royalty
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES have caused this Amendment One to be executed
by their duly authorized representatives, effective as of the date first
written above.
Infoseek Corporation Xerox Corporation
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title Vice Pres. & Gen. Counsel Title Director Business Development
Date December 18, 1996 Date December 17, 1996
* Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with
the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the
omitted portions.
