premise: The obligations undertaken by OCERA and COMPANY hereunder shall not apply to any portion of the Proprietary Information disclosed hereunder which: a. was known to the non-disclosing party prior to the disclosure of such Proprietary Information by the disclosing party; b. is independently developed by the receiving party without the use of, access to, or reference to the disclosing party’s Proprietary Information; c. is, or shall become, other than by a breach of this Agreement by the non-disclosing party, generally available to the public; d. shall, by lawful means, be made available to the non-disclosing party by a third party having a right to disclose it, other than a third party introduced to the non-disclosing party by the disclosing party in connection with the Purpose; or