Software licence agreement template
A licence grants someone the right to use your software without giving away ownership. The document's job is to define that right narrowly, restrict what falls outside it, and cap what happens when something breaks.
Describe what you're licensing and on what terms. Adehun drafts the agreement, including the warranty and liability clauses that matter most here.
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What this agreement covers
- Grant of licence
- What the customer may do — use, install, access — and whether the grant is exclusive, transferable or sublicensable.
- Scope and seats
- Number of users, environments or installations, and what happens when they exceed it.
- Restrictions
- No reverse engineering, redistribution or resale, and no removal of proprietary notices.
- Fees and term
- Subscription or perpetual fee, renewal, and price adjustment on renewal.
- Support and updates
- What level of support is included, and whether updates and new versions come with the licence.
- Warranties and liability
- A limited warranty, disclaimer of the rest, and a cap on liability at fees paid.
When you need one
- Selling self-hosted or on-premise software
- Licensing a tool or library to another business
- Enterprise deals that need terms beyond click-through
- White-labelling your product to a partner
From description to signed, in one sitting
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Describe it
Tell Adehun what you're agreeing to, in plain language.
- 2
Refine it
Edit any clause, or ask the AI to redraft just that one.
- 3
Sign and send
Sign it yourself, then email the other party a private link.
- 4
They sign
Or they propose changes. Both signatures done, everyone gets the PDF.
Software licence agreement questions
Use a licence when the customer installs and runs the software themselves. Use subscription terms when they access a service you host — the obligations around availability, data and security are quite different.
Yes. A cap at fees paid over the preceding twelve months, with an exclusion of indirect and consequential loss, is standard in software contracts and expected by most buyers.
It can. A perpetual licence lets the customer keep using the version they bought indefinitely, but support and updates are normally sold separately on an annual basis. Be explicit about which of the two you are granting.
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