GuilderWorks Freeware License

1. Who we are

GuilderWorks is a sole proprietorship established in the Netherlands, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) under number 42195208, at Jazzroute 49, 4337 XB Middelburg ("GuilderWorks", "we", "us").

2. Definitions

• Software: a GuilderWorks program that we publish free of charge and that refers to this license, including its documentation and any updates.
• Free functionality: the functionality of the Software that is available without a license key.
• Paid functionality: functionality that requires a license key under the GuilderWorks Software License Agreement.
• Paid edition: the Software with its paid functionality unlocked.
• Release line: the versions of a product that carry the same year in their version number, for example 2027.0.0, 2027.1.0 and 2027.1.1, which together form the product's 2027 line. This is a way of numbering versions; it does not by itself determine the support period the law requires.
• Security fix: a version we release to correct a vulnerability in the Software.
• Consumer: a natural person acting for purposes outside their trade, business, craft or profession.

3. Your license

We grant you a free, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use the Software, subject to this license:

1. 3.1 Free of charge. You pay nothing for the Software, now or later, and you do not need to register or give us any information to use it.
2. 3.2 Perpetual. The license does not expire, except as set out in clause 13.
3. 3.3 Any use. You may use the Software for personal and for business purposes, on any number of computers, and an organisation may let any number of its people use it.
4. 3.4 Copies. You may make copies of the Software as needed for your own use, backups and deployment within your organisation.
5. 3.5 Free functionality only. Where a product also has a paid edition, this license covers the functionality that is available without a license key. Using the functionality of the paid edition requires a license under the GuilderWorks Software License Agreement.

4. Passing on copies

You may pass on copies of the Software to others, for example on a website or in a software archive, provided that:

1. 4.1 the copy is the unmodified download as we published it, complete with its copyright, license and third-party notices;
2. 4.2 you do not charge for the Software itself or make it available only in exchange for something, such as a payment, registration or personal data;
3. 4.3 you do not present the Software as your own, or suggest that GuilderWorks endorses you, your website or your other software;
4. 4.4 you do not bundle it with other software that installs alongside it, or wrap it in an installer or download manager of your own.

Everyone who receives a copy receives it under this license. When you offer a copy, state its version number and link to our product page at guilderworks.com, where we publish the current version and its security support. Do not knowingly present an older version as the current one.

If we tell you that a version has a known security vulnerability or should no longer be passed on, please remove it or replace it with a version we name, where reasonably practicable. We may publish security advisories and ask those who pass on copies to update them. Nothing in this clause means that copies others have already passed on can be recalled or removed.

Passing on copies does not include license keys, copies with paid functionality unlocked, or modified copies that work around the license mechanism.

5. Updates and security fixes

1. 5.1 New versions of the Software are free of charge, like the Software itself.
2. 5.2 Security fixes. For each release line, the product page states the date until which we release security fixes for it. We set that date with regard to the nature and intended use of the product, what users can reasonably expect, and the law. A security fix is a new version within that release line and may contain other changes made in that line. Where a security fix cannot reasonably be made in a release line, we may instead point you to a later release line that contains it, free of charge like every version of the Software, subject to any conditions mandatory law sets.
3. 5.3 Supported environment. For each release line, the product page states the operating system versions it supports. Security fixes do not add features, and they do not add support for operating system versions or third-party systems released or changed after that release line's supported environment was stated.
4. 5.4 Staying informed. We announce new versions and security fixes at https://guilderworks.com/updates/. If you allow it, the Software also checks that page for new versions; if you do not, it cannot tell you that a newer version exists. Install security fixes promptly. When we release a security fix, we publish what it fixes, which versions are affected, what may happen if you do not install it, and how to install it, unless a delay is reasonably needed to protect users.
5. 5.5 Security fixes remain available for download for at least the period the law requires.
6. 5.6 Apart from clauses 5.2 and 5.5, we decide whether and when to release new versions. Nothing in this license excludes or limits update, vulnerability handling, conformity or other obligations that mandatory law places on us.

6. Paid editions

Some free products also have a paid edition with more features. Buying it is optional, and the Software remains usable without it.

1. 6.1 We do not disable or deliberately degrade existing free functionality solely to encourage you to buy a paid edition.
2. 6.2 This does not guarantee that every feature remains available or keeps working indefinitely. We may need to change, replace or discontinue features for technical, security, legal or maintenance reasons, including changes to operating systems or third-party systems outside our control. Where reasonably practicable, we explain material changes on our website.
3. 6.3 Paid activation. If you enter a valid license key, the GuilderWorks Software License Agreement governs your use of the paid functionality it unlocks. This license continues to govern the free functionality, and buying or activating a paid license does not end your right to use it.
4. 6.4 If your paid license ends, your right to use the paid functionality is determined by the GuilderWorks Software License Agreement. The free functionality remains available under this license.

7. Donations

You may support the development of the Software with a donation, through the options on our website. A donation is a voluntary gift:

1. 7.1 You receive nothing in return for it: no features, license, support, priority, discount on a paid edition, public recognition or other benefit. Using the Software is the same whether or not you donate.
2. 7.2 Donating does not create an agreement with us beyond this license, and does not oblige us to develop a particular feature, release an update or continue development for any period.
3. 7.3 We do not ordinarily refund donations, except where the law requires it, under the rules of the payment provider you used, or where a donation was made by mistake and you contact us within 14 days of the payment.
4. 7.4 GuilderWorks is a business, not a charity. A donation is not tax deductible as a gift to a charitable institution.

8. What you may not do

You may not:

1. 8.1 sell, rent, lease or sublicense the Software, or offer it as part of a service to third parties, except as clause 4 allows;
2. 8.2 modify the Software, or remove or work around its license mechanism;
3. 8.3 decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Software, except to the extent that the law allows this, including the rights to observe, study and test how the Software works and to decompile it where that is needed for interoperability;
4. 8.4 remove or alter copyright, trademark or license notices;
5. 8.5 use the GuilderWorks or product names and logos other than to refer to the Software accurately;
6. 8.6 use the Software in breach of applicable law.

Nothing in this clause restricts rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

9. Ownership

The Software is licensed, not sold. GuilderWorks keeps all intellectual property rights in the Software. This license gives you only the rights it expressly states.

The Software contains third-party open-source components. These are licensed to you under their own terms, which the Software shows under About > Third-Party Licenses together with their copyright and attribution notices. For those components, their terms prevail over this license.

10. Your data and privacy

1. 10.1 The Software runs on your computer and works with your data there. It does not send your data, usage information or diagnostics to us, so we have no access to the data you use the Software with. The only contact with us is the update check, if you allow it: the Software then downloads a public list of versions from our website and compares it on your computer. As with any internet request, your IP address may be visible to our web server and content delivery provider and may be recorded in their logs; our privacy statement describes this, including how long the logs are kept.
2. 10.2 Where a product connects to other systems, such as a game server, it does so only to the systems you point it at, directly from your computer. What you send to those systems is subject to the practices and policies of their operators.
3. 10.3 Your data remains yours. Because the Software does not send it to us, we ordinarily have no access to it: you decide who has access to your computer and your data, and you are responsible for keeping backups and for securing the computers, accounts and credentials you use the Software with. This does not exclude liability or duties that mandatory law places on us.
4. 10.4 What personal data we do process, when you donate, contact us or visit our website, is described in our privacy statement at https://guilderworks.com/privacy/.

11. Support

You can reach us by email at support@guilderworks.com. We read every message and help where we can, but support for the Software is not guaranteed and has no response times. This does not exclude obligations that mandatory law places on us.

12. Warranty and liability

1. 12.1 Operation. The Software is provided free of charge. To the extent the law allows, we do not promise that it works without interruption, errors or compatibility problems, or that it suits a purpose beyond the functionality and supported environment we describe. This does not override conformity requirements or other rights that apply by law.
2. 12.2 Consumers. If you are a consumer, nothing in this license excludes or limits any rights, conformity requirements, updates, remedies or other protections that apply to you under mandatory law, including any rules for digital content supplied in exchange for personal data. That the Software is free of charge does not exclude such rights where the law applies.
3. 12.3 Business users. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable to business users for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue or business opportunity. We are also not liable for loss or corruption of data to the extent that it results from the business user's failure to keep reasonable, appropriate backups. This clause does not exclude liability for direct loss caused by our breach of this license or by a defect in the Software where that exclusion would be unlawful or unenforceable.
4. 12.4 Third-party systems. The Software works together with operating system components, servers and other programs that we do not control. Changes in those may affect how the Software works. Known limitations and the supported environment of each release line are listed on the product page.
5. 12.5 We recommend that you keep backups of important data, including the notes and other text you keep in the Software.
6. 12.6 Nothing in this license excludes or limits liability for damage caused by our intent or deliberate recklessness, for fraud, for death or personal injury, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law. Nothing in this license excludes or limits rights or remedies under product liability law, including the rules implementing Directive (EU) 2024/2853.

13. Term and termination

1. 13.1 This license applies from the moment you accept it and continues for as long as you use the Software.
2. 13.2 You may end it at any time by ceasing to use the Software and removing all copies.
3. 13.3 We may terminate your license if you seriously breach it, for example by selling the Software, and, where the breach can be remedied, you have not remedied it within 30 days of our written notice.
4. 13.4 When the license ends you must stop using and passing on the Software and remove all copies, subject to rights that mandatory law preserves. Clauses 9, 12 and 16 continue to apply.
5. 13.5 Termination affects only the person whose license ends. Copies that others received from them in line with clause 4 remain licensed under this license.

14. Changes to this license

We may publish new versions of this license. A new version applies to Software versions first published under it. Versions you already use remain governed by the license you accepted for them, unless you accept a newer one. Earlier versions of this license remain available on our website.

15. Export and sanctions

You may not use or pass on the Software in breach of export control or sanctions laws that apply to you or to us.

16. Governing law and disputes

1. 16.1 This license is governed by Dutch law, subject to mandatory rules that apply regardless of this choice. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
2. 16.2 To the extent permitted by law, disputes with business users are submitted to the District Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant (Rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant), the Netherlands.
3. 16.3 Consumers. If you are a consumer, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of rules that cannot be set aside by agreement under the law that would otherwise apply. Which courts may hear a consumer dispute follows from the mandatory jurisdiction rules that apply to it.
4. 16.4 Before going to court, please contact us; we would like the chance to resolve a complaint directly. This does not affect mandatory rights or deadlines.

17. General

1. 17.1 If a clause of this license is invalid or unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Towards businesses, the clause is replaced by a valid one that comes as close as possible to its purpose, to the extent the law allows. Towards consumers, an invalid clause simply does not apply and is not replaced.
2. 17.2 If we do not enforce a right at some point, that is not a waiver of it.
3. 17.3 This license, together with the documents it refers to, is the entire agreement between you and us about the free functionality of the Software. Paid functionality is governed by the GuilderWorks Software License Agreement, as described in clause 6.

18. Contact

GuilderWorks
Jazzroute 49
4337 XB Middelburg
The Netherlands
KvK 42195208 — VAT NL005573837B60
Phone: +31 85 369 5078
Email: info@guilderworks.com
Website: https://guilderworks.com