Software License Agreement template
A limited right to use software without transferring ownership, with grant, restrictions, and fees.
What this contract contains
Preamble and parties.In the creator you enter each party, pick whether you are licensing out or in, and set the effective date. Names the license and each party as Licensor or Licensee. Choose your side in the creator.
License grant.In the creator you describe the software and choose a perpetual or 12-month renewable term license. The licensor keeps ownership. Grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install and use the software internally.
Restrictions and fees. Bans reverse engineering and sublicensing, and sets the license fees.
Intellectual property and warranty. Keeps IP with the licensor and adds a 90-day conformance warranty, otherwise as-is.
Governing law.Governing law and venue decide which state’s rules apply and where a dispute must be filed, or whether it goes to arbitration instead. In the creator you pick a listed jurisdiction or enter another, then choose court or arbitration so the sample is not locked to a default state. Sets the state law that governs the software license agreement and where disputes must be brought. Choose the jurisdiction in the creator.
General. Covers assignment limits, waiver rules, severability, entire agreement language, notices, and counterpart or electronic-signature execution language.
Signature blocks. Authorized signatory and title lines for each party, ready for wet-ink or e-signature fields.
