We created this software licence agreement for those needing a flexible yet straightforward template for licensing software to businesses.

The agreement comprehends a number of different licensing models. It may be used where software is licensed on a concurrent user basis or a named user basis; it may also be used where software is licensed on the basis of a limited number of installations.

The software licence agreement template does not include provisions for the licensing of source code to the customer. Nor does it include escrow provisions. If you need a licence agreement covering source code and/or with escrow provisions, see our premium software license agreement template.

The contents of this software licence agreement are as follows:

(1) Definitions and interpretation
(2) Term
(3) Delivery of Software
(4) Invoicing and payment
(5) Licence
(6) Warranties
(7) Limitations and exclusions of liability
(8) Termination
(9) Effects of termination
(10) General

The document also includes the following schedules (to be completed by the user):

Schedule 1 - The Software
Schedule 2 - Charges
Schedule 3 - Licensing
Schedule 4 - EULA

The template refers to, but does not include, an end user licence agreement (EULA). You may therefore also need to consider our EULA template.

The software agreement template is 16 pages long, including the cover sheet, and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing.

You can view the first few pages of the software licence agreement template here:

Sample Software Licence Agreement