Legal
End User License Agreement.
The license terms for using Total CMS 3 software. Read alongside the pricing and terms of service pages, which this agreement takes precedence over for software-specific matters.
Draft — under legal review
License Grant
A Total CMS 3 license is granted per domain. Purchasing a license entitles you to install and run Total CMS 3 on a single production domain, at the tier purchased — Lite, Standard, or Pro. Each additional live domain requires its own license.
You may upgrade from Lite or Standard to a higher tier at any time through the built-in store in your admin dashboard, which automatically recognizes your domain and license and shows the correct upgrade price. Upgrades are not sold directly on totalcms.co.
Trial License
Total CMS 3 may be installed under a 45-day trial with full Pro-tier features enabled, no credit card required. The trial license terminates automatically at the end of the trial period unless a paid license is purchased. Content created during the trial is not deleted when the trial ends.
Updates & Renewals
Total CMS 3 includes two years of free updates and feature releases with every license. When that period ends, you're free to renew updates only if it benefits you. Your installed version will never stop working, even if updates expire. This is not a subscription. You own your license, your software, and your workflow.
Concretely: if your updates period lapses, the version of Total CMS 3 already installed on your domain continues to run and function exactly as before. You simply won't receive new updates or feature releases until you choose to renew updates for that license.
Restrictions
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, you may not:
- Use a single license across more than one production domain
- Redistribute, resell, sublicense, or share the Total CMS 3 source code or your license credentials with third parties
- Remove or circumvent license validation
- Represent the software as your own product when redistributing sites built with it (sites built using Total CMS 3 for clients are permitted; redistributing the CMS itself is not)
Ownership
Total CMS 3 is licensed, not sold. [Company legal name] retains all right, title, and interest in the software, including all intellectual property rights. This EULA does not grant you any rights to our trademarks or branding.
Your Content
Total CMS 3 stores your site's content as flat files on your own server. We claim no ownership over content, collections, or files you create with the software.
Term & Termination
This license remains in effect until terminated. We may terminate your license if you materially breach this agreement and fail to cure the breach after notice. Upon termination, your right to use Total CMS 3 on the licensed domain ends, though this does not affect content already stored on your own server.
Warranty Disclaimer
Total CMS 3 is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, [Company legal name]'s total liability arising out of or relating to this EULA will not exceed the amount you paid for the license giving rise to the claim. In no event will we be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. [Jurisdictional carve-outs to be confirmed by legal review.]
Governing Law
This EULA is governed by the laws of [Governing jurisdiction], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Entire Agreement
This EULA, together with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and [Company legal name] regarding Total CMS 3, and supersedes any prior agreements on the same subject.
Contact
Questions about this license can be sent to [legal contact email].