Software license terms

1. About these terms

These software license terms (the “License Terms”) apply to Genform design tools, including Plakhaus, Lumhaus, Baghaus, Cavity, Taghaus and Hey Buddy, and to any tool we release later, in any form: web editor, desktop app, plug-in or API (the “Software”). They apply however you obtained your license: through a Genform plan, through a marketplace such as MakerWorld or MakerLab, or directly from us.

They are part of, and supplement, the Platform terms. If the two conflict on licensing or commercial use, these License Terms prevail. By activating a license, or by signing in to, downloading or using the Software, you accept these License Terms. If you accept for a company, you confirm that you are authorized to bind it.

If you buy through a marketplace, the marketplace’s own terms govern the payment and your relationship with the marketplace. These License Terms govern what you may do with the Software and its Output.

2. Definitions

Output

Anything the Software generates for you, such as 3D models and meshes, STL, 3MF, STEP and OBJ files, G-code, vector and image files, previews, templates and production files.

Product

A physical item made wholly or partly from Output, by you or by anyone on your behalf.

Personal License

A license for personal, non-commercial use. This includes Starter and any license described as Standard, Personal Use or Pro that does not expressly include commercial rights.

Commercial License

A license whose name or description includes “Commercial” (for example Commercial, Pro Commercial or Early Bird Commercial), a Business, Scale or Studio plan, or any other license that expressly includes the right to sell Products.

License Term

The period for which your license runs, as described in section 7.

Active

A license is Active only while its License Term is running, it has not been suspended or terminated, and the amounts due for it have been paid and have not been refunded, reversed or disputed.

3. Personal License

A Personal License gives you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Software and its Output for your own private, non-commercial purposes, such as personal projects, home use and gifts that you do not sell.

It does not allow you to sell, rent or license Products or Output; to use the Software or Output in or for a business, a client project or a paid service; or to make Products for anyone else in exchange for money or any other value.

4. Commercial License

While your Commercial License is Active, it gives one licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Software in the course of business and to manufacture, or have a third-party manufacturer make, and to sell Products made from the Output you generate. You may sell through your own shop, marketplaces, markets and direct orders, anywhere the law allows.

A Commercial License covers physical Products only (see section 6 for digital files). It is licensed to one person or one legal entity, and for the number of seats, workspaces or devices stated in your plan. It is intended for independent makers, small and medium businesses, design studios and manufacturers. Reselling or white-labelling the Software, offering it as a service to others, or embedding it in another product requires a Studio plan or a separate written agreement.

5. Selling requires an Active Commercial License

You may manufacture, order, offer, advertise, sell and ship Products only at times when you hold an Active Commercial License. This is a condition of every Commercial License.

5.1 When commercial rights end

Your commercial rights end automatically, without notice, when:

• your License Term ends and you have not renewed;
• a subscription plan that includes the Commercial License is cancelled, ends, lapses or is not paid;
• the payment for your license is refunded, reversed, charged back or disputed; or
• we suspend or terminate your license under section 12.

5.2 What you must do

From the moment your commercial rights end, you must immediately stop manufacturing and ordering Products, stop offering, listing, advertising and selling them, stop accepting new orders for them, and remove listings that depend on them.

5.3 Files created while your license was Active

Commercial rights attach to the manufacture and sale of Products, not to the date a file was created. These restrictions apply to all Output, including Output you generated, exported or saved while your Commercial License was Active, and to Products derived from that Output. Holding a file does not give you the right to make or sell Products from it later.

5.4 Stock and open orders

Unsold Products that you made during the License Term may not be sold after your commercial rights end, unless you renew or we agree otherwise in writing. If you have customer orders in progress, contact us before your License Term ends. We may allow you to complete them, in writing.

5.5 What does not change

Customers who bought a Product from you while your Commercial License was Active own it, and may use, keep, give away or resell that item freely. We do not ask you to recall it. After your commercial rights end you may keep using the Software and Output for personal, non-commercial purposes, to the extent your plan still gives you access.

5.6 Renewal

Renewing, or buying a new Commercial License, restores commercial rights from the renewal date onward. It does not retroactively license Products made or sold while you were not Active.

6. Digital files and the Software

Under every license, you may not sell, rent, lend, license, share, publish, upload to a marketplace or otherwise distribute Output as digital files (including STL, 3MF, STEP, OBJ, G-code and image files), or the Software itself, whether modified or not. You may give Output to a manufacturer or print service solely so that they can make Products for you. You are licensed to exploit the final physical Product only, and only as these License Terms allow.

7. License Term, renewal and expiry

• Stated term. The License Term is the one shown in your offer, order, account or license record.
• MakerWorld purchases — all tiers. A license purchased on MakerWorld runs for one year (12 months) from first delivery or activation, whichever comes first, unless the offer expressly states another term. This includes Personal, Pro, Commercial and Studio tiers, including early-bird and promotional purchases.
• Annual Commercial Licenses. Unless your offer says otherwise, a Commercial License bought as a one-time purchase runs for 12 months from the date it is first delivered or activated, whichever comes first. This includes early-bird and other promotional Commercial offers.
• Subscription plans. A Commercial License included in a Genform plan runs for the paid subscription period and renews with the subscription until it is cancelled.
• Renewal. Renewing a one-time license, including a MakerWorld purchase in any tier, is optional and never automatic. The renewal price and terms are announced before your License Term ends and may differ from your first purchase. Early-bird and promotional prices apply to the first term only, unless the offer says otherwise. We may remind you before expiry, but you are responsible for tracking your License Term. A missing reminder does not extend it.
• Features that end with the term. Updates, add-ons and other features that your license includes for a limited period end when that period ends. Features that your license includes without a term, if any, remain available for personal, non-commercial use only.

8. Other restrictions

Under every license you may not:

• reverse engineer, decompile or extract the algorithms, presets or assets of the Software, except where the law allows it;
• bypass, disable or tamper with license checks, activation limits, watermarks or usage limits;
• share your account or credentials, or let others use your license;
• sell, sublicense, transfer or lend your license without our written consent;
• use the Software or Output to build or train a competing product or service;
• use the Software to infringe the rights of others, or to design unlawful or unsafe products, such as weapons or weapon components; or
• remove ownership or attribution notices.

9. Ownership and your content

We and our licensors own the Software, its algorithms, presets, patterns, textures, templates, interfaces and trademarks. These License Terms give you rights to use them. They do not transfer ownership.

You keep the rights in the images, text, logos and designs that you provide. You confirm that you have the right to use them and to have them processed and manufactured, and you allow us and our providers to process them as needed to provide the features you request.

We do not claim ownership of Output made from your content. Your right to use Output commercially comes from your license and exists only while it is Active. Elements of the Software included in Output, such as patterns, textures, presets and generated geometry, remain licensed under these License Terms.

10. Evidence of your license

You must be able to show that you held an Active Commercial License when you made or sold a Product. On request, give us your account email, your license or order reference, and reasonable information about how you use the Software commercially, within 10 days.

Do not state or imply that Genform makes, endorses or guarantees your Products. You remain responsible for your Products, as described in the Platform terms.

11. Updates and changes to the Software

We may update, change or retire features, including for legal, security or technical reasons. Updates and add-ons are included only if your license says so, and only for the period it states. If we permanently discontinue a tool during a License Term that you paid for, and we do not offer a comparable replacement, we will refund the unused part of that term in line with the Refund policy.

12. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or end your license and your access immediately, with or without notice, if you break these License Terms, sell Output or the Software, use a Commercial License while it is not Active, do not pay, reverse or dispute a payment, or use the Software unlawfully.

When a license ends, your commercial rights end at once, section 5 applies, and you must stop using the Software in any way that your plan no longer allows. We may seek an injunction and damages for breaches of these License Terms. Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, 13 and 14 survive termination.

13. Warranty disclaimer and liability

The Software and Output are provided “as is” and “as available”. Previews, generated files and printability checks do not certify safety or fitness for a particular use. You must validate dimensions, materials and assembly before use or sale.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, lost profits or lost data, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for the license in the 12 months before the claim arose. Nothing in these License Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, or the mandatory rights of consumers.

14. Governing law

These License Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts located in Delaware have jurisdiction, except that consumers keep the mandatory protection and jurisdiction rights of their country of residence.

15. Changes to these terms

We may update these License Terms. The version published here when you activate or renew a license applies to that License Term. If we make a change that materially reduces your rights during a License Term, it applies 30 days after we notify you by email or in your account. If you do not accept it, stop using the Software before it takes effect and contact us about any unused prepaid time. Using the Software after a change takes effect means that you accept it.

16. Contact

Questions, license evidence and renewal requests: hello@gen-form.com.