Legal

Licensing

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1. Licence types

Zen Builder is sold as a single licence type: a yearly subscription that covers one website.

2. Number of sites

Each licence covers one website. To use Zen Builder on another website, buy another licence.

3. Client websites

You can use Zen Builder to build websites for clients. Each client website needs its own licence.

4. Updates and support

While your subscription is active you receive theme and plugin updates, new features and support for the website the licence is used on.

If you stop renewing, your website keeps working but you will no longer receive updates, new features or support.

5. Licence expiry

Your licence is valid for one year from the date of purchase, and is extended by a year each time your subscription renews.

If your subscription is cancelled, or put on hold because a payment fails, the licence stops being valid and updates stop.

6. GPL and third-party components

The Zen Builder theme, child theme and builder plugin are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (GPL-2.0-or-later), the same licence as WordPress. Under that licence you may use, study and modify the code.

Your Zen Builder licence is separate from the GPL. It gives you access to updates, new features and support for one website, which is what your subscription pays for. Licence keys are personal to you and must not be shared or used on other websites.

The Theme Zen and Zen Builder names and logos, the design of this website and its screenshots, our documentation and tutorials, and any starter templates or services we host remain our property and are not covered by the GPL. Stock images and illustrations included in demo content belong to their respective owners and are used under their own licences.

Zen Builder includes third-party components, each under its own licence. All are compatible with the GPL:

  • Bootstrap and Bootstrap Icons: MIT licence
  • Swiper: MIT licence
  • AOS (Animate On Scroll): MIT licence
  • FSLightbox: MIT licence
  • scssphp: MIT licence
  • Plugin Update Checker: MIT licence
  • Digital License Manager updater: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Fonts (DM Sans, Inter, IBM Plex Mono, Lobster): SIL Open Font Licence
  • Font (Source Serif): SIL Open Font Licence

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent via the contact page.