# Factorize License

**Version 1.0 — September 6, 2026**
**Copyright © 2026 WebYoungstown / Empire Tools. All rights reserved.**

This license covers the Factorize software: the Factorize plugins
(Essentials, Catalog, Analytics, Storefront, Auctions, Perks, Portal, Watch,
Vision, Setup), the Empire Tools theme, the Factorize Site Builder, the
Factorize License Server, the Factorize site theme, and all related
documentation, artwork, seeds, and scripts in this repository (the
"Software"). "We", "us", and "Licensor" mean WebYoungstown / Empire Tools.
"You" means the person or company using the Software.

The Software is licensed, not sold. It is **not** open source. Nothing in
this license grants you any right except those written below.

## 1. What you may do

Subject to this license, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable license to:

1. install and use the Software on WordPress sites that you own or operate
   for your own business;
2. modify the Software for your own use on those sites, provided the
   copyright, license, and trademark notices stay intact;
3. make backup copies for your own use.

Free-tier features are free of charge for the sites above. AI features
(Factorize Vision) are metered in Factorize tokens; the included monthly
allowance and any additional allowance are governed by your license key
and the Terms of Service.

## 2. What you may not do

You may not, and may not allow anyone else to:

1. copy, publish, distribute, sell, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, lend,
   or otherwise make the Software or any part of it available to any third
   party, whether modified or not, whether for a fee or free;
2. offer the Software, or a service substantially built on it, to third
   parties (hosting it for others, "white-labelling" it, bundling it in a
   theme, plugin, marketplace listing, or hosting package);
3. remove, hide, or alter any copyright, license, or trademark notice, the
   Factorize hub, or the license activation;
4. circumvent, disable, or tamper with license activation, the token
   allowance, usage reporting, or any other technical measure in the
   Software;
5. use the Factorize or Empire Tools names, logos, or trade dress except to
   truthfully describe that your site uses the Software;
6. use the Software to build a competing product or to train a machine
   learning model on its code.

## 3. Ownership

The Software, and every copy of it, is and remains the property of the
Licensor. Modifications you make for your own use remain subject to this
license; you grant us a perpetual, royalty-free right to use any
improvement you send us. The names **Factorize™** and **Empire Tools™** and
the Factorize wordmark are trademarks of the Licensor (see TRADEMARKS.md).

## 4. Third-party components

WordPress, WooCommerce, Ultimate Auction for WooCommerce, and any other
third-party software you install alongside the Software are not covered by
this license and keep their own licenses (typically the GPL). The Software
communicates with those products through their public hooks and APIs. If
any part of the Software is found to be a derivative work of GPL software
and therefore subject to the GPL, that part is licensed to you under the
GPL to the extent required and the rest of this license continues to apply
to everything else.

## 5. Distribution channels

The Software is distributed only from the Factorize site and by the
Licensor directly. Copies obtained from anywhere else are unlicensed. The
Licensor may, at its sole option, publish specific plugins on WordPress.org
under the GPL; only such an explicitly relicensed copy is GPL-licensed, and
only the version published there.

## 6. Term and termination

This license lasts until terminated. It terminates automatically if you
breach it. On termination you must stop using the Software and delete all
copies. Sections 3, 7, 8, and 9 survive termination.

## 7. No warranty

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. PRICE ESTIMATES,
PRODUCT NAMES, AND COUNTS PRODUCED BY AI FEATURES ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR
REVIEW, NOT FACTS.

## 8. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE LICENSOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY
LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. THE LICENSOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY
IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS
BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

## 9. General

This license is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, USA, without
regard to conflict-of-law rules, and any dispute will be brought in the
state or federal courts located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. If any provision
is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. This is the entire agreement
about the Software and replaces any earlier terms. Failure to enforce a
provision is not a waiver.

## Contact

Licensing, additional tokens, or permission for anything section 2 forbids:
text or call **330-519-9231**.


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# Trademarks

**Factorize™**, the Factorize wordmark (the two-tone "FACTOR|IZE" mark),
**Empire Tools™**, and the Empire Tools logo are trademarks of
WebYoungstown / Empire Tools. All rights reserved.

You may use the names only to truthfully state that a site uses the
Factorize software ("built with Factorize"). You may not use them, or
confusingly similar names, as the name of a product, service, plugin,
theme, company, domain, or social account, in a way that suggests
endorsement, or on redistributed copies of the software (which the
Factorize License does not permit in any case).

WordPress and WooCommerce are trademarks of their respective owners;
Factorize is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Questions: text or call 330-519-9231.
