Designspace License
Summary
Here’s an overview of what each license allows for to make it easy to pick what you need:
License Type
Usage Type | Standard License | Multiuse License | Extended License |
Number of end products | 1* | Unlimited* | 1* |
Use for personal or a client | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Use in a free end product (Can have multiple users) |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Use in an end product that is “sold” (Can have multiple paying users) |
❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Use in derivative themes or “generators” | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
*Icon pack can be used to 1 or unlimited project, as long as not using more than 100 icons in a project.
License Examples
Examples of Standard License Use:
- A web dashboard for a client
- A dashboard to visualize your company’s internal data
- A marketing site for a paid application (where the Design Template and it’s components are used only on the marketing pages)
- A dashboard prototype or concept for pitching to a client, or to demonstrate within your company’s internal team etc.
Examples of Multisite License Use:
- All the same examples as the Standard License, but you could build all 3 of them with a single license vs. 3 Standard License copies!
Examples of Extended License Use:
- A SaaS analytics application
- A UI library used in a paid app’s marketing pages, but also pages of the app only available to paying customers
The Full Standard License
Basics
- The Standard License grants you a non-exclusive right to make use of Design Template you have purchased.
- You are licensed to use the Item to create one End Product for yourself or for one client (a “single application”), and the End Product can be distributed for Free (Non-sold/paid).
- You can…
- Create one End Product for a client, transfer that End Product to your client, charge them for your services. The license is then transferred to the client.
- Make unlimited copies of the single End Product as long as the End Product is distributed for free.
- Modify the Design Template or combine the Design Template with other works to make a derivative one. The result is subject to this license. This clause applies to extracting single components from the Design Template and using it in derivative works as well.
- You cannot…
- Sell the End Product except to one client.
- Re-distribute the Design Template’s source, modified or not, even if the Design Template is modified.
- Use the Design Template in any application allowing an End User to customize the Design Template, like “build it yourself” or “theme generators”.
- Allow the End User of the End Product to access the Design Template’s source and use it separately from the End Product.
- This license can be terminated if you breach it and you lose the right to distribute the End Product until the Design Template has been fully removed from the End Product.
- Designspace as the author of the Design Template retains ownership of the Design Template, but grants you the license on these terms. This license is between Designspace and you.
The Full Multisite License
Basics
- The Multisite License grants you a non-exclusive right to make use of Design Template you have purchased.
- You are licensed to use the Item to create unlimited End Products for yourself or multiple clients, and the End Products can be distributed for Free (Non-sold/paid).
- You can…
- Create unlimited End Products for a client, transfer that End Product to your client, charge them for your services. The equivalent of a Standard License is granted to the client. They do not assume the unlimited use nature of the Multisite License.
- Make unlimited copies of the single End Product as long as the End Product is distributed for free.
- Modify the Design Template or combine the Design Template with other works to make a derivative one. The result is subject to this license. This clause applies to extracting single components from the Design Template and using it in derivative works as well.
- You cannot…
- Sell the End Product except to clients.
- Re-distribute the Design Template’s source, modified or not, even if the Design Template is modified.
- Use the Design Template in any application allowing an End User to customize the Design Template, like “build it yourself” or “theme generators”.
- Allow the End User of the End Product to access the Design Template’s source and use it separately from the End Product.
- This license can be terminated if you breach it and you lose the right to distribute the End Product until the Design Template has been fully removed from the End Products.
- Designspace as the author of the Design Template retains ownership of the Design Template, but grants you the license on these terms. This license is between Designspace and you.
The Full Extended License
Basics
- The Extended License grants you a non-exclusive right to make use of Design Template you have purchased.
- You are licensed to use the Item to create one End Product for yourself or for one client (a “single application”), and the End Product may be sold or distributed for free.
- You can…
- Create one End Product for a client, transfer that End Product to your client, charge them for your services. The license is then transferred to the client.
- Sell and make any number of copies of the single End Product.
- Modify the Design Template or combine the Design Template with other works to make a derivative one. The result is subject to this license. This clause applies to extracting single components from the Design Template and using it in derivative works as well.
- You cannot…
- Use the Design Template to create more than one unique End Product. This license is a “single application” license and not a “multi-use” license.
- Re-distribute the Design Template’s source, modified or not, even if the Design Template is modified.
- Use the Design Template in any application allowing an End User to customize the Design Template, like “build it yourself” or “theme generators”.
- Allow the End User of the End Product to access the Design Template’s source and use it separately from the End Product.
- This license can be terminated if you breach it and you lose the right to distribute the End Product until the Design Template has been fully removed from the End Product.
- Designspace as the author of the Design Template retains ownership of the Design Template, but grants you the license on these terms. This license is between Designspace and you.
Unlimited Pass
Items purchased or downloaded under the Unlimited Pass Subscription is automatically generated as an the license of Unlimited Pass Subscription bought.
Definitions:
- Design Template is purchased digital work, it can be icon set, illustration set, UI Kit, Graphic Design Template, HTML/CSS Template, and WordPress Theme.
- End Product is a customized implementation of the Design Template.
- End User is a user of the End Product.
- Client is a contracted employer of the license holder.
If you have any questions or need suggestions about licensing your product, Please email us at support@designspace.io