Acceptable Use Policy
Last updated: 2026-08-10
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is incorporated by reference into the LicenseSeat Terms of Service (the "Terms") and applies to all use of the LicenseSeat platform, and in particular to all software, files, and content that Users upload to, host on, license through, or distribute through our platform ("Artifacts"). Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings given in the Terms.
We do not review, scan, or monitor Artifacts (see Sections 1.2 and 4.3 of the Terms). This AUP defines what you may not do; it does not create any duty for us to detect, prevent, or remedy violations. We rely entirely on your representations that your Artifacts comply with this AUP.
1. PROHIBITED ARTIFACTS
You represent and warrant that you will NOT upload, host, license, or distribute Artifacts that are, contain, or function as:
(a) Malware: viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, rootkits, bootkits, remote-access tools designed for unauthorized access, keyloggers designed for unauthorized credential capture, or botnet clients;
(b) Covert functionality: software that performs materially undisclosed functions adverse to the person who installs it, including hidden cryptocurrency miners, undisclosed data exfiltration, undisclosed remote control, or undisclosed persistence or self-propagation mechanisms;
(c) Stalkerware and covert surveillance tools: software designed or marketed to covertly monitor another person's device, communications, or location without that person's knowledge and consent;
(d) Infringing software: software you do not have the legal right to distribute, including pirated, cracked, "repacked," or otherwise unlicensed copies of third-party software, and software that infringes any third party's intellectual property rights;
(e) Circumvention tools: cracks, keygens, license-key generators, activation bypasses, or other tools designed primarily to circumvent technological protection measures or software licensing controls (including measures of the kind protected by 17 U.S.C. § 1201);
(f) Exploits as products: exploit kits, weaponized vulnerabilities, or intrusion tools designed or marketed primarily to gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, or data. Good-faith security-research and penetration-testing tools distributed responsibly to legitimate users are not prohibited solely because they are dual-use; we determine, at our sole discretion, on which side of this line an Artifact falls;
(g) Fraud tooling: phishing kits, carding or card-testing tools, credential-stuffing or account-takeover tools, or software designed primarily to facilitate financial fraud or identity theft;
(h) Deceptive software: scareware, fake antivirus or fake system utilities, software that materially misrepresents its function, origin, or publisher, or software that installs materially undisclosed bundled components;
(i) Content prohibited by the Terms: any content described in Section 3.2 of the Terms (CSAM, terrorism content, human-trafficking facilitation);
(j) Sanctions and export violations: Artifacts whose distribution through our platform would violate applicable export-control or sanctions laws, or that are directed to persons or territories with which such distribution is prohibited;
(k) Otherwise illegal content: any Artifact that is unlawful for you to distribute, or for us to host or transmit, in a relevant jurisdiction;
(l) Evasion: Artifacts designed to evade this AUP, including obfuscated or staged payloads where any stage, once retrieved or unpacked, would violate this AUP.
2. PROHIBITED USE OF DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
You further represent and warrant that you will NOT:
(a) Use the Distribution Services as a general-purpose file host or content delivery network for files that are not software (or directly supporting assets) that you license or distribute to your own end users;
(b) Create or use multiple accounts, organizations, or products to evade a suspension, removal, quota, or other restriction (see Section 11.2 of the Terms);
(c) Misrepresent the identity of the publisher of an Artifact, or distribute an Artifact under a name, brand, or signature reasonably likely to deceive end users about its origin;
(d) Interfere with or circumvent quotas, rate limits, download authorization, or any technical control of the Service.
3. ENFORCEMENT
(a) We may, but are not obligated to, quarantine, remove, or disable access to any Artifact, and suspend or terminate any account's access to the Service or the Distribution Services, at any time, for any reason or no reason, at our sole and absolute discretion, without notice and without liability (Sections 3.4, 4.5, 4.8, and 12 of the Terms);
(b) We do not actively monitor for AUP violations, and no provision of this AUP creates any duty for us to do so;
(c) Our decision not to act in any particular case does not constitute approval of any Artifact and does not waive our right to act in any other case;
(d) We may report Artifacts and account information to law enforcement where permitted or required by law (Section 5.3 of the Terms);
(e) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no enforcement action we take or decline to take under this AUP gives rise to any liability, refund, credit, or other remedy, and your indemnification obligations under Section 6 of the Terms apply in full to any violation or alleged violation of this AUP.
4. REPEAT INFRINGERS
We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in accordance with Section 10.3 of the Terms. We reserve the right to terminate any account upon a single violation of this AUP.
5. REPORTING VIOLATIONS
- Copyright infringement: submit DMCA takedown notices to [email protected] (see Section 10.3 of the Terms).
- All other violations (malware, fraud tooling, other illegal or prohibited Artifacts): report to [email protected].
Reports must contain the elements set out in Section 4.10(b) of the Terms (modeled on Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065): the exact electronic location of the Artifact concerned (such as the exact product, version, or download URL), a sufficiently substantiated explanation of the violation, your name and email address (subject to the child-sexual-abuse exception noted there), and a good-faith statement that the report is accurate and complete. We process sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated reports in a timely, diligent, non-arbitrary, and objective manner and act where we determine action is warranted (Section 4.10 of the Terms). We do not commit to any fixed response time. Knowingly submitting a materially false report may expose you to liability, including under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) for copyright misrepresentations.
6. RELATIONSHIP TO THE TERMS
This AUP supplements the Terms. In the event of any conflict between this AUP and the Terms, the Terms control. We may update this AUP as described in Section 15.8 of the Terms.
This AUP confers no rights on any third party — including persons who submit reports and End Users — and creates no duty owed by us to any third party. Each provision and sub-clause of this AUP applies to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and is severable as set forth in Section 15.2 of the Terms; nothing in this AUP limits any right or remedy that applicable law does not permit to be limited.
Last Updated: August 10, 2026