Vorlox CLI — Proprietary Licence

Copyright (c) 2026 Fahad Ali, trading as Vorlox. All rights reserved.


THIS IS A WORKING DRAFT, NOT LEGAL ADVICE.

It is pending review by a qualified solicitor and may change. It states the
licensor's current intent in good faith. If anything here conflicts with a
signed agreement you have with the licensor, that agreement governs.


1. DEFINITIONS

   "Licensor" means Fahad Ali, an individual trading as Vorlox. No company is
   registered at the date of this licence. Where this licence is later assigned
   to a company formed by the Licensor, that company becomes the Licensor and
   this licence continues unchanged in all other respects.

   "Software" means the Vorlox CLI distributed under the package name `vorlox`,
   including its source code, object code and accompanying files.

   "Vorlox Service" means the hosted Vorlox service operated by the Licensor.

   "Your Organisation" means an organisation account on the Vorlox Service that
   you own, or are authorised by its owner to act for.

   "You" means the individual or entity exercising the permission granted in
   section 2.


2. GRANT OF PERMISSION

   The Licensor grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
   revocable permission to install and run the Software for the sole purpose of
   interacting with Your Organisation on the Vorlox Service.

   That is the entire grant. Installing the Software on machines you control —
   including build agents and continuous-integration runners — and running it
   against Your Organisation is permitted. Any other use is not.


3. RESTRICTIONS

   Except to the extent that applicable law expressly overrides a restriction
   below, and only to that extent, you may not:

   (a) redistribute, publish, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise make
       the Software available to any third party;

   (b) modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works of the Software;

   (c) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, or otherwise
       attempt to derive its source code, algorithms, or underlying ideas;

   (d) remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary
       notice in or on the Software;

   (e) use the Software to interact with any Vorlox organisation that is not
       Your Organisation;

   (f) use the Software to build, train, or improve a competing product or
       service.


4. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

   The Software is licensed, not sold. The Licensor retains all right, title and
   interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual property rights.
   No rights are granted except those expressly stated in section 2. No right is
   granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.


5. THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS

   The Software depends on separately licensed open-source components, which
   remain governed by their own licences. Nothing in this licence limits your
   rights under those licences with respect to those components.


6. TERMINATION

   This permission terminates automatically if you breach any term of this
   licence, and may be revoked by the Licensor at any time. On termination you
   must stop using the Software and remove all copies in your possession or
   control. Sections 3, 4, 7 and 8 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 NONINFRINGEMENT.

   The Software reports the results of automated security analysis. It does not
   guarantee that any system is secure, and its output is not a substitute for
   your own security judgement.


8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

   TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
   ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN
   CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

   Nothing in this licence excludes or limits liability for death or personal
   injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or
   for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.


9. GOVERNING LAW

   This licence is governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of
   England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from
   it.


Questions about this licence: contact@vorlox.io
