# End User License Agreement (Torsven)
Version: 2
Effective date: August 4, 2026
Published at: https://torsven.com/eula
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This copy of Torsven (also marketed as Torsven Garage) (the “Software Product”), including any Garage, Beta, or other feature editions, license keys, updates, accompanying documentation, and related materials provided by Licensor, is licensed and not sold. The Software Product is protected by copyright laws and treaties, as well as laws and treaties related to other forms of intellectual property.
An individual operating under the name Torsven (“Company,” “Licensor,” “we,” or “us”), together with any suppliers engaged to help provide the Software Product, owns intellectual property rights in the Software Product. The Licensee’s (“you” or “your”) license to download, install, activate, use, copy, or change the Software Product is subject to those rights and to all the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement (“Agreement”).
This Agreement governs the Software Product. The separate Privacy Policy at https://torsven.com/privacy explains how personal information is handled for torsven.com and the desktop application. If there is a conflict about licensing and use of the Software Product, this Agreement controls; if there is a conflict about personal information practices, the Privacy Policy controls.
Website: https://torsven.com
Contact: contact@torsven.com
Technical / bug reports: bugs@torsven.com
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## 1. Acceptance
YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY SELECTING THE “ACCEPT” OPTION, BY DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, OR BY INSTALLING, ACTIVATING, USING, OR COPYING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST SELECT “DECLINE” (OR OTHERWISE REFUSE) AND YOU MUST NOT INSTALL, ACTIVATE, USE, OR COPY THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
If you are accepting on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to this Agreement.
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## 2. License Grant
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and, where applicable, a valid license key or Beta entitlement:
(a) Personal / single-machine use. Licensor grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as expressly permitted in Section 4), revocable license to install and use the Software Product on the number of computers or devices permitted by your purchased plan or Beta terms. Unless your license expressly states otherwise, each Garage (or similar) license key may be activated on one machine at a time and is bound to that machine’s entitlement identifiers as implemented by the Software Product.
(b) Backup. You may make a reasonable number of backup copies of the Software Product solely for archival and reinstallation purposes. Backup copies remain subject to this Agreement and may not be used concurrently with a production installation except as needed for recovery.
(c) No multi-user sharing. This Agreement does not permit installation or use on a multi-user network, terminal server, virtual desktop infrastructure, or other shared configuration that allows concurrent use by multiple users under a single seat, unless you obtain a separate multi-seat or Fleet (or equivalent) license from Licensor.
(d) Updates. Updates, patches, and new versions may be provided at Licensor’s discretion. Annual licenses typically include updates during the paid term. Lifetime licenses typically include updates for the current major version line disclosed at purchase; a subsequent major version may require a new license or paid upgrade. Beta builds may change, reset, or end without notice.
(e) No other rights. Except for the limited license expressly granted, Licensor reserves all rights in the Software Product. No ownership interest is transferred to you.
For multi-copy, Fleet, or commercial seat licensing, contact: contact@torsven.com.
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## 3. License Keys, Activation, and Enforcement
(a) Keys. Paid plans are delivered as digitally signed license keys. You must not share, publish, sell, lease, or circumvent license keys or activation mechanisms.
(b) Activation. Activation may bind the key to a machine identifier stored locally. After successful activation, ordinary use of the Software Product is designed to work offline using a local entitlement cache, subject to any online checks Licensor may reasonably require (for example, to validate renewals, revoke fraudulently obtained keys, or deliver updates).
(c) Transfer. You may deactivate or cease use on one machine and activate on another as the Software Product permits, provided you do not exceed your licensed seat count and do not attempt to run the same single-seat license concurrently on multiple machines. Licensor may refuse or revoke activation for fraud, chargebacks, or material breach.
(d) Expiry and read-only mode. When license enforcement is enabled and an annual (or other time-limited) license expires or is invalid, the Software Product may enter a read-only or otherwise restricted mode. Your local User Content (defined below) is not deleted solely because a license expired; continued full functionality requires renewal or a valid license.
(e) Beta. While the Software Product displays a Beta designation or Licensor states that license enforcement is disabled, Licensor may permit use without a paid key. Beta software is provided strictly “AS IS,” may be unstable, and may be withdrawn or converted to paid licensing at any time.
(f) Purchase channel. Purchases are completed through Licensor’s website or authorized channels (not via in-app card processing, unless later offered). Refund and billing disputes for website purchases may also be subject to the applicable checkout provider’s policies and any website terms.
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## 4. Restrictions on Transfer
Without first obtaining the express written consent of Licensor (except for a permitted machine-to-machine reactivation under Section 3), you may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement, or redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer your rights to the Software Product or any license key.
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## 5. Restrictions on Use
You may not:
(a) use, copy, or install the Software Product beyond the seats, machines, vehicle limits, or feature scope permitted by your license;
(b) permit use by more users than your license allows;
(c) decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the proprietary portions of the Software Product, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law (including interoperability rights) or expressly permitted by an open-source license covering a particular component;
(d) bypass, disable, or interfere with license enforcement, security, or integrity features;
(e) use the Software Product to develop a competing product by systematically extracting non-public proprietary materials from the Software Product itself (this does not restrict your use of your own User Content);
(f) use the Software Product for any unlawful purpose, or in violation of export, sanctions, or other applicable law; or
(g) remove or alter proprietary notices, trademarks, or attribution included with the Software Product.
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## 6. Restrictions on Alteration and Copying
(a) Alteration. You may not modify the proprietary Software Product or create derivative works of it or its accompanying documentation, except as expressly allowed by Licensor in writing or by an applicable open-source license for a third-party component. You may not alter proprietary files or libraries in a manner that circumvents this Agreement.
(b) Copying. You may not copy any part of the proprietary Software Product except as inherently required for licensed installation and use (including temporary copies in memory) and backup copies under Section 2(b).
(c) User data. Nothing in this Section restricts you from exporting, backing up, modifying, or deleting your own garage records, uploads, or other User Content stored locally by the Software Product.
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## 7. Artificial Intelligence and Repair Information Disclaimer
The Software Product may generate search answers, summaries, procedures, diagnostic suggestions, specifications, or other output using local artificial intelligence (including large language models and retrieval over documents you provide) and related tools.
AI-generated content can be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, misleading, or unsafe if followed without verification. The Software Product is a documentation and garage-management aid. It does not provide professional automotive repair, safety, or engineering advice, and is not a substitute for the vehicle manufacturer’s instructions, applicable service information, or a qualified technician.
You are solely responsible for:
(a) verifying all procedures, torque values, specifications, warnings, and safety steps against the cited source pages and authoritative manuals before performing work;
(b) determining whether any suggested action is appropriate for your vehicle, tools, skill level, and circumstances; and
(c) any work performed on a vehicle and any resulting damage, injury, loss, or cost.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, OR OTHER LOSSES ARISING FROM RELIANCE ON AI-GENERATED OR SOFTWARE-GENERATED CONTENT, SEARCH RESULTS, CITATIONS, OR RELATED FEATURES.
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## 8. User Content; Uploaded Materials; Responsibility for Rights
(a) Definition. “User Content” means manuals, PDFs, images, receipts, vehicle data, service history, notes, exports, and any other materials you import, create, or store through the Software Product.
(b) Ownership. As between you and Licensor, you retain ownership of your User Content. Licensor does not claim ownership of your manuals or garage data merely because you use the Software Product.
(c) Local processing license. You grant Licensor a limited license only as needed to operate the Software Product on your devices (for example, to index, embed, OCR, display, search, and export User Content locally). The Software Product is designed so that garage data and ingested manuals remain on your computer unless you choose to export them, send a bug report, or use optional online features you enable.
(d) Your warranties. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions necessary to upload, store, and process User Content with the Software Product. You must not upload or use pirated, stolen, or otherwise unauthorized copyrighted materials.
(e) No monitoring duty. Licensor does not generally monitor User Content stored on your device and has no obligation to do so. You are solely responsible for your User Content and for how you use outputs derived from it.
(f) Indemnity for User Content. You agree to indemnify and hold Licensor harmless from claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your User Content or your infringement or violation of third-party rights in connection with the Software Product.
(g) Copyright complaints. Copyright owners who believe material made available by Licensor (for example, on https://torsven.com) infringes their rights may contact contact@torsven.com with “Copyright Notice” in the subject line. This channel does not create an obligation for Licensor to police user-held local files on end-user devices.
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## 9. Open-Source and Third-Party Components
The Software Product includes or redistributes third-party and open-source components under separate licenses. Those components are provided under their own terms, which may grant you additional rights with respect to those components only.
(a) Notices. Important notices are shipped with the Software Product (including `THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md` and license texts under `licenses/`) and may also appear in Settings → About.
(b) Poppler (GPL-2.0). Torsven may redistribute Poppler PDF utilities as separate executables invoked by process spawn (not linked into the Torsven application binary). Poppler is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. A written offer of corresponding source is included (see `poppler/SOURCE_OFFER.txt` or equivalent). GPL-2.0 applies to Poppler itself and does not license the proprietary Torsven application under the GPL.
(c) Ollama, models, OCR, and optional packs. The Software Product may bundle or download a local LLM runtime (for example, Ollama), OCR tools (for example, Tesseract), model weights, GPU/runtime packs, or similar components. Model weights and third-party runtimes remain subject to their publishers’ licenses. Your use of downloaded models is between you and the model publisher. Optional online lookups (for example, public vehicle-data services) or user-supplied API keys are subject to those third parties’ terms.
(d) Conflict. If an open-source license for a component requires terms that conflict with this Agreement regarding that component, the open-source license controls for that component only.
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## 10. Privacy; Local-First Design; Network Features
Your use of the Software Product is also subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy (https://torsven.com/privacy; also shipped as `PRIVACY.md` where applicable), which is incorporated by reference for personal-information practices. Without limiting that Policy:
(a) Torsven Garage is local-first. Vehicle records, maintenance history, notes, documents, photos, receipts, and similar garage data are stored on your device. Licensor does not routinely collect, upload, or store that information on Company servers unless you explicitly use a feature that requires it;
(b) the Software Product is designed to connect to the internet only when necessary—for example, initial license activation, update checks, license verification, downloads of models or runtime components, optional online features you choose to use, or when you contact support; and
(c) AI search and related processing are intended to run locally on your device using documents you provide; they are not a channel for uploading your manuals or garage database to Licensor.
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## 11. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the Software Product to:
(a) violate law or third-party rights;
(b) create or disseminate malware or to attack systems you are not authorized to test;
(c) intentionally interfere with license, update, or security mechanisms; or
(d) rely on AI output as the sole authority for safety-critical vehicle work without independent verification.
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## 12. Disclaimer of Warranties
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY AGREED TO IN WRITING BY LICENSOR, THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS. LICENSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OTHER THAN ANY NON-EXCLUDABLE WARRANTIES REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Licensor does not warrant that the Software Product will meet your requirements; operate uninterrupted, secure, or error-free; that AI or search features will be accurate or complete; or that defects will be corrected. YOU MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT SUFFICIENTLY MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOU BEAR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS INCURRED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING RELIANCE ON AI OUTPUT OR LOSS OF DATA, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS. TO THE EXTENT SUCH LAW APPLIES TO YOU, THIS DISCLAIMER IS EFFECTIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED.
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## 13. Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL LICENSOR OR LICENSOR’S AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, COST OF SUBSTITUTE SOFTWARE, OR VEHICLE DAMAGE) RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR ANY AI-GENERATED CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF LICENSOR WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO LICENSOR FOR THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM OR (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $50).
THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
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## 14. Limitation of Remedies and Damages
Your exclusive remedy for a breach of this Agreement or of any warranty that cannot be disclaimed is, at Licensor’s option: (a) correction or replacement of the Software Product; (b) substitution of a functionally equivalent copy; or (c) if Licensor is unable to provide correction, replacement, or substitute, a refund of the license fees you paid to Licensor for the affected license (excluding taxes, shipping, or third-party payment-processor fees, to the extent permitted by law), subject to any applicable refund policy disclosed at purchase.
Any claim under an express limited warranty (if any is later offered in writing) must be made within the stated warranty period. Warranties, if any, cover only defects arising under normal use and exclude misuse, abuse, neglect, alteration, unauthorized modification, third-party components or models, acts of nature, improper installation, or damage caused by you. Limited warranties are granted only to you and are non-transferable.
You agree to indemnify and hold Licensor harmless from claims, judgments, liabilities, expenses, or costs arising from your breach of this Agreement and/or your acts or omissions in using the Software Product (including vehicle work performed in reliance on Software Product output).
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## 15. Term and Termination
This Agreement remains in effect until terminated. Your license rights terminate automatically if you materially breach this Agreement. You may terminate by uninstalling the Software Product and ceasing all use. Upon termination, you must stop using the Software Product and destroy or discontinue use of license keys, except that you may retain your User Content stored independently of the Software Product. Sections that by their nature should survive (including ownership, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity, and dispute resolution) will survive termination.
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## 16. Export Compliance
You represent that you are not located in a country or on a list where U.S. or other applicable export or sanctions laws prohibit receiving the Software Product. You agree to comply with all export and re-export control laws and regulations that apply to your download and use of the Software Product.
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## 17. Dispute Resolution
The parties will attempt to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement through good-faith informal negotiations. If the matter is not resolved by negotiation within thirty (30) days (or a longer period the parties agree in writing), the parties agree to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation under mutually agreed mediation rules before commencing court proceedings.
If mediation does not resolve the dispute, exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the state or federal courts located in the State of Idaho, United States, and each party consents to such jurisdiction and venue. Nothing in this Section prevents either party from seeking temporary injunctive or other equitable relief for intellectual-property infringement, license-key misuse, or similar urgent harm in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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## 18. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. If a court finds that any provision is invalid but that limiting it would make it valid and enforceable, then that provision shall be deemed written, construed, and enforced as so limited.
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## 19. Entire Agreement
This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and supersedes prior or contemporaneous oral or written promises, warranties, representations, agreements, or conditions concerning that subject matter. Website terms, Privacy Policy, checkout policies, and open-source licenses apply as stated therein. In case of conflict regarding license of the proprietary Software Product, this Agreement controls unless a signed writing expressly states otherwise.
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## 20. Waiver
The failure of either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of that party’s right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.
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## 21. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Idaho, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles that would require application of another jurisdiction’s laws. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
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## 22. Attorneys’ Fees
If a legal suit, action, or proceeding is brought by any party to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover, in addition to any other relief awarded, reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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## 23. Contact
Licensor: an individual operating as Torsven
Location: Idaho, United States
Email (privacy, licensing, general): contact@torsven.com
Email (bug reports / Poppler source requests): bugs@torsven.com
Web: https://torsven.com · https://torsven.com/eula · https://torsven.com/privacy
A street mailing address is not published here. For legal process or other requests that reasonably require a physical address, contact contact@torsven.com and a suitable mailing address will be provided.