MadPDF Licence Agreement

Version 1.1, November 2026. The same agreement is shown when you install MadPDF and in the app under Help ▸ About.

This End-User Licence Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single company or other organisation, "you") and Mahad Yousaf (the "Licensor") about the MadPDF software: its programs, installers, updates, data files, documentation and every copy of them (together, the "Software"). By installing, copying or using the Software, or by clicking "I accept" or a similar button, you accept this Agreement. If you do not accept it, do not install, copy or use the Software. If you accept it for a company or other organisation, you confirm that you are allowed to bind it, and "you" then means that organisation.

1. Licence

1.1 Subject to this Agreement, and to your payment of any licence fee that applies, the Licensor grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and use the Software, in the executable form in which the Licensor supplies it, for your own personal or internal business purposes, on the computers (or by the users) your licence covers (the "Licensed Computers"). If your licence does not state a number, it covers one computer.

1.2 The Licensor may offer the Software free of charge, for a trial or evaluation period, or for a fee, and may offer different editions or licence types. The terms shown to you when you obtain the Software or buy a licence (for example the number of computers or users, the licence period and the price) form part of this Agreement. If they conflict with this Agreement, those terms apply to that point. A trial or evaluation licence ends at the end of its period, and you must then buy a licence or stop using the Software.

1.3 You may make one copy of the Software for backup or archival purposes only.

1.4 You may use the documents you create or change with the Software for any lawful purpose, including commercial purposes.

2. Restrictions

Except as expressly allowed by this Agreement, or by applicable law that cannot be excluded by agreement, you must not:

(a) copy the Software, or install or use it on any computer that is not a Licensed Computer;
(b) distribute, sell, resell, rent, lease, lend, sublicense, publish or otherwise make the Software available to anyone else, including by offering it over a network or as a service;
(c) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, or otherwise try to obtain its source code;
(d) modify, translate or adapt the Software, or create derivative works based on it;
(e) remove, change or hide any copyright, trademark or other notice in the Software, including the third-party notices;
(f) get around, disable or interfere with any licensing, activation, trial or update-verification mechanism of the Software, or share a licence key or activation code with anyone else;
(g) use the Software, or any part of it, to build or train a competing product, or publish benchmark or test results about it for a competing product without the Licensor's written consent; or
(h) use the Software in breach of any law that applies to you, or to infringe anyone else's rights.

3. Third-party components

The Software includes third-party components (for example code under the MIT License or the Apache License 2.0, and fonts under the SIL Open Font License). Each is licensed under its own terms, which are listed, with the required copyright notices and licence texts, in the NOTICE and THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt files installed with the Software and in the app under Help > Third-party notices. Those licences govern your use of those components, and nothing in this Agreement limits any right that such a licence gives you in its component.

4. Ownership

The Software is licensed, not sold. The Licensor (and, for the third-party components, their owners) keeps all right, title and interest in the Software, including its source code, design, structure, methods of operation and all intellectual property rights in it. The MadPDF name, logo and icons are trademarks of the Licensor. You receive no rights other than those expressly granted in this Agreement, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Licensor.

5. Your documents

The Software works on your documents on your own computer. The Licensor claims no rights in the documents you open, create or change with it, and the Software does not upload your documents anywhere. You are responsible for your documents, for having the right to use and change them, and for keeping backup copies of them.

6. Results you must check

The Software helps you edit, convert, recognise (OCR), redact, compare, protect and sign documents. These are complex operations and their results depend on the documents you use. Before you rely on a result, and in particular before you share, file or publish a document, you must check it yourself. This includes:

(a) checking that redacted or removed content, hidden text and metadata are really gone before you share a document that held confidential information;
(b) checking text recognised by OCR, converted Word, Excel or other files, and edited text and layout against the original;
(c) checking that a digital signature, certificate, timestamp or password protection meets the legal and technical requirements that apply to you. The Software is not a qualified trust service and the Licensor does not certify signatures or identities; and
(d) checking that a printed, exported or archived (for example PDF/A) document meets the standard or requirement you need.

The Software is not designed for use where its failure could lead to death, personal injury or serious physical or environmental damage, and you must not use it for that.

7. Updates, internet use and privacy

7.1 The Licensor may, but does not have to, provide updates, upgrades, new features or support. It may change or remove features in an update. Updates are covered by this Agreement unless they come with their own terms.

7.2 The Software checks for updates over the internet automatically. You can turn this off in the Software's preferences and check by hand instead. An update check only downloads information about the latest version; your internet address and the information every internet request carries are visible to the server that answers it, which may be run by a service provider of the Licensor. Updates are digitally signed, and the Software installs only updates whose signature it has verified.

7.3 The Software sends a feedback report only when you choose to send one. A report contains what you write, the category you choose, the email address and the screenshot you add (both optional), and the Software's version, your operating system version and the language of the Software. A screenshot or your text may show content from your documents, so check them before you send. The Licensor uses reports only to answer you, to fix problems and to improve its products, keeps them no longer than it needs for that, does not sell them, and handles any personal data in them as the data protection laws that apply require.

7.4 When you sign a document with a trusted timestamp, or check whether a signing certificate has been revoked, the Software contacts the timestamp or certificate authority server named in its settings or in the certificate, and sends only the data that check needs (for a timestamp, a fingerprint of the document, not the document). Those servers are run by others under their own terms.

7.5 Except as described in this section, the Software does not send information about you, your computer or your documents to the Licensor, and it has no telemetry or analytics. The Licensor's privacy policy at https://getmadtools.com/privacy.html describes this in more detail.

8. Feedback and suggestions

If you send the Licensor ideas, suggestions or other feedback about the Software, the Licensor may use them freely, without paying you and without any obligation to you, and owns any improvements it makes based on them. You keep your rights in your own documents, including any you attach.

9. No warranty

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE FREE OF ERRORS, WORK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, WORK WITH EVERY DOCUMENT OR MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

10. Limitation of liability

10.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, DOCUMENTS, PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF THE LICENSOR HAS BEEN TOLD SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE.

10.2 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM.

10.3 Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

11. Consumers

If you obtain the Software as a consumer, you may have rights under the consumer protection laws of the United Arab Emirates or of the country where you live (for example rights to a refund or repair) that this Agreement cannot exclude or limit. Nothing in this Agreement affects those rights. The sections on warranty and liability apply to you only to the extent those laws allow. Refunds for paid licences are handled under the refund terms published by the Licensor when you buy, and under those laws.

12. Indemnity

If you use the Software for business purposes, you agree to compensate the Licensor for any claim, loss or cost (including reasonable legal fees) caused by your use of the Software in breach of this Agreement or of the law, or by documents you create, change or share with it.

13. Termination

This Agreement continues until it ends. It ends automatically, without notice, if you fail to comply with any of its terms. You may end it at any time by uninstalling the Software and deleting every copy of it. When it ends you must stop using the Software and delete every copy of it in your possession or control. Ending this Agreement does not entitle you to a refund except where the law or the Licensor's refund terms say so. Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 continue to apply after the Agreement ends.

14. Changes to this Agreement

The Licensor may change this Agreement for later versions of the Software. A new version of the Agreement comes with the update or version it applies to, and you accept it by installing or using that update or version. A change does not take away rights you have already paid for under an earlier version for the version you licensed.

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

This Agreement and any dispute arising out of or in connection with it are governed by the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and, where applicable, the federal laws of the United Arab Emirates. The courts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have exclusive jurisdiction over any such dispute, unless mandatory law where you live gives you the right to bring proceedings elsewhere.

16. General

16.1 This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and the Licensor about the Software and replaces any earlier agreement or understanding about it.

16.2 If any part of this Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable, that part will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted, and the rest of the Agreement remains in effect.

16.3 A failure or delay by the Licensor in enforcing any part of this Agreement is not a waiver of it.

16.4 You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or your licence without the Licensor's prior written consent. The Licensor may assign this Agreement.

16.5 You must comply with all export control and sanctions laws that apply to the Software and to your use of it.

16.6 The Licensor is not responsible for any failure or delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

16.7 This Agreement is written in English. If it is translated into Arabic or another language, the English text prevails where they differ, unless the law that applies to you requires otherwise.

16.8 Notices to the Licensor and questions about this Agreement can be sent to [email protected] or through the contact details on https://getmadtools.com.

Licensor: Mahad Yousaf, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.