What is the dependency for Beggars Pizza to use the Documentation?
Beggars_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
OWNERSHIP: The Software is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. SpeedLine owns and will at all times retain exclusive ownership of all rights, title, and interests, including copyrights and all other intellectual property rights, in and to the Software, the Documentation, and any copies of the Software or Documentation. The Customer acquires only the right to use the Software for the term of this Agreement and does not acquire any rights of ownership in the Software. The Software is licensed, not sold.
COPIES: The Customer may make one (1) copy of the Installed Software for backup purposes. No other copies shall be made in any form or medium without prior written consent from the President of SpeedLine or other authorized personnel at SpeedLine designated by the President as having such authority ("authorized personnel"). You may not copy the Documentation accompanying the Software in any form or medium.
PERMITTED USES, RESTRICTED USES: The Customer may only use the Software for the intended purpose of a retail point-of-sale solution and related
solutions and as permitted by this Agreement. The Customer may not copy (except as provided in the "Copies" section above), reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, modify, adapt, or translate the Software in any way, or merge the Software into any other computer program material, or re-write
the Software into any different computer program language. Use of the Software to test or improve a competing software package without prior written approval from authorized personnel at SpeedLine is a violation of this Agreement. The Customer may not (a) sell, rent, lease, license, transfer, lend or give away the Software; or (b) "frame" or "mirror" the Online Services.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 39–192)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beggars Pizza Franchise Disclosure Document, the Documentation is dependent on the software license agreement with SpeedLine. The customer acquires the right to use the Documentation for the term of the agreement but does not acquire any ownership rights. The Software is licensed and not sold.
The customer is not allowed to copy the Documentation accompanying the software in any form or medium. The customer may only use the Software for the intended purpose of a retail point-of-sale solution and related solutions as permitted by the agreement.
Furthermore, the customer is restricted from copying, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, decrypting, modifying, adapting, or translating the Software in any way, or merging the Software into any other computer program material, or re-writing the Software into any different computer program language. Using the Software to test or improve a competing software package without prior written approval from authorized personnel at SpeedLine is a violation of the agreement. The customer may not sell, rent, lease, license, transfer, lend or give away the Software, or frame or mirror the Online Services.