Is the SpeedLine software licensed or sold to Beggars Pizza?
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.
CONSIDERATION - UNLIMITED TERM: The Customer may receive the License for certain Installed Software products, and the Installed Software copy provided, for an unlimited term, by fully paying for the License for those products by an initial deposit and payment in full of the balance due, as invoiced by SpeedLine to the Customer, on or before implementation of those Installed Software products.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 39–192)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beggars Pizza's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the SpeedLine software is licensed and not sold. SpeedLine retains ownership of all rights, titles, and interests, including copyrights and intellectual property rights, related to the software, documentation, and any copies.
As a Beggars Pizza franchisee, you only acquire the right to use the software for the term of the agreement. You do not gain any ownership rights to the software itself. You are allowed to make one copy of the installed software for backup purposes, but any other copies require prior written consent from SpeedLine.
This licensing agreement specifies that you can only use the software for its intended purpose as a retail point-of-sale solution. You are prohibited from copying, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, modifying, or transferring the software in any way. You can obtain a license for certain installed software products for an unlimited term by paying for the license in full, as invoiced by SpeedLine.