The agreement below governs your use of FamilyLoupe. The same text is shown on the license screen when you install the app.
FAMILYLOUPE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Last updated: 2 September 2026
This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between
you ("you" or "your") and Seventieth and Smith LLC, a North Carolina limited
liability company ("Seventieth and Smith", "we", "us", or "our"), for the
FamilyLoupe desktop software, including all of its components, associated
media, and documentation (collectively, the "Software").
BY INSTALLING, ACTIVATING, OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.
1. DEFINITIONS
"Trial" means a time-limited evaluation license, issued automatically on
first launch, that permits full use of the Software for the trial period.
"License Key" means a key issued to you when you purchase a paid license
for the Software.
"Your Content" means the genealogical data, media, notes, and other
information you create, import, or store using the Software, including
your family tree files and overrides.
"Device" means a single physical computer.
2. LICENSE GRANT
2.1 Trial. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable license to install and use the Software for evaluation during
the Trial period, which is sixty (60) days from first launch. When the
Trial period ends, the Software enters a read-only mode: you may continue
to open, view, search, and export Your Content, but editing features are
disabled until you activate a paid license. Your Content is not deleted,
locked, or withheld.
2.2 Paid license. Upon purchase and activation with a valid License Key,
we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to
install and use the Software for your personal and household genealogical
research, with no expiration date, subject to this Agreement. A single
paid license covers your use across your own Devices, up to the
activation limit shown at checkout, and covers an unlimited number of
family trees.
2.3 Activation. The Software activates your paid license by contacting our
licensing provider over the internet when you first enter your License
Key, and revalidates periodically while online. You may move your license
between Devices by deactivating it on one Device to free an activation
slot for another. If your License Key is refunded, charged back, or
revoked, the paid license terminates and the Software returns to
read-only mode.
2.4 Reservation. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by
Seventieth and Smith. The Software is licensed, not sold.
3. RESTRICTIONS
You will not, and will not permit anyone else to:
(a) sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, or provide the Software as a
service to any third party;
(b) share, publish, or distribute a License Key, or circumvent or disable
any licensing, activation, or read-only-mode mechanism;
(c) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, or attempt
to derive its source code, except to the extent this restriction is
prohibited by applicable law;
(d) remove or alter any proprietary notices in the Software; or
(e) use the Software in violation of any applicable law or the rights of
any third party.
4. YOUR CONTENT AND OWNERSHIP
4.1 You own Your Content. We claim no ownership of it.
4.2 The Software is a local desktop application. Your Content is stored on
your Device in files you control. We do not host, receive, or have access
to Your Content, except where you explicitly use a feature that sends
specific data to a third party you have chosen (see Section 5).
4.3 You are responsible for maintaining your own backups of Your Content.
5. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND CONTENT
5.1 Geocoding. To place locations on maps, the Software sends place-name
text (not personal identifiers) to the OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoding
service, and caches the results locally. Map tiles are provided by
OpenStreetMap. Your use of these is subject to the OpenStreetMap
Foundation's terms and privacy policy.
5.2 Optional AI features. The Software includes two optional artificial
intelligence ("AI") features. Both are turned OFF by default, must be
enabled by you, and require you to supply your own access credentials or
run your own local model. We do not provide, bundle, or resell any AI
service.
(a) In-app assistant. If you enable it and configure it to use a
cloud AI provider, then when you ask it a question, your question and
a limited set of records from your tree that the Software selects as
relevant to that question are sent to the AI provider you chose. If
you configure it to use a local model, nothing leaves your Device.
(b) External AI access (MCP). If you enable it and connect an
external AI client, that client can query your tree through a fixed
set of read-only tools.
When you use an AI feature with a third-party provider or client, your
interaction with that provider or client is governed by that party's
terms and privacy and data-retention policies, not this Agreement. You
are responsible for choosing a provider whose policies you accept.
5.3 Development disclosure. Generative AI tools were used as an aid in
developing the Software.
5.4 FamilySearch integration. If you choose to connect the Software to a
FamilySearch account, additional terms apply:
(a) Your use of FamilySearch and its data is governed by the
FamilySearch Terms of Use (familysearch.org/legal/terms).
(b) You will not sell, lease, sublicense, or otherwise redistribute
any data obtained from FamilySearch through the Software.
(c) Data retrieved from the FamilySearch API is stored by the
Software separately from Your Content and is not sent to any AI
feature or included in exports, backups, or mobile bundles. If you
review a FamilySearch suggestion and choose to accept it into your
tree, the accepted information becomes part of Your Content and is
thereafter treated the same as information you entered yourself,
including for the purposes of the optional AI features in Section 5.2.
(d) You may disconnect the integration and purge FamilySearch-derived
data from the Software at any time from the Settings screen.
6. PRIVACY
The Software runs locally and does not transmit Your Content to us. The
only routine network activity is license activation and revalidation,
place-name geocoding, and checking for Software updates. Optional features
that send data to third parties are described in Section 5 and are
disclosed in the Software before you enable them. For more detail, see
our privacy information at https://familyloupe.com/terms.
7. PAYMENT, TAXES, AND REFUNDS
Paid licenses are sold through a third-party merchant of record (for
direct purchases, Lemon Squeezy; for purchases made through the Microsoft
Store, Microsoft). The merchant of record processes your payment, handles
applicable taxes, and administers refunds under its own policies and the
refund terms presented to you at checkout. Contact us at
support@familyloupe.com if you have a problem with a purchase.
8. UPDATES
We may make updates, bug fixes, or new versions of the Software available
from time to time. The Software may check for updates automatically and
notify you. We are not obligated to provide any update, support, or
maintenance, and may change or discontinue features.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE,
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE
ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY
GENEALOGICAL DATA, MATCHES, HINTS, OR ANALYSIS PRODUCED OR DISPLAYED BY
THE SOFTWARE ARE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING
ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO
SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WHERE IMPLIED WARRANTIES CANNOT
BE EXCLUDED, THEY ARE LIMITED TO THE SHORTEST PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL
SEVENTIETH AND SMITH BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR
GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SOFTWARE,
WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE
LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR
THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE
CLAIM, OR (B) TWENTY U.S. DOLLARS (USD 20.00).
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME
OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11. TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically
if you breach it. On termination you must stop using and uninstall the
Software. You may keep files containing Your Content. Sections 3, 4, 9,
10, and 12 survive termination.
12. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina,
USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not
apply. The exclusive venue for any dispute is the state and federal
courts located in Alamance County, North Carolina, and you consent to
their jurisdiction, except where applicable law gives you the right to
bring proceedings in your country of residence.
13. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
We may update this Agreement for future versions of the Software. The
version accompanying a given release governs your use of that release.
The current version is always available at
https://familyloupe.com/terms.
14. GENERAL
If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the rest
remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
You may not assign this Agreement; we may assign it in connection with a
merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. This Agreement, together with the
order terms presented at checkout, is the entire agreement between you
and us regarding the Software.
15. THIRD-PARTY AND OPEN-SOURCE NOTICES
The Software includes third-party and open-source components, each under
its own license. Attributions are listed in the Software under
Admin > About > Acknowledgements.
16. CONTACT
Seventieth and Smith LLC
100 Village Dr, 1414
Mebane, NC 27302, USA
support@familyloupe.com