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The old LICENSE.txt was a stock business EULA. It allowed use only "for your
internal business purposes", banned copying and reverse engineering of code we
publish, named "Zavage Software inc." as licensor, and claimed users agreed by
installing.

The new text lets anyone use the extension free of charge, for any purpose,
and withholds republishing, forks and reuse of the code. It also covers
versions 1.0 to 1.3, which AMO shows under one shared license record. The
README, CHANGELOG and package.json follow suit.

The text went through three multi-agent review passes. The decisions behind
it and the AMO publishing steps are in
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-19-license-design.md.

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1. Grant of License
Zavage Software Freeware License 1.0
This Zavage Software inc. License Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between
you (either an individual or a single entity) and Zavage Software inc. ("Licensor") for the
use of the software product identified above, which includes computer software and may include
associated media, printed materials, and "online" or electronic documentation (the "Software").
Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Mathew Guest <mat@zavage.net> (https://zavage-software.com), who publishes as Zavage Software ("Zavage Software").
By installing, copying, or otherwise using the Software,
you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If
you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, do not
install or use the Software.
Anyone may install and use this extension free of charge, for any purpose. That permission lasts forever for every version this license covers. Without permission, nobody may republish, sell or give away copies of it, changed or not, or reuse its code, text or images elsewhere. You may read its source code, but this isn't an open source license. The full terms follow.
This license covers the browser extension Search with ChatGPT powered by OpenAI! (the "Software"): every version Zavage Software made before this license or publishes with it, under any name and for any browser, together with their source code, icons, images, documentation and store listings. On addons.mozilla.org its add-on ID is {24644f0c-bfcb-4ebd-a16b-bc8a7d154288}. Anything in the Software or its repository history that belongs to someone else, such as another company's logo, isn't covered by this license and stays with its owner. In this license, "you" means the person or organization using the Software.
2. License
Section 1: What you may do
The Software is licensed, not sold. Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
Licensor grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
non-sublicensable license to use the Software solely for your
internal business purposes.
You may install and use the Software for any purpose, personal or commercial, on any number of devices, free of charge. You may install it for others too, on devices you manage, such as your family's or your organization's. You may also:
3. Restrictions
- make the copies you need to install, run, sync and back up the Software, including a copy on an internal server or network share for installing it on devices you manage;
- read, study and test its source code, including to check its security and privacy, and make the copies you need for that, such as a clone of the official repository; and
- change your own copy, and use, copy and share the changed version only within your own household or organization.
You may not:
These permissions are worldwide, permanent and irrevocable: as long as you follow section 2, Zavage Software can't take them back. Section 5 explains what happens if you don't.
Copy, modify, or create derivative works of the Software.
Distribute, sell, sublicense, lease, rent, or otherwise transfer the Software to any third party.
Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Software,
except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law.
Use the Software in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the
Software or interfere with any other party's use of the Software.
Section 2: What you may not do
4. Ownership
Except as this license allows, and unless Zavage Software gives you written permission (an email is enough), you may not:
All right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual
property rights, are and will remain the sole property of Licensor. This Agreement does
not grant you any rights in or to the Software other than the limited license granted above.
- publish, distribute, sell, rent or give the Software, or a version made from it (a fork), to anyone else, whether or not you charge for it, including by listing it on an add-on store (such as addons.mozilla.org, the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons) or posting it on a public website or in a public code repository. A fork includes a changed copy, a version for another browser, a userscript, and a translation of its code or text, whether made by hand, with AI or with other tools;
- copy or adapt any part of its code, text, icons or images for anything else, such as another add-on, app, script, website, service or store listing; or
- remove or change its copyright and license notices.
Sharing a link to the official listing or repository is always fine, and so is naming the Software, quoting short parts of it, or showing its icon and screenshots or videos of it in use, in a review, an article, a tutorial, a class, a security report or a support request. Nothing in this license limits rights the law gives you anyway, such as fair use or fair dealing. Zavage Software keeps every right this license doesn't give you.
5. Termination
Section 3: Names and logos
This Agreement is effective until terminated. Licensor may terminate this Agreement
immediately if you breach any term of this Agreement. Upon termination, you must cease
all use of the Software and destroy all copies of the Software in your possession or control.
You may use the Zavage Software name and the Software's name and icon to refer to the Software, but not to brand anything else or to suggest that Zavage Software made or endorsed something it didn't. ChatGPT and OpenAI are trademarks of OpenAI. The Software is unofficial and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI.
Section 4: ChatGPT is a separate service
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Software opens chatgpt.com in your browser with your text filled in. OpenAI runs ChatGPT under its own terms and privacy policy. Zavage Software doesn't control ChatGPT and isn't responsible for its availability or its answers, or for how OpenAI handles text that reaches ChatGPT through the Software.
The Software is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," without warranty of any kind.
Licensor disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or
otherwise, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
Section 5: If you break section 2
If you break section 2, Zavage Software may tell you so in writing (an email is enough). If, within 30 days of that notice, you stop and undo what you can, such as taking down copies you published, you keep your permissions under this license, though that doesn't excuse the breach. If you don't, or if you break section 2 again after a notice, your permissions under this license end: stop using the Software and delete your copies. Sections 6 to 10 still apply after that.
7. Limitation of Liability
Section 6: No warranty
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will Licensor be liable
for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of
profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use,
goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (a) your use of or inability to use
the Software; (b) any unauthorized access to or use of the Software; or (c) any other
matter relating to the Software.
Because the Software is free, it comes without a warranty:
TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
8. Governing Law
Section 7: Limit of liability
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Denver, CO and the United States,
without regard to its conflict of law principles.
TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THE SOFTWARE OR THIS LICENSE, ZAVAGE SOFTWARE IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST DATA, PROFITS OR GOODWILL, AND ITS TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL SUCH CLAIMS WILL NOT EXCEED US$50.
Sections 6 and 7 don't limit liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, for harm caused deliberately, recklessly or through gross negligence, or under product liability laws. They also don't limit any other liability, or take away any consumer right, that the law doesn't allow to be limited or taken away.
9. Entire Agreement
Section 8: Law
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Licensor regarding the use of the
Software and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations,
and warranties, both written and oral.
Colorado law and United States federal law govern this license. If you use the Software as a consumer, outside your trade, business or profession, you also keep the protections of the law where you live that an agreement can't take away.
10. Contact Information
Section 9: Earlier and later versions
If you have any questions about this Agreement, please contact Zavage Software Inc. at:
This license replaces any other terms that came with the versions it covers. A later version may come with different terms, but they can't take back what this license gives you for the versions it covers.
* mat@zavage.net (email)
* https://zavage-software.com (website)
Section 10: General
- If a court won't enforce part of this license, the rest still applies.
- If the Software passes to someone else, such as a company, this license keeps applying and they take Zavage Software's place in it.
Section 11: Contact
Official listing: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-with-chatgpt/
Official repository: https://git-repos.zavage.net/zavage-software/search-with-chatgpt-powered-by-openai-extension
Questions, permission requests or security reports: mat@zavage.net, https://zavage-software.com