Licensing

Licensing and Ownership

This page sets out the respective ownership and licensing positions for RiverPen, the client, and third-party rights holders.

RiverPen ownership

RiverPen retains ownership of its pre-existing code, design systems, frameworks, methods, templates, and reusable tools.
Any licence or assignment applies only to the final custom deliverables described in the signed project contract.
Nothing in a project quotation is to be construed as a transfer of RiverPen's underlying business methods or internal tooling.

Upon receipt of full payment, the client receives ownership or licence rights only in respect of the deliverables stated in the contract.
If editable source files, design files, or repositories are included, that fact should be stated clearly in the proposal.
Client-supplied assets remain the client's property, subject to any third-party rights attaching to them.

Open-source packages remain governed by their own licence terms, including attribution, notice, or copyleft obligations where applicable.
Stock imagery, fonts, plugins, APIs, and cloud services are not transferred unless the relevant provider permits transfer.
If the project relies on a third-party licence that limits commercial use, that limitation must be disclosed before delivery.

Unless the contract provides otherwise, RiverPen may display non-confidential finished work, screenshots, logos, or project summaries in its portfolio, proposals, and social channels.
Confidential projects must be protected by a written NDA or confidentiality clause before work commences.
The client must not resell, repackage, or represent RiverPen's pre-existing assets as exclusive to the client without a written transfer or licence permitting that use.

Effective date: August 24, 2025