Loam Update Service Terms

What a licence key buys, what the update service keeps, and what happens when a term ends: nothing stops. Version 1.1.

Version 1.1 — 20 October 2026. Referred to by the Loam Licence, condition 6, and the Support Policy.

The service

The update service at license.helloloam.dev serves signed loam releases to installations that hold a licence key. loam license binds a key to an installation and gives it the trust anchor; loam update fetches a release, verifies it against that anchor, replaces the engine whole and runs migrate; a release that fails its own check is rolled back. The service never reaches an installation: the installation pulls.

The term

  1. A licence key entitles one installation — one site root on one host — to every release published in the twelve months from the day the key is issued. A release published in that window may be pulled after it too.
  2. The term can be renewed at any time, for the same price per period. A lapse costs nothing extra: a renewal starts on the day it is made.
  3. After the term, the installation keeps running at its release. loam update says in words that a feature needs a running term, and which fix is still free; nothing stops.
  4. Fixes are free. Every release says what it is: a fix (a patch, including security fixes), a feature, or a new line. A fix may be pulled by any licensed installation on a supported line (Support Policy) — every licence comes with its key — whether or not its term is current. A feature, and the first release of a new line, need a running term.
  5. A key belongs to one installation. It may be moved to another domain after proof of the key; it is never shared between installations.

What the service keeps

The domain; the key, encrypted and filed under its fingerprint; the status and term; and a pull log of which release was pulled when, kept for twelve months. Nothing of the site: no content, no visitors, no logs of it. To slow down abuse, the service counts requests per address — as a hash, for a minute. A key that is cancelled is kept for twelve months for the books, then removed. Payment runs through the payment provider under its own terms; what it asks of you, it keeps.

Acceptance

Running loam license accepts the Loam Licence, these terms and the Support Policy as they stand that day; the installation writes the acceptance, with its date, in its journal.

Availability

The service is provided on a best-effort basis, without a service-level commitment. An installation never depends on it to run; an outage affects pulling only.

Revocation

A key is revoked only for a breach of the Loam Licence — above all redistribution, or circumventing the signed-release chain. The installation keeps running; pulling stops. A lapsed payment is not a revocation: the term simply ends.

Plans and prices

Plans and prices are published on this site, per installation, excluding VAT. A platform that provides sites to its own clients registers a key per client installation under its plan, and is the first line for those clients.

Changes, law and forum

These terms may change for terms that begin after the change, with notice on this site. They are governed by the laws of the Netherlands; disputes are brought before the competent court of Rotterdam, without prejudice to mandatory rules on jurisdiction. The service is run by Joey den Braven, trading as Braaf - codes en creaties, Rotterdam.