Terms of Service

The basics

We-Amp B.V., a company registered in the Netherlands (KvK: 57898138), operates modpagespeed.com, we-amp.com, iispeed.com, and ngxpagespeed.com, and provides ModPageSpeed software under a commercial subscription. These terms govern your use of all websites and services operated by We-Amp B.V. By activating a license key — whether a trial key or a paid subscription key — you agree to these terms.

Software license

ModPageSpeed 2.0 is distributed today as a commercial binary. These Terms of Service govern the subscription — billing, support, and operational use. Source publication under the Business Source License 1.1 is on our public roadmap; see the source license roadmap for details. If source-availability ships during your subscription term, these Terms continue to govern the commercial relationship and the BSL will govern your rights to the published source.

Intellectual property

ModPageSpeed 2.0 and its documentation are owned by We-Amp B.V. Your subscription grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the software on the number of servers included in your plan. Each license is scoped to one or more specific products (for example, ModPageSpeed 2.0 or mod_pagespeed 1.1). A license for one product does not grant rights to use another — the software enforces this technically by rejecting license tokens that do not include the running product. All other rights are reserved.

mod_pagespeed is an open-source project originally developed at Google. ModPageSpeed 2.0 is developed by We-Amp B.V. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Your subscription

Subscriptions are available on monthly or annual billing cycles. All billing is handled through FastSpring, our Merchant of Record. You can cancel your subscription at any time through the FastSpring customer portal — no emails to support, no hoops to jump through.

Subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current rate for your plan until you cancel. For a new subscription started from the 14-day free trial, your card is charged on day 15 (the first day after the trial ends) and then on each renewal date for your billing cycle. You can cancel at any time through the FastSpring customer portal; cancel before day 15 and you will not be charged.

Your subscription grants you an Ed25519-signed license key for the number of servers included in your plan. Each key specifies which products it covers and a maximum number of concurrent server instances. The key is for your use only and may not be shared, resold, or transferred to third parties.

The instance limit is a contractual limit — the software will not stop working if you exceed it. However, the software does report the number of active instances (see Data processing below), and we may contact you to arrange an upgrade if your usage consistently exceeds your plan.

Product scope is technically enforced. If you hold a license for ModPageSpeed 2.0 and attempt to use it with mod_pagespeed 1.1 (or vice versa), the software will reject the key. Contact sales@we-amp.com if you need to add a product to your license.

Instance limits

Each plan includes a maximum number of concurrent server instances. For example, a Pro plan covers up to 5 servers. This limit is contractual, not technical — the software will continue to operate normally even if you temporarily exceed it.

We monitor instance counts using the heartbeat described under Data processing. If your usage consistently exceeds your plan limit, we will contact you to discuss an upgrade. We will not disable a running service over an instance-count overage without first contacting you.

Ephemeral instances (containers, autoscaling groups) that appear and disappear are normal. Heartbeat records expire after a period of inactivity (typically around 30 days), so short-lived instances do not permanently count against your limit.

We consider usage "consistently exceeding" your plan when the average number of active instances over a rolling period (approximately 30 days) exceeds your plan limit. We will always contact you to discuss an upgrade before taking any action. Short-term spikes from deployments, autoscaling, or testing do not trigger enforcement.

Free trial

The 14-day trial is limited to one trial per email address. Trial keys are functionally identical to paid keys — same features, same performance.

If you start a subscription from the trial, your card is charged on day 15 and the subscription renews automatically at the then-current rate until cancelled (see Your subscription above). Cancel before day 15 through the FastSpring customer portal and you pay nothing. If you do not subscribe, the module stops processing new optimizations when the trial expires and passes requests through unmodified.

Payment

FastSpring is our Merchant of Record. They handle all billing, sales tax, VAT, and invoicing on our behalf. Your payment relationship is with FastSpring, and their terms apply to the payment process.

Cancellation & refunds

You can cancel your subscription at any time through the FastSpring customer portal. When you cancel, your subscription remains active until the end of the current billing period. You continue to receive updates and support until then. After the billing period ends, the module stops processing new optimizations and passes requests through unmodified.

Refund requests are handled by FastSpring as Merchant of Record, subject to their refund policy.

EU/EEA consumers have a 14-day right of withdrawal under EU Directive 2011/83/EU. If you request immediate access to the software upon purchase, you acknowledge that you may lose this right once the service has been fully provided. For details on exercising this right, contact info@we-amp.com or use the FastSpring customer portal.

Acceptable use

You may not:

• Reverse engineer the license key signing mechanism
• Tamper with, disable, or circumvent the instance heartbeat or license renewal mechanism
• Share, redistribute, or sell license keys
• Use the trial system to obtain multiple trials for the same deployment
• Use the software to attack, disrupt, or overload third-party systems
• Scrape, benchmark, or load-test our website or demo infrastructure without permission

Data processing

ModPageSpeed runs entirely on your servers and does not process or transmit your visitors' data to us. However, the software does communicate with our license service at api.modpagespeed.com in two ways:

• License renewal. Periodically (typically about twice a day), the software contacts our API to renew its license token. This is unchanged from prior versions.
• Instance heartbeat. During the same renewal call, the software sends a pseudonymous instance identifier, the product identifier (e.g., "mps2"), and the software version string. The instance identifier is a SHA-256 hash derived from your subscription ID and a locally generated random UUID — no hostnames, MAC addresses, or other machine-identifying information ever leaves your server.

We use the heartbeat data solely to count concurrent server instances per subscription. Heartbeat records are automatically deleted after a period of inactivity (typically around 30 days). The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interest (license compliance in a B2B context). You have the right to object to this processing by contacting info@we-amp.com. Full details are in our privacy policy.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate your license if you breach these terms. We will notify you by email and provide 14 days to remedy the breach before termination, except where the breach involves redistribution of license keys or circumvention of the licensing mechanism (immediate termination).

Upon termination, your license key is invalidated and the module stops processing optimizations.

Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the software is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. We do our best to ship reliable software, but we cannot guarantee it will be free of bugs or interruptions. We-Amp B.V.'s total liability is limited to the amount you paid in the preceding 12 months. Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by negligence. EU/EEA consumers retain statutory warranty rights as provided by applicable local law.

Governing law & disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of ModPageSpeed 2.0 shall be submitted to the competent courts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes — anything that affects your rights or obligations — will be communicated via email at least 30 days before they take effect. The version identifier at the top of this page will be updated.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach us at info@we-amp.com.