diff --git a/app/app/templates/components/global-settings.hbs b/app/app/templates/components/global-settings.hbs
index 28146c08..5f80caea 100644
--- a/app/app/templates/components/global-settings.hbs
+++ b/app/app/templates/components/global-settings.hbs
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 <form class="form-bordered">
     <div class="form-header">
-        <div class="title">Edition License</div>
-        <div class="tip">Product license</div>
+        <div class="title">Optional Edition License</div>
+        <div class="tip">Only applies to Enterprise Edition</div>
     </div>
     <div class="input-control">
-        <label>License XML</label>
-        <div class="tip">Please provide valid XML</div>
+        <label>License</label>
+        <div class="tip">XML format accepted</div>
         {{textarea value=model.license rows="5"}}
     </div>
     <div class="regular-button button-blue" {{ action 'saveLicense' }}>save</div>
diff --git a/cmd/documize-community/documize.go b/cmd/documize-community/documize.go
index 79390d9b..0379f1bc 100644
--- a/cmd/documize-community/documize.go
+++ b/cmd/documize-community/documize.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/documize/community/core/section"
 
 	_ "github.com/documize/community/embed" // the compressed front-end code and static data
-
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql" // the mysql driver is required behind the scenes
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"      // the mysql driver is required behind the scenes
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/core/api/endpoint/meta_endpoint.go b/core/api/endpoint/meta_endpoint.go
index 6cec5a05..b22d421d 100644
--- a/core/api/endpoint/meta_endpoint.go
+++ b/core/api/endpoint/meta_endpoint.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/documize/community/core"
 	"github.com/documize/community/core/api/entity"
 	"github.com/documize/community/core/api/request"
 	"github.com/documize/community/core/log"
@@ -41,13 +40,11 @@ func GetMeta(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	product := core.Product()
-
 	data.OrgID = org.RefID
 	data.Title = org.Title
 	data.Message = org.Message
 	data.AllowAnonymousAccess = org.AllowAnonymousAccess
-	data.Version = product.Version
+	data.Version = Product.Version
 
 	json, err := json.Marshal(data)
 
diff --git a/core/api/endpoint/server.go b/core/api/endpoint/server.go
index ec5ceedb..04b528fb 100644
--- a/core/api/endpoint/server.go
+++ b/core/api/endpoint/server.go
@@ -33,14 +33,21 @@ var port, certFile, keyFile, forcePort2SSL string
 var Product core.ProdInfo
 
 func init() {
-	Product = core.Product()
+	Product.Major = "0"
+	Product.Minor = "42"
+	Product.Patch = "0"
+	Product.Version = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", Product.Major, Product.Minor, Product.Patch)
+	Product.Edition = "Community"
+	Product.Title = fmt.Sprintf("%s Edition", Product.Edition)
+	Product.License = core.License{}
+	Product.License.Valid = true
+
 	environment.GetString(&certFile, "cert", false, "the cert.pem file used for https", nil)
 	environment.GetString(&keyFile, "key", false, "the key.pem file used for https", nil)
 	environment.GetString(&port, "port", false, "http/https port number", nil)
 	environment.GetString(&forcePort2SSL, "forcesslport", false, "redirect given http port number to TLS", nil)
 
-	// license state
-	log.Info(Product.License.Status())
+	log.Info("Server.Init complete")
 }
 
 var testHost string // used during automated testing
diff --git a/core/product.go b/core/product.go
index cee134aa..dcc653e9 100644
--- a/core/product.go
+++ b/core/product.go
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 
 package core
 
-import "fmt"
-import "time"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
 
 // ProdInfo describes a product
 type ProdInfo struct {
@@ -25,19 +27,6 @@ type ProdInfo struct {
 	License License
 }
 
-// Product returns product edition details
-func Product() (p ProdInfo) {
-	p.Major = "0"
-	p.Minor = "42"
-	p.Patch = "0"
-	p.Version = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", p.Major, p.Minor, p.Patch)
-	p.Edition = "Community"
-	p.Title = fmt.Sprintf("%s Edition", p.Edition)
-	p.License = License{}
-
-	return
-}
-
 // License holds details of product license.
 type License struct {
 	Name    string    `json:"name"`
@@ -47,6 +36,7 @@ type License struct {
 	End     time.Time `json:"end"`
 	Seats   int       `json:"seats"`
 	Trial   bool      `json:"trial"`
+	Valid   bool
 }
 
 // IsEmpty determines if we have a license.
@@ -54,17 +44,6 @@ func (l *License) IsEmpty() bool {
 	return l.Seats == 0 && len(l.Name) == 0 && len(l.Email) == 0 && l.Start.Year() == 1 && l.End.Year() == 1
 }
 
-// IsValid determines if we have populated and valid license.
-// An empty license is valid.
-func (l *License) IsValid() bool {
-	if l.IsEmpty() {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	now := time.Now().UTC()
-	return l.End.Day() <= now.Day() && l.End.Month() <= now.Month() && l.End.Year() <= now.Year()
-}
-
 // Status returns formatted message stating if license is empty/populated and invalid/valid.
 func (l *License) Status() string {
 	lp := "populated"
@@ -72,7 +51,7 @@ func (l *License) Status() string {
 		lp = "empty"
 	}
 	lv := "invalid"
-	if l.IsValid() {
+	if l.Valid {
 		lv = "valid"
 	}