Agreement
These terms govern your use of the Sidenote website at awbuilds.github.io/sidenote and the hosted app at sidenoteapp.vercel.app. By using either, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the site or the hosted app.
They do not govern a Sidenote deployment run by someone else; that operator's terms apply there. They also do not replace the software licence.
The service
The website describes the project. The hosted app is a free, local-only build: notes are stored in your browser and no account is created. We do not run a shared sync service, a notes server or a backup service for you.
We may change, suspend or withdraw the hosted app or any part of the site at any time. We do not guarantee that either will be available, uninterrupted or error-free.
Licence
Sidenote is free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 only (AGPL-3.0). The licence governs your right to run, study, modify and distribute the software, and it includes a source-code offer for network use. The full text is in LICENSE.
If you run a modified version as a network service, the AGPL requires you to offer its corresponding source to users. These terms do not reduce or replace those obligations.
Your data and backups
You own the content you create. The hosted app does not receive it, and we claim no licence to it.
You are responsible for your data. Browser storage can be cleared by you or evicted by the browser under pressure. Export a ZIP backup regularly and keep it somewhere safe. We cannot restore notes that were never sent to a server we operate.
Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use the site or hosted app for anything unlawful, infringing or fraudulent;
- upload, share or link to malware, illegal content, or content that violates someone else's rights;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site, its hosting, or another person's deployment;
- interfere with the availability or integrity of the site, for example with denial-of-service traffic or automated scraping that burdens it;
- misrepresent your identity or affiliation with the project;
- use share links to harass, threaten, stalk or distribute content you have no right to share.
We may remove content or restrict access where we reasonably believe these rules are broken, or where the law requires it.
Share links
A share link makes a note readable by anyone who has the URL. You are responsible for the decision to create one, for choosing a password and expiry where appropriate, and for revoking it when it is no longer needed. Do not share content you do not have the right to disclose.
Availability
The site and hosted app are provided free of charge and on an “as available” basis. There is no service-level agreement. Maintenance, hosting incidents and changes to third-party providers may interrupt them.
Disclaimer of warranty
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the site and hosted app are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be free of errors or that data will not be lost.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any warranty or right that cannot be excluded or limited under the law that applies to you, including mandatory consumer rights.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill or business opportunity, arising from your use of the site or hosted app.
Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the site or hosted app is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, which is zero for the free service, or (b) the minimum amount required by applicable law.
Nothing excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.
Copyright complaints
If you believe content on the site infringes your copyright, contact us through the private channel with the work, the URL, your contact details and a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorised. We will review and act as appropriate. GitHub also provides a copyright complaint process for content it hosts.
General
If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in force. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These terms, together with the AGPL-3.0 for the software, are the entire agreement between you and us about the website and hosted app.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at the operator's place of residence have jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer law gives you the right to bring a claim in your own country. If you are a consumer in the EU or UK, nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights or your local courts.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The effective date at the top shows the current version, and material changes are recorded in the repository. Continuing to use the site or hosted app after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms: use the private report channel for anything sensitive, or open an issue for general questions.