Terms and conditions
The agreement for using Slate while it is in its invite-only beta.
1. The agreement
These terms are an agreement between you and Adam Davis, an individual developer in Florida, United States (“I”, “me”), who builds and runs Slate. They cover the Slate apps for Mac and the web, Slate accounts and sync, the Slate Clipper, the plugin catalogue, the website at slatenotes.app, and the early-access program (together, “Slate”). By submitting the early-access form, creating an account, or using Slate, you agree to these terms and to the privacy policy. If you don't agree, don't use Slate.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding agreement. You may use Slate only where the law allows it.
3. The beta
- Slate is pre-release. It may have bugs, change without notice, be unavailable, or lose features. It may also stop being offered.
- Access is by invitation. Submitting the form doesn't guarantee an invite, and invites are not transferable. Please don't share download links or builds you were given privately.
- Keep backups. Your notes are files on your own device. Back that folder up the way you would any important files. Sync is not a backup, and a bug could delete or change files.
- I may send you service emails about your account and the beta, such as invites, setup notes, security notices and feedback check-ins. You can unsubscribe from anything that isn't essential to your account.
4. Your account
Give an accurate email address. Keep your account password and your vault password safe; you are responsible for activity under your account. Synced notes are encrypted with a key only your vault password can open, so if you lose your vault password, I cannot recover your synced data. Copies on your devices are unaffected. Tell me promptly at privacy@slatenotes.app if you think your account has been compromised.
5. Your content
Your notes and files are yours. I claim no ownership of them. You give me only the permission needed to store and transmit your encrypted data so sync works, and it ends when you delete that data or your account. Synced content is end-to-end encrypted, and I cannot read it. You are responsible for what you store and for having the right to store it.
If you publish a plugin to the catalogue, you give me a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, review, list and distribute it to Slate users, and you confirm you have the right to do so.
6. Feedback
Feedback is the point of the beta, and it is welcome. If you send ideas, suggestions or bug reports, I may use them to improve Slate, without owing you payment or credit. I won't publish your name alongside feedback without asking.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use Slate to break the law, or to store or share content that is illegal or infringes someone else's rights.
- Try to access another person's account or data, or probe, scan or test the service's vulnerabilities without permission. If you find a security issue, email me first; good-faith reports are welcome.
- Interfere with the service, overload it (for example, with automated requests beyond normal use), or get around its limits.
- Resell, rent or sublicense access to Slate, or use the sync service as general-purpose storage for other applications.
- Publish plugins that are malicious, deceptive, or that collect data without telling people.
8. The software
During the beta, I grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use Slate for your own notes. Slate includes open-source components, which remain under their own licenses; see the notices that ship with the app. Names, logos and the Slate brand are not licensed to you.
9. Third-party services
Some features connect to services I don't run, such as AI providers you choose, weather and rate services, music sources, and plugins by other authors. Your use of those is governed by their terms, and I'm not responsible for them. Usage you incur with an AI provider, such as API charges, is between you and that provider.
10. Fees
The beta is free. If paid plans are introduced later, you will be told in advance, and you won't be charged for anything you haven't agreed to buy.
11. Ending
You can stop using Slate at any time. To delete your account and synced data, email privacy@slatenotes.app. I may suspend or end your access if you break these terms, if it's needed to protect the service or other users, or when the beta ends. Where reasonable, I'll give notice and time to export first. Your local notes are unaffected either way: they are files on your device. Sections 5 (plugin license), 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 survive the end of this agreement.
12. No warranty
Slate is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of data loss. To the fullest extent the law allows, all such warranties are disclaimed.
13. Liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, I will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits or goodwill, arising from or related to Slate, even if advised of the possibility. My total liability for any claim relating to Slate is limited to the greater of the amount you paid me for Slate in the twelve months before the claim, or fifty US dollars (US$50).
Some places don't allow these exclusions or limits, so some may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law.
14. Indemnity
If you use Slate in breach of these terms or the law, and that leads to a claim against me by someone else, you agree to cover the reasonable costs of that claim, to the extent the law allows.
15. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and applicable US federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Florida, and both parties consent to their jurisdiction. If you live in a country whose consumer laws give you the right to bring claims in your local courts, or under your local law, this section doesn't take that right away.
16. General
- Changes. I may update these terms. The date above will change, and testers will be emailed about material changes before they take effect. Continuing to use Slate after that means you accept them.
- Whole agreement. These terms and the privacy policy are the entire agreement about Slate.
- If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Not enforcing a term is not a waiver of it.
- You may not transfer these terms. I may transfer them to someone who takes over Slate, who must keep to them.
Contact
Adam Davis · Florida, United States · privacy@slatenotes.app