AUTOGRAPH — END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT
Version 1.0 · 2026-07-28
© 2026 Ethan H.B. Zhou

This agreement is between you and Ethan H.B. Zhou ("the author"). By installing
or using Autograph ("the software") you accept it. If you do not accept it, do
not install or use the software.


1. LICENCE GRANTED

The author grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and
use the software on any device you own or control, for any purpose, personal or
commercial, at no charge.

This is a licence to use the software, not a sale of it. The author retains
ownership of the software, and all rights not expressly granted here are
reserved.


2. WHAT YOU MAY NOT DO

You may not:

  (a) redistribute, publish, rent, lease, lend, or otherwise make the software
      available to others as a download;
  (b) sell, sublicense, or charge anyone for access to the software;
  (c) remove or alter any copyright, authorship, or licence notice;
  (d) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software, except to the
      extent applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction.

Sending someone the download address is welcome. Passing the file around
yourself is not, and the reason is practical rather than proprietary: every
release is published with a checksum beside it, and a copy that arrives by some
other route cannot be checked against anything.


3. YOUR DOCUMENTS REMAIN YOURS

The software edits ordinary Markdown files that you supply. The author claims no
rights over anything you write with it, receives no copy of it, and no part of
it is transmitted to the author by the software.


4. UPDATES

This licence covers later versions of the software, unless a version is
accompanied by different terms — in which case those terms govern that version.


5. NO WARRANTY

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Stated plainly, because it matters more than the capital letters: this is a
pre-1.0 release, and it reads and rewrites the files you point it at. Keep
backups of anything you cannot afford to lose.


6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AUTHOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY — INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST OR
CORRUPTED DATA, LOST PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION — ARISING FROM OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT,
OR OTHERWISE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or
liabilities. Where that is so, the exclusions above apply only to the extent
permitted, and nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.


7. TERMINATION

This licence ends automatically if you breach it. On termination you must stop
using the software and delete your copies. Sections 3, 5, and 6 survive
termination.


8. CONTACT

ethan.northarc@gmail.com