Terms of Service

• You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you represent that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agrees to these Terms on your behalf.
• You may not use the Service if you are barred from doing so under the laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.
• By downloading or installing a Product, completing a purchase through LemonSqueezy or Google Play, or submitting an inquiry through our website, you affirm your acceptance of these Terms.

2.1 Website

The SG57 Labs website is freely accessible. No account or registration is required. Your use of the website is subject to these Terms.

2.2 Clide

Clide is a desktop application for Windows. We offer a free tier with limited features and a paid “Pro” tier.

• Pro license — a one-time purchase of $39 USD, granting a perpetual, non-exclusive license to use Clide Pro on up to two (2) machines simultaneously. You may transfer your license between machines at any time.
• Refunds — Pro purchases are eligible for a full refund within fourteen (14) days of purchase, processed through LemonSqueezy.
• License validation — Clide validates your license key against LemonSqueezy’s servers. Your machine identifier and license key are transmitted during validation. No other data is sent.
• You may not share, sell, sublicense, or publicly distribute your license key. Abuse of license keys (including exceeding activation limits or circumventing validation) may result in license revocation.

2.3 Siftr

Siftr is a free desktop application for Windows provided as-is. No purchase or license key is required.

2.4 Text Easy

Text Easy is a free Android application with optional in-app purchases processed by Google Play Billing.

• Your Gemini API key — Text Easy requires you to provide your own Google Gemini API key. You are solely responsible for obtaining, securing, and maintaining your API key, for all charges incurred through Google’s API, and for complying with Google’s Gemini API terms. SG57 Labs is not responsible for API outages, key suspension, usage charges, or any actions taken by Google regarding your key.
• In-app purchases — purchases are handled by Google Play. Refunds, billing disputes, and payment processing are governed by Google Play’s terms. SG57 Labs does not handle payment information directly.

SG57 Labs offers web development, brand identity, and digital infrastructure consulting. These Terms provide baseline terms for inquiries and engagement.

• Consulting engagements are governed by separate written agreements (statements of work, proposals, or contracts). In the event of a conflict between these Terms and a signed consulting agreement, the consulting agreement prevails.
• Submitting an inquiry through our website or contacting us by email does not create a client relationship, an obligation to provide services, or a duty of confidentiality. Do not send confidential or sensitive information until a written agreement is in place.

When using the Service, you agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, underlying ideas, or algorithms of any Product, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Use automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access, collect, or interact with the website or any Product, except where we expressly permit it.
• Copy, redistribute, sublicense, or commercially exploit any Product or its components without our prior written permission.
• Share, sell, or publicly distribute license keys, or circumvent license validation or activation mechanisms.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, including by exploiting vulnerabilities, flooding requests, or uploading content designed to impair the Service.
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Use the Service to develop, train, or improve any machine-learning or AI model, or to generate derivative datasets, without our prior written permission.

5.1 Our rights

The Service — including all software, text, graphics, logos, icons, and compiled binaries — is owned by SG57 Labs or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. “SG57 Labs,” “Clide,” “Siftr,” and “Text Easy” are trademarks of SG57 Labs. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right to use our trademarks without prior written permission. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

5.2 Your license

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable (except for Clide Pro machine transfers as described in §2.2), revocable license to use the Products for your personal or internal business purposes.

5.3 Open-source components

Our Products may include third-party and open-source software components. Those components are governed by their respective licenses, which take precedence over these Terms for those components. A list of such licenses may be included within each Product’s installation directory or documentation.

5.4 Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions, or other feedback about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without attribution or compensation. You remain free to use the same ideas yourself.

Several SG57 Labs Products involve artificial intelligence. You acknowledge and agree that:

• AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. AI-generated text, suggestions, commands, or other output are provided for convenience only and are not professional, legal, medical, financial, or therapeutic advice.
• You must review all output before relying on or acting on it. You are solely responsible for evaluating, validating, and deciding whether to use any AI-generated output.
• Clide users are responsible for any commands executed in their terminal environments. SG57 Labs is not liable for damage caused by commands you choose to run, whether suggested by AI or otherwise.
• Text Easy users are responsible for reviewing AI-generated messages before sending them. SG57 Labs is not liable for the content or consequences of messages you send.

The Service integrates with or relies on the following third-party services. Your use of these services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies:

• LemonSqueezy — merchant of record for Clide Pro purchases. LemonSqueezy handles payment processing, tax collection, invoicing, and refund fulfillment.
• Google Play — handles billing, refunds, and payment processing for Text Easy in-app purchases.
• Google Gemini API — provides AI processing for Text Easy. Requests go directly from your device to Google’s servers using your own API key.
• Formspree — processes contact-form submissions on the SG57 Labs website.

SG57 Labs is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or conduct of third-party services. In the event of a conflict between third-party terms and these Terms regarding payment or transaction handling, the third-party payment provider’s terms control.

• We may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service (including features, pricing, or availability of Products) at any time, with or without notice. We will make reasonable efforts to provide advance notice of changes that materially affect existing functionality.
• You may stop using the Service at any time by uninstalling our Products and ceasing to access the website.
• We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service — including disabling license keys — if you violate these Terms, engage in fraud or abuse, initiate a chargeback on a valid purchase, or if required by law. Where practicable, we will provide notice and an opportunity to cure.
• Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including §5 (Intellectual Property), §6 (AI-Generated Content), §9 (Disclaimers), §10 (Dispute Resolution), §12 (Limitation of Liability), and §13 (Indemnification) — will survive termination of these Terms.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

AI-generated output, recommendations, and suggestions provided by any Product are for informational and convenience purposes only. They do not constitute professional advice of any kind and should not be relied on as such.

SG57 Labs does not guarantee any level of support, uptime, or maintenance for free Products unless otherwise agreed in writing.

10.1 Informal resolution

Before filing a formal dispute, you agree to try to resolve it informally by contacting us at support@sg57.dev and giving us at least thirty (30) days to respond.

10.2 Binding individual arbitration

If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, you and SG57 Labs agree to resolve it through final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, as modified by these Terms. The arbitration will be conducted in English, in the State of Delaware or another mutually agreed location, or by video conference where available. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

10.3 Class-action waiver

You and SG57 Labs agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative action. If this waiver is found unenforceable, the entirety of §10 shall be null and void and the parties will resolve the dispute in court as provided in §11.

10.4 Exceptions and opt-out

• Either party may bring an individual claim in a small-claims court of competent jurisdiction in lieu of arbitration.
• Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent actual or threatened infringement of intellectual-property rights.
• You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing support@sg57.dev within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms, including your name and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. For disputes not subject to arbitration, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware. Nothing in this section deprives consumers of the protections of mandatory local laws in their jurisdiction of residence.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SG57 LABS AND ITS OWNER, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD $100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or damages. In those jurisdictions, the above limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law, and nothing in these Terms limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation).

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SG57 Labs and its owner, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your use of the Service, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) any commands you execute based on AI-generated suggestions, or (d) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

You may not use or access the Service from, or export the Service to, any country or to any person subject to U.S. sanctions or export controls (including those administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security). You represent that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country, and that you are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.

SG57 Labs will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, labor disputes, government action, pandemic, infrastructure failure, power failure, or disruptions to the internet or to cloud-hosting providers.

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above at least thirty (30) days before the changes take effect, except where a shorter period is required by law or by a security concern. Your continued use of the Service after a change becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you should discontinue use of the Service.

• Entire agreement. These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and SG57 Labs regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
• Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect, and the invalid provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of that right or provision.
• Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• No agency. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created by these Terms.