Plain terms for a plain tool.

These terms govern your use of the mote application and website. The bold sentence at the start of each section is a summary; the paragraph below it is what binds.

1. License grant

You buy a perpetual license to use mote, not a subscription. Subject to these terms and payment of the applicable fee, the developer of mote grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual license to install and use the major version of mote current at purchase (for example 1.x) and every release of that major version, on up to three devices that you own or control and use personally. A Personal license may not be shared between people. Team and volume licenses are per named seat.

2. Trial

The trial is 14 days, full-featured, and then read-only. You may evaluate mote for 14 days from first launch without charge. After that, editing functions are disabled until a license key is entered; opening, reading, searching, and exporting files remain available. Circumventing the trial timer is a breach of these terms. The public beta has no trial period.

3. Updates

Every release within your major version is included. A new major version is a separate purchase, offered to existing owners at a discount and never automatic.

4. Purchases, taxes, refunds

Paddle sells it; refunds are 14 days, no questions. Purchases are processed by Paddle.com Market Ltd. as merchant of record, whose buyer terms also apply. Tax is shown at checkout for your country; the price shown there is the price you pay. You may request a full refund within 14 days of purchase for any reason by contacting support. Launch and promotional prices apply only while the pricing page shows them.

5. Restrictions

Don't resell it, crack it, or pass it off as yours. You may not sublicense, rent, lease, or resell mote or a license key; remove or alter license enforcement; reverse engineer the software except where permitted by law; or use mote's name or marks to suggest endorsement. Keys found being distributed publicly will be revoked.

6. Your files

Your files are yours and never leave your machine through mote. We claim no rights in any content you create or edit. mote does not transmit file contents. Because mote writes directly to your files, you are responsible for keeping backups; see section 8.

7. Privacy

Our handling of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

8. Warranty and liability

We work hard to keep your bytes exact, but the software is provided as is. To the maximum extent permitted by law, mote is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that it is error-free. Our total liability arising from these terms or your use of mote is limited to the amount you paid for your license in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including for death, personal injury, or fraud, or your statutory rights as a consumer.

9. Termination

Your license ends automatically if you materially breach these terms and do not cure the breach within 14 days of notice. On termination you must stop using mote and delete your copies. Sections 6 through 11 survive.

10. Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms for future versions. The terms in force when you purchased continue to apply to that version. Material changes will be summarized on this page and in the release notes.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, and disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Seoul, except that consumers retain the protection of mandatory law in their country of residence.

12. Contact

the developer of mote · legal@motemd.com