Snappington Beta Terms

1. Who we are and what these terms cover

Snappington is made and published by [OWNER LEGAL NAME], an individual based in [STATE], United States (“we”, “us”). There is no company behind it. You can reach us at hello@snappington.app.

These Beta Terms (the “Terms”) are an agreement between you and us. They cover the beta versions of the Snappington desktop app, their installers, their updates during the beta and their documentation (together, the “Beta”). Our Privacy Policy explains what data the Beta and this website handle; it is part of these Terms.

By installing or using the Beta, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use it.

2. Who can use the Beta

• You must be old enough to make a binding agreement where you live (in most places, 18). If you are not, a parent or guardian must agree to these Terms for you.
• The Beta is not meant for children under 13, and you may not use it if you are under 13 (or under the minimum age for using online services without a parent’s consent where you live, if that is higher).
• If you use the Beta for an organisation, such as your employer, you confirm that you are allowed to accept these Terms for it. In that case “you” means both you and the organisation.
• You may not use the Beta if the law, including export-control and sanctions law, does not allow you to receive it.

3. Your licence to use the Beta

While these Terms are in force, we give you a personal, free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the Beta on computers you own or control, for any lawful purpose. Personal and business use are both allowed during the Beta.

The Beta is licensed, not sold. We, and the people we license parts of it from, keep all rights in it, including its code, design, artwork, the Inspector character and the Snappington name and logo. Anything not expressly granted here is reserved.

The Beta includes open-source and other third-party components. Each is licensed under its own terms, which are listed in the notices that come with the app. Where those terms give you more rights than section 4, they apply to that component.

4. What you may not do

You must not, and must not help anyone else to:

• Redistribute the installer or the app. Do not sell, rent, lend, share, mirror or host copies. If you want to tell people about Snappington, link to the official site, snappington.app. Installing the Beta across your own organisation’s computers is fine.
• Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Beta, except to the extent the law where you live expressly allows it despite this restriction (for example, for interoperability).
• Get around the end date or any other technical limit in the Beta, for example by changing the system clock or modifying the app.
• Modify the Beta or make works based on it, or remove any copyright, trademark or other notice from it.
• Use the Beta to break the law or to infringe anyone’s rights, including their privacy.
• Use our name, logo or the Inspector character in a way that suggests we endorse you or your product.

None of this limits what you may do with your own captures, recordings and exports, or with the published .snpt and .snpv file formats.

5. It’s a beta

The Beta is unfinished software released so people can try it and tell us what is wrong. It will have bugs. Some may crash the app or lose unsaved work.

• It may change. We may add, change or remove features in any build, without notice.
• It may be interrupted or end. We may stop offering downloads or updates at any time, and we may end the Beta. We have no obligation to fix bugs, answer questions or release a final version.
• How long it runs. The public Beta is planned to last about one month from [BETA START DATE]. We may extend it by releasing builds with later end dates.

6. The end date and read-only mode

Every beta build has an end date built into it. We will say what it is where you download the build.

After a build’s end date, that build becomes read-only:

• You can still open, view, search and export the files you already have.
• You cannot make new captures or recordings, or edit files, with that build.
• Installing a newer build, if one is available, lifts the limit until that build’s own end date.

The end date is checked on your PC. The Beta does not need an account, and we cannot switch off a build you have already installed.

Your files do not expire. They are saved on your disk in documented formats, and they stay yours whatever happens to the Beta or to us.

7. Your files and your backups

Everything you capture, record, mark up or export with the Beta is yours. We claim no rights in it, and we do not receive a copy of it unless you choose to send us something (see section 10).

Your files are stored only on your PC, or wherever you choose to save or upload them. You are responsible for backing them up. Beta software can have bugs that damage or lose data, so keep copies of anything that matters.

The Redact tool is designed to remove pixels for good, and Blur is labelled as cosmetic. It is still up to you to check anything before you share it.

8. What you capture is your responsibility

Snappington can capture your screen, record video, and, if you turn them on, record your microphone, your system audio, your webcam and the keys you press. You are responsible for making sure you have the right to capture, record, keep and share whatever you use it on. In particular:

• Other people’s information. Screens often show other people’s names, messages, faces and personal data. Capturing or sharing it may need their permission, or be covered by privacy law.
• Calls and meetings. Many places, including several US states, require everyone on a call or in a conversation to agree before it is recorded. Get consent where the law requires it.
• Your workplace. Your employer or client may have rules about capturing screens, recording meetings or using third-party software. Follow them.
• Copyright and confidentiality. Films, streams, paid courses and confidential material may be protected. Do not capture or share what you have no right to.
• Keystrokes. Key recording is off by default. If you turn on “All keys”, typed text is recorded. Do not use it to record other people’s typing without their knowledge and any consent the law requires.

9. Services you connect

Some features work with services that we do not run and are not responsible for:

• AI with your own key. If you add your own API key for Anthropic or an OpenAI-compatible service, the requests the app sends for you, their cost and what the provider does with them are between you and that provider, under its terms and policies.
• Upload destinations. If you connect Slack, Google Drive, OneDrive or your own server, what you upload is governed by that service’s terms and policies.
• AI assistants. If you let an AI assistant on your PC use Snappington, what that assistant does with the results is governed by its own terms.
• Downloads from others. Some optional features download a model from a third party (such as GitHub or Hugging Face) the first time you use them, after you agree.

You are responsible for following those services’ terms and for any fees they charge you. We may change or remove support for any of them.

10. Feedback and problem reports

We’d love to hear what works and what doesn’t. If you send us ideas, suggestions or bug reports (“Feedback”), you give us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use, copy, change and build on that Feedback for any purpose, without owing you anything. You do not have to send Feedback. Please do not send anything confidential.

“Report a problem” and crash reports are only sent if you press Send, after you have seen exactly what will be sent. How we handle the personal data in them is explained in the Privacy Policy.

11. No warranty

To the fullest extent the law allows, the Beta is provided “as is” and “as available”, with all faults and without warranties or conditions of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy or quiet enjoyment. We do not promise that the Beta will work without errors or interruption, be secure, keep your data safe, or meet your needs.

Some places do not allow some warranties to be excluded. If you live in one, the exclusions above apply only as far as your local law allows.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows: (a) we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, revenue, business, goodwill or use, arising out of or related to these Terms or the Beta, however caused and under any theory of liability, even if we were told they were possible; and (b) our total liability for all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or the Beta is limited to [US$50].

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law, such as liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for gross negligence or wilful misconduct where the law does not allow it to be limited. If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms takes away rights you have under the law where you live that cannot be waived by contract.

13. Ending these Terms

• By you. You can stop using the Beta at any time by uninstalling it.
• By us. We may end your licence if you seriously break these Terms (in particular section 4). We will tell you by email if we have your address.
• When the Beta ends. These Terms continue for any beta build you keep installed. Each build becomes read-only after its end date, as section 6 describes.

When your licence ends, you must stop using and delete the Beta. Your files stay yours. Sections 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17 continue to apply after these Terms end.

14. When Snappington becomes a paid product

We plan to sell Snappington as a paid product after the Beta. The price is not decided yet.

• The paid product will come with its own terms, which we will offer when it launches. These Beta Terms do not cover it, and nothing in them promises a price, a discount or a free period.
• You will never be charged for the Beta, and it will not turn into a paid subscription on its own. Buying the paid product will be your choice.
• Your files stay readable whether or not you buy it.

15. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms, for example for a new beta build. When we do, we will post the new version on this page with a new effective date. For a significant change we will also say so in the release notes of the next build and, if you have given us your email address for the Beta, by email.

Unless the law or a security need requires otherwise, a change takes effect 14 days after we post it. It does not apply to a dispute that arose before then. If you do not agree to the change, stop using the Beta and uninstall it; continuing to use it after the change takes effect means you accept it.

16. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [STATE] and the federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Beta will be decided only by the state or federal courts located in [COUNTY, STATE], and you and we agree to their jurisdiction. Either of us may still bring a claim in a small-claims court that has jurisdiction.

If you are a consumer living outside the United States, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you may bring a claim in its courts.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms. You must comply with all export-control and sanctions laws that apply to your use of the Beta.

17. General

• Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and the third-party notices that come with the app are the whole agreement between you and us about the Beta. They replace anything else said or written about it.
• Severability. If a court finds any part of these Terms unenforceable, that part is changed as little as needed to make it enforceable, and the rest stays in force.
• No waiver. If we do not enforce a term straight away, we can still enforce it later.
• Transfer. You may not transfer these Terms to anyone else. We may transfer them to someone who takes over Snappington, and we will tell you if that happens.
• No third-party rights. Nobody other than you and us has rights under these Terms.
• Notices. We may send notices to the email address you gave us, if any, or post them on this site. Send notices to us at hello@snappington.app.

18. Contact

[OWNER LEGAL NAME]
[MAILING ADDRESS]
hello@snappington.app

Draft — pending legal review. Effective date: [DATE].