Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "Customer", or "you") and Poetrish ("we", "us", or "our"), operating the website located at https://www.poetrish.site (https://poetrish.site) and distributing the Poetrish desktop software application for macOS, Windows, and Linux (the "Software"). By downloading, installing, purchasing, or using the Software or visiting our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

2. Merchant of Record & Order Processing

When you purchase a Poetrish license, your transaction is processed by Paddle.com Market Limited (or its applicable regional entity) acting as the authorized Merchant of Record. Applicable value-added tax (VAT), sales tax, or goods and services tax (GST) is calculated and collected by Paddle at checkout in accordance with your local jurisdiction.

3. 28-Day Free Trial

Poetrish offers an unrestricted 28-day free trial upon first installation. During the trial period, all editing, metrical scansion, rhyme analysis, lexicon lookup, and document export features are available without requiring payment details or account registration. Once the 28-day trial expires, continued editing requires activating the Software with a valid Perpetual License key. Your poems and manuscripts remain stored locally on your device at all times.

4. Perpetual Software License Grant

Upon purchasing a Poetrish Perpetual License ($39 USD one-time payment, plus applicable local taxes), we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual license to install and use the Software subject to the following conditions:

• Personal Multi-Device Activation: A single license key permits activation on up to three (3) personal computers owned or controlled by you across any supported operating system (macOS, Windows, and Linux).
• Version Coverage: Your perpetual license includes access to all maintenance releases and feature updates within Major Version 1.x (`v0.x` through `v1.x`).
• Restrictions: You may not redistribute, resell, lease, sublicense, publicly share your activation key, or circumvent the Software's licensing verification mechanism.

5. Ownership of User Content & Manuscripts

You retain 100% ownership and all intellectual property rights to the poems, manuscripts, notes, exported cards, EPUBs, PDFs, and any other literary works you create using Poetrish. We claim no ownership or license over your writing, and your literary content never leaves your computer.

6. Intellectual Property of the Software

The Poetrish application, its user interface, prosodic analysis engine, visual themes, branding, and website content are protected by copyright and international intellectual property laws. Embedded open-source lexical resources (including the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and Princeton WordNet 3.1) remain subject to their respective open-source licenses bundled with the Software.

7. Refunds

All purchases are covered by our 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee. Please review our dedicated Refund Policy for full details on requesting a refund.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

Except as expressly required by applicable consumer protection laws, the Software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Because Poetrish stores all documents locally on your hard drive, you are solely responsible for maintaining regular backups of your local files. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Poetrish's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you for the Software license.

9. Contact Information

For any questions regarding these Terms of Service, licensing, or technical support, please contact us directly at:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.poetrish.site