Terms of Service

Last Updated: May 31, 2025

Welcome to Textpress! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Textpress website, including any software, content, services, and features offered through Textpress (collectively, the "Service"). This includes our downloadable software and our command-line tool. Please read these Terms carefully before using our Service.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy (which you should also review). If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.

1. Description of Service

Textpress provides users with access to downloadable software content, including a command-line tool ("Textpress Software"), and the ability to publish their own articles, text, images, or other materials ("User Content") via the Service.

2. User Accounts

To access certain features of the Service, such as publishing User Content or downloading certain Textpress Software, you may need to create an account. You are responsible for safeguarding your account information, including your password, and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Textpress immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

3. Textpress Software and Content

This section governs your use of software and digital content provided by Textpress.

3.1. Proprietary Textpress Content & Software

Unless specifically identified as Open Source Software (as defined in Section 3.2), any software or content made available for download or use via the Service by Textpress ("Proprietary Content") is licensed to you as follows:

  • License: Textpress grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to download and use the Proprietary Content strictly for your personal, non-commercial use (unless otherwise explicitly stated for specific Proprietary Content) and in accordance with these Terms.

  • Restrictions: You agree not to (and not to allow any third party to):

    • Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Proprietary Content, except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law.

    • Rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute, or otherwise transfer the Proprietary Content to any third party, except as may be explicitly permitted by Textpress for specific Proprietary Content.

    • Remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trademark notices) that may be affixed to or contained within the Proprietary Content.

3.2. Command-Line Tool and Other Open Source Software

Textpress may also make available certain software, including our command-line tool ("CLI Tool"), that is or incorporates open source software ("Open Source Software"). This Open Source Software is distributed under the terms of applicable open source licenses (e.g., GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL), MIT License, Apache License, etc.).

  • Governing Licenses: Your use, reproduction, modification, and distribution of such Open Source Software are governed solely by the terms of the respective open source license(s) accompanying that software.

  • Precedence: To the extent there is a conflict between these Terms of Service and the terms of an applicable open source license with respect to specific Open Source Software, the terms of the open source license will prevail.

  • Compliance: You are responsible for reviewing and complying with the terms of all applicable open source licenses for any Open Source Software you use that is provided by or through Textpress. You are encouraged to use this software in any way that complies with the appropriate open source licenses.

  • Availability of Licenses and Source Code: Information regarding the specific open source licenses applicable to the CLI Tool and other Open Source Software components, as well as information on how to obtain corresponding source code where required by such licenses (e.g., under the AGPL), will be provided with the software itself, within its documentation, or on our website.

  • No Additional Restrictions from These Terms: These Terms of Service do not limit your rights under, or grant you rights that supersede, the terms and conditions of any applicable open source license for such Open Source Software.

  • Alternative Commercial Licensing: For users who require license terms different from those provided by the applicable open source licenses (e.g., for use in proprietary commercial applications where AGPL or other copyleft terms are not suitable), Textpress may, at its sole discretion, offer alternative commercial licensing for some of its Open Source Software. Please contact us at licensing@textpress.md to inquire about such options. Any commercial license will be subject to a separate written agreement.

4. User-Generated Content

  • Your Ownership and Responsibility: You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in your User Content. You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it.

  • License to Textpress: By submitting, posting, or displaying User Content on or through the Service, you grant Textpress a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content in connection with the Service and Textpress's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service.

  • Prohibited User Content: You agree not to submit, upload, post, or otherwise make available any User Content that:

    • You do not have the right to submit, including content that infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual or proprietary rights of any party.

    • Is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable in Textpress's sole discretion.

    • Contains viruses, corrupted data, or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files or code.

    • Is unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising, or solicitations.

  • Monitoring and Removal: Textpress has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor, screen, edit, or remove any User Content at any time and for any reason without notice.

5. Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy

  • Textpress IP: The Service, Proprietary Content, and Textpress Software (excluding Open Source Software components which are governed by their respective licenses), including its "look and feel" (e.g., text, graphics, images, logos), proprietary information, and other materials, are protected under copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You agree not to copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Service, Proprietary Content, or proprietary elements of Textpress Software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of such proprietary software, unless laws prohibit these restrictions or you have our written permission or as permitted by an applicable open source license.

  • Copyright Infringement (DMCA): Textpress respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Service, please send a notice to our designated copyright agent at dmca@textpress.md. For your notice to be effective under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it must include substantially the following:

    • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

    • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

    • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Textpress to locate the material.

    • Information reasonably sufficient to permit Textpress to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.

    • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

    • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

    Textpress reserves the right to remove User Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you. In appropriate circumstances, Textpress will also terminate a user's account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer.

6. Disclaimers of Warranties

THE SERVICE, ALL TEXTPRESS SOFTWARE (INCLUDING PROPRIETARY CONTENT AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE), AND ALL USER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. TEXTPRESS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE WILL BE FIT FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

TEXTPRESS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE, TEXTPRESS SOFTWARE, OR USER CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, TEXTPRESS SOFTWARE, AND ANY USER CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

7. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TEXTPRESS, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF TEXTPRESS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SERVICE, ANY TEXTPRESS SOFTWARE, OR ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING USER CONTENT).

IN NO EVENT SHALL TEXTPRESS'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TEXTPRESS IN THE LAST SIX (6) MONTHS, IF ANY, FOR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Textpress, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service and Textpress Software; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms or any applicable open source license; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of the Service.

9. Termination

Textpress may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. Your rights to use any Open Source Software under its applicable license are not affected by termination of your access to the Service, provided you comply with such license terms. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California for the resolution of any disputes.

11. Changes to Terms

Textpress reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

12. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy (which is incorporated herein by reference), constitute the entire agreement between you and Textpress concerning your use of the Service and Proprietary Content. Specific Open Source Software provided by Textpress is additionally governed by its respective open source license(s). If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Textpress's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

13. Contact Us

For copyright and DMCA concerns, please contact dmca@textpress.md. For licensing questions, contact licensing@textpress.md. If you have any questions about these Terms, contact us at legal@textpress.md.