# Mardo end-user license agreement

Status: counsel-reviewed and owner-approved. Effective date: 2026-09-01.

This agreement is between Floof Logic LLC (“Floof Logic”) and the individual
who downloads, installs, or uses Mardo (“you”).

## License grant

Subject to these terms, Floof Logic grants you a personal, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to install and use Mardo on Macs that you personally
own or control.

A paid Mardo 1 license is perpetual for Mardo 1 and includes Mardo 1.x updates.
A future major version may require a separate purchase. The license is for one
individual. It does not authorize use for a company, organization, shared
workstation, service bureau, or other business purpose. A future business
license may provide those rights.

## Viewer mode and evaluation

Mardo’s viewer functions remain available without payment. Editing and PDF
export include an evaluation period of 14 active-use days. An active-use day
is a UTC day on which you ask Mardo to begin an editing session or export a
PDF; merely opening or reading a file does not consume a day. Day 14 is
enabled. The next active-use day returns those capabilities to viewer mode
unless a valid license is installed.

The evaluation record is local and resettable. The evaluation license permits
evaluation, not repeated resets to avoid purchasing continued paid use.

## Purchase and remedies

At checkout, you expressly request immediate delivery of the offline license
certificate. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge that
the purchase is final when the certificate is delivered and that any
applicable cancellation or withdrawal right ends at that point. Mardo does not
offer a general change-of-mind refund period because the paid capabilities can
be evaluated before purchase and the delivered certificate cannot be remotely
revoked.

This does not limit a mandatory refund, withdrawal, warranty, consumer
guarantee, or other right that applicable law does not permit you to waive.
Duplicate charges, uncorrectable delivery failures, material product failures,
discretionary exceptions, and required remedies are handled under REFUNDS.md.

## Offline certificate

Your paid entitlement is a signed offline certificate. It requires no Mardo
account, activation, device registration, or periodic license server. You may
keep reasonable backup copies for your own use, but may not publish, sell,
share, or transfer the certificate or let another person use it.

The certificate is valid only for the signed product, major version, feature
set, license class, and licensed individual. A refund cannot technically revoke
an offline certificate. If a refund is issued, the paid license grant ends and
you must remove the certificate and stop using paid capabilities.

## Your files

You retain ownership of your documents. Mardo is file-first software and does
not claim ownership of, upload, or host your Markdown files. Remote resources
referenced by a document may be requested from their host when Mardo renders
them; see PRIVACY.md.

## Restrictions

Except where applicable law gives you a right that cannot be waived, you may
not redistribute Mardo, make it available as a hosted service, sell or rent
it, remove proprietary notices, use another person’s certificate, or defeat
the license system for continued paid use. You may not use Mardo in violation
of law or another person’s rights.

## Ownership and third-party materials

Mardo is licensed, not sold. Floof Logic retains all rights not expressly
granted. Third-party fonts, color data, and cryptographic code are governed by
the notices identified in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

## Updates, support, and termination

Floof Logic may provide updates but does not promise a particular feature or
update schedule. Support and certificate recovery follow SUPPORT.md. This
license ends if you materially breach these terms. On termination, stop using
paid capabilities and remove the certificate and application. Viewer access
under a later distribution remains subject to its then-current terms.

## Warranty and liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mardo is provided “as is” and without
warranties, and Floof Logic is not liable for indirect, incidental, special,
consequential, or punitive damages or loss of data, profits, or business. To
the maximum extent permitted by law, Floof Logic’s aggregate liability related
to Mardo will not exceed the amount you paid for it. Some jurisdictions do not
allow particular exclusions or limits, so those exclusions or limits may not
apply to you. Nothing here limits non-waivable consumer rights.

## Changes and contact

Materially changed terms apply prospectively and will be published with a new
effective date. Questions may be sent to support@mardo.app.
