TERMS OF USE

1. Acceptance and Scope

These Terms of Use apply to the Otherside command-line software, companion app, Design experience, website, backend services, and related features (collectively, the "Services"). Otherside is a product name; "we," "us," and "our" mean the maintainer or service operator responsible for the Service you use. By accessing, downloading, installing, or using any Service, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

If you use the Services for an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms. You must have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement under the law that applies to you.

2. What Otherside Provides

Otherside is a developer tool that connects user-selected artificial-intelligence providers, local development environments, tools, and paired devices. The Services may format context, route requests, execute approved actions, synchronize encrypted remote sessions, and provide interfaces for coding and Design workflows.

We are not an AI model provider and do not control the models, outputs, availability, pricing, policies, or conduct of external providers and tools. Features may be experimental, incomplete, changed, rate-limited, suspended, or discontinued at any time.

3. Accounts and Security

You are responsible for your account activity and for protecting your devices, sign-in methods, provider credentials, API keys, access tokens, recovery material, and paired-device access. Do not share pairing codes or approve a device you do not recognize. Notify the relevant identity or AI provider and revoke affected access if you suspect compromise.

Information you provide must be accurate, and you may not access another person's account, device, project, or credentials without authorization.

4. Provider Access, Terms, and Charges

A provider may authenticate you through OAuth, a subscription, an API key, or another method. You are responsible for selecting providers, obtaining lawful access, reviewing their terms and privacy practices, and paying all fees they or other third parties charge. We do not guarantee provider eligibility, quotas, refunds, output ownership, or continued access.

Content sent to a provider or tool is governed by that third party's terms. You authorize Otherside to transmit the context and instructions required to perform the request you initiate.

5. Your Content

You retain any rights you hold in source code, prompts, files, instructions, and other content you submit. You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to process that content through the Services and the providers or tools you select.

You grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to host, transmit, and process your content or its encrypted representation only as necessary to provide, secure, and maintain the Services, comply with your instructions, and meet legal obligations. The Privacy Policy explains what the Services process, where end-to-end encryption applies, and applicable retention and deletion periods.

6. AI Output, Tools, and User Responsibility

AI-generated or tool-produced output may be inaccurate, incomplete, insecure, offensive, non-unique, or subject to third-party rights. It is not professional, legal, financial, medical, security, or compliance advice. You must independently review, test, and validate output before relying on it or using it in any environment.

The Services can read, create, modify, execute, transmit, or delete data when instructed or permitted. You are solely responsible for reviewing requested permissions, maintaining appropriate backups and version control, applying least privilege, and supervising actions. Enabling automatic approval, unattended execution, or elevated access means you accept the additional risk of actions occurring without individual confirmation.

7. Remote Sessions and Encryption

Supported clients use end-to-end encryption for supported remote-session content, but no system is completely secure. You remain responsible for physical device security, endpoint integrity, safe pairing, and protection of local keys. We cannot recover content or access that becomes unavailable because keys, credentials, devices, or local records are lost.

Remote synchronization is a convenience, not a backup or archival service. Remote copies are retained and deleted as described in the Privacy Policy. Keep independent backups of projects and any transcript or output you need to retain.

8. Acceptable Use

You may not use the Services to:

• Violate applicable law, contractual obligations, or third-party rights.
• Access, attack, monitor, disrupt, or modify systems, accounts, devices, or data without authorization.
• Distribute malware, facilitate fraud or abuse, exploit minors, or intentionally cause harm.
• Interfere with the Services, evade rate limits or access controls, or use automated traffic that unreasonably burdens shared infrastructure.
• Misrepresent AI-generated material as independently verified where doing so would deceive or harm others.

Legitimate security research must be authorized and conducted without accessing another person's data or degrading the Services.

9. Third-Party Services

The Services interoperate with identity providers, AI providers, repositories, plugins, network services, app stores, notification services, and other third parties. Those services are independent and may change or fail without notice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for third-party services, content, security, availability, charges, decisions, or data practices.

10. Open-Source Software and Intellectual Property

Software distributed under an open-source license remains governed by that license. These Terms govern the hosted Services and other product use to the extent not superseded by an applicable software license. Otherside names, logos, website content, and non-open-source materials may not be used except as permitted by law or with prior permission.

11. Availability and Changes

The Services are provided without a service-level commitment. We may add, change, restrict, suspend, or discontinue any feature or integration, including for maintenance, security, abuse prevention, provider changes, legal requirements, or resource limits. You are responsible for exporting or preserving anything you need before access ends.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. THIS INCLUDES WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, SECURITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND AVAILABILITY.

OTHERSIDE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES OR ANY OUTPUT WILL BE CORRECT, SAFE, COMPLETE, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DATA WILL NOT BE LOST. YOU USE THE SERVICES AND RELY ON OUTPUT ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR CONTRIBUTORS, SERVICE OPERATORS, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, CODE, CREDENTIALS, OR SECURITY, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID DIRECTLY TO US FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR US$100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including mandatory consumer rights and liability arising from fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence where applicable.

14. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our contributors, service operators, affiliates, and licensors harmless from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from your content, your use or misuse of the Services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of another person's rights.

15. Suspension, Termination, and Account Deletion

You may stop using the Services at any time. We may restrict or terminate access when reasonably necessary to protect users or infrastructure, investigate abuse, enforce these Terms, comply with law, or address security or operational risk. Account and data deletion are handled as described in the Privacy Policy.

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination remain effective, including those concerning intellectual property, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, and general terms.

16. General Terms

These Terms, applicable software licenses, and policies referenced here form the entire agreement concerning the Services. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified only to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not transfer these Terms without our consent; we may transfer them as part of a reorganization or transfer of the Services.

Applicable law may provide rights that cannot be waived by contract. These Terms do not limit those rights.

17. Changes and Contact

We may update these Terms by posting a revised version and changing the date above. Where required, we will provide additional notice. Continued use after the revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance where permitted by law; otherwise, stop using the Services.

For private account, legal, or privacy matters, use Settings → Report an Issue in the authenticated companion app. Do not include credentials, private keys, source code, or other sensitive session content in your report. Public issues are only for general, non-sensitive questions about these Terms.