Terms of Use

0The short version

This summary is for convenience and is not part of the agreement. Where it differs from the numbered terms below, the numbered terms govern.

• The Site is free to use, and the synth on it is free to play. No account is needed for either.
• The software itself is governed by its own licence — see the licence agreement. These terms are about the website.
• Anything you make with Boethius stays 100% yours. Nothing here changes that, and nothing here reaches music you have not chosen to post to this Site.
• Don’t attack the Site, don’t impersonate anyone, don’t post things you have no right to post.
• Turn your volume down before you press play. Synthesizers are loud.

1What these terms cover

These terms govern the Site: the pages you browse, the account you may create, the demo you may play, the downloads you may request, and anything you may post here.

They do not govern the Boethius software itself. That is licensed separately under the Boethius End User Licence Agreement (the “EULA”), which applies to the desktop plugin and standalone application and equally to the version that runs in your browser here.

Which document wins. Where these terms and the EULA both address the software, the EULA governs and these terms yield to it. Nothing here grants you rights in the software, takes rights away from you that the EULA grants, or modifies the EULA in any respect.

Our handling of personal data is described in the privacy policy, which forms part of these terms.

2Who may use the Site

Browsing the Site and playing the demo are open to anyone. To create an account you must be at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into this agreement. If you are using the Site on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you are authorised to accept these terms for it.

You may not use the Site if you are barred from doing so under the laws of your country or of the United States.

3Your account

Accounts are optional. If you create one:

• Give accurate information, and keep it current. Do not register on behalf of anyone else without their permission.
• Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens under your account, except to the extent it results from our own failure. Tell us promptly if you believe it has been compromised.
• Your handle is unique across the Site and your display name is free text. Do not choose either in order to impersonate another person, to suggest an affiliation with or endorsement by us that does not exist, or to infringe someone’s trademark. We may reclaim a handle that does any of those things.
• You may delete your account at any time from your account page.

4The browser demo

The Site hosts a version of Boethius that runs in your browser. It is provided free and as-is, for you to try the instrument. It is pre-release software and may change, misbehave, or stop working at any time.

⚠️ Audio software can produce loud and unexpected sounds. Set your output level low before you start, and be careful with headphones. We disclaim liability for hearing damage and for damage to equipment, as set out in EULA §9.2 and §13 below.

Connecting a MIDI keyboard requires a permission you grant to your browser, and you can withdraw it there at any time. What that involves is described in the privacy policy.

5Downloads

Where we make Boethius available to download, the download is provided free of charge and your use of the software is governed by the EULA. You will be able to read the EULA before you download.

We may require an account for a download, may limit or withdraw availability, and may make a download available for some platforms and not others. Where a download link is personal to you and time-limited, do not share it — instead, and with our encouragement, share a link to our download page, which needs no permission from us.

Redistributing the software itself is a matter for the EULA, at its §3.1, not for these terms.

6Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Break the law, infringe anyone’s rights, or help anyone else do either, through your use of the Site.
• Attack the Site or anything connected to it — including attempting to gain unauthorised access, probing for vulnerabilities without our written permission, interfering with other people’s use, or placing an unreasonable load on it.
• Scrape, crawl, or harvest from the Site at a scale or rate that burdens it, or collect other users’ personal information from it for any purpose.
• Impersonate any person or organisation, or misrepresent your affiliation with one.
• Upload malicious code, or use the Site to distribute unsolicited messages or advertising.
• Circumvent any access control, rate limit, or account requirement, or use automated means to create accounts.

Good-faith security research is welcome — write to us first at the address in §18 and we will work with you.

7Anything you post

The Site does not yet host community features. When it does, this section governs what you post there — messages, presets, audio, images, a profile, and anything else you choose to submit (“Your Posts”).

• You keep ownership. Your Posts remain yours. We claim no ownership of them.
• You give us only what is needed to show them. For Your Posts, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt for technical purposes such as format conversion and thumbnails, and display them on and in connection with the Site, for as long as you keep them posted. That licence exists so that the Site can function, and for no other purpose. We will not sell Your Posts, and we will not use them in advertising without asking you first.
• Deleting a post ends the licence for that post, other than for copies already made by other users and for reasonable operational backups, which age out on their own schedule.
• You confirm you may post it. You have the rights necessary to post what you post, and posting it does not infringe anyone else’s rights.

⛔ This section reaches only what you post here, and nothing else. Music, presets, projects and recordings you make with Boethius are entirely yours, and the EULA says so permanently at its §2. Nothing in this section gives us any right in anything you have not chosen to post to this Site. If you never post, we never get a licence to anything.

We may remove anything that breaks these terms or the law, and we may decline to host something without being able to explain why in detail. We do not routinely monitor what is posted and we are not responsible for it. If something posted here infringes your rights, write to us at the address in §18 and we will act promptly.

8Our content, our names

The Site, its text, design, code and images are ours or our licensors’, and are protected by copyright and other laws. You may read, link to and share the Site normally; you may not copy it wholesale or present it as your own.

Reverential and Boethius are our names and marks. Use them to refer to us and to our product — reviews, tutorials, comparisons and credit in your music are all welcome and need no permission. Do not use them to endorse or promote anything of your own, or in any way suggesting we are affiliated with you when we are not.

9Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Site at any time and delete your account from your account page.

We may suspend or terminate an account, or restrict access to the Site, where someone materially breaks these terms, where it is necessary to protect the Site or other users, or where the law requires it. Except where the breach is serious or urgent, or where telling you first would defeat the purpose, we will give notice and, where it is reasonable to do so, a chance to put it right.

§7 (as to posts already made), §8, §12, §13, §14 and §16 survive the end of this agreement.

10Availability and changes

The Site is provided free of charge and we make no promise that it will be available, uninterrupted, or free of faults. We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of it — including the demo, downloads and any community features — at any time, and Boethius itself is alpha software which the EULA is explicit may be discontinued entirely.

Where we discontinue something that holds content you posted, we will make a reasonable effort to give notice and an opportunity to retrieve it.

11Third parties

The Site relies on service providers, listed in the privacy policy, and may link to sites we do not control. We are not responsible for third-party sites or their content, and a link is not an endorsement.

12Disclaimer

THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

13Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, RECORDINGS, PROJECT FILES, GOODWILL OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE, WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR HEARING DAMAGE AND FOR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OR RECORDINGS ARISING FROM UNEXPECTED, EXCESSIVE OR DISCONTINUOUS AUDIO OUTPUT.

Our total cumulative liability arising out of or relating to the Site will not exceed the greater of the amount you have actually paid us (if any) or ten US dollars (US $10.00) — the same floor the EULA sets at its §9.3, so that one incident cannot produce two different caps.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so parts of this section may not apply to you in full.

14Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us against third-party claims, and reasonable legal costs, arising from Your Posts or from your breach of these terms or of applicable law. This does not apply to the extent the claim arises from our own act or omission, and we will tell you promptly of any claim, let you take part in the defence, and not settle it in a way that admits fault on your behalf without your agreement.

15Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms. The version number and date at the top of this page will change, and we will describe material changes rather than slipping them in — by notice on the Site or, where you have an account, by email. Continuing to use the Site after a change takes effect means you accept the revised terms; if you do not, stop using the Site and delete your account.

16Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules — the same choice the EULA makes at its §12.1, so that one dispute cannot land in two forums. The courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have jurisdiction, and you and we consent to it.

Where you are a consumer resident elsewhere, this choice does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory consumer law in your place of residence, or of the right to bring proceedings there where that law gives it to you.

Before starting formal proceedings, please write to us. Most problems are quicker to fix than to litigate.

17General

• Entire agreement. These terms, together with the privacy policy and — for the software — the EULA, are the entire agreement between us about the Site.
• Severability. If a provision is unenforceable it is modified to the minimum extent needed, or severed; the rest stays in force.
• No waiver. Not enforcing a provision is not a waiver of it.
• Assignment. You may not assign these terms. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.
• No third-party rights. These terms create no rights for anyone who is not a party to them.

18How to reach us

For anything about these terms, about content on the Site, or about security, write to admin@reverential.com.

Reverential Studios LLC · Pennsylvania, USA