Terms of Service — SCALAR Atelier

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Last updated: 2026-07-09

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of SCALAR Atelier (the "App"), a macOS desktop application published by Seunghyeon Lee, operating as an individual founder prior to incorporation (SCALAR Inc., incorporation planned for 2026-07-21) ("we," "us," "our"). By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to these Terms.

1. What SCALAR Atelier Is

SCALAR Atelier is a one-time-purchase macOS application that lets you route creative and productivity tasks to third-party AI models using your own API keys ("Bring Your Own Key" / BYOK). We do not provide AI model access ourselves and do not resell API/token usage — you connect and pay your chosen AI providers directly.

2. License Grant

Subject to these Terms and payment of the applicable license fee, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use SCALAR Atelier on Macs you own or control, for your own personal or internal business use.

You may not:

Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the App or your license key;
Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the App's source code beyond what applicable law permits;
Use the App to build a competing product by extracting its routing/orchestration logic;
Circumvent license activation or usage limits.

3. Your API Keys and Third-Party AI Providers

You are responsible for obtaining and paying for your own API keys with third-party AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, or others you connect). Your use of those providers is governed by their terms of service, pricing, and content policies — not ours. If a provider suspends your account or rejects a request for violating their content policy, that is a matter between you and that provider; we do not control or moderate provider-side content decisions.

We store your API keys locally in the macOS Keychain on your device. We never receive, transmit, or have access to your keys.

4. Your Content

Conversations, files, and other content you create or upload using the App ("Your Content") remain yours. Your Content is stored locally on your device; we do not access, store, or claim any ownership over it. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.

5. Our Intellectual Property

The App itself — including its software, design, routing/orchestration technology, characters, and branding — is owned by us and protected by intellectual property law, including pending patent applications covering aspects of the App's deterministic routing and execution-verification technology. These Terms do not grant you any rights to our intellectual property beyond the limited license in §2.

6. Payments and Refunds

The App is sold as a one-time purchase through our payment processor (Merchant of Record), currently Lemon Squeezy. Pricing is shown at time of purchase. See our Refund Policy for refund terms (14-day no-questions refund).

7. Disclaimer of Warranty

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE ERROR-FREE, THAT AI-GENERATED OUTPUTS WILL BE ACCURATE OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE, OR THAT THIRD-PARTY AI PROVIDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR RELIABLE.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR REVENUE, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE APP — INCLUDING COSTS YOU INCUR WITH THIRD-PARTY AI PROVIDERS. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE APP IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR YOUR LICENSE.

[FILL IN before publishing: have this section reviewed by counsel once the entity is incorporated — liability caps and warranty disclaimers are jurisdiction-sensitive.]

9. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your license if you materially breach these Terms (for example, redistributing your license key). You may stop using the App at any time. Sections 4, 5, 7, and 8 survive termination.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

(Tentative — the operating entity's incorporation, planned for 2026-07-21, will be based in Korea; confirm with counsel once incorporated.)

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be noted via the App's update notice. Continued use of the App after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms: l0architect@scalar-inc.com

This draft reflects the App's actual product/licensing model (one-time BYOK license, no API reselling — docs/DECISIONS.md D-010/D-046) as of 2026-07-09. It is a good-faith factual draft, not a substitute for legal review. §7–§10 in particular should be reviewed by counsel once the entity is incorporated (2026-07-21 target).