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Terms of Service
By checking or clicking “I agree” on the Kairos website or in the Kairos app, by typing “I AGREE” in the Linux installer, or by completing checkout after that agreement, you accept these Terms. Kairos records the accepted Terms version and acceptance time locally; checkout also records them with the purchase. If you do not agree, do not install or use Kairos.
1. What Kairos is
Kairos is proprietary desktop software that keeps a local journal of activity on your computer. It is not open-source and is not licensed under the MIT License or any other open-source license. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.
2. License to use
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use Kairos on devices you own or control, for your own personal or internal business journaling — not for redistributing Kairos itself or building a competing product.
The free trial and any paid access (via Razorpay checkout) are part of this license. Paid access continues until the license end date shown in Settings. Extend anytime by purchasing another 1 / 6 / 12 month period.
3. No competitive use
You agree that you will not, directly or indirectly:
- use Kairos, its design, documentation, or any non-public information you obtain through using it, to build, design, train, evaluate, operate, or improve a product or service that competes with Kairos;
- copy, clone, or reimplement Kairos’s distinctive features, UX, or architecture for a competing product;
- reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble Kairos except to the limited extent that applicable law expressly prohibits this restriction;
- redistribute, sublicense, rent, lease, or publicly host Kairos binaries or installers without our prior written consent;
- remove or obscure proprietary notices.
This section is a material term. If you breach it, your license ends immediately and we may seek injunctive relief and any other remedies available at law.
4. Your journal data
Journal data is stored on your machine under your control. You may export or wipe it using the product’s features. We do not host your journal contents as part of the default product. See our Privacy Policy.
5. Accounts, billing, and keys
Kairos does not require a traditional user account to install. Checkout uses your Kairos ID and payment provider (Razorpay). License keys are for activating paid access on your devices. Do not share keys publicly. Recover lost keys via the recover flow using your Kairos ID and the purchase email.
6. Acceptable use
You will not use Kairos to violate law, harm others, or circumvent these Terms (including by using someone else’s license key without permission).
7. Early access & no warranty
Kairos is provided “as is.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that Kairos will be uninterrupted, error-free, or suitable for any specific use.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability arising out of or related to Kairos or these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us for Kairos in the three months before the claim, or (b) USD $50. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or loss of data, profits, or business, even if advised of the possibility.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty disclaimers or liability limits. In those places, the limits above apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law (including for fraud or death or personal injury caused by negligence, where such exclusion is prohibited).
9. Termination
You may stop using Kairos anytime (uninstall / wipe). We may terminate or suspend your license if you breach these Terms. Sections that by nature should survive (including §§3, 7, 8, 10, and 11) survive termination.
10. Disputes and governing law
If a dispute arises, contact us first using the channels below and we will try to resolve it informally. If we cannot, these Terms are interpreted under generally applicable commercial law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules that would choose another body of law.
Consumers. If you use Kairos as a consumer, nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable rights you have under the mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence. You may bring proceedings in the courts of that country where those laws require.
Other claims. Subject to the paragraph above and to any non-waivable rights, disputes may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property or confidential information, or to stop a breach of §3 (No competitive use), without first exhausting informal resolution.
11. Changes
We may update these Terms by posting a new version with a new version date on this page. Material changes for paid subscribers will be highlighted on the site. Continued use after the effective date, or a fresh clickwrap acceptance, constitutes agreement to the updated Terms.
12. Cancellation and Refund
Paid access is a one-time license period (not an auto-renewing subscription). You may stop using Kairos anytime. Refund requests within 7 days of purchase for failed license issuance or a blocking product defect: email kairosfolio.support@gmail.com with your Kairos ID and payment details. Full policy: Cancellation and Refund.
13. Contact
Questions about these Terms: kairosfolio.support@gmail.com
This page is the controlling Terms document for Kairos. Footer links alone are not acceptance — you accept by the affirmative checkbox (or equivalent) on install or checkout flows.
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