Grovelet Terms of Service

Effective date: October 1, 2026

Grovelet is an independent project based in California, United States. These Terms of Service are an agreement between you and the operator of Grovelet (“Grovelet,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They cover the Grovelet website, apps, account services, connected Screens, and Library. Contact us at support@grovelet.app.

Grovelet lets you arrange widgets and artwork into Scenes, connect data through connectors, and display that content on your devices. The Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.

1 Accepting these Terms

You accept these Terms when you affirmatively agree to them through registration or another acceptance step. If you do not agree, do not create an account or use features that require acceptance. Merely visiting a public page does not grant you permission to redistribute its content.

The beta is for adults aged 18 or older who can enter a binding agreement. If you act for a business or other organization, you must have authority to bind it; “you” then includes that organization.

Separate licenses identified for particular Library items or third-party components govern those materials where they differ from these Terms. They do not replace the account, security, or service-use rules here.

2 Your account and authorized access

Your account provides access to Grovelet under these Terms; it does not give you ownership of the service or a guarantee of permanent access. We may suspend or end access as described in these Terms. This does not transfer ownership of your content to us or remove your rights under applicable law.

Provide accurate account information and keep your credentials and access tokens secure. Connect only devices, accounts, files, and services you own or are authorized to access. Obtain any permissions needed from other people whose information you connect, display, or publish.

An agent, connector, or other integration you authorize may read information or change settings within its permissions. Review its requested access and important actions, including publication, deletion, and changes to data connections. An agent acting on your instructions does not acquire ownership of your work or authority to grant rights you do not hold.

You are responsible for your authorized use of the account. Notify us promptly at support@grovelet.app if you suspect unauthorized access, and revoke affected connections where possible. This section does not make you responsible for failures caused by our breach of these Terms or our legal obligations.

3 Permission to use Grovelet

Subject to these Terms and the applicable service limits, we grant you a limited, nonexclusive permission to install and use Grovelet on devices you own or control for lawful personal or business purposes. This permission does not transfer ownership of the Grovelet apps, service, branding, or underlying technology.

Do not resell access to our service, sublicense our apps, or represent yourself as Grovelet without permission. Rights granted by a separate open-source license, and rights that applicable law does not allow us to restrict, remain unaffected.

4 Your content and private data

You retain ownership of content you create or otherwise own, including your original widgets, artwork, Scenes, settings, and data. Imported or third-party material remains subject to its owner's rights. Using Grovelet does not transfer ownership of your content to us.

You grant us only the permission reasonably needed to store, copy, process, transmit, and display your content to operate the features you use, synchronize your authorized devices, provide support, investigate faults or abuse, secure the service, and comply with law. We may use service providers for those purposes under appropriate obligations. These permissions do not authorize selling your content, licensing it as an unrelated product, advertising with private content, or training AI models on it.

Saving in your private Library, connecting a dataset, or creating an account does not publish your content. Public distribution requires your deliberate publication instruction. Information sent to an external agent or provider at your direction is also subject to that provider's terms and privacy practices.

The service-operation permission ends when content is removed from our systems, except for limited retention permitted by the Privacy Policy or law and the public licenses already granted under Sections 5 and 6.

5 Submitting work to the public Library

When you deliberately submit a creation for public publication, including through an authorized agent or a supported repository workflow, you confirm that you have the rights needed to publish it and grant the permissions described here. Do not include credentials, private account bindings, confidential information, or another person's personal data without an appropriate lawful basis and any required permission.

You grant Grovelet a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, reproduce, test, build, package, make necessary technical adaptations to, display previews of, and distribute the submitted creation and its source through the Grovelet Library and its delivery infrastructure. We may permit service providers to perform these tasks for us. This grant does not authorize us to sell your creation as a separate product, train AI models on it, or use your identity to suggest endorsement. No contributor payment or revenue share is promised unless separately agreed in writing.

The standard Library license in Section 6 applies to releases expressly designated as using it. You may propose a different license, which must be identified in the package and accepted for Library distribution. You must retain third-party notices and satisfy dependency licenses. Registration does not relicense previously published releases, imported work, or another person's components.

We may decline, remove, retire, or block submissions for legal, security, quality, compatibility, or abuse reasons. Publication and automated checks are not certification that a creation is safe, accurate, or free of rights claims. We do not promise publication, promotion, continued listing, or support for a contribution.

6 Standard Grovelet Library license

For releases designated Standard Grovelet Library License version 1.0, the owner grants each recipient a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free license to download, store, back up, display, run, inspect, and modify the creation for lawful personal or business use with Grovelet. This license does not guarantee cloud-service availability or future compatibility.

You may combine and submit modified versions to Grovelet's public Library through its supported workflows, subject to review. Borrowed material and your published changes remain under this standard license; separately licensed components retain their terms. You retain ownership of your original contributions.

For material you received from another creator under this standard license, you may not sell, sublicense, or distribute the creation, its source, or derivative packages outside Grovelet and its supported contribution and distribution workflows without the relevant owner's separate permission. This restriction does not prevent you from sharing screenshots or recordings of your own Screen where you have rights to the displayed content; it does not authorize disclosure of private data. It does not restrict your independently created material or rights granted by another applicable license.

Keep this license with distributed packages and comply with notices required by law or third-party licenses. Do not misrepresent authorship or endorsement. No trademark rights are granted except to identify a creation and its origin accurately.

Permissions for a lawfully obtained version continue after it leaves the catalog or the creator closes their account, provided you comply with its license. For a material breach of this standard license, the licensor may terminate those permissions by notice if you do not remedy the breach within 30 days; immediate termination is permitted where continued use is unlawful or creates a material security threat. Grovelet may separately block delivery under Section 11. No one can grant rights they do not hold, and this section does not validate infringing material.

7 Connectors and external services

Connectors may read from devices, files, websites, or external services and send information to the destinations you configure. External providers may impose their own permissions, fees, availability limits, and terms. You must comply with them; Grovelet does not grant permission to bypass those restrictions.

Data may arrive late, be incomplete, become stale, or stop updating. Peer connections, relays, background execution, and external accounts can fail. Independently verify information before relying on it for important decisions. Grovelet is not designed for emergency response, safety-critical control, or use as the sole basis for medical, legal, or financial decisions.

AI-generated content and agent actions may be incorrect or unsuitable. Review them before publication or consequential use. We do not promise that an AI output is accurate, original, or eligible for copyright protection.

8 Prohibited conduct

Do not use Grovelet to:

• Access devices, accounts, files, or personal information without authorization, or secretly monitor another person.
• Publish malware, credential-stealing code, hidden data collection, deceptive permissions, or packages designed to escape host restrictions.
• Infringe intellectual-property or privacy rights, impersonate others, or publish unlawful, fraudulent, or threatening content.
• Deliberately overwhelm the service, evade rate or storage limits, bypass access controls, exploit vulnerabilities, or continue automated traffic after being told to stop.
• Forge author identities, approvals, provenance, consent records, or service status, or remove required third-party notices.

Authorized agent automation and normal connector use are allowed within the permissions and limits provided. Report suspected security problems privately to support@grovelet.app. Reporting a problem does not authorize exploitation or access to other users' information.

9 Free beta and complimentary access

Grovelet is currently offered as a free beta. Features and technical limits may differ by account, device, or platform. Complimentary Pro access is subject to the duration and conditions communicated with the grant; it does not guarantee permanent access to those features.

We will not charge you for Grovelet unless you separately agree to a paid offer.

Changes to account access affect available services and limits; they do not transfer ownership of your content to us or cancel a valid license for an already obtained Library creation.

10 Storage and service changes

Grovelet is not an archival or backup guarantee. Storage and recorded history are subject to feature settings, capacity, retention rules, and deletion requests. Keep independent copies of important work. Browser storage may be cleared or unavailable, and local changes may not have synchronized.

Access, correction, and deletion requests can be sent to support@grovelet.app and may require identity verification. Retention and processing of personal information are described in the Privacy Policy. These Terms do not promise a particular export feature, history duration, or recovery capability unless expressly included in an applicable offer.

We may update, replace, or discontinue features. Where a planned change removes access to stored content, we will provide reasonable advance notice and explain available options, subject to applicable law. Urgent legal or security measures may require faster action. We do not promise that beta features, interfaces, or integrations will remain unchanged.

11 Suspension and ending access

We may restrict an operation, block a package, suspend an account, or end access when reasonably necessary to address a material breach, fraud, security risk, unlawful activity, or a legal requirement. Where feasible, we will explain the reason and allow a reasonable opportunity to fix the problem. We may act immediately when notice would increase harm or violate law.

Contact support@grovelet.app to ask us to review a restriction or to request account closure. Ending access does not waive legal rights or remedies. We handle retained account information under the Privacy Policy.

You may request withdrawal of your public creation. We can stop new distribution of the withdrawn release through systems we control, but cannot retrieve copies already downloaded or erase lawful modifications held by others. Existing license grants, required notices, and necessary legal or security records may survive withdrawal. This does not limit rights to seek removal of unlawful material.

12 Copyright and other rights complaints

Send complaints to support@grovelet.app with the work or right involved, the exact Grovelet item or URL, the reason you believe the use is unauthorized, and your contact information. For a copyright notice, include your signature, a good-faith statement that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or law, and a statement that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

We may restrict disputed material while reviewing the complaint and may give the affected contributor enough information to respond, consistent with law. We address valid notices and any applicable counter-notices under the relevant legal process. We may terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Do not submit knowingly false or abusive complaints.

13 Service warranties

To the extent permitted by law, Grovelet and Library materials are provided “as is” and “as available.” We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement to the extent those warranties may lawfully be disclaimed. We do not guarantee uninterrupted operation, error-free data, permanent availability, or recovery of every saved item.

These statements do not override our express commitments or warranties, service standards, and remedies that applicable law makes mandatory.

14 Limits on liability

To the extent permitted by law, Grovelet's operator and service providers are not liable under these Terms for indirect or consequential losses, including lost profits, business interruption, or lost opportunities. This exclusion does not remove liability for direct loss where exclusion is prohibited by law.

To the extent permitted by law, the operator's total liability for claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or Grovelet will not exceed US$100. Related claims count toward one aggregate limit.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence where liability cannot be excluded, or any other liability or consumer right that applicable law does not allow us to exclude or limit. Mandatory statutory remedies take priority over this section.

15 Claims caused by intentional misuse

To the extent permitted by law, you will reimburse the operator for reasonable, documented losses and legal costs awarded by a court, or agreed in a settlement you approve, arising directly from a third-party claim caused by your intentional misuse of Grovelet or your knowing submission of content that infringes another person's rights. This does not apply to ordinary authorized use, or to losses caused by the operator's own breach, negligence, or misconduct.

We will give reasonably prompt notice of a claim and a reasonable opportunity to participate in its defense. We will not agree on your behalf to an admission or nonmonetary obligation without your consent.

16 Disputes and applicable law

Please contact support@grovelet.app to try to resolve a dispute. Doing so does not prevent either party from seeking urgent relief or making a claim within an applicable deadline.

California law and applicable United States federal law govern these Terms, excluding conflict-of-law rules, except where mandatory law provides otherwise. If you are a consumer, this does not deprive you of protections or courts available under mandatory law where you live. Claims may be brought in a court with jurisdiction; these Terms do not impose mandatory arbitration or a class-action waiver.

17 Changes and other provisions

We will identify updated Terms by an effective date. For material changes, we will give reasonable advance notice through the service or by email and obtain fresh acceptance where required. Changes do not retroactively expand public licenses for previously published releases. New rights to your content require an appropriate new grant.

These Terms and applicable item licenses govern their respective subjects. The Privacy Policy describes personal-information handling; these Terms do not authorize uses prohibited by that policy or applicable law. We may transfer this agreement as part of a genuine transfer of Grovelet's operation if the successor assumes our obligations, subject to applicable law and any required notice or consent.

If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a continuing waiver. Ownership, valid public licenses, accrued obligations, and provisions that by their nature need to survive remain effective after account closure.

Contact: support@grovelet.app.