Terms of Service

01

Agreement and eligibility

These Terms are an agreement between you and LocalGhost Consulting(“Dot,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing the website, selecting a purchase or download button, installing Dot, or using the application, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not purchase, install, or use Dot.

You must be legally capable of entering this agreement. If you use Dot on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization. Dot is not directed to children under 13.

02

Dot and availability

Dot is a local-first productivity application for tasks, routines, reminders, calendar planning, conversations, and inspectable memory. Optional AI features connect to supported model runtimes configured on your device. Ordinary organizer features do not require a hosted AI service.

Dot Founders Edition for Mac and Dot for iPhone are distributed as separate purchases through their respective App Store listings. The first iPhone release is standalone and does not sync with the Mac release. Features, compatibility, documentation, and future release timing may change as the product develops. We will not intentionally remove mandatory consumer rights or any specific paid entitlement stated at the time of purchase.

03

Software license

Subject to these Terms and payment of any applicable fee, Dot grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the application on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, solely for lawful personal or internal business productivity purposes.

You may not, except where applicable law expressly permits:

• copy, distribute, rent, lease, sell, sublicense, or commercially host Dot;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive non-public source code;
• remove proprietary, copyright, attribution, or license notices;
• bypass license, security, confirmation, or permission controls; or
• use Dot to violate law or another person’s rights.

Open-source components remain subject to their own licenses. Those licenses control if they conflict with this section for the relevant component.

04

Your content, data, and backups

You retain ownership of the tasks, notes, conversations, calendar information, routines, memories, and other content you enter into Dot (“Your Content”). These Terms do not give us ownership of Your Content.

Because Dot is local-first, you are responsible for maintaining access to your device, protecting your operating-system account, reviewing exports, and keeping appropriate backups. Data may be lost through device failure, deletion, corruption, malware, operating- system changes, or use of prerelease software. Test restores before relying on a backup. We generally cannot recover information that exists only on your device.

You are responsible for ensuring that Your Content and your use of Dot comply with law and do not infringe another person’s privacy, confidentiality, intellectual-property, or other rights.

05

Optional local AI and suggestions

AI-generated responses, classifications, plans, and proposals may be inaccurate, incomplete, inappropriate, or unexpected. Review suggestions before relying on them. Dot’s model layer may interpret and propose actions, but deterministic services—not the model—own durable tasks, schedules, reminder state, and execution results.

On Mac, you choose, install, configure, and operate any supported local model runtime. On iPhone, the optional assistant uses Apple’s on-device Foundation Model only when the operating system reports it available. The relevant software, models, licenses, system requirements, and privacy behavior are provided by their platform or runtime providers. Do not configure a local runtime to expose private data over a network unless you understand and accept the risk.

06

Reminders, wellbeing, and safety

Dot supports everyday planning and executive-function needs. It is not a medical device, healthcare provider, emergency service, professional adviser, or safety-critical alarm system. It is not suitable as the only method for medication, medical, emergency, security, financial-deadline, or other safety-critical reminders.

Notifications can fail or be delayed because of sleep, shutdown, battery state, operating-system settings, permissions, clock or timezone changes, software defects, or hardware failure. Use an appropriate independent system for consequential or urgent matters. If you may be in danger or need medical help, contact qualified local professionals or emergency services.

07

Purchases, taxes, downloads, and refunds

Prices, included releases, device limits, and any promotional terms are displayed in the applicable App Store listing and become part of your purchase. You authorize Apple to charge the amount shown, including applicable taxes. Payment-card information is handled by Apple, not directly by Dot.

Unless a specific refund policy is displayed at checkout, refund eligibility is determined by applicable law and the policies of the store or payment provider through which you purchased Dot. Nothing in these Terms limits non-waivable cancellation, refund, warranty, or consumer-protection rights.

Downloads and application updates are delivered through the applicable App Store. Apple’s billing, family-sharing, refund, and usage rules also apply, and you are responsible for maintaining access to the Apple Account used for your purchase.

08

Acceptable use

You may not use the website or Dot to:

• break the law, facilitate abuse, or violate another person’s rights;
• introduce malware, interfere with service operation, or defeat security controls;
• gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, data, or networks;
• misrepresent affiliation with Dot or use Dot’s branding deceptively;
• resell access or license keys except with our written permission; or
• use automated means to overload or scrape the website contrary to published controls.

09

Third-party services and software

Dot may link to or interoperate with app stores, payment processors, download hosts, operating-system services, Ollama, LM Studio, model files, and other third-party products. Their terms, licenses, and privacy policies govern your relationship with them. We do not control and are not responsible for their availability, content, security, or conduct.

Dot for Mac and Dot for iPhone are distributed through separate Apple App Store listings and purchases. Apple’s current store, billing, refund, usage, and applicable license terms govern your relationship with Apple. Apple is a third-party service provider, not the publisher or operator of Dot.

10

Dot ownership and feedback

Dot, including its application code, website, interfaces, design, documentation, trademarks, and other materials, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited license above, no rights are granted to you.

If you voluntarily provide feedback, you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right to use and incorporate that feedback without identifying you or owing compensation. This does not transfer ownership of Your Content.

11

Changes, availability, and termination

We may update Dot to improve security, reliability, compatibility, or features. We may discontinue the website, future editions, or future services, subject to paid entitlements and applicable law. Local features already installed may continue to work, but future compatibility, support, or availability is not guaranteed indefinitely.

You may stop using Dot at any time. We may terminate your license if you materially breach these Terms and do not cure the breach after reasonable notice when a cure is appropriate. Upon termination, you must stop using and delete copies of the application, but provisions that by their nature should survive will remain in effect.

We may revise these Terms prospectively. Material changes will be posted with a new effective date and additional notice where required. Continued use after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance only to the extent permitted by law.

12

Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DOT, THE WEBSITE, DOT SOFTWARE, AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT DOT WILL BE ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, COMPATIBLE WITH EVERY DEVICE OR MODEL, OR THAT REMINDERS OR AI OUTPUT WILL ALWAYS BE ACCURATE OR TIMELY.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those places, the exclusions apply only to the extent permitted, and mandatory consumer warranties remain unaffected.

13

Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DOT AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO DOT. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS RELATING TO A PURCHASE OR USE OF DOT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR DOT DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM OR US$50.

These limits do not apply where prohibited by law, including to liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. They do not limit mandatory consumer remedies.

14

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts with jurisdiction where the operator is established will hear disputes, except that mandatory law may allow you to bring a claim in your place of residence. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Before filing a formal claim, you and Dot agree to make a good-faith effort to resolve the issue through the contact method below. This informal step does not shorten a legal limitations period or prevent either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief.

15

General terms and contact

You must comply with applicable export-control and sanctions laws. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, reorganization, financing, or sale of the relevant business. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining terms will continue. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and purchase-specific terms shown at checkout are the entire agreement about Dot and supersede earlier representations about the same subject.