zulip/corporate/terms.md

# Zulip Terms of Service

### Welcome to Zulip!

Thanks for using our products and services ("Services"). The Services are
provided by Zulip, Inc. ("Zulip"), located at 552 Massachusetts Ave Suite 203,
Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.

By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them
carefully.

The Services are not intended for use by you if you are under 13 years of
age. By agreeing to these terms, you are representing to us that you are over
13.

### Using our Services

You must follow any policies made available to you within the Services.

Don't misuse our Services. For example, don't interfere with our Services or
try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions
that we provide. You may use our Services only as permitted by law, including
applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or
stop providing our Services to you if you do not comply with our terms or
policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.

Using our Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property
rights in our Services or the content you access. You may not use content from
our Services unless you obtain permission from its owner or are otherwise
permitted by law. These terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or
logos used in our Services. Don't remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices
displayed in or along with our Services.

Our Services display some content that is not Zulip's. This content is the
sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. We may review
content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our policies, and we may
remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our
policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content,
so please don't assume that we do.

In connection with your use of the Services, we may send you service
announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out
of some of those communications.

### Your Zulip Account

You may need a Zulip Account in order to use some of our Services. You may
create your own Zulip Account, or your Zulip Account may be assigned to you
by an administrator, such as your employer or educational institution. If you
are using a Zulip Account assigned to you by an administrator, different or
additional terms may apply and your administrator may be able to access or
disable your account.

If you learn of any unauthorized use of your password or account, contact
[support@zulip.com](mailto:support@zulip.com).

### Privacy and Copyright Protection

Zulip's [privacy policy](/privacy) explains how we treat your
personal data and protect your privacy when you use our Services. By using our
Services, you agree that Zulip can use such data in accordance with our
privacy policy.

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate
accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Our designated agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement on the
Services is:

> Copyright Agent  
> Zulip, Inc.  
> 552 Massachusetts Ave Suite 203  
> Cambridge, MA 02139  
> [copyright@zulip.com](mailto:copyright@zulip.com)

### Your Content in our Services

Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of
any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what
belongs to you stays yours.

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Zulip
(and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce,
modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations,
adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our
Services), communicate, publish, perform, display and distribute such content.
The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating
and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues
even if you stop using our Services (for example, so that we can deliver a
message that you sent to another Zulip Account before you stopped using our
Services). Some Services may offer you ways to access and remove content that
has been provided to that Service. Also, in some of our Services, there may be
terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of the content submitted in
those Services. Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this
license for any content that you submit to our Services. If you use the
Services to share content with others, anyone you've shared content with
(including the general public, in certain circumstances) may have access to the
content.

In order to provide the Services, our servers save a record of the messages
received by each Zulip Account (the "Received Messsage Information" for the
account). If you are using our Services on behalf of a business and a
representative of that business sends [data@zulip.com](mailto:data@zulip.com)
a request to delete all of your business' accounts with us, then within a
commercially reasonable period of time, we will close all of your business'
accounts with us and delete the Received Message Information for each such
account by removing pointers to the information on our active servers and
overwriting it over time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, deleting the Received
Message Information for your business' accounts will not require deleting any
information about messages that were sent or received by any Zulip Accounts that
are not one of your business' accounts with us (such as system-wide announcement
messages or any messages corresponding with the Zulip support team).

You can find more information about how Zulip uses and stores content in
the privacy policy. If you submit feedback or suggestions about our Services,
we may use your feedback or suggestions without obligation to you.


### About Software in our Services

When a Service requires or includes downloadable software, this software may
update automatically on your device once a new version or feature is available.
Some Services may let you adjust your automatic update settings.

Zulip gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and
non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Zulip as part of
the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and
enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Zulip, in the manner
permitted by these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease
any part of our Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or
attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those
restrictions or you have our written permission.

Some software used in our Services may be offered under an open source
license that we will make available to you.  There may be provisions in the
open source license that expressly override some of these terms.


### Modifying and Terminating our Services

We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove
functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a Service
altogether.

You can stop using our Services at any time, although we'll be sorry to see
you go. Zulip may also stop providing Services to you, or add or create new
limits to our Services at any time.

We believe that you own your data and preserving your access to such data is
important. If we discontinue a Service, we will, if it is practical in our sole
discretion, give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information
out of that Service.


### Our Warranties and Disclaimers

We hope that you will enjoy using our Services, but there are certain things
that we don't promise about our Services.

OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS, NEITHER ZULIP NOR ITS
SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT THE SERVICES.  FOR
EXAMPLE, WE DON'T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICES,
THE SPECIFIC FUNCTION OF THE SERVICES, OR THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR
ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES "AS IS".

SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES.


### Liability for our Services

WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, ZULIP, AND ZULIP'S SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL
NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF ZULIP, AND ITS
SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS, INCLUDING FOR ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF FIVE DOLLARS ($5) OR THE
AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO ZULIP FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS OF THE SERVICES IN
QUESTION.

IN ALL CASES, ZULIP, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.


### Business uses of our Services

If you are using our Services on behalf of a business, that business accepts
these terms. It will hold harmless and indemnify Zulip and its affiliates,
officers, agents, and employees from any claim, suit or action arising from or
related to the use of the Services or violation of these terms, including any
liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, suits, judgments,
litigation costs and attorneys' fees.

You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may use your trade names,
trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names and other distinctive brand
features in presentations, marketing materials, customer lists, financial
reports and Web site listings (including links to your website) for the purpose
of advertising or publicizing your use of our products or services.

### Export Compliance

If you are located outside of the United States or are not a U.S. person,
you certify that you do not reside in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria,
and you certify the following: "We certify that this beta test software will
only be used for beta testing purposes, and will not be rented, leased, sold,
sublicensed, assigned, or otherwise transferred. Further, we certify that we
will not transfer or export any product, process, or service that is the direct
product of the beta test software."


### About these Terms

If it turns out that a particular term is not enforceable, this will not
affect any other terms.

If you do not comply with these terms, and we don't take action right away,
this doesn't mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as
taking action in the future).

These terms control the relationship between Zulip and you. They do not
create any third party beneficiary rights.

The laws of Massachusetts, U.S.A., excluding Massachusetts's conflict of
laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these
terms or the Services. All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or
the Services will be litigated exclusively in the applicable federal or state
courts of Massachusetts, and you and Zulip consent to personal jurisdiction in
those courts.

Zulip reserves the right to amend or modify these terms at any time and in
any manner by providing reasonable notice to you. You agree that reasonable
notice may be provided by posting on Zulip's web site, email, or other written
notice.   By continuing to access or use the Services after revisions become
effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to
the new terms, please stop using the Services.

These terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Zulip, and
completely replace any prior agreements between you and Zulip in relation to
the Services.

Last modified: October 4, 2013