MarkSchrift — Markdown Editor for Apple Devices
DRAFT — not yet in force. This is a working draft to be reviewed by legal counsel before publication. Bracketed items need a decision.
Effective date: [to be set on publication]
MarkSchrift (the "App," "we," "us") is provided by John West, an individual developer based in Texas, United States. You can reach us at support@markschrift.com. By downloading or using the App, you agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
The App is distributed through Apple's App Store, and Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. Where these Terms and Apple's default agreement conflict, these Terms govern to the extent permitted.
We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, for your own purposes, in accordance with these Terms and the App Store Terms of Service. We reserve all rights not expressly granted.
You own everything you create in the App. Your documents are plain-text Markdown files stored on your own device or your own iCloud Drive. We claim no ownership of your content and no license to it beyond what is strictly necessary to operate a feature you actively use. The only such feature is live collaboration (Section 4), and even there the data we handle is end-to-end encrypted and unreadable to us.
We do not access, read, sell, rent, analyze, advertise against, or use your content to train any model. What you write stays yours.
Live collaboration and Hosted Projects are optional, off by default, and currently offered as a beta. When you start or join a session, the document's edits are relayed between participants through our server end-to-end encrypted: the key is generated on your device and travels only inside the invite link, so the server stores and forwards only scrambled data it cannot read. It deletes that data when the session's lifetime expires and purges it immediately when you Stop Hosting.
Because the invite link carries the key, anyone who has the link can open the shared document. You are responsible for who you share links with and for the content you share. You agree not to use collaboration to share unlawful or infringing material, and you understand that content opened on a device you do not control (for example, an employer's machine) may be visible to that device.
As a beta feature, collaboration may change, have interruptions, or contain defects. Keep your own copy of anything important; your files on your own device remain the authoritative version.
You agree not to: use the App or the relay for unlawful purposes; infringe anyone's intellectual-property or privacy rights; attempt to break, overload, probe, or circumvent the security of the relay or the encryption; resell or redistribute the App; or reverse-engineer the App except to the limited extent the law permits despite this restriction.
The App is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any collaboration session or sync will always succeed. You are responsible for maintaining your own backups of your documents.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of the App. Our total liability for any claim relating to the App will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid for the App in the twelve months before the claim, or twenty U.S. dollars ($20). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims arising out of content you create or share, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any third party's rights.
We may update the App and these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted at this URL with a new effective date, and — for changes affecting collaboration — surfaced in the App the next time you start a session. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.
You may stop using the App at any time. We may suspend or end access to the relay or a feature if you materially violate these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (ownership, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, governing law) survive termination.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Tarrant County, Texas. You and we consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. [Optional: arbitration / class-action-waiver clause — for counsel to advise.]
Questions about these Terms? Email support@markschrift.com.