Legal

Website Terms of Use

draft · pending legal review

Applies to: [merriweather domain] Effective date: [date] Last updated: [date] Version: v0.1 (draft, pending legal review)

These Website Terms of Use ("Website Terms") govern your use of the Merriweather website (the "site"), operated by Plausible Industries LLC, a California limited liability company ("Plausible Industries," "we," "us," or "our").

The app has its own terms. Downloading the installer from the site is covered by these Website Terms. Installing and using the Merriweather app is covered by the Merriweather App Terms of Use, which you accept when you first open the app. If they conflict, the App Terms of Use control for the app.


1. Acceptance

By using the site, you agree to these Website Terms. Our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy explain how we handle personal information. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. Permitted use

You may view the site, save or print reasonable extracts for your own use, share links to any page, and download the installer to install the app on Macs you control. You may not:

  • copy, republish, sell or create derivative works from site content, except as these Website Terms or a licence stated on the content allow
  • redistribute the installer or host copies of it elsewhere; link to the site instead, so people always get the signed, current version
  • scrape, crawl or bulk-download the site, except standard search-engine indexing that follows our robots.txt
  • interfere with, overload or probe the security of the site, or send malware through it
  • use the site in a way that is unlawful or misleading

3. Downloads

We sign the installer with our Apple Developer ID and submit it to Apple for notarization. Download it only from the site. If macOS warns that a copy is damaged or from an unidentified developer, do not open it, and tell us. A download is free of charge [during the beta]; we may change availability, pricing or the download location at any time.

4. Our intellectual property

The site and its content, design, text, graphics and code are owned by Plausible Industries or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws.

Open materials. Some material we publish, such as the Work Journal profile, is offered under an open licence stated on that material (for example, CC BY 4.0 or Apache 2.0). That licence governs those materials, and nothing in these Website Terms limits your rights under it.

Names and marks. "Merriweather" is the working name of our app [trademark status: see review; do not add ™ or ® until cleared]. "Plausible Industries" and our logos are our trademarks. You may refer to them accurately, but not in a way that suggests sponsorship or endorsement. Third-party names (for example Apple, macOS, Zoom, Google) belong to their owners and are used only to identify their products; we are not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Merriweather is not affiliated with the Merriweather typeface or its designers.

5. Site content is not advice

Descriptions of the app, its features and plans are general and may change. Nothing on the site is legal advice, including anything we say about recording meetings. Recording laws differ by place; check the laws that apply to you and the people you record.

6. Feedback

If you send us ideas or feedback, we may use them without obligation to you. Please do not send recordings, transcripts or other people's personal information.

7. Third-party links and services

The site may link to or load resources from third parties. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content or practices.

8. Disclaimers

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE, THE INSTALLER AS DELIVERED BY THE SITE, AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PLAUSIBLE INDUSTRIES AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THESE WEBSITE TERMS. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THESE WEBSITE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100).

These limits do not apply where the law does not allow them.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Plausible Industries and its members, managers, officers, employees and agents from claims, losses and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your breach of these Website Terms or your violation of any law or third-party right.

11. Governing law and venue

These Website Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to the site will be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts located in Sacramento County, California, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue. If you are a consumer, this does not deprive you of the mandatory protections of the law where you live.

12. Changes

We may update these Website Terms. Changes take effect when posted, and we will update the "Last updated" date.

13. General

If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Website Terms, with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the site.

14. Contact

Plausible Industries LLC, Attn: Legal, [company mailing address], [legal@plausibleindustries.com]


End of Merriweather Website Terms of Use.