Legal / Terms

Draft terms for the website, public docs, and OSS distribution.

These draft terms separate what is governed by the AGPL-licensed CLI from what is governed by the public website and communications surface. They do not yet describe a hosted commercial service.

Draft copyAGPL boundary explicitNo SLA on free surfaces
Draft — pending legal review
Not yet authoritative. Contact hello@nerviq.net for questions.

Scope and parties

The final production version should name the legal entity and mailing address. Until then, the safest approach is to define scope clearly and leave entity details as placeholders.

Public surfaces

Covered now

  • nerviq.net and its documentation pages
  • the public GitHub repository
  • the @nerviq/cli distribution
  • waitlist, enterprise-contact, and early-access intake flows
Future commercial terms

Still separate later

A future hosted dashboard or paid product should have its own commercial terms, account rules, suspension language, and SLA commitments.

The site terms should not pretend those paid-service terms already exist.

Open-source license boundary

The most important legal line here is simple: the code license governs the code, and the website terms govern the site and related communications.

The Nerviq CLI is currently distributed under AGPL-3.0.

  • use, modification, and redistribution of the open-source code are governed by AGPL-3.0
  • nothing in the website terms should override rights or obligations attached to the AGPL-licensed repository
  • branding, site copy, and future non-open-source services remain a separate legal surface

Free-tier posture and acceptable use

This draft keeps the public surface honest: useful, available, and maintained, but not sold as a guaranteed service level.

Draft position

No SLA on free/public surfaces

The public website, docs, and free/open-source surfaces are provided without a service-level agreement.

Response times, uptime, and support are not guaranteed on the free tier.

If paid plans arrive later, SLA language should live in separate commercial terms or an order form.

Baseline guardrails

Acceptable use

  • do not violate applicable law
  • do not interfere with site or infrastructure operations
  • do not attempt unauthorized access or credential abuse
  • do not distribute malware or abuse automation systems through the public surfaces
  • do not impersonate Nerviq or misrepresent affiliation

Accuracy, change, and preview language

Because Nerviq still ships beta and preview surfaces, the terms should explicitly say that roadmaps, examples, and previews are informational rather than binding promises.

  • the website and docs may change over time
  • preview features may change, be delayed, or be removed
  • public roadmaps, drafts, and examples are informational and not contractual commitments

Warranty disclaimer and limitation of liability

The public free surface should carry a standard draft disclaimer, but final wording must still be reviewed by counsel.

Draft concept

Warranty disclaimer

The website, documentation, and free/open-source software are provided "as is" and "as available" to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This includes no implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted availability, or error-free operation.

Draft concept

Liability boundary

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Nerviq should not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from use of the public site, docs, or free/open-source software.

The final production version should also define any cap on direct damages if legal review recommends one.

Third-party services, IP, and feedback

The site links outward to GitHub, npm, Vercel-hosted infrastructure, and public proof artifacts. The terms need to acknowledge those dependencies without taking responsibility for third-party availability.

External services

Third-party links

Nerviq may link to GitHub, npm, Vercel-hosted infrastructure, and public proof artifacts.

Nerviq is not responsible for third-party content, policies, or availability.

Draft position

IP and feedback

Nerviq retains rights in the website, branding, and non-open-source assets.

Open-source code remains governed by its repository license.

User-submitted feedback may be used to improve the product, subject to the privacy commitments on personal-data handling.

Termination, governing law, and contact

The suspension language should stay narrow and tied to abuse or security threats, while governing-law details remain placeholders until the legal entity is finalized.

Suspension draft

Operational protection

Nerviq may suspend or restrict access to the website or related workflows for abuse, security threats, unlawful activity, or material violation of these terms.

This clause should remain tightly scoped to legitimate platform protection needs.

Legal placeholders

Still pending

Governing law: TBD.

Venue: TBD.

General contact: business@nerviq.net.

Security matters should route through the security reporting path rather than general support.