Welcome to Sweave. These Terms of Service ("Terms") are the agreement between you and Sweave ("we," "us," or "our") about your use of the Sweave website at https://sweave.app, the Sweave canvas app at https://sweave.app/canvas, and anything else we offer that links to these Terms (together, the "Services").
By creating an account or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.
1. What Sweave is
Sweave is an online planning tool for stories, scripts and big ideas. You type raw thoughts onto an infinite canvas, and Sweave helps sort and title them and can analyze how your ideas fit together. Sweave is currently offered as a free beta. That means features may change, break, or be removed, and we may add paid features in the future.
2. Who can use Sweave
- You must be at least 13 years old. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you need the permission of a parent or guardian, who is responsible for your use of the Services.
- You must give us accurate information when you sign up and keep it up to date.
- You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for everything that happens under your account. Tell us right away at contact@sweave.app if you think someone else has accessed your account.
- You may not use the Services if you are barred from doing so by law, or if we have previously ended your access.
3. Your content
You own your work. The cards, notes, boards, images, audio and other material you put into Sweave ("Your Content") belong to you. We do not claim ownership of your stories or ideas.
What you allow us to do. To run the Services for you, you give us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to store, copy, process and display Your Content, but only as needed to provide, secure and improve the Services for you. This includes sending it to the AI service providers described in the Privacy Policy so that AI features can work. This license ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except for copies in backups that are deleted on their normal schedule.
Boards are private. Your boards are visible only to you. We do not publish Your Content or show it to other users. If we add sharing or collaboration features in the future, you will choose what to share, and we will update these Terms first.
You are responsible for what you add. You promise that you have the right to upload Your Content and that it does not break the law or anyone else's rights, including copyright.
Feedback. If you send us suggestions or ideas about Sweave itself, we may use them without owing you anything. This does not apply to Your Content.
4. AI features
Some features use artificial intelligence to classify, title, summarize or analyze what you write. AI output can be wrong, incomplete or unhelpful, so treat it as a suggestion and use your own judgment. You are responsible for how you use anything the AI produces.
You can turn all AI features off in Settings → AI. When they are off, nothing you write is sent to an AI service. See the Privacy Policy for more detail on how AI providers handle your information.
5. Acceptable use
Please use Sweave the way it is meant to be used. You agree not to:
- break any law or violate anyone else's rights, including copyright, privacy or publicity rights;
- upload material that is illegal, or that sexually exploits or endangers minors;
- try to access other people's accounts or data, or probe, scan or test the security of the Services;
- interfere with or overload the Services, or bypass any limits, rate limits or bot checks we use;
- use bots, scrapers or other automated means to access the Services or collect data from them;
- copy, reverse engineer or resell the Services or their software, except where the law allows it;
- use the Services to send spam or malware, or to harass or harm others; or
- use the Services or the AI features to try to generate content that is unlawful or that violates the terms of our AI providers.
We may investigate suspected violations and may remove content, suspend accounts, or report unlawful activity to the authorities.
6. Our property
Sweave, including its software, design, name, logo and the framework and story-structure content we provide, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual property laws. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Services in line with these Terms. We reserve all other rights. Your Content is not part of this and remains yours.
7. Third-party services
The Services rely on and may link to third parties, such as hosting, email, bot protection and AI providers. We do not control them and are not responsible for their services or content. Your use of any third-party site or service is subject to that party's own terms and policies.
8. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and how we use it, and it forms part of these Terms. The Services are operated from the United States. If you use them from elsewhere, you understand that your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States.
9. Payments
Sweave is free during the beta. If we introduce paid features, we will describe the price, billing and refund terms before you buy, and those terms will apply in addition to these Terms.
10. Your data and backups
We work to keep your data safe and perform regular backups, but no online service is perfect. Please keep your own copies of anything important. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not responsible for lost or corrupted data.
11. Ending your account
You can stop using Sweave at any time. To close your account and delete your data, use the request process at https://sweave.app/data-request or email contact@sweave.app.
We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, if your use creates risk or legal exposure for us or others, if we are required to by law, or if we stop offering the Services. Where reasonable, we will tell you first and give you the chance to export your work. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will do so, including ownership, disclaimers, limits of liability and dispute resolution.
12. Changes to the Services and these Terms
We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of the Services at any time, and we will try to give notice of significant changes.
We may update these Terms. We will give you notice at least fourteen (14) days before a change takes effect, for example by posting a notice on the site or in the app. Changes for new functionality, security updates, bug fixes, or to comply with a court order take effect immediately. If you keep using the Services after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree to a change, you should stop using the Services and close your account.
13. Disclaimer
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," ESPECIALLY DURING THE BETA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT PROMISE THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE, OR THAT AI OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE.
14. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE OR DATA, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THEY ARE POSSIBLE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00).
Some places do not allow certain limits or exclusions, so some of the above may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights under the law where you live.
15. Indemnity
To the extent the law allows, you agree to defend and hold us harmless from claims, losses and reasonable expenses brought by a third party arising from Your Content or your violation of these Terms or of anyone else's rights.
16. Governing law and disputes
Governing law. These Terms and any dispute about the Services are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
Talk to us first. If you have a dispute with us, please email contact@sweave.app and give us at least thirty (30) days to work it out informally before starting any formal proceeding.
Binding arbitration. If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, it will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. YOU AND WE EACH GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO GO TO COURT, EXCEPT AS BELOW. Arbitration fees and the arbitrator's compensation are governed by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will take place in Horry County, South Carolina, or by phone, video or written submission where the rules allow. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and the decision may be entered as a judgment in any court with jurisdiction.
Individual claims only. To the fullest extent the law allows, claims may be brought only on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, consolidated or representative action.
Exceptions. Either of us may go to court for (a) claims to enforce or protect intellectual property rights, (b) claims about theft, piracy or unauthorized use of the Services, and (c) requests for an injunction. You may also bring a qualifying claim in small claims court. Any dispute that is not arbitrated will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Horry County, South Carolina, and both of us consent to that jurisdiction.
Time limit. To the fullest extent the law allows, any claim must be started within one (1) year after it arose, or it is permanently barred.
Your local rights. Nothing in these Terms removes consumer protections that cannot be waived under the law where you live. If this section is unenforceable for you, the dispute will be handled in the courts described above.
17. Copyright complaints
Your boards are private and are not published to others. If you believe material in the Services infringes your copyright, please email contact@sweave.app with a description of the work, where it appears, and how to reach you, and we will review it.
18. California residents
If a complaint with us is not resolved to your satisfaction, California residents may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or call (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.
19. General terms
- Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Services.
- If part is unenforceable. If a provision is found unenforceable, the rest of the Terms still applies.
- No waiver. If we do not enforce something, that does not mean we give up the right to do so later.
- Assignment. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours, for example in a merger or sale of the business.
- Electronic communications. By using the Services you agree that we may communicate with you electronically, and that electronic notices and agreements satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing.
- Beyond our control. We are not responsible for delays or failures caused by events outside our reasonable control.
20. Contact us
Questions about these Terms? Email contact@sweave.app. To ask about your personal information, visit https://sweave.app/data-request.