End User Licence Agreement

1. Parties and acceptance

1.1. This agreement (the "Agreement") is made between the operators of the "Ktavit" (כתבית) project and the ktavit.co.il website ("Ktavit", "we"), and any person or entity that installs, downloads, runs or uses the Software (the "User", "you").

1.2. "Software" means the Ktavit programs: Ktavit Write, Ktavit PDF, Ktavit Sheets, Ktavit Slides, Ktavit Photos, Ktavit Mail and the Ktavit installer, including updates, fonts, support files and documentation delivered with them, but excluding third-party components as described in section 8.

1.3. This Agreement takes effect when you tick the box "I have read and agree to the licence agreement" in the installer or — if you install or run the Software another way (for example from a portable ZIP file) — when you download, install or first use the Software, whichever comes first. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.

1.4. If you accept this Agreement on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you are authorised to bind it, and "User" includes that organisation.

1.5. (Hebrew only: a note that the Hebrew text uses the masculine form for convenience and applies to all genders.)

2. Licence

2.1. Subject to this Agreement, Ktavit grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free licence, revocable as set out in section 10, to install the Software on any number of computers and to use it for private purposes and for work and business purposes, including within an organisation.

2.2. The Software is provided free of charge. Ktavit charges nothing for the licence under this Agreement. Any paid services offered in the future (for example cloud services) will be governed by a separate agreement.

2.3. The Software is licensed, not sold. All rights in the Software, including copyright, trade secrets, the name "Ktavit" / "כתבית", logos and design, belong to Ktavit or its licensors and are reserved, except for the rights expressly granted to you in this Agreement. The source code of the Software (other than third-party components) is not provided to you.

2.4. You may copy the installation files as downloaded from the official website, unmodified, to install them on your own or your organisation's computers and for backup.

3. Restrictions

3.1. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by mandatory law, you may not:

(a) sell, rent, lease, lend or sublicense the Software, or charge for the Software itself;

(b) modify, translate, adapt or create derivative works of the Software (other than the documents and files you create with it — see section 3.3);

(c) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, or attempt to derive its source code — except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits this notwithstanding a contractual restriction, and only to that extent (for example for interoperability under section 24 of the Israeli Copyright Act, 2007);

(d) remove, obscure or alter any copyright notice, trademark, licence notice or this Agreement in the Software;

(e) distribute the Software to the public (for example on a website, in an app store or bundled with another product) without Ktavit's prior written consent; linking to ktavit.co.il is always allowed;

(f) use the Software in breach of any law, including third-party rights, or to attack computer systems;

(g) circumvent protection or verification measures in the Software, including the signature check of updates.

3.2. Third-party components (section 8) are governed by their own licences; the restrictions in section 3.1 do not limit any rights those licences give you.

3.3. Your documents are yours. Ktavit claims no rights in the documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, e-mails or other content you create, open or edit with the Software.

4. Updates and changes to this Agreement

4.1. Ktavit may, at its discretion, release updates, fixes and new versions of the Software, change or remove features, or stop developing and distributing the Software, at any time and without obligation to you. The installer may check for updates and offer to install them. You are not required to install an update, but older versions may not be supported.

4.2. Updates are governed by this Agreement unless accompanied by a different agreement.

4.3. Ktavit may update this Agreement. The current version will be published at ktavit.co.il/legal/eula with its date. A material change to the User's detriment will be shown in the installer and must be accepted again before an update is installed; until then, your use of the version already installed remains governed by the version of the Agreement you accepted. If you do not agree to the new version, do not install the update; you may stop using the Software at any time.

5. No warranty — the Software is provided "AS IS"

5.1. The Software is provided free of charge, "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including — without limitation — warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, compatibility with other files or software (including Microsoft Office, PDF and e-mail files), uninterrupted or error-free operation, or freedom from defects, viruses or security vulnerabilities.

5.2. The Software is based in part on open-source software at an early stage of development. Files may fail to open, display or save correctly; formatting, formulas, images or data may be lost or changed when opening, converting or saving; and the Software may close unexpectedly. You use the Software at your sole risk and should check results before relying on them.

5.3. The Software is not intended for use in systems where a failure could lead to death, personal injury or severe environmental or property damage (for example medical, aviation, transport or industrial control systems).

5.4. Nothing in this section excludes any warranty that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law; in that case the warranty is limited to the minimum permitted by law.

6. Limitation of liability

6.1. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ktavit, its owners, employees, service providers, contributors and licensors (including the developers of open-source components) shall not be liable, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), unjust enrichment, statute or otherwise, for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, and in particular not for:

(a) loss, corruption or alteration of data, documents or files, or the cost of restoring them;

(b) loss of profits, revenue, anticipated savings, goodwill or business opportunities;

(d) damage caused by third-party software, services or files, including models or data the User chooses to download separately;

— even if Ktavit was advised of the possibility of such damage.

6.2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ktavit's total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Software shall not exceed the amount you paid Ktavit for the Software — that is, zero (0) NIS, or, if a competent court holds that limit invalid, one hundred (100) NIS.

6.3. The limitations in sections 5 and 6 are an essential part of the bargain: Ktavit provides the Software free of charge and would not provide it without them.

6.4. Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes liability where the law does not allow it, including liability for damage caused by Ktavit's wilful misconduct or gross negligence, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, liability for fraud or misrepresentation, and rights that cannot be waived under the Israeli Consumer Protection Law, 1981, or any other applicable law. In those cases the limitation applies to the maximum extent the law permits.

7. Backups — an important recommendation

7.1. As with any software, and especially software provided "as is", we strongly recommend keeping backup copies of every important document and file, especially before opening, converting or saving files created in other programs (for example DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF), and keeping a copy of the original file. Ktavit does not keep copies of your files and cannot recover them.

8. Third-party components

8.1. The Software includes third-party components, including open-source software (for example WordCraft, PdfCraft, GridCraft, DeckCraft, LightCraft, ArtCraft Launcher and MailCraft, under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence, and many Rust libraries) and free fonts (under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and others). Those components are governed by their own licences, which prevail over this Agreement to the extent they apply, and nothing in this Agreement limits the rights they give you. The list of components, copyright notices and licence texts are in the "Third-party licences" window of the Software and at ktavit.co.il/licenses.

8.2. Some features may let you download third-party models, dictionaries or data separately (for example AI models in Ktavit Photos). They are not part of the Software, are not distributed by Ktavit, and their use is governed by their owners' licence terms, which you are responsible for reading and following.

8.3. The names WordCraft, ArtCraft, MailCraft, Microsoft, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and any other trade name mentioned in the Software or documentation belong to their owners and are mentioned only for attribution or to describe compatibility. Ktavit is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by those owners.

9. Privacy

9.1. The Software runs on your computer. The documents you edit are not sent to Ktavit. The installer and the update feature contact Ktavit's servers to check for and download new versions; such requests expose technical data to the server, such as IP address, operating system and Software version. Ktavit Mail connects to the mail servers you configure, not to Ktavit's servers. The Software does not send usage data (telemetry) or crash reports to Ktavit. Features that connect to third-party services you configure yourself (for example AI providers or Zotero) contact those services directly, under their terms.

9.2. More details will be in the privacy policy at ktavit.co.il/legal/privacy, once published.

10. Termination

10.1. This Agreement remains in effect until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by uninstalling the Software and deleting all copies.

10.2. If you breach a material term of this Agreement (in particular section 3), your licence under it terminates automatically, without notice, and you must stop using the Software and delete all copies.

10.3. Ktavit may stop distributing the Software and updates at any time. Doing so does not revoke your licence to keep using the version you have installed.

10.4. Sections 2.3, 3.3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 survive termination.

11. Governing law and jurisdiction

11.1. This Agreement and any matter arising from it or from the use of the Software are governed solely by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to their conflict-of-laws rules; the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) does not apply.

11.2. Exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from this Agreement or the use of the Software lies with the competent courts of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa district, Israel.

12. General

12.1. This Agreement, together with the licences of third-party components, is the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Software and supersedes any prior representation or understanding.

12.2. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be construed to the maximum extent possible to reflect the parties' intent, and the remaining provisions remain in effect.

12.3. A waiver of, or delay in exercising, a right is not a waiver of it.

12.4. You may not assign or transfer your rights under this Agreement without Ktavit's prior written consent. Ktavit may assign this Agreement, including in a merger, acquisition or transfer of the business.

12.5. You must comply with any export control laws that apply to the Software.

12.6. Language: this Agreement is written in Hebrew and English. In case of any conflict or inconsistency, the Hebrew text prevails.

13. Contact

Questions and notices about this Agreement: [email protected].

If the Hebrew and English versions differ, the Hebrew version prevails (section 12.6). Third-party components and their licences: ktavit.co.il/licenses.

End User Licence Agreement — Ktavit software