Licence Agreement

This licence sets out the terms on which you may use the Mes application. It is written to be read, not to be survived. In case of any discrepancy between language versions, the Ukrainian text prevails.

This End-User Licence Agreement (the “Licence”) is a legal agreement between you and the provider of Mes (the “Licensor”, “we”), registered in Ukraine, for the Mes software application, including its updates, documentation and associated media (the “Application”). The Licensor's full legal-entity details will be published before public launch and are available on request.

§ 1 The agreement

By downloading, installing or using the Application, you accept this Licence. If you do not accept it, do not install or use the Application. This Licence governs the software itself; your use of the messaging service is also subject to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

§ 2 Licence granted

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and use one copy of the Application on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, for your own lawful personal or internal business use, in accordance with this Licence, the App Store Usage Rules, and applicable law.

§ 3 What you may not do

Except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits despite this limitation, you may not:

copy, sell, rent, lease, lend, distribute or sublicense the Application;
reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Application, or attempt to derive its source code, except where such activity is permitted by mandatory law (for example, for interoperability);
modify, adapt or create derivative works of the Application, other than as permitted by the open-source licences in §5;
remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notices, marks or labels;
use the Application to develop a competing product by improper means, or circumvent its security, licensing or technical protections;
use the Application unlawfully or in violation of the Terms of Service.

§ 4 Ownership & reservation of rights

The Application is licensed, not sold. We and our licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Application, including all intellectual-property rights, the “Mes” name, logo and mark. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

§ 5 Open-source & third-party components

The Application includes third-party and open-source software — including cryptographic libraries that implement the Signal Protocol — each licensed under its own terms. Those terms govern your rights in those components and, where they conflict with this Licence, take precedence for that component. Nothing in this Licence limits any right you have under an applicable open-source licence. A list of components and their licences is available on request at andrey@stetsenko.org and, where required, within the Application.

§ 6 Updates

We may provide updates, upgrades or new versions of the Application. They may be required for continued operation and are governed by this Licence unless accompanied by separate terms. We are not obliged to provide any update or to continue offering the Application.

§ 7 Term & termination

This Licence applies until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach it. On termination, you must stop using the Application and delete all copies. Sections that by their nature should survive (ownership, disclaimers, liability, governing law) will survive termination.

§ 8 No warranty

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Application is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. You use the Application at your own discretion and risk. This does not affect mandatory statutory rights that cannot be waived.

§ 9 Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or loss of data, arising from your use of or inability to use the Application. Our total aggregate liability under this Licence will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid for the Application (if any) or EUR 100. Nothing here excludes liability that may not be excluded by law.

§ 10 Export & sanctions compliance

The Application contains cryptography and may be subject to export-control and sanctions laws. You represent that you are not located in, and will not use or export the Application to, any territory or person subject to applicable embargoes or restricted-party lists, and that you will comply with all applicable export and sanctions laws.

§ 11 Apple App Store — additional terms

Where you obtain the Application from the Apple App Store, the following additional terms apply. In them, “Apple” means Apple Inc.

This Licence is between you and us only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the Application or its content.
Scope. The licence granted is limited to a non-transferable licence to use the Application on any Apple-branded device you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Usage Rules, except that the Application may be accessed by other accounts via Family Sharing where enabled.
Maintenance and support for the Application are our sole responsibility. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support.
Warranty. If the Application fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation, and any other claims are our responsibility.
Product claims. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the Application, including product-liability, legal or regulatory, and consumer-protection claims.
Intellectual property. If a third party claims the Application infringes its intellectual-property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.
Legal compliance. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as “terrorist supporting”, and that you are not on any U.S. Government restricted-party list.
Third-party beneficiary. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this Licence and, upon your acceptance, have the right to enforce it against you.
Contact. Questions, complaints or claims regarding the Application should be directed to andrey@stetsenko.org.

§ 12 Governing law

This Licence is governed by the laws of Ukraine, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and subject to any mandatory consumer protections of your place of residence. The Apple-specific terms in §11 are construed as required by Apple's Licensed Application terms.

§ 13 Contact

Licensor: the provider of Mes, registered in Ukraine — andrey@stetsenko.org. Full legal-entity details available on request.

See also the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service.