Terms of Use & Community Guidelines

1Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, accessing, or using any product or service provided by Arcnode Network (part of the Stinoo Network), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, you must stop using our products and services immediately.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Arcnode Network. They apply to all products and services including applications distributed through the Microsoft Store or GitHub, and the website at arcnode.dev.

2Description of Services

Arcnode Network develops and distributes the following:

• ArcJournal — a cross-platform desktop journaling application with emotion tagging and day grading.
• ArcTasks — a task and productivity management application.
• The arcnode.dev website and associated web tools and project showcases.

We reserve the right to modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any product or service at any time. Where significant changes are planned, we will make reasonable efforts to communicate these in advance.

3Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years of age to use our products (or 16 years of age within the European Economic Area, in accordance with Article 8 GDPR). By using our services, you confirm that you meet this requirement.

If you are under the applicable minimum age, you may only use our products with the verified consent and active supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.

4Licence & Permitted Use

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Arcnode Network grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use our products for your personal, non-commercial purposes.

You may:

• Download, install, and run our applications on devices you own or control.
• Use our applications as intended for personal productivity and journaling.
• Submit feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to us.

You may not:

• Copy, modify, distribute, sell, sublicense, or transfer our software or any part of it without prior written permission from Arcnode Network.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble our applications except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law.
• Use our products in violation of any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of our infrastructure, servers, or databases.
• Use automated scripts, bots, or crawlers to interact with our website or services.
• Use our products in any way that could disrupt, damage, or impair their availability to other users.

5Intellectual Property

All software, source code, designs, branding, logos, and content associated with Arcnode Network products are the intellectual property of Arcnode Network and the Stinoo Network, or are used with permission.

The name Arcnode, the Arcnode logo, and all associated product names including ArcJournal and ArcTasks are trademarks of Stinoo Network. You may not use these names, marks, or logos without prior written permission.

Content you create within our applications — such as journal entries and task notes — remains your property. We do not claim ownership over it and do not use it for any purpose beyond providing the application to you.

6Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability

Our products and services are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind — either express or implied — including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Arcnode Network and Stinoo Network shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use our products or services, including but not limited to loss of data or loss of profits.

Our total aggregate liability for any claims arising under these Terms shall not exceed the amount you have paid to us in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or €10 (ten euros), whichever is greater.

7Termination

You may stop using our products at any time. To delete your account and all associated data from our servers, contact us at info@stinoo.dev.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to our products and services where we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms. We will provide notice of such action where reasonably practicable.

8Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Netherlands, except where mandatory consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction provide otherwise. If you are a consumer in the EEA, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of your country of habitual residence.

9Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms when our products change or when required by law. We will update the “Last updated” date above. For material changes, we will provide a prominent notice in the relevant application or on our website before the changes take effect.

Continued use of our products after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes your acceptance.

10Purpose & Scope

These Community Guidelines apply to all interactions between you and Arcnode Network, including:

• Contact form submissions on arcnode.dev
• Feedback, bug reports, or feature requests submitted via any channel
• Emails and direct messages to our team
• Any public community spaces or platforms associated with Arcnode Network (current or future)

These guidelines do not govern what you write privately within applications like ArcJournal. Your journal is private.

11The Do's & Don'ts

When interacting with Arcnode Network through any channel:

12Content Standards

Any content you submit to us must not:

• Contain hate speech or content that promotes violence or discrimination against any individual or group.
• Include or facilitate illegal content or activities.
• Violate the privacy, intellectual property, or other rights of any third party.
• Include malicious code, files, or links intended to harm our systems or other users.
• Be used to conduct phishing, social engineering, or impersonation attacks.

13Enforcement & Consequences

Arcnode Network reserves the right to moderate, refuse, or respond to interactions at its sole discretion. Violations may result in:

• No action — for minor or clearly inadvertent violations.
• A polite correction — for misunderstandings or borderline situations.
• Blocking or filtering — repeated or serious violations may result in your messages being filtered from our communication channels.
• Access restriction or termination — in severe cases, access to Arcnode products or services may be suspended or permanently terminated.
• Legal action — in cases involving threats, fraud, unlawful activity, or attempts to compromise our systems, we reserve the right to involve the appropriate authorities.

If you believe a moderation decision was made in error, you are welcome to contact us at info@stinoo.dev to discuss it.

14Contact & Reporting

Questions about these Terms or Community Guidelines, or to report a violation: