These terms cover your use of the Passband apps, the squelchd daemon, and the services we operate: hosted Passband accounts, the push notification relay, optional read-receipt collection, and the language model gateway that serves hosted accounts (together, the "Services"). By using them you agree to these terms.
The software
Passband and squelchd are open source software, licensed under the MIT License. That license, not these terms, governs your use of the code itself. If you self-host, you run the software on your own hardware and are responsible for your own deployment, backups, and security.
Your accounts
Passband connects to your Google account with your consent. You are responsible for complying with Google's terms, and for any API keys you supply to third-party model providers. You can revoke Passband's access to your Google account at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Hosted accounts
A hosted account means we run squelchd for you and store your synced mail and your Google refresh token on our infrastructure. What we hold and who it reaches is set out in the Privacy Policy; read it before you sign up, because the answer is materially different from self-hosting.
Hosted accounts are currently offered free of charge and by invitation, as a preview. Do not treat a hosted account as a backup of your mailbox: Gmail remains the system of record, and we make no durability guarantee. You may ask us to delete your account at any time, and we will destroy its database, encryption key, and stored credential. We may suspend or terminate an account for a violation of these terms, for abuse that threatens the service, or on reasonable notice if we discontinue the hosted tier; you can revoke our access to your mailbox yourself at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Acceptable use
Do not use the Services to send spam or unlawful content, to interfere with the Services, or to attempt to access data that is not yours. Read receipts must be used in compliance with the laws that apply to you and your recipients.
The Services
The Services are provided free of charge and on a best-effort basis. We may change, limit, or discontinue them at any time. The self-hosted software keeps working without them, minus push notifications and read receipts.
Privacy
How data is handled is described in the Privacy Policy.
Disclaimers
The software and Services are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for loss of data, arising from your use of the software or Services.
Changes
We may update these terms; changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.
Contact
Email braelyn@passband.app or open an issue at github.com/passband-app/passband.