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Terms of Service — SCALAR Atelier

Product-policy effective date: 2026-08-17

Last updated: 2026-08-28

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the currently distributed macOS and Windows desktop apps of SCALAR Atelier (the "App"), published by SCALAR Atelier Co., Ltd. ("we," "us," or "our"). The source repository also contains an internal iOS chat app and Remote Beta work, but those surfaces are not currently publicly distributed or available through TestFlight. If we expressly provide an internal build, these Terms also apply to that build without promising its availability. By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to these Terms.

1. What SCALAR Atelier Is

SCALAR Atelier includes macOS and Windows apps that route work to third-party AI models using your own API keys ("Bring Your Own Key" / BYOK). The current public alpha is free and requires no purchase or license key. We do not sell AI tokens or proxy model traffic.

2. Free Alpha Permission

While the alpha is available, we grant one user a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable permission for personal or internal business work. This is prerelease software: features, support, and distribution may change, and there is no SLA or promise of permanent availability.

Earlier purchasers keep the terms and refund rights that applied to their purchase. The historical license allowed three concurrently activated devices for one person, not three user seats; it is not required for current free-alpha access.

The App offers local Device transfer under Settings → Permissions & Data. You move the ZIP yourself; it is not uploaded to us. It excludes historical license records, API keys, OAuth tokens, always-allow grants, original media, and absolute paths. Sources are relinked only after their hash matches. Independent cross-OS human acceptance remains open.

You may not:

  • Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the App;
  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the App's source code beyond what applicable law permits;
  • Use the App to build a competing product by extracting its routing/orchestration logic;
  • Circumvent security, approval, provider-cost, or data-egress controls.

3. Your API Keys and Third-Party AI Providers

You are responsible for obtaining and paying for your own API keys with third-party AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, or others you connect). Your use of those providers is governed by their terms of service, pricing, and content policies — not ours. If a provider suspends your account or rejects a request for violating their content policy, that is a matter between you and that provider; we do not control or moderate provider-side content decisions.

API keys are stored in local credential/app storage on your device. We do not receive or retain them.

If we expressly provide an internal iOS build, it connects through OpenRouter OAuth. When you send, the recent conversation needed for the reply is shared with OpenRouter and the selected model provider; older content in a long chat stays only on the device. You must explicitly accept this before connecting or sending, and provider retention, logging, and training rules apply. Disconnect removes only the local key; revoke the issued key separately in OpenRouter settings to invalidate it remotely.

4. Your Content

Conversations, files, and other content you create or upload using the App ("Your Content") remain yours. Your Content is stored locally on your device; we do not access, store, or claim any ownership over it. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.

5. Our Intellectual Property

The App, including its software, design, routing/orchestration technology, characters, and branding, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by applicable intellectual-property law. These Terms grant only the limited license in §2.

6. Historical Purchases and Refunds

There is no checkout for the current public alpha. Historical purchase records are retained only for refunds, entitlement history, and support. The original 14-day right remains described in our Refund Policy.

7. Disclaimer of Warranty

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE ERROR-FREE, THAT AI-GENERATED OUTPUTS WILL BE ACCURATE OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE, OR THAT THIRD-PARTY AI PROVIDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR RELIABLE.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR REVENUE, INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER COSTS. FOR A CLAIM DIRECTLY TIED TO A HISTORICAL PAID LICENSE, TOTAL LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID; OTHERWISE IT IS LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

This liability and warranty language has not been attorney-reviewed. Jurisdiction and mandatory consumer-law review remain a HOLD before a paid public launch.

9. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time. We may stop distributing or updating the alpha, or restrict a user for a material breach. This does not remotely delete local content.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are intended to be governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, subject to mandatory consumer-protection law that applies to you. This section requires attorney review before a paid public launch.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be noted via the App's update notice. Continued use of the App after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms: l0architect@scalar-inc.com

This public-alpha notice reflects the product policy updated on 2026-08-28. It is not legal advice and has not been attorney-reviewed. Counsel review remains required before a future paid public launch.