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# What do the Terms of Service cover? Who owns what?

Title suggestion: AGENT - FAQ - What do the Terms of Service cover? Who owns what?
Shelf: Work
Tags: faq, asker, intelligent-netware, terms-of-service, ip, ownership, license, confidentiality

## Public answer

**Question people actually type:**
What do the Terms of Service cover? Who owns what?

The Terms protect both sides. You own your content. Intelligent Netware owns the software. Here's the plain-language version.

**What stays yours**

- **Your content.** You own your deposits, recordings, notes, and everything else you put in. They're plain files on your drive, and you can copy, move, or delete them any time.
- **Your approval.** Nothing is published to your room until you approve it, by clicking Share or Sync or by replying APPROVED to your email agent.
- **Your room.** In an invitation-only room, your content appears only in your room, with no syndication, no Markdown twins, and no llms.txt. We never use your content in any other room.
- We take only the limited permission needed to host and display your content in your room.

**What stays ours:** the software, prompts, configuration, methods, room design, workflows, and documentation, including updates. Your license is permission to use the service for your own business. It isn't a transfer of ownership.

**Fair use:** you agree not to copy, reverse engineer, or rebuild the service; not to help anyone else build a copy; not to share the app, its configuration, or its prompts with outside developers or AI tools for the purpose of rebuilding it; and not to resell it. Using your own AI assistant, such as Claude Desktop, on your own vault is welcome. That's normal use.

**Confidentiality works both ways.** We keep your content, your visitors' questions, and your business information confidential. You keep how the service is built confidential.

**Other key points:**

- Please don't deposit confidential client information. You're responsible for what you approve.
- We don't train any AI model on your content or your visitors' questions.
- AI answers can be incomplete or wrong, and the service isn't a substitute for professional advice.
- Liability is limited, and ours is capped at the fees paid in the prior 12 months.
- Either side can end the Terms for a material breach that isn't fixed within 15 days of notice.
- Oregon law governs, with disputes resolved in Hood River County.

You accept by replying APPROVED to the email that delivers the Terms, or by clicking to accept when Compa is installed. Nothing goes live until you've accepted.

## Related questions

- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_31-cancellation-and-your-files|What happens if I cancel? What happens to my files?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_09-you-own-your-deposits|Do I own my deposits? Where do they live?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_25-claude-desktop-on-your-own-vault|Can I use Claude Desktop, or another AI assistant, on my own vault?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_27-what-does-it-cost|What does an Asker cost?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_23-client-confidentiality-what-not-to-deposit|What should I never deposit? Is client information safe?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_00-INDEX|All Asker FAQs]]

_Written by Daniel Comp with GB, Director of Operations, Intelligent Netware._