Ardeshir

Disclaimer

Please read this before relying on anything we publish. It is short and direct on purpose.

Who we are

Ardeshir is a group of volunteers. We are not a company, not a foundation, not a registered legal entity, and not a service provider. Nobody here is paid. Nobody here speaks for the others in matters outside the documented decision process.

We build software in our free time, in good faith, because we believe the work is useful.

What we try to do

  • Build software carefully.
  • Review every change with an automated security agent and at least one human before it ships.
  • Take reasonable steps to keep our infrastructure safe.
  • Listen when someone tells us we got something wrong.

We try our best. We will sometimes make mistakes. When we find them, we fix them.

What we are not responsible for

By using anything we publish, you accept the following without ambiguity:

  • No warranty of any kind. Our software is provided “as is”, without any warranty of fitness, safety, accuracy, security, or fitness for any particular purpose. We make no promise that it will work, that it will keep working, that it will protect you, or that it is suitable for what you want to do with it.

  • No liability for use. We are not responsible for what you do with our software, what happens because you used it, what data is lost, what harm is caused, what laws are broken, what consequences follow, or what third parties do with it after they receive it from you. If the software is part of a chain of events that ends badly, we are not part of that chain.

  • No liability for misuse or abuse. If someone uses what we publish to harm others, to break the law, to surveil people, to deceive, or for any purpose the original authors did not intend, that is the responsibility of the person who used it that way. Free software cannot be controlled after release. That is part of what makes it free.

  • No support obligation. We do not owe anyone updates, fixes, patches, responses, or continued availability. We may stop working on any project at any time. We may take infrastructure offline. We may decline to act on a request.

  • No advice. Nothing we publish is legal advice, medical advice, security advice for your specific situation, or professional advice of any other kind. If you need advice, ask a qualified professional.

  • No fitness for life-critical use. Do not use our software where failure could cause physical harm, financial loss you cannot bear, legal consequences you cannot accept, or loss of access to safety, freedom, or essential services. We have not built it for that, and we will not be responsible for that.

Your decision, your responsibility

Before you use anything we publish, it is your responsibility to:

  • Read the project’s own README, security notes, and threat model.
  • Decide whether it is suitable for what you want to do.
  • Test it for yourself in your own context.
  • Understand the risks of your environment, the laws that apply to you, and your own situation.
  • Keep your own backups, your own credentials, and your own contingency plans.

If you cannot accept these responsibilities, do not use the software.

What this is not

This page is not a licence. The licence for each released project is in that project’s own repository and governs your rights to use, modify, and redistribute it. This page is a statement of what we - the volunteers behind Ardeshir - do and do not accept responsibility for, in good faith and in plain language.

The disclaimers in any individual project’s DISCLAIMERS.md apply on top of this page, not instead of it. If anything conflicts, the more restrictive disclaimer wins.

If you believe we have caused harm

If you genuinely believe something we published has caused real harm, write to Artaxshathra@proton.me. We will read it. We will respond honestly. We will fix what we can fix.

We will not be threatened, sued, or pressured into accepting responsibility we did not take on. Volunteers cannot work under that kind of risk, and a free-software collective cannot exist on those terms.

This disclaimer applies to ardeshir.net, every project released under the Ardeshir name, and every artefact published by the collective.