Welcome to FortForge ("FortForge," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our platform, website, and services (collectively, the "Platform").
By using FortForge, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old, or the minimum legal age required in your jurisdiction, to use FortForge. If you are under 18, you confirm that you have permission from a parent or legal guardian.
2. Accounts
To use certain features, you may need an account. You agree to:
- Provide accurate and current information.
- Keep your login credentials secure and confidential.
- Accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account.
- Notify us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or remain inactive for extended periods.
3. User Content
Ownership
You retain ownership of content you upload to FortForge ("User Content").
License to FortForge
By uploading User Content, you grant FortForge a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, cache, reproduce, display, distribute, and make your User Content available through the Platform.
This license also allows FortForge to:
- Display and promote your content through previews, thumbnails, and metadata.
- Modify or adapt your content solely for technical, formatting, compatibility, moderation, or display purposes.
- Enforce licensing terms associated with your content.
This license survives account closure or content deletion to the extent reasonably necessary for backups, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcement.
Enforcement Authorization
You authorize FortForge to act on your behalf to protect and enforce rights relating to User Content uploaded to the Platform, including by issuing takedown notices, requesting removal of infringing copies, or enforcing licensing terms.
4. User Responsibilities
You are solely responsible for your User Content and confirm that:
- You own it or have the rights required to upload and share it.
- It does not infringe third-party rights.
- It complies with applicable law and platform rules.
- It does not contain malware, exploits, scams, or harmful material.
5. Prohibited Use
You must not:
- Upload illegal, harmful, fraudulent, or infringing content.
- Distribute malware or attempt to exploit, probe, or disrupt the Platform.
- Harass, threaten, or abuse other users.
- Circumvent account, security, payment, or platform restrictions.
- Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.
6. Content Moderation
We may review, remove, restrict, or disable access to content or accounts at our discretion, including where we believe content or behavior violates these Terms, infringes rights, creates platform risk, or is otherwise unlawful.
7. Unauthorized Redistribution
Redistributing content obtained from FortForge without permission from the rights holder or under a valid applicable license is prohibited.
We may respond by removing content, suspending accounts, or issuing takedown or other legal notices.
8. Paid Services and Subscriptions
FortForge may offer paid plans, subscription products, or other paid digital services ("Paid Services"). Paid Services may include recurring billing and plan-based feature access.
By purchasing or subscribing to Paid Services, you agree to:
- Pay all fees and charges associated with the selected plan.
- Provide and maintain a valid payment method.
- Authorize FortForge and its payment providers to charge you on a recurring basis where applicable.
Paid Services are digital services. Features, limits, and availability may evolve over time.
9. Billing and Payments
Subscription billing renews automatically unless cancelled before the renewal date. Charges are typically collected at the start of each billing cycle.
All subscription billing and subscription payment processing is handled by third-party payment providers, including Stripe, through Stripe-hosted checkout, billing, or payment management pages. FortForge does not directly process payment card details for subscriptions on its own site or systems.
You agree to keep billing information and payment methods current and accurate.
If payment fails, the payment provider may retry collection according to its billing settings and workflows. Your account may become past due, unpaid, or otherwise ineligible for continued paid access until payment is resolved.
Separate payment or donation flows made available elsewhere on the Platform may be handled by different third-party providers and governed by the terms applicable to those flows.
10. Pricing and Taxes
Prices are shown in the currency and format presented at the time of purchase. Taxes, including VAT or similar taxes, may be added where required by law.
We may change pricing, packaging, or plan structure from time to time. Unless stated otherwise, pricing changes apply no earlier than the next billing cycle or renewal.
11. Cancellation and Refunds
You may cancel a subscription at any time through available account or billing tools.
Unless otherwise stated at the time of purchase, cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period and does not retroactively reverse charges already incurred.
Except where required by law, payments are non-refundable and partial billing period refunds are not provided.
Because FortForge provides digital services, refunds are generally not offered once service access has begun.
12. Plan Features and Limits
Paid and free plans may differ by included features, quotas, and restrictions, such as:
- Download quotas and daily limits.
- Upload size limits.
- Live resource and draft limits.
- Scheduled publishing eligibility.
- Analytics access levels.
- External link permissions.
- Early access or limited-release features.
We may change plan features, thresholds, limits, eligibility rules, or availability over time, including to improve the Platform, respond to abuse, or change commercial offerings.
13. Plan Changes
If you change plans, the effective timing of the change, any proration, and any resulting billing adjustments may depend on the billing configuration then in use, including settings managed through Stripe or the customer billing portal.
Access to features may expand, contract, or change when a plan change becomes effective. If your account exceeds a lower plan's limits after downgrade or cancellation, we may disable or restrict affected features or require you to reduce usage to remain within plan limits.
14. Non-Payment
If payment is not successfully received or maintained:
- Access to Paid Services may be suspended, limited, or removed.
- Your account may revert to a free or lower-tier access level.
- Continued non-payment may result in termination of paid access or the account itself.
15. Chargebacks and Abuse
You must not initiate fraudulent or abusive chargebacks, payment disputes, or refund claims.
If we believe a chargeback or dispute is fraudulent, abusive, or inconsistent with these Terms, we may suspend the account, revoke access, or pursue recovery of amounts owed.
16. Promotions and Pricing Offers
We may offer promotional pricing, founder pricing, discounts, or other limited-time offers. Such offers may be subject to eligibility rules, deadlines, availability limits, and additional terms.
Promotional or founder pricing does not guarantee future pricing, and we may modify, end, or revoke offers where misuse, abuse, error, or changed commercial conditions require it.
17. Subscription Ownership
Unless we explicitly state otherwise, subscriptions and other Paid Services are personal to the purchasing account, non-transferable, and not shareable.
18. Privacy
Your use of FortForge is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
19. Disclaimer
The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
20. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, FortForge will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses arising out of or related to your use of the Platform.
21. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless FortForge, its affiliates, and its contributors from claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from your use of the Platform, your content, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.
22. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your account or access to the Platform at any time for violations of these Terms, legal risk, abuse, or non-payment.
23. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Where reasonably possible, we will provide at least 3 days' notice before updated Terms take effect.
Continued use of the Platform on or after the effective date provided in that notice means you accept the revised Terms. If we request your consent through an in-product popup or similar notice, your acceptance through that flow also means you accept the revised Terms.
24. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom.
25. Conflict with Marketing Content
If there is any conflict between these Terms and promotional, marketing, or summary content elsewhere on the Platform, these Terms control unless a separate written agreement says otherwise.
26. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@fortforge.dev.