Terms of Use

Acceptance and scope

These Terms of Use form a legally binding agreement between you and GoodGist Inc., doing business as Avery.Software ("Avery," "we," "us" or "our"), concerning your access to and use of the Avery Rulebook website, public documentation, demonstrations, downloadable materials, communications, preview features and any evaluation access we provide without a separate signed agreement (collectively, the "Services"). Avery Rulebook is a product of GoodGist Inc.

By accessing or using the Services, submitting a request, creating an evaluation account, clicking to accept these Terms or otherwise indicating assent, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. A signed order form, evaluation agreement, enterprise agreement or other written agreement with Avery controls to the extent it conflicts with these Terms.

Business use and authority

The Services are intended for business and professional evaluation. You represent that you are at least 18 years old, have legal capacity to agree to these Terms, and, if you act for an organization, have authority to bind that organization. In that case, "you" includes the organization.

You may not use the Services if you are barred from doing so under applicable law or are located in, ordinarily resident in, or acting for a country or person subject to applicable trade sanctions or export restrictions.

Pre-release and evaluation status

Avery Rulebook has not yet been released for general external availability. Product descriptions, screenshots, architecture, performance targets, integrations, templates, interfaces, packaging, deployment models, licensing boundaries and roadmap statements may change.

Preview or evaluation access is provided solely for internal assessment and feedback. It is not production access, does not include a service level commitment, and must not be used as the sole basis for a consequential, regulated or customer-facing decision. A feature described on this site is not a commitment to deliver that feature unless it appears in a signed agreement.

Accounts and access credentials

You must provide accurate registration information, keep credentials and magic links confidential, and promptly notify us of suspected unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity under your account and for ensuring that every user is authorized by your organization.

You may not share evaluation access outside the authorized organization, circumvent domain or role restrictions, create accounts through automated means, or attempt to gain access to administrative, tenant or system areas you are not authorized to use.

Permitted use

Subject to these Terms, Avery grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Services for lawful internal evaluation, learning and communication with Avery.

No right is granted to deploy Avery Rulebook in production, provide it as a service to another party, resell it, or rely on it for a regulated obligation unless a signed agreement expressly authorizes that use.

Use restrictions

You will not, and will not help another person to:

• violate law, regulation, contract, intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights;
• interfere with, disrupt, overload or degrade the Services or another user's access;
• bypass authentication, authorization, usage limits, safety controls, tenant isolation or technical restrictions;
• probe, scan or test a vulnerability without Avery's prior written authorization and compliance with our security reporting process;
• introduce malware, harmful code, deceptive content or data intended to manipulate extraction, retrieval, reasoning or enforcement behavior;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or attempt to derive non-public source code, models, prompts, rules, methods or underlying ideas, except to the limited extent a restriction is prohibited by law;
• copy, scrape, crawl or extract content at scale, build a competing dataset or service, or use the Services to train a model without written permission;
• remove proprietary notices or misrepresent the origin, capabilities, approval status or output of the Services;
• publish benchmarks, penetration-test results or comparative performance claims based on non-public preview access without written approval;
• use the Services to make fully automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on an individual without appropriate legal basis, testing and human oversight;
• use the Services for weapons, unlawful surveillance, discrimination, fraud, rights violations or other harmful activity.

Your materials and instructions

You retain ownership of information, documents, prompts, facts, configurations and other material you are authorized to provide ("Customer Materials"). You grant Avery a limited right to host, process, transmit, reproduce and use Customer Materials only as reasonably necessary to provide, secure, support and improve the Services and as otherwise described in a signed agreement or the Privacy Notice.

You represent that you have all rights and permissions needed to provide Customer Materials and instructions. Do not submit production secrets, regulated data, personal data, privileged material or third-party confidential information through the public website or contact form. Evaluation environments may have separate data-handling terms that must be reviewed before uploading sensitive material.

AI-assisted functions and outputs

Some functions may use machine learning models to extract proposals, make bounded judgments, propose plans or generate explanations. Model-assisted content may be incomplete, inaccurate or unsuitable. You must review it for your context.

Rulebook is designed to preserve declared reasoning tiers, evidence and human confirmation boundaries, but those properties do not guarantee that a source policy is lawful, complete, current or correctly approved. You remain responsible for source selection, reviewer authorization, confirmation decisions, integration design, deployment topology, final actions and compliance outcomes.

Compliance templates and professional advice

Templates, mappings, control narratives, clause references, examples and documentation are operational starting points. They are not the text of a standard, a legal opinion, certification, audit report or guarantee of compliance.

The Services do not provide legal, regulatory, accounting, medical, security or other professional advice. You must obtain advice from qualified professionals and verify applicable law, regulatory guidance, standards and contractual obligations. Installing or publishing a template does not make an organization compliant.

Consequential and high-risk use

You may not rely on the Services as the sole control for safety-critical, life-critical, medical, employment, credit, housing, insurance, legal, law-enforcement, critical-infrastructure or other high-impact decisions. Any authorized use in those areas requires a separate written agreement, documented risk assessment, appropriate human oversight, monitoring, testing, fallback procedures and compliance with applicable law.

Rulebook does not replace identity and access management, network segmentation, data loss prevention, model risk management, cybersecurity controls, professional review or other required control systems.

Third-party services and integrations

The Services may describe, link to or interoperate with models, agent frameworks, cloud platforms, guardrail products, identity providers and other third-party services. Those services are governed by their own terms and privacy practices. Avery does not control and is not responsible for them.

Comparison pages describe complementary architectural roles for evaluation and do not imply affiliation, endorsement, certification or partnership unless expressly stated. Product names and marks belong to their respective owners.

Feedback

If you provide ideas, suggestions, test results or other feedback, you grant Avery a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, disclose, reproduce, modify, license and commercialize that feedback without restriction or obligation. This does not grant Avery ownership of Customer Materials.

Avery intellectual property

The Services, site content, product design, documentation, software, workflows, visual assets, trade dress, trademarks and all related intellectual property are owned by GoodGist Inc. or its licensors. Except for the limited right expressly granted in these Terms, no license or right is granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

Avery.Software, Avery Rulebook and associated names and logos are trade names or marks used by GoodGist Inc. You may not use them in a manner that suggests sponsorship, approval or affiliation without written permission.

Confidentiality and public submissions

Public website submissions and unsolicited communications are not confidential and do not create a fiduciary, advisory or confidentiality relationship. Do not send confidential information unless Avery has agreed in writing to receive it under appropriate protections.

If Avery provides non-public preview materials identified as confidential, you will use reasonable care to protect them and use them only for the authorized evaluation. This obligation does not apply to information you can document was already lawfully known, independently developed, rightfully received without restriction or publicly available without breach.

Privacy

Our Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use and protect personal information associated with the public website and contact workflow. A separate data processing addendum or enterprise privacy agreement may apply to product evaluation or production services.

Service changes, suspension and termination

We may change, restrict, suspend or discontinue any pre-release Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate access immediately if we reasonably believe your use creates security, legal, operational or reputational risk, violates these Terms, threatens another user, or could subject Avery or another person to liability.

You may stop using the Services at any time. On termination, the rights granted to you end. Provisions that by their nature should survive will survive, including intellectual property, feedback, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, dispute terms and miscellaneous provisions.

Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." AVERY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS AND REPRESENTATIVES DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY AND RESULTS.

We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, compatible with your systems, suitable for a regulated purpose, or that content, decisions, evidence, receipts, templates or integrations will be complete or correct. No statement on the site creates a warranty unless included in a signed agreement.

Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AVERY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS AND REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF AVERY AND THE OTHER AVERY PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID AVERY FOR THE SERVICE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT FIRST GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.

These exclusions and limits apply across all theories of liability and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose. They do not apply where and to the extent prohibited by law.

Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Avery and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, licensors and representatives from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your Customer Materials, your use or misuse of the Services, your violation of these Terms, your infringement or violation of another person's rights, or decisions and actions taken in reliance on the Services.

Avery may control the defense and settlement of an indemnified claim. You will cooperate and may not settle a claim in a manner that admits fault by or imposes an obligation on Avery without Avery's prior written consent.

Export controls and sanctions

You will comply with applicable export-control, import, sanctions and anti-boycott laws. You may not provide access to a sanctioned person or territory, use the Services for a prohibited end use, or export technical material in violation of law. You represent that you are not listed on a restricted-party list maintained by the United States or another applicable government.

Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Services will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Mateo County, California, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction and venue there.

Either party may seek temporary or injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property, confidential information, security or access to the Services.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the revised version and update the effective date. If a change is material, we will provide notice appropriate to the nature of the Services and relationship. Changes apply prospectively from their effective date. Continued use after that date constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with incorporated notices and any applicable written agreement, are the entire agreement concerning their subject matter. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain effective. A waiver must be in writing and is not a continuing waiver.

You may not assign these Terms without Avery's prior written consent. Avery may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization or sale of assets. The parties are independent contractors. These Terms do not create a partnership, joint venture, employment, agency, fiduciary or franchise relationship. Headings are for convenience only.

Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to legal@avery.software. Security issues should be reported privately to security@avery.software.