DCE End-User License Agreement (EULA)

Copyright (c) 2026 Catalyst AI, LLC. All rights reserved.

The Data Curation Environment ("the Software") is proprietary software,
licensed — not sold — under the following terms:

1. GRANT. You may install and use the Software, free of charge, in any number
   of copies, on machines you control. Un-activated installations run a
   bounded trial; a one-time license key purchased at https://aiascent.dev/dce/buy
   activates the full experience for you, permanently, on any machine you use.

2. RESTRICTIONS. You may not redistribute, sublicense, sell, rent, or host the
   Software or any modified version of it; you may not reverse-engineer,
   decompile, or disassemble the Software except to the extent applicable law
   expressly permits; and you may not circumvent, disable, or share the means
   to circumvent the license activation mechanism.

3. YOUR WORK IS YOURS. The Software operates on your local repositories.
   Catalyst AI, LLC claims no rights over your source code, prompts, cycle
   history, or any artifacts the Software helps you produce, and the Software
   does not transmit them to Catalyst AI, LLC.

4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES. The Software can orchestrate third-party AI tools and
   services under your own accounts and keys (e.g., Claude Code). Your use of
   those services is governed solely by their terms, and their costs are yours.

5. TERMINATION. This license terminates automatically if you breach it.
   Sections 3, 6, and 7 survive termination.

6. NO WARRANTY. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
   KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
   BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
   OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
   THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Refunds: 14 days, no questions — support@aiascent.dev.
