Terms of Service

1. Agreement and acceptance

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the MannyD.dev website and any services provided by MannyD.dev ("we", "us", or "our"). They work alongside our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

If you are agreeing on behalf of a company or other organization, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms. Where we also provide you with a written quote, proposal, or project agreement, these Terms apply to that engagement as well.

2. Our services

MannyD.dev is a software solutions company. We provide native iOS and Android application development, custom software development, websites and web applications, and IT support and managed services. The specific scope, deliverables, timeline, and cost of any project are defined in a written quote or agreement provided before work begins.

Where a project includes publication to the Apple App Store or Google Play, submission is handled by us but approval is controlled entirely by Apple and Google. We cannot guarantee acceptance, review timing, or continued availability on either store, and store policy changes are outside our control.

3. Quotes and project agreements

Information on this website is general in nature and does not constitute a binding offer. Each project is governed by its own written quote or agreement, which will detail scope, timeline, deliverables, and cost. If a project agreement conflicts with these Terms, the project agreement controls for that project.

4. Ownership, licensing, and protection of our work

Every website, application, and software system we deliver is custom built for the client who hired us to build it. Nothing we deliver is a template, a resold off-the-shelf product, or a copy of another client's work.

What we retain

Unless we agree otherwise in writing, MannyD.dev retains ownership of and all intellectual property rights in the source code, underlying software, and architecture of what we build, together with any frameworks, libraries, components, tools, and techniques we developed before or during your project. This is deliberate. Retaining ownership and licensing the result to you is how we keep our work secure and prevent it from being copied, rebranded, or resold by anyone, and it is a standard protection for custom software.

What you receive

On completion of the project and receipt of full payment, you receive a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable lifetime license to use, run, and benefit from the deliverable for your own business purposes, for as long as you wish. No retainer, subscription, or ongoing contract is required for that license to continue. The license remains valid as long as the delivered code is not modified by a third party.

What you own outright

You own your business, your brand and trademarks, your content, your customer and business data, and any material you supply to us. Those remain yours at all times and are not affected by the license above.

What the license does not permit

Because the license protects our work as well as yours, you may not, without our prior written permission:

• Sell, resell, license, sublicense, rent, lease, or otherwise distribute the software, or its source code, to any other party.
• Copy, republish, or reuse the code, structure, or design to create a competing or substantially similar product, whether for yourself or for someone else.
• Rebrand, white-label, or present the software as your own product for sale or distribution to others.
• Provide the source code to a third party for the purpose of reproducing, cloning, rebuilding, or reselling it.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code from a compiled deliverable, except to the limited extent the law expressly permits.
• Remove or obscure any copyright, ownership, or attribution notice contained in the code.

Running the software normally in your own business is exactly what the license is for and is fully permitted. That includes internal use by your staff and use by your own customers, members, guests, or users.

Our general knowledge and reusable components

We remain free to use the general knowledge, skills, methods, and reusable components developed in the course of our work on other projects. We will never reuse your confidential information, your content, your data, your branding, or anything else unique to your business.

Where a project agreement says otherwise

If a signed project agreement sets out different ownership or licensing arrangements for a particular project, including a full transfer of ownership where that has been specifically agreed and paid for, that agreement controls for that project.

5. Support plans and IT services

We may offer optional management, maintenance, IT support, or managed service plans on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. These plans are entirely optional and are not a condition of your license. Larger updates, changes, or new features outside the original scope are quoted and billed separately, always with your approval in advance.

Where we provide IT support, the covered systems, response expectations, hours of coverage, and any on-site terms are set out in your support agreement. To deliver support we may need administrative access to your systems, devices, or accounts; you are responsible for authorizing that access and for maintaining your own backups of any data we are not expressly engaged to back up.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use our website or any deliverable for unlawful, harmful, or fraudulent purposes.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, servers, or client data.
• Interfere with the security, integrity, or performance of our website or services.
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation when contacting us.
• Use our contact form to send unsolicited advertising, bulk messages, or automated submissions.

7. Confidentiality

We treat your business information, project details, and data as confidential and do not share them with third parties except as needed to deliver your project, or as required by law. In return, the source code and technical materials we license to you under section 4 are our confidential information, and you agree to protect them with the same care and not to disclose them to anyone who is not authorized to see them.

8. Warranties and disclaimers

We take security and reliability seriously and stand behind the quality of our work. However, our website and services are provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee that any website, application, or software will be uninterrupted or error-free at all times.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, MannyD.dev is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or business opportunities, arising out of or related to your use of our website or services. Our total liability for any claim relating to a project is limited to the amount you paid us for that project.

10. Third-party services

Projects may incorporate third-party tools, platforms, or services selected to fit the needs of each project, including app stores, hosting providers, payment processors, and software vendors. Your use of those third-party services may be subject to their own terms, policies, and fees, and we are not responsible for the actions, pricing, or policies of third parties.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version will always be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of our website or services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at support@mannyd.dev.