These terms cover buying FoxQuill. The End User License Agreement covers using it. The Privacy notice covers what FoxQuill does with data.
Who you are buying from#
FoxQuill is made and sold by FoxQuill, a sole proprietor based in Nebraska, in the United States. “We” and “us” in these terms mean that business.
Payment is handled by Polar Software Inc., who act as the merchant of record. That means Polar takes the payment, handles the tax, and appears on your statement. Your receipt comes from them.
What the Lifetime license covers#
The Lifetime license gives you lifetime access to the major version of FoxQuill that was current when you bought it. For example, buying under FoxQuill 1 gives you every FoxQuill 1.x release, for as long as you like. It does not give you FoxQuill 2. A future major version may need an upgrade purchase or the monthly plan.
Every patch and minor update inside your major version is included. FoxQuill 1.0.3 and FoxQuill 1.9 are both included if you bought under FoxQuill 1.
FoxQuill runs on your own computer. Once activated, your Lifetime license does not depend on any server staying online. If FoxQuill disappears tomorrow, the copy on your computer keeps working and your files stay yours.
The two plans#
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime | US$59, once | The major version current when you bought it |
| Monthly | US$4.99 a month | Every version, while the plan runs |
Prices are in United States dollars. Tax is added at checkout where the law requires it, and Polar handles that.
The free trial#
FoxQuill offers a 14-day free trial. There is nothing to pay and no card to enter.
The trial belongs to the computer, not to the person. Uninstalling and installing FoxQuill again does not start a second trial.
When the trial ends, your books still open, but only to read, search and export. Nothing is deleted. Your work stays in your data folder, and you can write again the moment you activate. See “Leaving with your work”.
The monthly plan#
It renews every month until you cancel. Cancel any time through the link in your receipt, or through Settings > This app > License > Manage my account.
When you cancel, FoxQuill keeps working until the end of the period you have paid for. After that FoxQuill asks for a key again. Your files stay where they are.
Devices#
One license key works on three computers. To move it to a fourth, free a slot first: open Settings > This app > License on a computer you no longer use and press Deactivate this computer. You can also manage activations from your Polar account.
Refunds#
Refunds are handled by Polar.
Ask for a refund within 14 days of buying and you will get one, no questions asked. Write to Polar through the link in your receipt.
After 14 days, refunds are at our discretion. If FoxQuill does not work on your computer and cannot be made to, ask anyway.
Your local consumer law may give you more than this. It always wins over these terms.
Your data#
Your writing stays on your computer. FoxQuill has no account and no cloud, and sends no telemetry.
The sharing feature is the exception, and only when you use it: it uploads a copy of the chapter or book you chose, encrypted, to a relay service, so that the person you sent the link to can read it. The relay cannot read it. The key travels only inside the link you send. Revoking the link deletes the stored copy. The Privacy notice has the detail.
Leaving with your work#
Export is always available and always will be. Settings > Export writes your book as Word, EPUB, PDF, Markdown, plain text, or one JSON file that carries everything. This works during the trial, after a license lapses, and after a refund.
You are never locked out of your own writing.
What is not allowed#
You may not resell FoxQuill, share your license key, or take the program apart to make your own version of it. The EULA says this properly.
Copyright complaints#
Share links are for your own writing, or for writing you have the right to share.
If a share link shows your work without your permission, send a notice to our designated agent at foxquillstudio@gmail.com. The agent’s postal address and phone number are on the copyright agent page at foxquill.studio/copyright.html.
A notice needs:
- The whole link, including the part after the
#, so we can read what it shows. - The work it copies.
- Your name, and how to reach you.
- A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the use is not allowed by the copyright owner, the owner’s agent, or the law.
- A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you own the work or may act for the owner.
- Your signature. Typing your full name is enough.
When a notice holds up, we take the link down and delete what is stored with it. If links from the same copy of FoxQuill are reported again, we may take down every link that copy has made.
If a link of yours was taken down and you think that was a mistake, write to the same address.
If something goes wrong#
FoxQuill is sold as it is. We do not promise it is free of faults, and we are not liable for lost work. Keep backups. FoxQuill makes one each day it runs and gives you a button for more, but the copies live on your computer, and a computer can be lost.
Nothing here removes a right your local law gives you, and nothing here limits liability for anything the law says cannot be limited.
Changes#
These terms may change for future purchases. The terms you bought under stay the terms of your purchase.
Governing law#
The law of the State of Nebraska, in the United States, and the state and federal courts in Nebraska. If your local consumer law says otherwise, your local law applies.