SpecHaus software licence

Version: 2026-11-08. Effective: [[FILL: publication date]].

This agreement is between you and [[FILL: SpecHaus exact legal entity name and entity type]], trading as SpecHaus, at [[FILL: registered business address]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It covers the SpecHaus desktop tools and major version identified on your receipt. By accepting this agreement at checkout or installation, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the software; see our Refund Policy.

Buy once; keep that version. Once paid, each seat gives one named person a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual licence to use the purchased tools for personal and commercial work on up to two computers that person owns or controls. An organisation may buy seats for its people; each active user needs a separate seat. A bundle is one seat for each included tool, all assigned to the same person. Do not share a key, rent the software, or distribute copies to others. You may keep backup copies, move an activation to a replacement computer, and ask support to reset an activation after a failed or lost computer. An organisation may reassign a seat when its previous user stops using it. Mandatory legal transfer rights remain unaffected.

Updates. Updates we release within your purchased major version are free. A future major version may be a separate paid upgrade; buying it is optional. Your existing licence does not expire because you decline an upgrade. This does not promise future features, compatibility with future operating systems, or indefinite support. We will supply any updates or remedies required by applicable consumer law.

Your work stays yours. As between you and SpecHaus, you own your footage and every output, including transcripts, descriptions, reports, search pages, XML files and proxy-folder results. SpecHaus claims no ownership, licence, royalty or right to train on them. You may use and sell your work without paying us more. This does not create intellectual-property rights that the law does not recognise, or remove anyone else's rights in material you use. You are responsible for having permission to process your material.

Local processing. Media processing happens on your computer. The app does not upload your footage to SpecHaus. Model downloads and licence services are described in our Privacy Policy. Keep backups and review results before relying on them in an edit or delivery; automated transcripts, descriptions and compatibility checks can contain errors.

Software and third-party rights. SpecHaus retains its rights in its software. Independent components and model weights remain their owners' property and are governed by their own licences in Third-Party Notices, which take priority over conflicting terms here. This includes FFmpeg and ffprobe under the applicable GNU licence identified there. Nothing here limits rights to use, copy, modify, replace, redistribute or reverse engineer third-party components under those licences, including debugging modifications to LGPL-covered components. Except where applicable law or those licences permit it, you may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble SpecHaus's proprietary software or bypass its seat controls.

Warranty and liability. To the extent the law permits, the software is supplied “as is”, without express or implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To that same extent, SpecHaus is not liable for indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss, or lost profits, lost revenue or lost data; its total liability arising from the software or this agreement is limited to the amount you paid for the affected tool or bundle. These exclusions do not apply to fraud, wilful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability, warranty or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Your mandatory consumer rights remain intact.

Termination and refunds. SpecHaus may terminate this licence for a material breach that you do not correct after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to correct it. On termination, stop using and remove the affected proprietary software; you keep your own files and outputs, and independent third-party rights survive. A full refund ends the licence for the refunded purchase. Neither termination nor this agreement limits a legally required refund or remedy. Our voluntary refund promise is in the Refund Policy.

Law and contact. Pennsylvania law governs this agreement, without its conflict-of-law rules. This choice does not deprive consumers of mandatory protections or court rights where they live. If a provision cannot be enforced, the rest remains effective to the extent lawful. Material changes require your agreement and do not retroactively reduce your perpetual licence. Contact <a href="mailto:support@spechaus.app">support@spechaus.app</a> or write to the business address above.