DRONE GRID - TERMS OF SERVICE
Version: tos-2026-08 | Effective: 16 August 2026


PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY
(for readability only - the numbered sections below are what you agree to)

- Drone Grid is a free, open-source, experimental community project, built
  and operated by one person out of love for software and aviation. It is
  not a commercial product and you pay nothing for it.
- You are the pilot. You alone operate your aircraft and you alone are
  responsible for flying legally and safely.
- Never depend on Drone Grid to keep an aircraft safe. Internet connections
  lag, drop, and fail without warning. You must always keep an independent
  way to control, override, or stop your drone.
- The Service comes as-is, with no warranties, and our liability to you is
  limited to the maximum extent the law allows.
- Fly decently: no illegal flying, no spying on people, nothing dangerous.


1. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THESE TERMS COVER

1.1 These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and the
operator of the hosted Drone Grid platform (the "Operator", "we", "us") -
presently an individual maintainer of the Drone Grid project, whose
identity and contact details are stated in the Privacy Policy
(https://drone-grid.com/privacy.txt) - and govern your use of the platform
available at drone-grid.com and its subdomains (including auth., api.,
webrtc. and media.drone-grid.com) (the "Service").

1.2 The Service is provided free of charge as a hobby and community
project. It is not offered in the course of a trade or business, and no
commercial relationship is created by your use of it.

1.3 The Service is not the Software. The Drone Grid source code (the
"Software") is published as open source and is governed solely by the
open-source license distributed with the source code repository
(github.com/radodim/drone-grid). These Terms do not apply to the Software.
If you run your own instance of the Software ("self-hosting"), you do so
entirely under the open-source license, at your own risk, and no service
relationship of any kind exists between you and the Operator in respect of
that instance.

1.4 You accept these Terms by clicking Accept on the terms page shown when
you create your account. The time of your acceptance is recorded with your
account; together with the effective date above, it identifies the version
of the Terms you accepted (currently tos-2026-08).


2. NATURE OF THE SERVICE

2.1 The Service is experimental software under active development. It may
contain defects, behave unpredictably, or change without notice.

2.2 We make no commitment to availability, continuity, support, or
maintenance. We may modify, suspend, limit, or permanently discontinue the
Service, in whole or in part, at any time. The Service may become
unavailable, or your access may be suspended, at any moment - including
during an active flight. This is one of the reasons Section 5 requires you
to maintain an independent means of controlling your aircraft at all times.

2.3 The Service consists, in essence, of a remote user interface and
message relay: it forwards your control inputs to hardware you own and
configure, and relays telemetry and video from that hardware back to you
and to people you share streams with.

2.4 The Service is not certified aviation equipment. It is not a U-space,
UTM, or air-traffic service, and it provides no airspace deconfliction,
collision avoidance, geo-awareness, or terrain warning of any kind.


3. ELIGIBILITY AND ACCOUNTS

3.1 You must be at least 18 years old, legally capable of entering into
these Terms, and you must also meet any remote-pilot age or competency
requirements applicable in your jurisdiction.

3.2 You must register with an email address you control and keep it
current.

3.3 You are responsible for everything done through your account and
through devices you connect to it. Keep your password, your drone
provisioning secrets, and your share links confidential; treat all of them
as credentials. Revoke share links and rotate drone secrets promptly if you
suspect they have leaked, and notify us of any suspected account
compromise.


4. YOU ARE THE PILOT IN COMMAND

4.1 You, and only you, operate your aircraft. The Service is a remote
interface and data relay. The Operator does not operate, supervise, direct,
or control any aircraft, has no knowledge of your flight environment, and
exercises no judgment about any flight. For every purpose - legal,
regulatory, and practical - you are the operator and remote pilot in
command of your unmanned aircraft at all times.

4.2 Compliance with law is your responsibility alone. This includes,
without limitation: aviation and unmanned-aircraft regulations applicable
where you fly (for example Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and related EU rules,
or 14 CFR Part 107 and applicable recreational-flyer rules in the United
States), operator and aircraft registration, Remote ID requirements, pilot
competency certificates, insurance requirements, airspace rules and
authorizations, altitude and distance limits, restrictions on flight over
people and assemblies, and all privacy, data-protection, and nuisance laws
protecting third parties on the ground.

4.3 Airworthiness is your responsibility. You are responsible for the
condition, configuration, maintenance, batteries, failsafe behavior, and
fitness for flight of your aircraft and all connected hardware and
companion software.


5. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS - CONDITIONS OF YOUR USE

Your permission to use the Service is conditional on all of the following,
at all times:

5.1 You maintain an independent means of controlling and stopping the
aircraft that does not depend on the Service or on any internet connection
- such as an RC transmitter with manual override and a motor kill switch -
and you keep it within reach and operational during every flight.

5.2 Your aircraft is configured with autonomous failsafe behavior (for
example return-to-launch or land on link loss) that does not depend on the
Service.

5.3 You maintain visual line of sight with the aircraft, or you hold a
lawful authorization for operations beyond it.

5.4 You never rely on the Service as the sole, primary, or safety-critical
means of controlling an aircraft. You acknowledge that control inputs,
telemetry, and video are carried over the public internet and may be
delayed, degraded, or interrupted at any moment, without warning. You must
plan every operation so that it remains safe when - not if - the connection
fails.

5.5 You do not use the Service for safety-of-life applications, manned
aviation, or any purpose where a malfunction, delay, or loss of
connectivity could cause personal injury, death, or property damage that
your independent safeguards would not prevent.

5.6 You stop using the Service with an aircraft immediately upon noticing
any anomaly in control, telemetry, or video.

5.7 The conditions in this Section are minimum conditions of your use of
the Service - not a complete or sufficient set of safety practices, and not
aviation or safety advice. Applicable law and good airmanship require more,
and satisfying them remains solely your responsibility (Section 4).


6. ASSUMPTION OF RISK

Operating unmanned aircraft is an inherently hazardous activity. The
Service is experimental. By using the Service you acknowledge these facts
and knowingly and voluntarily assume all risks arising from or connected
with your use of it, including risk of personal injury, death, damage to or
loss of aircraft and other property, data loss, and regulatory penalties.


7. ACCEPTABLE USE

You agree that you will not:

- use the Service in violation of any law or regulation, or help anyone
  else do so;
- fly in airspace, at times, or in ways you are not authorized for;
- attach to, or operate via the Service, any aircraft carrying weapons or
  any device intended to cause harm, or use the Service to drop or
  discharge anything dangerous;
- use the Service to surveil, harass, stalk, or intrude on the privacy of
  any person, or to record or stream people or private property in
  violation of applicable law;
- probe, scan, overload, disrupt, or circumvent the security, rate
  limiting, or access controls of the Service, or access data of other
  users;
- use the Service where doing so is prohibited by applicable
  export-control or sanctions law;
- resell the Service or offer it to third parties as a service.

Share links. You choose who receives your share links. You remain
responsible for the streams you share - including what your camera captures
and applicable third-party privacy rights - and for the conduct of the
people you share links with. The acceptable-use and disclaimer provisions
of these Terms (this Section 7 and Sections 10-11) apply to anyone viewing
a shared stream.


8. YOUR CONTENT AND DATA

8.1 Data you submit (such as drone names and share labels) and the streams
you relay remain yours. You grant us the limited right to host, process,
and relay them solely to provide the Service.

8.2 Handling of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy
(https://drone-grid.com/privacy.txt).


9. OPEN SOURCE, NAMES, AND FEEDBACK

9.1 The Software is available under its open-source license - you are
warmly encouraged to study it, self-host it, and contribute.

9.2 The "Drone Grid" name and branding identify this project and the
Service; do not use them in a way that suggests your instance, product, or
service is operated or endorsed by the Operator.

9.3 If you send feedback or suggestions, we may use them without obligation
to you.


10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided
"AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", with all faults and without warranties of any
kind, whether express, implied, or statutory - including, without
limitation, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, or that the Service will
be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. Nothing in the Service
constitutes aviation, legal, or safety advice.


11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11.1 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Operator shall
not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential,
exemplary, or punitive damages, nor for loss of profits, revenue, data,
goodwill, aircraft, or other property, arising out of or relating to the
Service or these Terms, regardless of legal theory and even if advised of
the possibility of such damages.

11.2 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Operator's
aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the
Service shall not exceed the total amount you paid to the Operator for use
of the Service in the twelve months immediately preceding the event giving
rise to the claim.

11.3 What these Terms do not do: nothing in these Terms excludes or limits
any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law -
including, where such limits are not permitted, liability for intent or
gross negligence, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence -
and nothing affects statutory rights that consumers in the EU/EEA or
elsewhere are entitled to that cannot be waived by contract. Where
applicable law does not permit limiting liability for simple negligence in
the breach of essential contractual obligations, the Operator's liability
for such a breach is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for a free
service of this kind.

11.4 You acknowledge that the allocations of risk in Sections 5, 6, 10, and
11 are a condition of the Service being offered free of charge, and that
the Service would not be offered without them.


12. INDEMNIFICATION

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend,
indemnify, and hold harmless the Operator from and against any third-party
claims, liabilities, damages, fines, and costs (including reasonable legal
fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your operation of any aircraft;
(b) your violation of law or of these Terms; or (c) content you relay or
share through the Service.


13. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

13.1 We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access - or any account,
drone, or share link - at any time, with or without notice, in particular
where we believe there is a risk to safety, to third parties, to the
Service, or of legal violation.

13.2 You may stop using the Service at any time and may request deletion of
your account and data as described in the Privacy Policy.

13.3 Sections 4-12 and 14-16 survive termination.


14. CHANGES TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS

We may update these Terms. Each version carries an identifier and effective
date at the top. For material changes, you will be asked to accept the new
version at your next sign-in before continuing to use the Service; the
version you accepted is recorded with your account.


15. DISPUTES AND MANDATORY PROTECTIONS

Nothing in these Terms displaces legal protections that cannot be waived by
contract. If you are a consumer, you retain the protection of any mandatory
provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence and any right
to bring proceedings there.


16. GENERAL

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall
be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and, if necessary, replaced
by a valid provision coming closest to its intent; the remainder stays in
force. Our not enforcing a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not
assign these Terms; we may assign them to a successor maintainer or legal
entity continuing the project.


17. CONTACT

admin@drone-grid.com