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Terms that keep the working relationship clear

These terms cover how the website may be used and how service engagements are generally handled. The goal is simple: clearer expectations, fewer surprises, better working conditions.

Effective date: January 1, 2024

Website use must be lawful

You may use the site to learn about us and contact us, but not to misuse, disrupt, or interfere with the website or our business.

Service terms are engagement-based

Actual delivery work is governed by proposals, statements of work, or other written commercial agreements alongside these general terms.

Custom work has real constraints

Scope, timing, payment, approvals, and handoff depend on the specifics of the engagement, not assumptions made after kickoff.

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing this website or engaging Software Savants for services, you agree to these Terms of Service and any additional written agreements that apply to your engagement.

If you do not agree with these terms, you should not use the website or proceed with a service engagement.

2. Website use

You may use this website for lawful business and informational purposes only. You may not use the site in a way that damages, disables, overburdens, or interferes with our systems or other users.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, related infrastructure, analytics systems, forms, or supporting services.

3. Service engagements

Software Savants provides strategy, design, software development, advisory, and related delivery services. The exact scope, deliverables, timeline, pricing, and working model for any engagement are defined in the applicable proposal, statement of work, invoice, or written agreement.

If there is any conflict between these terms and a signed client agreement, the signed client agreement will control for that engagement.

4. Client responsibilities

Clients are responsible for providing timely access, approvals, feedback, content, credentials, and decision-making needed to keep an engagement moving.

Delays in approvals, missing inputs, changing priorities, or unclear stakeholder direction may affect project timelines, scope, sequencing, and delivery commitments.

5. Fees and payment

Fees, billing schedules, and payment terms are defined in the relevant commercial agreement or invoice. Unless otherwise stated, payments are due according to the agreed billing terms and may become overdue if not paid on time.

Software Savants may pause work, hold delivery, or decline additional scope if invoices are overdue or if payment obligations are not being met.

6. Intellectual property

Each party retains ownership of its pre-existing intellectual property, tools, frameworks, methods, and materials. Nothing in these terms transfers ownership of pre-existing assets unless stated in writing.

Subject to full payment of applicable fees, clients typically receive the rights to the custom deliverables expressly described in the engagement agreement, while Software Savants may retain ownership of underlying know-how, reusable systems, and internal accelerators.

7. Third-party tools and dependencies

Projects may rely on third-party platforms, APIs, infrastructure providers, design tools, open-source packages, or external services. Their availability, pricing, policies, and performance are outside our direct control.

Software Savants is not responsible for outages, policy changes, pricing changes, security events, or limitations caused by third-party tools or providers.

8. Warranties and limitations

The website and services are provided on an as-available and as-applicable basis, except where a written agreement expressly states otherwise. We do not guarantee uninterrupted site availability or outcomes beyond the scope we agree to deliver.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Software Savants will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of the website or services.

9. Termination

Either party may terminate a service engagement according to the termination provisions in the applicable written agreement or by reasonable written notice where no separate termination clause exists.

Termination does not remove responsibility for fees already earned, direct costs already incurred, or obligations that are intended to survive termination, including payment, confidentiality, and ownership provisions where applicable.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time to reflect operational, legal, or commercial changes. When we do, we will update the effective date on this page.

Continued use of the website or continued engagement with our services after an update means the current version will apply going forward unless a separate written agreement says otherwise.