Beta terms

1 · Who we are and what these terms cover

These terms are an agreement between you and Fabio Della Selva, the developer of Lensmith (below, "the developer"). They govern your participation in the Lensmith private beta: the use of the app's test builds for macOS, of the invite codes, of the AI models it downloads, and of everything you receive as a participant.

You accept them by ticking the boxes on the request form, and they apply from the moment you receive an invite code. You must be at least eighteen to take part.

2 · What you may do: the licence

The developer grants you a personal, free, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to install and use Lensmith, for the duration of the beta, for the purpose of trying it.

• The invite code is personal: it is not to be given away or shared.
• You may not distribute the build or make it available to others.
• You may not sell, rent or sublicense Lensmith.
• You may not decompile it or derive its source code, except where the law allows it regardless (art. 64-quater of the Italian copyright law).
• You may not remove or circumvent the invite-code and version checks.

Lensmith, its code, its name, its brand and its documentation remain the developer's. Your photographs, your edits and everything you export remain yours: these terms give the developer no rights over them.

3 · Confidentiality

By taking part you see things that are not public. The app and its builds, unannounced features, known defects, development plans and the messages you receive as a participant are confidential.

• You do not disclose them to third parties or publish them: no reviews, screenshots, videos, comparisons or performance measurements without the developer's written consent.
• You use them only to try Lensmith and to send your feedback.
• You look after them with the care you would give your own confidential things.

Not confidential: what is already public or becomes so through no fault of yours, what you already knew, and what you must disclose by law or by order of an authority. Saying that you are in the Lensmith beta is not forbidden. Photographs you edited with it are yours to publish — what is confidential is the app, not your work.

The obligation lasts until the developer makes the information public, and in any case for two years after your participation ends.

4 · Your feedback

Reports, suggestions and ideas you send are there to improve Lensmith. The developer may use them freely, including in the final product, without owing you anything and without any obligation to act on them. You are not required to send any.

5 · No warranty

Lensmith in beta is unfinished software, provided as is and as available. It may contain errors, render a file incorrectly, stop, change from one build to the next, or lose features.

To the extent permitted by law, the developer gives no warranty: neither that Lensmith works without interruption or error, nor that it is fit for a particular purpose, nor that its output — edits, exports, merges, AI results — is accurate or suitable for delivery to a client.

Lensmith edits non-destructively and does not overwrite your originals, but a beta is not the place for the only copy: keep a backup of your photographs and of your catalog.

6 · Limitation of liability

The beta is free. To the extent permitted by law, the developer is not liable for damage arising from the use of Lensmith or from being unable to use it: lost data, lost or damaged photographs, missed deliveries, lost earnings, indirect damage.

This limitation does not apply to wilful misconduct or gross negligence, nor where the law does not allow liability to be excluded or limited. If you are a consumer, the rights the law gives you and that cannot be waived are unaffected.

7 · Personal data

The data you leave on the request form is covered by the privacy notice, and what the app itself sends is described in What leaves your Mac. Your photographs stay on your Mac: Lensmith does not send them to the developer.

8 · Duration and revocation

Participation lasts as long as the private beta does, or until either party ends it.

• You may stop whenever you like: simply stop using Lensmith. To have your data erased there is a form for that.
• The developer may revoke your invite code, withdraw a version or close the beta at any time, including without notice and without having to give a reason. If you breach these terms, revocation is immediate.
• When your participation ends you stop using the beta builds. Your originals are files in your own folders and remain readable without Lensmith.

Confidentiality (art. 3), feedback (art. 4), no warranty (art. 5), limitation of liability (art. 6) and governing law (art. 12) survive the end of participation.

9 · Version control

At launch Lensmith reads the state of the beta and checks for updates. This lets the developer disable remotely a withdrawn version or a revoked code. A disabled version does not open until it is updated; your photographs and your catalog are not touched.

New builds are to be installed within a reasonable time: testing an old version helps nobody.

10 · The final version

Taking part in the beta gives no right to receive the final version, either free or on special terms. The developer is not obliged to release it, and may change its features, price and means of distribution.

11 · Changes to these terms

If these terms change, the new version is published on this page with its date, and participants are notified by email. If you do not accept it you may stop taking part; by continuing to use the beta after the notice, you accept it.

12 · Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by Italian law. If you are a consumer, any dispute falls to the court of the place where you reside or are domiciled, and the mandatory rights the law of your country gives you are unaffected. In all other cases the court of the developer's place of residence has exclusive jurisdiction.

If a clause is found void or unenforceable, the others remain valid.

13 · Contact

For any question about these terms, write to Fabio Della Selva through the contact form.