Terms of Service

Write 'n' Run LLC
522 W Riverside Ave #6283
Spokane, WA 99201
legal@writenrun.com
Effective Date: October 2, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of our website and services that let you build, and fully understand, your own software projects (the "Service"). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service.

1. Eligibility & accounts

• You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. The Service is suitable for children but is not directed to them. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the permission of a parent or guardian.
• You must be at least 18 years old to make a purchase (including purchasing Studio, an add-on, or a Gift Code). If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must complete any purchase on your behalf.
• You agree to provide accurate account information and to keep your login credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

2. Purchases & licenses

• Studio. "Studio" is our development environment. Once purchased, your Studio license does not expire, except as described in Section 11 (Termination). Current pricing, available add-ons, and refund windows are posted on our pricing page. The price and refund window that apply to your purchase are whichever the pricing page stated at the time of that purchase; a later change to the pricing page does not apply retroactively to a purchase you've already made.
• Payment. Payments are processed by a third-party payment provider. We do not store your full credit or debit card details.
• Returns. Refunds are available as described on our pricing page at the time of your purchase. See also Section 7 (License Continuity) for your rights if Studio is later discontinued.
• Your License. Your Studio license (and any add-on licenses) are tied to the email address on your account. You may use Studio on any of your own devices, but only one device may be actively in use under your account at any given time. Other people (including family members or guests) may use Studio on your device while you are logged in, but you agree to be the person who logs in to your account, and you may not share your account password so that others can log in independently. We may adopt additional measures from time to time to administer this one-active-device limit (for example, verifying device or network information, or confirming access by email); such measures are intended to administer the license described in this Section, not to reduce it. If someone else wants their own cloud storage, or wants to publish ROM Gallery submissions under their own name, they need their own separate account.
• Transfer. Licenses (including Studio licenses, add-on licenses, and redeemed Gift Codes) are personal to your account and may not be transferred, assigned, or resold.
• Account Deletion. If you delete your account, you lose access to the licenses associated with it.

3. Free access

We may offer free, limited access to Studio from time to time, for example, a free trial for new users, or a free temporary access code (such as for an instructor to use with a class). Free access is not a purchase: it is not covered by Section 4 (Major Versions and Updates) or Section 7 (License Continuity), and we may change or end it, or its terms (such as its length or any per-email limits), at any time. The current terms of any free access are described where you sign up for it.

4. Major versions and updates

The current version of Studio is "Studio 1." From time to time, we may introduce a new major version (for example, "Studio 2," "Studio 3," etc.). A new major version starts out the same as the latest release in the prior series, and may then add features that the prior series does not receive. Each major version is a separate purchase.

If you purchase a given major version of Studio, you are entitled to all future updates within that version (for example, all Studio 1.x updates if you purchased Studio 1) at no extra charge.

We intend to keep improving Studio, but we do not promise to release any particular feature, or any new major version, on any schedule, or at all. We may choose to keep maintaining the then-current major version indefinitely instead of releasing a new one.

5. Add-ons

We offer optional add-ons (currently the FPU and the instrument editor) that provide additional features. Add-ons do not have their own major versions, but an add-on may require a minimum version of Studio; once that requirement is met, the add-on will continue to work with later Studio versions that support it.

An add-on license is usable only while you have active access to Studio. For example, if you purchase Studio, then purchase an add-on, and then return Studio, you will continue to own the add-on license, but you will not be able to use it unless you purchase Studio again.

6. Gift Codes

A Gift Code grants whatever Studio or add-on access was described when the Gift Code was purchased. Gift Codes have no cash value and may not be resold. You do not need an account to purchase a Gift Code, but the recipient must create an account to redeem (activate) it.

The buyer of a Gift Code is entitled to our return and refund terms for that purchase, as described on our pricing page. Once a Gift Code is redeemed, the recipient's resulting license works like any other license (see Section 2 above), except that it may be revoked if the buyer's payment for the Gift Code is refunded or reversed (see Section 11, Termination).

7. License continuity

We intend for your Studio purchase to function like a piece of hobby equipment: something you own and can keep using, not a subscription that disappears if our business changes. If a version of Studio you purchased ever becomes unavailable, we will either restore your access within a reasonable time or, if we are not able to do so, provide a way for you to keep running it on your own: either a downloadable installer for your own computer, or a release of enough source code for you to build and run it yourself, along with your cloud-stored projects and any add-ons you own for that version.

If your purchase was made within the six (6) months before we email affected purchasers to announce that a version is being discontinued, you may instead request a refund of the amount paid, provided you submit the request within ninety (90) days after that announcement. For a license redeemed from a Gift Code, this refund right belongs to the original purchaser of the Gift Code, not the recipient; if the purchaser exercises it, the recipient's license is revoked as described in Section 11 (Termination). Otherwise, whoever currently holds the license is entitled to the installer-or-source-release remedy described above.

If we are unable to provide the installer-or-source-release remedy despite commercially reasonable efforts to prevent and recover from the loss (for example, because the underlying code or the access needed to retrieve it has been irretrievably lost or destroyed), the refund described above becomes your sole remedy for that version, to the extent a court would enforce that limitation in your location.

8. ROM Gallery

We may offer a "Gallery" where you can choose to submit your creations for possible publication; publishing to the Gallery is a planned feature, and the Gallery currently shows only our own official demos. We review each submission and decide, in our discretion, whether to include it. Submitting content to the Gallery does not transfer your ownership or copyright in your creation to us, but it does grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and distribute your submission through the Service and the Gallery. The Gallery may also include first-party demos and projects that we create ourselves.

It is not our practice to use your Gallery submission for advertising or marketing purposes without your express, opt-in consent.

9. Intellectual property

• All content, software, and materials provided through the Service (including the Studio application, the virtual machine/emulator, and any offline tools we provide) are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws.
• You retain ownership of any code, games, or other content you create using the Service ("User Creations"). By using the Service, you grant us a limited license to store, display, and process your User Creations only as needed to operate the Service and provide you with cloud storage. It is not our practice to use your User Creations for marketing purposes without your express consent, except as described in Section 8 (ROM Gallery) above.
• If you export a ROM using Studio, you may distribute it (including sell, give away, or otherwise transfer it) as a whole, even though it embeds elements we own, such as the cartridge artwork and default assets Studio includes. This does not give you any right to extract, repackage, or separately distribute those elements outside of your own exported ROM, or any other right to use our name, trademarks, or patents. This Section does not affect the separate open-source license that governs the Hybrix Framework code that Studio may include in an exported ROM.
• You are responsible for your own User Creations, including making sure they do not infringe the intellectual property rights of others; creating infringing content is done at your own risk.

10. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for unlawful purposes.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, circumvent license or trial limitations, or interfere with its operation, including through usage that imposes disproportionate cost on us, such as large-scale storage abuse or automated, bot-driven project creation. (See our online documentation for specific usage limits.)
• Harass, threaten, or harm others while using the Service, including through the ROM Gallery.
• Copy, distribute, resell, or reverse-engineer the Service, except as allowed by law, as expressly permitted under these Terms (including your right to distribute your own exported ROMs as described in Section 9 (Intellectual Property) above), or under a separate, formal license document we provide for specific components (such as the published license terms for the Hybrix Framework).

For usage described in the second bullet above, we may throttle or temporarily suspend access before taking any other action. We may suspend or terminate your account, or revoke your licenses, as described in Section 11 (Termination).

11. Termination

• You may delete your account at any time. Deleting your account ends your access to the Service and forfeits any licenses (Studio, add-ons, or otherwise) associated with that account, as described in Section 2 (Purchases & Licenses).
• We may suspend or terminate your account, or revoke a license, only if: you violate these Terms, the payment for that license is refunded or reversed, or the law or a legal process requires it. Termination for cause does not entitle you to a refund beyond the return and discontinuation provisions described in Sections 2 and 7 above.

12. Disclaimers

• The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind.
• We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that using the Service will result in any particular outcome for your project.

13. Limitation of liability

• To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.
• Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the total amount you paid us for the license or licenses (Studio license, add-on license(s), or Gift Code) implicated in that claim.

14. Governing law & disputes

• These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to conflict of law principles.
• Any disputes must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Washington State. You consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.

15. Privacy policy

Your use of the Service is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect and use personal information.

16. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, and will post the revised Terms on this page with a new "Effective Date." Continued use of the Service means you accept the updated Terms. But no update will reduce the scope of a license you already purchased, or the Section 7 protections in effect when you purchased it, unless the law requires otherwise.

17. Contact us

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us using the contact information above.