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Annorite™ End User License Agreement

Version 1.0 — effective 30 September 2026

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. IT LIMITS OUR LIABILITY TO YOU, REQUIRES YOU TO VERIFY ALL MEASUREMENTS AND DRAWINGS INDEPENDENTLY, AND (IF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES) REQUIRES MOST DISPUTES TO BE RESOLVED BY INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT OR IN A CLASS ACTION (SECTION 17). YOU MAY OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS (SECTION 17.6).

1. Who this agreement is between

1.1. This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you and Abhishek Sharma, trading as "Annorite", of 500 Jackdaw Avenue, Nepean, Ontario K2J 6M8, Canada ("we", "us", "our" or the "Licensor"). It governs your use of the Annorite application for macOS, including any updates, sample files, documentation and related services we provide (together, the "Software").

1.2. If you use the Software on behalf of a company, firm or other organisation, you confirm that you are authorised to accept this Agreement for it, and "you" includes that organisation.

1.3. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to accept this Agreement.

2. Accepting this agreement

2.1. You accept this Agreement when you do any of the following: click "Agree" (or a similar button) when the Software asks you to; or download, install, purchase, subscribe to, or use the Software. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.

2.2. The Software shows you this Agreement, or a link to it, before you first use it. A copy is always available at annorite.com/terms and from the Software's Help menu.

3. Apple is not a party

3.1. You and we acknowledge that this Agreement is between you and us only, and not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the Software and its content, to the extent set out in this Agreement.

3.2. This Agreement may not provide usage rules for the Software that conflict with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (the "Apple Terms") in effect when you accept it. Where the Apple Terms give you rights to use the Software (for example, on devices you own or control, or through Family Sharing), you may use it as they allow.

4. Licence

4.1. Subject to this Agreement, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to install and use the Software on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Apple Terms.

4.2. The Software is licensed, not sold. We and our licensors keep all rights, title and interest in the Software, including all intellectual property rights. Annorite and the Annorite logo are our trademarks. Nothing in this Agreement gives you any right to use them.

4.3. You must not, and must not help anyone else to:

(a) copy, modify, translate or create derivative works of the Software, except as the law expressly permits despite this restriction;

(b) decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Software, or try to derive its source code, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits this despite this restriction;

(c) remove, bypass, disable or interfere with any trial, licence, purchase, subscription or security feature of the Software, or use any licence key or entitlement not issued to you;

(d) rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the Software, or offer it as a hosted service;

(e) remove or alter any proprietary notice in the Software; or

(f) use the Software in breach of any law, or to infringe anyone's rights.

5. Professional use and the construction disclaimer

THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. WE WOULD NOT OFFER THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT IT.

5.1. A viewing and markup tool, not a design or engineering tool. The Software lets you view, mark up, measure and organise drawings and documents. It is not a substitute for professional skill, knowledge and judgement. The Software does not design, check, certify, approve or verify anything. It gives no architectural, engineering, surveying, legal, safety, building-code or other professional advice.

5.2. Measurements are approximate. A measurement, area, count, angle, dimension, scale or calibration shown by the Software depends on things we do not control, including:

(a) whether the drawing was drawn, exported, scanned or printed to scale;

(b) the scale or calibration you or the document set, and where you click;

(c) how the file was produced, converted, compressed, rasterised or rotated;

(d) object-snap, grid, ortho and rounding settings; and

(e) how the operating system's PDF engine and other components render the file.

The Software may show a measurement that is wrong, even when it looks precise.

5.3. You must verify. Before you rely on anything shown in, measured with, converted by or exported from the Software, you must check it independently. Use the drawing's written dimensions and specifications, the responsible design professional, and measurement on site. Relying on it includes using it for any of the following:

Where a written dimension and a measurement differ, the written dimension and the professional responsible for the drawing govern.

5.4. Not for construction. Nothing produced by the Software is a construction document, certified drawing, survey or calculation. This includes markups, measurements, stamps, reports, snapshots, converted drawings and exports.

5.5. Stamps and signatures. The Software's review stamps, status labels and signatures are visual annotations only. Examples of stamp wording are "Approved", "Approved as Noted" and "For Construction". These annotations are not any of the following:

Whether applying one has any legal or contractual effect is solely your responsibility and the responsibility of the parties to your project.

5.6. Imported and converted files. Opening DXF, DWG, EPS, image or other non-PDF files involves conversion. Converted files may omit, simplify, move or misrepresent content, including the following:

The same applies to exported and flattened files. Always compare a converted or exported file with the original.

5.7. Redaction. You are responsible for checking that redacted and flattened files contain none of the information you meant to remove, including hidden text, metadata, layers and attachments. Check this before sharing them. Do not rely on the Software alone for legally required redaction.

5.8. Compatibility. Markups are saved as standard PDF annotations. Other applications may display, print, edit or remove them differently, or not at all.

5.9. Your files and backups. You are solely responsible for your documents and for keeping backups. Keep a copy of every document before you open it, edit it or save over it with the Software. Software can fail, crash or corrupt files.

5.10. Sample content. Sample drawings supplied with the Software are fictional illustrations. They are not real designs and must not be used for any project.

5.11. Labs and pre-release features. Features marked "Labs", "Beta", "Preview" or similar are experimental. They may be incomplete, change or be removed at any time.

6. Your content

6.1. You keep all rights in the documents, drawings and other content you open or create with the Software ("Your Content"). The Software works on your device. We do not receive, host, back up or have access to Your Content.

6.2. You are solely responsible for Your Content. You confirm that you have the rights and permissions needed to open, mark up, copy, convert and share it. This includes any confidentiality obligations you owe to clients, employers or others.

7. Purchases, trials, subscriptions and refunds

7.1. Apple processes all payments. The Software, and any subscription, in-app purchase or upgrade (each a "Purchase"), is sold through Apple's App Store. Apple is the merchant of record and processes every Purchase under the Apple Terms. This includes payment, billing, currency, sales tax and VAT, receipts, renewals, cancellations, Family Sharing and refunds. We do not receive or store your payment card or billing details.

7.2. Refunds are Apple's decision. We cannot issue, approve, refuse or reverse refunds or charges. You can ask Apple for a refund at https://reportaproblem.apple.com or through Apple Support. Apple will decide under its own policies, and under any rights you have by law. To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for any of the following:

(a) Apple's refund decisions, charges, billing errors or payment processing; or

(b) any tax, currency conversion or bank fee charged in connection with a Purchase.

7.3. Free trial. A free trial, if offered, lets you evaluate paid features for the period stated in the App Store. When a trial ends, paid features stop working unless you make a Purchase. You can still open your documents, and any features we describe as free remain available.

7.4. Auto-renewing subscriptions. A subscription renews automatically at the end of each period at the then-current price. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Renewal continues unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends.

You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the current period. Unused portions of a subscription period, or of a free trial, are handled as Apple's policies provide.

7.5. Prices and plans. We may change prices, plans and which features are included, as the App Store allows. A price change applies to your subscription only as Apple's rules permit, and Apple will tell you before it applies.

7.6. "Lifetime" or one-time purchases. A one-time or "lifetime" Purchase licenses the version of the paid features available when you bought it, and any updates we choose to provide. It refers to the life of the product as we make it available. It does not refer to your lifetime or any fixed period. It does not oblige us to keep developing, supporting or distributing the Software, or to keep it compatible with future versions of macOS.

8. Updates, changes and end of life

8.1. We may, but are not obliged to, provide updates. An update may add, change or remove features, or require a newer version of macOS. This Agreement, as then in force, applies to every update.

8.2. We may stop developing, distributing or supporting the Software at any time. The Software does not depend on our servers to open your documents.

9. Support and maintenance

9.1. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the Software, and only to the extent we choose or applicable law requires. You and we acknowledge that Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the Software.

9.2. Any support we provide is by email to support@annorite.com on a reasonable-efforts basis. We do not promise any response time, fix or result.

10. Feedback

If you send us suggestions, ideas or other feedback, you give us a free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide right to use it for any purpose without obligation to you. We have no duty to keep feedback confidential, and we owe you nothing for it. Please don't send us ideas you want to keep or be paid for.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

11.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. We, and our licensors and suppliers, expressly disclaim all warranties, conditions, guarantees and representations, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including any implied warranties or conditions of the following:

11.2. Without limiting section 11.1, we do not warrant that:

(a) the Software, or any measurement, conversion, rendering, export or other output, will be accurate, complete, reliable or error-free;

(b) the Software will meet your requirements or work with any particular file, device, program or version of macOS;

(c) the Software will be uninterrupted, secure or free of defects, bugs or harmful components, or that any defect will be corrected; or

(d) your files will not be lost, altered or corrupted.

11.3. No advice or information, oral or written, given by us or anyone else creates any warranty. This includes the website, videos, screenshots, marketing material and App Store listing.

11.4. Apple. If the Software fails to conform to any warranty that cannot be excluded, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Software to you (if any). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation of any kind for the Software. Any other claim, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense caused by a failure to conform to a warranty is governed by this Agreement, including sections 11 and 12.

12. Limitation of liability

12.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OR OUR AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, HOWEVER CAUSED:

(a) LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, CONTRACTS, BIDS, TENDERS, BUSINESS, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS;

(b) COST OF REWORK, DEMOLITION, REPLACEMENT OR REMEDIAL WORK; DELAY; LIQUIDATED DAMAGES; OR CLAIMS BY CLIENTS, CONTRACTORS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES;

(c) LOSS, CORRUPTION OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA OR DOCUMENTS; OR

(d) COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SOFTWARE OR SERVICES.

This applies to all such losses arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Software, including your use of or reliance on any measurement or output. It applies whatever the legal theory: contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, statute or otherwise. It applies even if we have been told such damages are possible, and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.

12.2. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE FIRST CLAIM, AND (B) FIFTY US DOLLARS (US$50).

12.3. The limitations in this section allocate risk between you and us. They are reflected in the price of the Software and are an essential basis of the bargain between us. They apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.

12.4. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations. In those places, sections 11 and 12 apply only to the extent the law allows, and section 21 applies.

13. Assumption of risk and release

13.1. You understand the limits of the Software described in section 5. You use the Software, and rely on any output of it, entirely at your own risk.

13.2. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you release us, and our affiliates, successors, licensors and suppliers, from all claims, demands and damages of every kind, known and unknown, arising out of or relating to your use of, or reliance on, the Software or its output.

This includes measurements, conversions, stamps, exports and lost or altered files. It does not extend to claims that law does not allow to be released, and section 21 applies.

13.3. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code section 1542, to the extent it is waivable. It says: "A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party." You waive any similar law in any other jurisdiction to the same extent.

14. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and our affiliates, successors, licensors and suppliers from and against all third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees. This covers any of these arising out of or relating to:

(a) your use of, or reliance on, the Software or its output, including on any project;

(b) Your Content;

(c) your breach of this Agreement; or

(d) your breach of any law or of anyone's rights.

15. Claims involving the Software

15.1. Product claims. You and we acknowledge that we, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the Software, or your possession or use of it. This includes:

(a) product liability claims;

(b) any claim that the Software fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and

(c) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.

This responsibility applies only as limited by this Agreement and applicable law.

15.2. Intellectual property claims. If a third party claims that the Software, or your possession and use of it, infringes that party's intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, will be solely responsible for investigating, defending, settling and discharging that claim. This is to the extent required by this Agreement.

15.3. Time limit. To the maximum extent permitted by law, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Software must be started within one (1) year after it arises. If it is not, it is permanently barred.

16. Termination

16.1. This Agreement applies until it ends. Your licence ends automatically, without notice, if you breach this Agreement. You may end it at any time by deleting the Software.

16.2. When the licence ends, you must stop using the Software and delete all copies. Sections 4.2, 5, 6.2, 7.2, and 10 to 23 survive termination.

17. Dispute resolution

17.1. Talk to us first. Before starting any proceeding, you agree to email us at legal@annorite.com with a description of the dispute and the relief you want. You also agree to try in good faith to resolve it with us informally for at least sixty (60) days. We agree to do the same before starting any proceeding against you.

17.2. If you live in the United States: binding individual arbitration. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Software that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration. This includes whether it must be arbitrated.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section.

(a) Hearing. The arbitration may be held by video, by telephone, or on written submissions, at your choice. Any in-person hearing will be held in the county where you live, unless we both agree otherwise.

(b) Fees. Fees are payable as the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules provide. For a claim of US$10,000 or less that is not frivolous, we will pay your AAA filing, administration and arbitrator fees.

(c) Small claims. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies and stays there.

(d) Injunctions. Either of us may seek an injunction in court to stop infringement or misuse of intellectual property.

17.3. Class action and jury trial waiver. If section 17.2 applies to you, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, you and we each agree to the following:

(a) Claims may be brought only in an individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated or representative proceeding.

(b) The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or award relief to anyone but the individual party.

(c) You and we each waive any right to a jury trial.

If this section 17.3 is found unenforceable for a claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be decided in court, not in arbitration.

17.4. Everywhere else. If you do not live in the United States, disputes will be decided by the courts of the Province of Ontario, Canada, sitting in Ottawa. We both submit to their jurisdiction.

This does not remove any right you have as a consumer to bring proceedings in the courts where you live, or to rely on the mandatory laws of your country. In particular, if you are a consumer in Ontario (or in another place with similar law), nothing in this Agreement requires you to arbitrate or stops you from bringing or joining a class proceeding where the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 (or that law) gives you that right.

17.5. Changes to this section. If we change this section 17, the change will not apply to a dispute you told us about before the change took effect.

17.6. Your right to opt out. You may opt out of arbitration under section 17.2 within thirty (30) days after you first accept this Agreement. To do so, email legal@annorite.com with your name and a statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect the rest of this Agreement.

18. Governing law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there, excluding their conflict-of-law rules. Section 17.2 is instead governed by the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act do not apply.

19. Export and legal compliance

You represent and warrant that:

(a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and

(b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

You will comply with all export and sanctions laws that apply to your use of the Software.

20. Third parties

20.1. Other terms. You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the Software. This includes the Apple Terms and your agreements with your clients, your employer and any service you use to store or share documents.

20.2. Apple as third-party beneficiary. You and we acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement. Once you accept it, Apple will have the right, and will be deemed to have accepted the right, to enforce this Agreement against you as a third-party beneficiary.

20.3. System and third-party components. The Software uses components of macOS, including its PDF engine, which Apple licenses to you separately. If the Software ever includes third-party components, they are provided under their own licences, which prevail where they require it, and are listed in the Software's Help menu.

21. Your statutory rights

21.1. Nothing in this Agreement excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy, or any guarantee, warranty or other term or condition, implied or imposed by law that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

This includes, where they apply:

21.2. Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes liability for any of the following, where the law does not allow it to be limited or excluded:

21.3. Where the law allows our liability for a failure to meet a non-excludable guarantee to be limited, it is limited, at our option, to supplying the Software again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.

22. Changes to this agreement

22.1. We may update this Agreement from time to time. We will post the new version at annorite.com/terms with a new effective date. For material changes, we will also tell you in the Software, where possible, before they take effect.

22.2. Where the law requires, or where the change materially reduces your rights, the Software will ask you to accept the new version. If you do not accept, you may stop using the Software. In that case the version you last accepted continues to apply to your existing Purchase, to the extent the law requires.

22.3. Otherwise, continuing to use the Software after a change takes effect means you accept it. A change never applies retroactively to a dispute that arose before it took effect.

23. General

23.1. Entire agreement. This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and us about the Software. It replaces any earlier understanding. The Privacy Policy at annorite.com/privacy explains how we handle information.

23.2. Severability. If a court or arbitrator finds any part of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, that part will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and changed only as much as needed to make it enforceable. The rest of this Agreement stays in full effect.

23.3. No waiver. If we do not enforce a right, or delay in enforcing it, that does not waive the right.

23.4. Assignment. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or your rights under it, except as the Apple Terms allow. We may assign or transfer this Agreement, in whole or in part, without your consent. This includes transfer to a company we form, or to a successor or buyer of the Software.

23.5. Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control. Examples are changes to macOS or the App Store, and outages or failures of Apple's or other third-party systems.

23.6. Notices. We may give you notices in the Software, on our website or by email if you have written to us. You may give us notices at the address below.

23.7. Language and headings. This Agreement is written in English. If it is translated, the English version prevails to the extent permitted by law. Headings are for convenience only.

23.8. Relationship. Nothing in this Agreement creates a partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship, or any professional or advisory relationship.

24. Contact

Questions, complaints and claims about the Software:

Abhishek Sharma, trading as Annorite 500 Jackdaw Avenue, Nepean, Ontario K2J 6M8, Canada Phone: +1 613-908-9851 Email: support@annorite.com · Legal notices: legal@annorite.com