Fennec Beta End User Licence Agreement Version 1.0 — 29 October 2026. 1. Who provides Fennec This agreement is between you and Norman Eiche, an individual developer operating under the brand Skillful Fox Studio (the "Licensor"): Am Ring 44 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Legal contact: skillfulfoxstudio@proton.me Application support: support@skilful-fox.com Website: https://fennec.skilful-fox.com This agreement governs the Fennec Beta desktop application (the "Software"). 2. Your Beta licence The Licensor grants you a non-exclusive licence, free of charge, to install and use the Software for your own writing and evaluation. You may create, edit and publish commercial as well as non-commercial works with it. Your Beta licence is perpetual: it has no subscription or expiry date. The end of the Beta testing period does not end your right to use the Beta version covered by your licence. Termination for a material breach is addressed in section 9. The licence does not grant entitlement to a later commercial edition or all future versions. Any such entitlement will be stated separately. No payment obligation arises automatically from participating in the Beta. 3. Installations and licence keys The permitted number of installations is specified in your licence and shown in the application. A standard Beta licence permits three installations on devices you use personally. It is a licence for you, not a shared licence for several people. An installation is an activated copy identified by a randomly generated installation identity, not a hardware fingerprint. Keep your licence key private. Do not publish it, share it for use by others, sell access to it, or bypass the installation limit. Do not redistribute the closed Beta installer without the Licensor's permission. These restrictions do not limit rights that cannot lawfully be restricted, including any applicable statutory transfer rights. Reinstalling the operating system or deleting activation data may create a new installation identity. If you reach your limit, use the installation reset procedure: request a reset and confirm it through your registered email address. Resetting frees the previous installation slots. Previous installations need reactivation when they next receive a successful status check confirming the reset. Resetting does not grant additional simultaneous installation rights. Licence key recovery sends the key to the registered email address. Contact support if you no longer have access to that address. 4. Activation and offline use First activation requires an internet connection, your registered email address and a valid licence key. After successful activation, the Software stores a cryptographically signed activation confirmation and can operate offline without a periodic online renewal requirement. Automatic update and licence-status checks are enabled by default and can be disabled in settings. Manually requesting an update check also checks licence status. Activation, recovery, reset and other online operations you explicitly request still require a connection. A network failure, server error or unavailable service is not a licence revocation. An explicit, authenticated revocation or installation-reset response can change the local activation status. The Software remembers that status; disconnecting afterwards does not restore an activation already invalidated. Licence services process the information needed to issue and validate licences and manage installations. The separate Privacy Notice explains personal-data processing. This agreement is not consent to unrelated data processing. 5. Your work and AI assistance You retain your rights in manuscripts, project information and other content you supply. This licence gives the Licensor no ownership of that content and does not require you to submit manuscripts as a condition of Beta participation. AI assistance is optional. Suggestions may be inaccurate or unsuitable. You decide whether to accept them and remain responsible for reviewing material you publish. This agreement does not guarantee that AI-generated suggestions are unique, copyrightable or free from third-party rights. Separately downloaded models may have their own terms. 6. Software ownership and third-party components The Software is licensed, not sold. Except for rights granted by this agreement or applicable law, rights in the Software remain with the Licensor and the respective third-party rights holders. Third-party components, fonts, dictionaries and models remain subject to their own licences. Their notices are provided separately. This agreement does not reduce the rights granted by those licences. Nothing in this agreement prohibits acts permitted by mandatory law, including necessary backup copies, observing or testing the program, and decompilation for interoperability where the statutory conditions are met. 7. Beta condition, backups and support The Software is a pre-release Beta and may contain defects or incomplete features. Keep independent backups of important work, particularly before updating the Software or migrating projects. You may report problems and suggest improvements through the published support channels. Feedback is voluntary; this agreement does not require disclosure of confidential manuscripts or impose a confidentiality obligation on your feedback. No particular support response time, future feature or compatibility with future operating systems is promised. Perpetual use of the licensed Beta is distinct from a promise to operate online services indefinitely. Statutory obligations, including any applicable update obligations, remain unaffected. 8. Statutory rights and liability Your statutory rights and remedies remain unaffected. Liability is governed by applicable law. This agreement does not exclude or limit liability for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body or health, fraud, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. The Beta designation and backup recommendation do not waive those rights or transfer the Licensor's statutory responsibilities to you. 9. Termination and revocation You may stop using the Software at any time. The Licensor may terminate this licence for a material breach, such as knowingly distributing a key for use by others or deliberately circumventing installation limits, subject to applicable law. Where required, you will receive notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy the breach before termination. Ending the Beta programme, declining to provide feedback, or remaining offline is not by itself a reason to terminate your licence. A failed network request is not evidence of a breach. Following lawful termination, you must stop using the Software under that licence. Termination does not transfer ownership of your work or authorise the Licensor to delete your manuscripts. Contact support if you believe a revocation was made in error. 10. Applicable law and agreement versions German law applies. If you are a consumer, this choice does not deprive you of mandatory protections applicable in your country of habitual residence. This agreement does not impose an exclusive court or arbitration requirement. If a provision is invalid, the applicable statutory rules take its place; the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. This agreement is provided in English. The version supplied and accepted with your Software governs that licence. Publishing a revised text on the website does not by itself change an existing agreement. Any changes requiring your agreement will be presented for acceptance rather than applied silently.