SLOWDOWNER END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT
Version 1.0 draft - 11 September 2026

Copyright (c) 2026 Ilari Halonen, professionally known as Breathing Statue.
All rights reserved in the proprietary SlowDowner application code, design and branding.
Licensor and support: Ilari Halonen / Breathing Statue, https://breathingstatue.com

1. LICENCE, NOT SALE OF THE SOFTWARE
The software is licensed, not sold. After lawful purchase and activation, you receive a
personal, non-exclusive licence to install and use this version of SlowDowner on up to
three devices you own or control, including simultaneous use on those devices by you.
You may make the copies reasonably necessary for those
installations and a backup. The licence has no subscription fee or scheduled expiry.
It does not transfer ownership of the application or its source code to you.

2. COMMERCIAL AUDIO WORK IS ALLOWED
A purchased licence permits personal and professional/commercial use of SlowDowner,
including production of music, sound design, client work and other lawful audio work.
Breathing Statue claims no ownership or royalty in your audio merely because you process
it with this software. You remain responsible for rights in the audio you import and sell.

3. RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPRIETARY APPLICATION
Except for the installation and backup copies allowed above, applicable mandatory law,
and the separate third-party licences described below, you may not copy, distribute,
publish, resell, rent, sublicense or share the application, its proprietary source code,
or your activation key with other users. You may not remove ownership notices, bypass
the licence controls, or reverse-engineer the application except where applicable law
permits this notwithstanding a contractual restriction. Any statutory rights concerning
interoperability, backups, transfer or exhaustion of rights remain unaffected.

4. DEMO VERSION
The demo permits ten stretching attempts which complete successfully, with auditioning
of their results in the application. WAV export requires a purchased, activated licence.
An interrupted attempt, such as force-quitting during processing, may remain counted.
The demo is for evaluation and does not grant a licence to redistribute the application.

5. ACTIVATION
Internet access is required to activate. Activation sends the licence key, a product-
specific hash of a device identifier, and an operating-system label to the Breathing
Statue activation service. The service returns a signed device-bound licence receipt.
Audio is processed locally and is not uploaded. A successful activation or renewal
provides 30 days before background renewal is due, plus seven additional days of
offline access for temporary outages. Startup does not wait for a network request.
Once renewal is due, the app quietly retries at most daily while running. After the
grace period, connect and Validate to restore full-version access. The purchase is
not a subscription; these checks renew the device token, not a paid subscription.
Fully refunded licences can be revoked at the next validation; they cannot renew.
The licence panel provides Activate, Validate and Deactivate. Validate checks the
current device activation with the service. Deactivate releases that device's slot
and removes its local full-version licence after confirmation; the demo count is not
reset. These three actions require an internet connection. Deactivate before moving
your licence to another device if all three activation slots are occupied.
Contact Breathing Statue if you replace a device or need help with activation.

6. THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE
This agreement applies to the proprietary SlowDowner application only. Python, NumPy,
miniaudio, Tcl/Tk, TkinterDnD2 and other included third-party components retain their
own copyright and licence terms, provided in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt and the licenses
directory. Those terms control the use, copying, modification and redistribution of
those components. No restriction in this agreement removes rights they grant, including
rights granted by any applicable runtime or bootloader licence exception.

7. LIMITATIONS AND CONSUMER RIGHTS
Time stretching can change the sound. Compatibility and results depend on the material
and device. Save backups of important work. To the extent allowed by law, the software
is supplied without additional guarantees beyond those expressly offered at purchase.
Nothing here excludes mandatory consumer remedies, liability which cannot lawfully be
excluded, or your statutory rights concerning defective digital content or withdrawal.
Any immediate-download consent and acknowledgement required at checkout must be obtained
separately; accepting this document alone is not a waiver of withdrawal rights.

8. OWNERSHIP AND BRANDING
The SlowDowner product name, Breathing Statue branding and supplied artwork may not be
used to imply endorsement of a different product without permission. Published DSP
methods and independently owned third-party code are not claimed as exclusive inventions.

9. GOVERNING LAW
Finnish law applies, subject to mandatory protections available to consumers in their
country of residence. This agreement does not require consumers to waive access to
competent courts or statutory dispute-resolution mechanisms.
