Terms

You are buying a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the version of the Krono desktop application that you download. The license runs entirely on your device, with no online dependency after first launch. Your license never auto-renews and you will never be charged again unless you affirmatively buy a renewal yourself.

Your license also includes 12 months of updates from the date of purchase. Updates released during that window unlock automatically; updates released after that window require a renewal (see “Updates and renewal”).

After the 12-month update window ends, your existing version of Krono continues to work on your device indefinitely — your license does not expire, and we will not disable it. Only future updates released after your window ends require a renewal.

Renewal is freeif your account is in good standing on the referral condition in “Good standing” at the time of renewal. Otherwise, renewal costs the then-regular price.

Limited exception to “continues to work indefinitely.” If we discover a security vulnerability that materially threatens our customers, or if we are required by law or by a court order to disable a specific version, we may push an update that disables the affected version. We will give you as much notice as we can and provide a free patched version. We will not use this provision to push paid upgrades or to compel renewal.

Your account is in good standing if, within the 12 months following your purchase, you have referred at least one other professional to Krono whose referral resulted in a license issuance attributed to your referral link.

We will email you a reminder 60 days before expiration if your referral is outstanding.

About reviews.We’d genuinely love an honest public review if Krono earns it — positive, negative, or mixed. Reviews are completely optional and have no effect on your renewal. We do not offer any benefit, discount, or reward in exchange for posting one.

We offer a no-questions-asked refund within 30 days of purchase. Email refund@simkinselgazar.com from the address on the account and we will process the refund to the original payment method within 5 business days. After 30 days, refunds are case-by-case.

If we refund you, your license file is no longer valid and you agree to uninstall Krono. We will deactivate the license on our side and remove your account record (subject to the retention obligations in our Privacy policy).

Free Tier 1 licenses are not refundable because no money changed hands. Free Tier 1 licenses are otherwise subject to these Terms in full.

You are responsible for complying with applicable laws when recording. In many jurisdictions, recording calls requires consent from all parties; in others, single-party consent is sufficient. Krono does not provide legal advice; verify the recording rules that apply to you before each session.

You represent and warrant that, before each recording you make with Krono, you have obtained any consent required by applicable wiretap, eavesdropping, and recording-disclosure laws, and that recording the meeting does not violate any duty you owe to a client, employer, professional regulator, or other party. (To “represent and warrant” means: you are promising us this is true. If it turns out not to be, you take responsibility for the consequences.)

You also agree that:

• You will not use Krono in any way that violates the rules of your professional licensing body (for lawyers, your state bar; for accountants, AICPA and state CPA rules; for other professionals, your regulator).
• You will not use Krono to record any communication you are legally prohibited from recording, including but not limited to communications protected by attorney-client privilege without informed client consent, communications subject to a court protective order, or communications in any jurisdiction with all-party-consent recording laws where you have not obtained all-party consent.
• You will review every transcript before relying on it. Krono’s transcripts and notes are AI-generated drafts, not certified court records, sworn statements, or evidentiary-quality recordings.
• You will not attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the AI models bundled with the App, except to the extent that local law gives you a non-waivable right to do so.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless S&E and its officers, members, employees, and contractors from and against any claim, loss, damage, fine, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:

• any recording you make using Krono, including any claim that the recording violated a wiretap, eavesdropping, privacy, or professional-conduct rule;
• any use you make of a Krono-generated transcript or note, including reliance on its accuracy;
• your breach of these Terms; or
• your violation of any law or third-party right in connection with your use of Krono.

We will give you prompt notice of any claim subject to indemnification, let you control the defense (with counsel reasonably acceptable to us), and cooperate with you at your expense. We may participate in the defense with our own counsel at our own expense.

Your recordings, transcripts, and notes belong to you. Because everything Krono creates stays on your device, we never receive, store, or have access to any of it. We do not claim any ownership interest, license, or right to use what you create with Krono.

Krono itself belongs to us.We retain all right, title, and interest in the Krono application, our trademarks, and our software. Your license under “What you are buying” lets you use Krono on your device — it does not transfer ownership of anything else.

Open-source components. Krono is built on top of scribe-engine, an open-source engine we publish at github.com/simkinselgazar-rgb/scribe-engine under the Apache 2.0 license. The full list of open-source components included in Krono, with their licenses, is available in the “About Krono” → “Open Source Licenses” section inside the App.

By you.You can stop using Krono at any time. Uninstalling the App is enough; you don’t need to notify us.

By us, for cause.We can revoke your license if (a) you breach these Terms in a material way and don’t cure within 14 days of our written notice, (b) you initiate a payment chargeback on your license after we have delivered it (other than for genuine fraud on your account), or (c) you use Krono in a way that is illegal or that creates a material legal risk for us. If we revoke your license for cause, no refund is owed.

Survival.The “Disclaimer of warranties,” “Limitation of liability,” “Indemnification by you,” “Your data and intellectual property,” “Governing law,” and “General” sections survive any termination.

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, where Simkins & Elgazar LLC is registered. Disputes are resolved in the state or federal courts located in Virginia. Each party irrevocably consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waives any objection to venue.

Class-action waiver. To the extent permitted by law, any dispute must be brought in your individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative action.

Changes to these Terms.We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we will post the updated Terms with a new “Last updated” date and email you at the address on your account at least 30 days before the change takes effect. If you don’t agree with the change, you can stop using Krono (your existing version continues to work as described in “Updates and renewal”).

Notices.Notices to you go to the email on your account. Notices to us — including for service of process — go to Simkins & Elgazar LLC, Virginia, USA, with a copy to legal@simkinselgazar.com.

Assignment.You can’t assign these Terms or your license without our written consent. We can assign these Terms to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of our business.

No waiver.If we don’t enforce a provision, that’s not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

Severability. If a court finds any part of these Terms unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and the unenforceable part is reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy policy, are the entire agreement between you and S&E about Krono. They replace any prior agreement on the same subject.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events outside its reasonable control (natural disasters, war, civil unrest, internet or hosting outages, government action, pandemics, etc.).

Taxes. Prices are exclusive of any sales, use, VAT, GST, or similar tax. If we are required to collect tax on your purchase, it will be shown at checkout.

Sanctions. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, any country subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions), and that you are not on any U.S. government list of restricted or prohibited persons.