Terms of Service

1. Agreement

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Kheeper registry service, website, APIs, and CLI tools (collectively, the "Service") operated by Kheeper ("we", "us", "our"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Description of the Service

Kheeper is a registry for bootable, immutable operating system images. The Service provides storage, distribution, and management of OCI-compatible container images intended for use with bootc, podman, and related tooling. Features include image hosting, bandwidth delivery, host registration, organization management, and API/CLI access.

3. Accounts

You must create an account to use most features of the Service. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials, including API keys and CLI authentication tokens. You must promptly notify us if you become aware of any unauthorized access to your account.

You may not share accounts between multiple individuals. Each person using the Service should have their own account. Organizations may create and manage multiple user accounts under a single organization.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation.
• Store or distribute malware, ransomware, or other malicious software.
• Infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
• Store or distribute content that is unlawful, defamatory, or obscene.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems.
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service.
• Use the Service for cryptocurrency mining or other compute-intensive workloads unrelated to image hosting.
• Resell the Service without our prior written consent.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate this policy.

5. Your Content

You retain ownership of the images, layers, manifests, and other data you upload to the Service ("Your Content"). By uploading content, you grant us a limited license to store, cache, replicate, and serve Your Content as necessary to operate the Service.

You are solely responsible for Your Content and must ensure it does not violate these Terms or any applicable law. We do not monitor or endorse Your Content but reserve the right to remove content that violates these Terms.

6. Pricing and Payment

The Service is billed on a usage basis. Current pricing is published on our pricing page. Usage is metered across three dimensions: storage (daily high-water mark of total blob storage per organization), bandwidth (bytes served from your images), and registered hosts (snapshotted hourly).

We may change pricing at any time with 30 days' prior notice. Continued use of the Service after a pricing change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new pricing. All fees are non-refundable except as required by law.

7. Availability and Support

We strive to maintain high availability of the Service but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. The Service is provided on an "as available" basis. We may perform scheduled maintenance with reasonable advance notice when possible.

We do not currently offer a formal service level agreement (SLA). Support is provided on a reasonable-effort basis.

8. Data and Privacy

We collect and process personal data necessary to operate the Service, including your email address, authentication credentials, and usage metrics. We do not sell your personal data. We may use aggregated, anonymized usage data to improve the Service.

You are responsible for any personal data contained within Your Content. If you store images containing personal data, you are the data controller for that data.

9. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, code, documentation, and branding, is owned by us and protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not grant you any rights to our trademarks, trade names, or logos.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe content hosted on the Service infringes your copyright, please contact us with a detailed notice.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or use, arising out of or related to your use of the Service, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory.

Our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the amounts you paid to us in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, Your Content, or your violation of these Terms.

12. Termination

You may close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time for violation of these Terms, with or without notice.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. We will make Your Content available for download for a reasonable period (not less than 30 days) after termination, unless the termination was due to a violation of Section 4. After that period, we may delete Your Content.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated Terms on this page and updating the effective date. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

14. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Delaware.

15. General

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent.