--- title: "Terms of Service & EULA" url: "https://pixeltamp.com/terms" description: "Terms of Service and End User Licence Agreement for PixelTamp." --- # Terms of Service & EULA Last updated: 22 September 2026 ## 1\. Agreement to Terms These Terms of Service and End User Licence Agreement ("Terms" or "EULA") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "you") and Dhustone Digital Ltd (trading as dhustone) ("Developer", "we", "us"), governing your use of the PixelTamp macOS application (the "Application") and the [pixeltamp.com](https://pixeltamp.com) website (the "Website"). By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Application, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not install or use the Application. ## 2\. Apple Mac App Store Terms The Application is distributed exclusively through Apple's Mac App Store. You acknowledge and agree that: - These Terms are concluded between you and the Developer only, and not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). The Developer is solely responsible for the Application and its content. - The Developer is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the Application. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the Application. - To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Application. - The Developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to the Application or your possession and use of the Application, including product liability claims, consumer protection claims, and legal or regulatory compliance claims. - In the event of any third-party claim that the Application or your possession and use of the Application infringes a third party's intellectual property rights, the Developer, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim. - Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary. ## 3\. Licence Grant & Permitted Use PixelTamp is provided free of charge. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to download, install, and run the Application for personal, commercial, and professional purposes on Apple-branded macOS devices that you own or control, strictly in accordance with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (including the App Store Usage Rules and Family Sharing features). You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute, or sublicense the Application. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Application, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. **Lawful Use Only:** You agree to use the Application strictly for lawful purposes. You may not use the Application to process, convert, modify, or generate any media that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, or in violation of applicable local, national, or international laws and regulations. You retain sole responsibility and liability for all media files you choose to process with the Application. ## 4\. Third-Party & Open-Source Software The Application incorporates permissive third-party open-source components, including libwebp (BSD 3-Clause Licence, Google Inc.), libspng (BSD 2-Clause Licence), and Quantizer (MIT Licence). Each open-source component is governed by the terms of its respective licence. Full copyright notices and licence texts are made available directly within the Application via the "About PixelTamp" dialog and under _Settings > Acknowledgements_. Nothing in these Terms restricts, limits, or overrides any rights granted to you under the terms of those open-source licences. ## 5\. Non-Destructive Processing & Backup Responsibility PixelTamp is designed to operate non-destructively by default, generating compressed media alongside source files with a designated filename suffix (e.g. `_tamped`) or writing outputs to a specified custom directory. If you explicitly enable optional in-place overwriting in Settings and confirm the warning dialog, PixelTamp will atomically replace source files during processing. **User Backup Responsibility:** Digital media compression, format conversion, and automated batch processing inherently carry operational risks (such as local drive failure, power interruption, or accidental file replacement). You acknowledge and agree that: - You are solely responsible for maintaining complete, verified, and independent backups of all original media files and directories before initiating processing operations. - You must inspect and verify the integrity and quality of output files before moving, archiving, or deleting any original source media. - The Developer assumes no liability whatsoever for any loss, corruption, deletion, alteration, or unrecoverability of your digital assets, files, or storage media. ## 6\. Third-Party Media Licences & Metadata Compliance By default, PixelTamp applies a selective metadata retention policy that strips privacy-sensitive data (such as GPS coordinates and device serial numbers) while preserving creator copyright notices, artist credits, and licensing terms. Users may also elect to strip all metadata via the Application's settings. Certain third-party media licences (including specific Creative Commons licences, commercial stock agency agreements, and editorial distribution licences) require embedded copyright notices, creator attribution, or metadata headers to remain intact and unaltered. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for verifying the licensing terms of any third-party media you process using the Application, and for ensuring that your chosen metadata handling settings and output processing comply with all applicable licence agreements and intellectual property rights. ## 7\. Intellectual Property All title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to PixelTamp (including its original user interface, design, iconography, logos, documentation, and proprietary code) belong exclusively to Dhustone Digital Ltd and are protected by United Kingdom copyright laws and international treaty provisions. ## 8\. Disclaimer of Warranties TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: THE APPLICATION AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE DEVELOPER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE OPERATION OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE APPLICATION WILL BE CORRECTED. ## 9\. Limitation of Liability Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude the Developer's liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by the laws of England and Wales or applicable mandatory consumer protection legislation. Subject to the preceding paragraph, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: - **Exclusion of Indirect Damages:** In no event shall the Developer be liable for any personal injury, or any incidental, special, indirect, consequential, or punitive damages whatsoever, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, loss of data, corruption of media, business interruption, or any other commercial damages or losses arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the Application, however caused, regardless of the theory of liability (contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise). - **Monetary Cap:** Because the Application is provided free of charge, the Developer's total aggregate liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action arising out of or related to the Application, the Website, or these Terms shall in no event exceed £0.00 (zero pounds sterling), or the amount paid by you for the Application (if any). ## 10\. Legal Compliance & Export Controls You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a United States or United Kingdom government embargo, or that has been designated by the US or UK government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (b) you are not listed on any US or UK government list of prohibited or restricted parties. ## 11\. Governing Law & Jurisdiction These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, their subject matter, or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms, without prejudice to any mandatory local consumer protection rights that may entitle you to bring proceedings in your local jurisdiction. ## 12\. Contact Information If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact: [hello@dhustonedigital.com](mailto:hello@dhustonedigital.com) Dhustone Digital Ltd is a company registered in England & Wales. Company No. 17473289 · Registered Office: 82a James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 7DE