Terms of Use

Who we are

RATMODE is made by DIVURJ, an independent software studio operating from the United Kingdom. DIVURJ is the licensor under this agreement. Contact for any question about these terms is hello@divurj.com.

What you get

RATMODE is provided to you under a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use on Apple Macintosh computers that you own or control.

The free download includes every instrument, pattern, and mutation in RATMODE. Certain features — notably bouncing or exporting audio stems to disk — may require a paid licence purchased separately. Where a paid licence is required, the terms of that purchase will be made clear before you pay, and a valid licence key must be activated for those features to work.

During the beta period you may install and use RATMODE on as many Macs as you reasonably need for personal evaluation. Installation limits tied to any paid licence will be stated at the point of sale.

What you may not do

You may not:

sell, sublicense, rent, lease, or redistribute RATMODE or any part of it, including by uploading the installer to public or private file sharing services;

reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble RATMODE, except to the minimum extent expressly permitted by applicable law (for example for interoperability where that cannot be excluded by contract);

remove or obscure any copyright, trademark, or attribution notice;

use RATMODE in a way that knowingly infringes the rights of others, including by making music containing samples, loops, or other material you are not licensed to use;

circumvent any licence-key, activation, or feature-gating mechanism, or assist others in doing so.

Your music is yours

Anything you create using RATMODE — tracks, stems, patterns, recordings, renders, exports — is entirely yours. DIVURJ claims no ownership of your output, no royalty on music you make with RATMODE, and no right to use your music without your permission. Go and be good.

Beta software

RATMODE is currently in beta. That means: it may contain bugs, it may crash, it may lose data, features may change or be removed between releases, file formats may not be stable across versions, and we may ship updates that require you to re-export existing work. We will do our best to avoid breaking you, but the beta period is the time when things go wrong. Do not use RATMODE as your only copy of anything important without backups.

Warranty

RATMODE is provided as is and as available, without any warranty of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. We do not warrant that RATMODE will meet your requirements, work on all macOS versions or hardware configurations, operate without interruption, be error-free, or interoperate with any particular DAW, plugin, or driver.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, DIVURJ's total aggregate liability to you under or in connection with these terms or your use of RATMODE is limited to the greater of the amount you actually paid DIVURJ for RATMODE in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

DIVURJ is not liable for indirect, consequential, incidental, or special damages of any kind — including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, lost music, lost studio time, loss of goodwill, or business interruption — even if DIVURJ has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits DIVURJ's liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability which cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. If you are a consumer in the United Kingdom, nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Intellectual property

RATMODE, the name "RATMODE", the name "DIVURJ", and all associated logos, designs, code, documentation, screenshots, audio demos, and website copy are the property of DIVURJ (and its licensors). These terms grant you a licence to use the software, not ownership of any of it. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Changes to RATMODE and these terms

We may update RATMODE at any time, including by adding, changing, or removing features. We may also update these terms; the current version will always be posted at divurj.com/ratmode/terms. If we make a material change that affects people who have purchased a paid licence, we will notify licence holders by email before it takes effect. Your continued use of RATMODE after updated terms take effect is your acceptance of those updated terms.

Termination

Your licence to use RATMODE ends automatically if you breach these terms. You may also end the licence at any time by uninstalling RATMODE and destroying any copies in your possession.

On termination, any paid-feature activation tied to your licence key may cease to work. Refunds for paid licences are handled at the point of purchase (currently: via our payment provider Lemon Squeezy). Contact us if you have a specific concern.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms, except that if you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom you may also bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the UK where you live.

Contact

Questions, complaints, or permissions requests should go to hello@divurj.com. We read everything.