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url: /granodiorite/terms.md
description: Terms of Service for Granodiorite.
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# Terms of Service

**Effective Date: July 28, 2026**

## Preamble

These Granodiorite Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") are formulated by the
Feniota Team (also known as "Tuxium and Enita", hereinafter referred to as the "Licensor" or "we",
"us", or "our") regarding the Granodiorite service operated by it (hereinafter referred to as the
"Service"). The Service encompasses all resources, files, and data provided through the domain
`granodiorite.ferris.love` and all of its subdomains (collectively referred to as the "Platform").

Any natural person, legal entity, or other organization (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"User" or "you") accessing or using the Service shall be deemed to have fully read, understood, and
agreed to be bound by all the provisions of these Terms. If you do not agree to any provision of
these Terms, please immediately cease accessing or using the Service.

## Article 0. General Information

Granodiorite is a Minecraft: Java Edition game resource mirror distribution service developed and
operated by the Licensor. The Service is intended to provide players of Minecraft: Java Edition in
regions with inadequate network infrastructure or restricted network access with an efficient and
convenient method to download game resources.

Granodiorite itself is free software. You may download its complete source code
[here](https://github.com/feniota/granodiorite) to freely inspect, learn from, build, run, and
deploy it. Self-deployed instances of Granodiorite are not governed by these Terms; these Terms
exclusively regulate your use of the official instance hosted at `granodiorite.ferris.love`.

## Article 1. License for Personal Use

1.1. Subject to your full compliance with all provisions of these Terms, the Licensor hereby grants
to the User a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the
Service solely for the purpose of downloading and installing Minecraft: Java Edition.

1.2. When using content related to the Service, the User may promote or quote the Service for any
lawful purpose (including, but not limited to, commercial for-profit purposes) without obtaining
prior written authorization from the Licensor, provided that proper attribution to the Licensor is
attached.

1.3. No person or entity may directly profit through the features provided by the Service in any
manner, including but not limited to the integration activities referenced in Article 2, unless
prior written authorization has been obtained from the Licensor.

## Article 2. Integration and Distribution

### 2.0. Definitions

2.0.1. For the purposes of these Terms, "Out-of-the-Box" (OOTB) refers to circumstances where a
User, in software, libraries, scripts, daemons, or automation tools developed by such User, makes
the Service a back-end component automatically invoked by said program without requiring additional
configuration by the end user, through any of the following means:

a) Hardcoding the name "Granodiorite", the domain name `granodiorite.ferris.love`, or the IP address
resolved therefrom into source code, configuration files, files automatically downloaded by the
program, or binary files;\
b) Pre-providing a method to utilize the Service as a back-end within the built-in settings or
configuration options of the program;\
c) Any other method that invokes the Service without requiring additional configuration by the end
user.

2.0.2. For the purposes of these Terms, "Additional End-User Configuration" refers to circumstances
where an end user must perform any of the following actions in order to use the Service within
specific software:

a) Modifying the program source code;\
b) Manually entering a domain name, URL, endpoint, or other address reachable on the Internet
leading to the Service, where no information concerning the Service is present in the user interface
or built-in help documentation;\
c) Searching for and installing additional plugins or add-ons separately;\
d) Any other configuration method that does not conform to the out-of-the-box principle.

### 2.1. General Restrictions

Without the prior written consent of the Licensor, no User shall integrate the Service into any
software program or distribution system developed by themselves on an "Out-of-the-Box" basis. Any
unauthorized distribution is strictly prohibited.

### 2.2. Exemptions

2.2.1. If your application simultaneously satisfies all of the following conditions, it shall be
exempt from the requirement of "prior written consent" under Section 2.1:

a) The application constitutes Free Software; that is, any user who obtains the application can
obtain its source code and enjoys the following four essential freedoms:\[^1]

* Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program as they wish, for any purpose.
* Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does their computing as
  they wish. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
* Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so they can help others.
* Freedom 3: The freedom to distribute copies of their modified versions to others. By doing this
  they can give the whole community a chance to benefit from their changes. Access to the source
  code is a precondition for this.

b) The application must be presented in the form of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or Command-Line
Interface (CLI), and each invocation of the Service must be physically, manually, and
instantaneously triggered by a natural person user via a keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen (e.g.,
clicking a button, or pressing Enter after typing a command).

c) The application must be a standalone end-user product directed at natural persons, namely an
Executable program or a manually installed Plugin or Add-on, rather than a Library, Software
Development Kit (SDK), Framework, Gateway middleware, or Proxy forwarder. Encapsulating the Service
to serve as an upstream component for invocation by other software is prohibited.

d) The application does not generate any financial proceeds for you, except for voluntary personal
donations from users that do not carry any condition of feature unlocking. Selling access to
unlocked features (such as custom theme colors) or other value-added services under the guise of
"donations" or "gratuities" shall not qualify for exemption.

\[^1]:
Free Software Foundation. (n.d.). *What is Free Software?* GNU Project.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

2.2.2. If your application satisfies the exemption conditions set forth in Section 2.2.1, you may
integrate Granodiorite-related functionality into such software without obtaining additional written
consent from the Licensor, provided that proper attribution to the Licensor is included.

## Article 3. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

3.1. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without warranties of any kind,
whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

3.2. The Licensor does not warrant that the Service will operate uninterrupted, timely, secure, or
error-free, nor does it warrant that any defects will be corrected or that the Service is free of
viruses, malicious code, or other harmful components.

3.3. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Licensor (including
its affiliates, contributors, and licensors) be liable for any indirect, incidental, special,
consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other
intangible losses arising out of or in connection with your access to or use of, or inability to
access or use, the Service.

## Article 4. Intellectual Property Disclaimer and Acknowledgments

4.1. The Service is not an official Minecraft service and is neither approved by nor associated with
Mojang Studios or Microsoft Corporation.

4.2. Minecraft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All intellectual property rights
in and to the game resources, assets, and files provided through the Service belong exclusively to
Mojang Studios (Copyright © Mojang Studios). The Service claims no intellectual property rights over
any of the files provided.

## Article 5. Copyright and Lawful Use

5.1. All files provided through the Service are copyrighted by Mojang Studios (Copyright © Mojang
Studios). **The Licensor provides the aforementioned files solely to users who have lawfully
purchased a genuine license for Minecraft: Java Edition**, in order to improve their resource
downloading experience. Users who have not purchased a genuine license for the game are not
authorized to use the Service.

5.2. If any rights holder believes that content on the Platform infringes upon its legitimate
copyrights or other intellectual property rights, please contact the Licensor promptly. Upon receipt
of a valid notice, the Licensor will promptly take reasonable measures to remove or disable access
to the allegedly infringing content.

## Article 6. Breach and Default

6.1. For any User who breaches these Terms in any manner, the Licensor reserves the right to
immediately terminate such User's (and their associated IP addresses or projects') access to the
Service without prior notice.

6.2. As specified in Section 1.3 and Section 2.2.1(d), for breaches involving commercial profiting
from the Service, the Licensor reserves the right to publicly disclose information including the
defaulting party's project name, summary of breach facts, technical details, and other relevant
information.

## Article 7. Amendments to Terms

7.1 The Licensor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, supplement, or replace any
part or all of these Terms at any time.

7.2 For material changes to these Terms, the Licensor will provide notice by posting an announcement
on the Platform.

7.3 Once the revised Terms become effective, your continued access to or use of the Service shall
constitute acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the
revised Terms, you must immediately cease using the Service.

## Article 8. Acceptance of Terms

8.1 Any act of obtaining game resources from the Service by a User shall be deemed as acceptance of
all provisions of these Terms.

8.2 The Licensor reserves the final right of interpretation of these Terms.

## Appendix: Contact Information

You may reach the primary maintainers of Granodiorite through the following contact details:

* Enita: enitanureya@outlook.com
* Tuxium: ursusfeline07@gmail.com