page.tsx — flndrn/Briven

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export const metadata = { title: 'terms of service' };

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export default function TermsPage() {

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return (

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<>

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<h1 className="font-mono text-2xl text-[var(--color-text)]">terms of service</h1>

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last updated 2026-05-10 · phase 0 private alpha

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<p>

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briven is an open-core reactive Postgres backend platform operated by{' '}

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<strong>flndrn Limited</strong> (the “Operator”, “we”,

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“us”), a company registered at Arch. Makariou III 171, Vanezis Business

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Center 4th floor, 3027 Limassol, Cyprus. Day-to-day development happens in Flanders,

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Belgium. This document, together with the{' '}

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Privacy Policy

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</a>{' '}

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and{' '}

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Subprocessors list

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</a>

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, is the agreement between you (“Customer”) and the Operator for use of

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briven.tech and any subdomain (collectively the “Service”). By creating an

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account or using the Service you accept these Terms.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">2. eligibility</h2>

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<p>

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You must be at least 16 years old and able to form a binding contract under the law of

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your jurisdiction. If you are creating an account on behalf of a company, you represent

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that you have authority to bind that company to these Terms.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">3. account</h2>

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You are responsible for the security of your credentials. Magic-link emails and OAuth

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tokens are issued only to the email you sign in with — protect that mailbox.

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You must provide a valid email address. We may suspend an account if email delivery

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repeatedly bounces.

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One natural person, one account. Sharing credentials between humans is not allowed;

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invite team members instead.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">4. the service</h2>

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<p>

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briven gives you a managed Postgres database with reactive queries, a typed schema DSL,

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a deno-based functions runtime, and a dashboard for managing all of the above. The

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engine (apps/api, runtime, realtime, web, docs) is licensed under{' '}

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<strong>AGPL-3.0</strong> and is freely self-hostable; the CLI and client SDKs

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(@briven/cli, @briven/react, @briven/svelte, @briven/vue, @briven/client) are licensed

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under <strong>MIT</strong>. Source lives at{' '}

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codeberg.org/flndrn/briven

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">5. acceptable use</h2>

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<p>You may not use briven to:</p>

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<li>store, transmit, or generate content that is illegal under EU or Belgian law;</li>

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<li>send unsolicited bulk email, spam, or abusive outbound traffic;</li>

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host material that infringes copyright, trademark, or other third-party intellectual

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property;

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host CSAM, content that sexualises minors, or non-consensual intimate imagery — accounts

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hosting such material will be terminated immediately and reported to the appropriate

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authority;

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probe, scan, or attempt to compromise other tenants, the host infrastructure, or any

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system you do not own;

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run cryptocurrency mining, distributed computation for hire, or denial-of-service tools;

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run a production workload for a separate paying entity on the free or personal tier —

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please use the appropriate paid tier or self-host.

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We may remove offending content and suspend the responsible account without notice when

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the issue is severe (CSAM, active outbound attack, third-party legal demand). For other

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breaches we will give you reasonable notice and a chance to cure.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">6. your content</h2>

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Your data is yours. The schema you author, the rows in your Postgres database, the

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functions you deploy, the project env vars — you keep all rights to all of it. You grant

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us only the limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence required to host and serve the

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Service: to read, store, back up, and transmit your content to the clients you authenticate.

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At any time you can run <code>briven export --with-data</code> to take a portable JSON

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archive of your project plus a pg_dump of every row. We will never lock your data inside

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a proprietary format.

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During the private alpha (Phase 0) the Service is free of charge. When paid tiers

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(Pro, Team) launch, the price and the features they include will be documented at

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briven.tech/pricing and announced in the changelog at least 30 days before billing starts.

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Existing accounts will retain free access to the features they had during the alpha for at

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least 30 days after billing starts so you have time to choose a plan.

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Fees, when due, will be charged via{' '}

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our payment processor

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</a>{' '}

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and exclude any applicable taxes (VAT, GST, sales tax) which we will collect and remit

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where we are obliged to.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">8. alpha disclaimer</h2>

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Phase 0 of briven is an early-access alpha. We make <strong>no uptime guarantee</strong>{' '}

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during alpha and may change, deprecate, or remove features with one week’s

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notice. Data is backed up nightly with off-site storage; restore drills run monthly. See

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the <a href="/trust" className="text-[var(--color-text-link)]">trust page</a> for details

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on backup, encryption, and incident disclosure.

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9. open-source self-hosting

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These Terms apply only to the hosted Service at briven.tech. If you self-host briven from

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the AGPL-3.0 source, you are bound by the AGPL but not by this agreement; the Operator

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provides no warranty or support for your self-hosted deployment, and your relationship

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with the AGPL applies as written. Commercial-licence carve-outs for use cases incompatible

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with AGPL are available on request.

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10. intellectual property

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The briven name, logo, brand, and the design of briven.tech remain the Operator’s

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property. The source code is licensed under AGPL-3.0 (engine) and MIT (CLI/SDKs) — refer

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to the <code>LICENSE</code> files in the repository for the full terms. Nothing in this

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agreement transfers ownership of the brand to you.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">11. suspension and termination</h2>

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You can close your account any time from the Settings page. Closure is immediate;

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deletion follows in 30 days, during which you may restore. After 30 days the account

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and all project data are erased and unrecoverable.

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We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate Section 5 (acceptable use), are

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materially in breach of any other section of these Terms, or are subject to a binding

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legal demand. Where possible we will give notice and offer a final export window.

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We may terminate the Service in its entirety on 90 days’ notice if continuing

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becomes commercially unviable. In that event you can self-host without our involvement

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using the AGPL source.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">12. disclaimers</h2>

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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, the Service is provided “as

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is” and “as available”. The Operator disclaims all warranties, express or

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implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

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Nothing in this section limits any rights you have under EU consumer-protection law that

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cannot be waived by contract.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">13. limitation of liability</h2>

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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, the Operator’s total liability for

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any claim arising out of or related to these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) fees

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you paid for the Service in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) €100. The Operator

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is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or

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for lost profits, lost data (where the loss is recoverable from your own backups), or

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business interruption. Nothing in this section limits liability for fraud, gross

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negligence, or any liability that cannot be excluded under mandatory law.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">14. indemnification</h2>

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You agree to indemnify and hold the Operator harmless from any third-party claim arising

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from (a) your content, (b) your use of the Service in breach of these Terms, or (c) your

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violation of applicable law. We will give you prompt notice of any covered claim and

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reasonable cooperation; you control the defence and any settlement subject to our prior

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consent for terms that admit fault or non-monetary obligation on us.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">15. modifications</h2>

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We may update these Terms. Material changes will be announced on briven.tech/changelog and

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emailed to the address on your account at least 30 days before they take effect.

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Continuing to use the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance; if you

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disagree, close your account before the effective date.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">16. governing law</h2>

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These Terms are governed by Belgian law. Any dispute that cannot be resolved amicably will

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be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Antwerp, Belgium. The

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English-language version of these Terms controls in the event of any translation

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conflict. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable rights you have under your local

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consumer-protection law.

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<h2 className="mt-10 font-mono text-lg text-[var(--color-text)]">17. contact</h2>

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Legal notices: <strong>legal@flndrn.com</strong>. Operational issues:{' '}

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<strong>support@flndrn.com</strong>. Security disclosures:{' '}

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<strong>security@flndrn.com</strong> (PGP key on the trust page). Until brand-fronted

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email is fully wired up, mail to those addresses is forwarded to{' '}

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<strong>flandriendev@hotmail.com</strong>.

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</>

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);

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}