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**Version 1.0 — 13 July 2026**

These terms cover the use of the Tane application, published by **Asociación Comunes**
(Spain) — <https://comunes.org>, contact <info@comunes.org>. By using Tane's sharing
features (the market and messaging) you accept these terms and the
[Community rules](community-rules.md).

## 1. What Tane is — and what it is not

Tane is a **personal tool**: a seed inventory that lives on your device, plus a way to
discover people near you who share seeds. Tane is **not a marketplace operator, not a
shop, and not a party to any exchange**:

- We host no listings — offers are published by you, under your own key, to
  community-run relays.
- We take **no commission** and process no payments. Any exchange, gift, or sale is
  agreed and carried out directly between the people involved.
- We do not verify seeds, users, or offers, and we cannot remove content from servers
  we do not operate.

## 2. Your responsibilities

You are solely responsible for:

- **What you offer and exchange.** Make sure you are allowed to share or sell the
  seeds you list. Rules differ by country — see the
  [Seed legality notice](seed-legality-notice.md). In particular, selling seed of
  varieties that are not registered may be restricted where you live, and propagating
  commercially protected varieties without authorization is illegal in most countries.
- **Shipping.** Sending seeds across borders is often restricted (phytosanitary rules).
  Check before you mail anything abroad.
- **What you publish.** Offers, your profile, vouches, and ratings are public and
  signed by you. Follow the [Community rules](community-rules.md).
- **Your keys and backups.** There is no account recovery: if you lose your device and
  your recovery code, we cannot restore anything.

## 3. No warranties

Tane is provided **"as is"**, without warranty of any kind, as free software under the
[AGPL-3.0 license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html). In particular, nobody —
not Comunes, not the people you exchange with through the app — guarantees the
**identity, purity, germination, health, or legality** of any seed exchanged. Growing
information shown in the app (calendars, seed-saving tips, viability estimates) is
general guidance, not professional advice.

## 4. Disputes between users

Exchanges are private dealings between the people involved. Comunes is not a mediator
and accepts no liability for failed exchanges, quality disputes, or losses arising from
them. The vouching and rating features exist so communities can build their own trust.

## 5. Moderation

There is no central moderation: your app filters what you see through the people you
trust, and you can **block** anyone and **report** offers or people from within the
app. Reports are shared with the servers involved; on the relay we operate
(`relay.comunes.org`), content that breaks the community rules is removed. Relays run
by others apply their own policies.

## 6. Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Asociación Comunes' total liability arising
from the app is limited to the amount you paid for it (Tane is gratis: zero). Nothing
in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your statutory rights
as a consumer.

## 7. General

If a part of these terms is found invalid, the rest remains in force. These terms are
governed by Spanish and EU law, without depriving you of protections of the law of
your country of residence. We may update these terms; material changes will be noted in
the app's release notes, and the current version always lives at
<https://tane.comunes.org/legal/terms>.
