# Phlip Proprietary Software Licence **Copyright © 2026 the Phlip authors. All rights reserved.** Phlip (including its source code, binaries, documentation, trademarks, and related assets) is **proprietary software**. ## Grant of licence (end users) If you obtained Phlip through an authorised distribution channel (for example Google Play or another store or download we designate), we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the compiled App on devices you control, solely in accordance with: - the in-app [[Terms|Terms of Service / End User Licence Agreement]]; - our [[Notices/Privacy|Privacy Policy]]; and - the applicable store terms. This licence does **not** grant you rights to the source code, to create derivative works, or to redistribute Phlip except as those Terms allow (for example normal use of the hosted client UI served by a Host to their Members). ## Restrictions Except to the extent that applicable law prohibits these restrictions, or we give you prior written permission, you may not: 1. Copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, sell, rent, lease, or lend Phlip or any substantial part of it. 2. Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, except where mandatory law expressly permits it despite this restriction. 3. Remove or obscure proprietary notices, copyright marks, or licence legends. 4. Use Phlip's name, logos, or branding in a way that suggests endorsement without permission. 5. Use Phlip for any unlawful purpose. ## Hosting and self-hosted use Running Phlip as a **Host** on your own device, and Members connecting to that Host, is permitted under the end-user Terms. That does **not** make Phlip open source, and does not grant a licence to redistribute, fork, or rebrand the software. ## Third-party components Phlip may include or depend on third-party libraries and services (for example AndroidX, NanoHTTPD, Gson, Google Play Billing, Cloudflare Tunnel). Those components remain under **their own** licences (which may include Apache License 2.0 or other open-source terms). Nothing in this proprietary licence changes the licences of those third-party works. See the in-app **Third-party notices**, or the [[Notices/Dependencies|Dependencies & licences]] page, for the full list and what each licence requires. ## No warranty / liability Phlip is provided subject to the warranty disclaimers and liability limits in the [[Notices/Terms]]. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no additional warranties are granted by this licence document. ## Termination Your licence ends automatically if you breach these terms or the End User Licence Agreement. On termination you must stop using Phlip and uninstall copies you control, except for data that lawfully remains on a Host's device under the Terms. ## Contact For licensing permissions beyond this document (including commercial redistribution or source access), use the Contact & Bug Report options published with the App or the support address on the store listing / website. ## Changes We may update this licence in future App releases. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised licence where permitted by law. --- **Quicklinks:** [[Why Phlip|Home]] · [[Features]] · [[FAQs]] · [[Roadmap]] · [[Notices/Legal]]