Terms.

These are the general conditions for work done by Ovadev GmbH — design, engineering, consulting and the running of software we build. They apply to every engagement unless the written proposal or contract for that engagement says otherwise; where the two disagree, the individual agreement wins.

A conversation, a rough shape or a ballpark figure is not yet a commitment — on either side. An engagement starts when both sides have agreed to a written proposal. Estimates in a proposal are made in good faith on what we know at the time; where something is expressly an estimate rather than a fixed price, it is exactly that.

Software is built in the open, with the client in the loop. For that to work, we rely on a few things from your side:

• Access and material — the accounts, content and systems the work needs, provided in reasonable time.
• Decisions — a person on your side who can answer questions and accept work.
• Changes in writing — when the scope moves, we agree on the change, its cost and its effect on the timeline before we build it.

Prices, payment schedule and currency are set in the proposal. Unless it says otherwise, invoices are payable within 30 days of the invoice date, without deduction. If an invoice stays unpaid after a reminder, we may pause work until it is settled — with the timeline moving accordingly.

When an engagement is fully paid, the rights to what we built for you in that engagement transfer to you. Two things stay with us:

• Our foundations — tools, libraries and know-how we bring to every project or develop alongside it. You get a perpetual right to use them as part of your product.
• The work as reference — we may name you and show the work in our portfolio, unless we agree on confidentiality.

Open-source components keep their own licences, which we respect and list on request.

What we learn about your business, your users and your plans while working for you stays between us — during the engagement and after it. We expect the same care with what you learn about ours. This holds regardless of whether a separate non-disclosure agreement exists.

We build carefully and we stand behind our work: defects you report promptly, we fix. Software is never free of faults, though, and we cannot promise uninterrupted or error-free operation of any system.

To the extent Swiss law allows, our liability is limited to damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence; liability for indirect or consequential damage — lost profit, lost data, business interruption — is excluded. Mandatory statutory liability remains untouched.

The site itself — its content, its previews, its writing — is provided as is, for information. It may change at any time, and nothing on it constitutes a binding offer. What we collect when you visit is described in the privacy policy.

These terms and every engagement under them are governed by Swiss law. The place of jurisdiction is the registered office of Ovadev GmbH — Baar, Kanton Zug — reserving mandatory places of jurisdiction under Swiss law.