Intellectual property, brands, and software licenses policy
Copyright notices and counter-notices, trademarks, lawful references, open-source rights, contributions, and security-sensitive software reports.
Last revised: October 23, 2026
This Intellectual Property, Brands and Software Licenses Policy ("Policy") applies to rights notices and the use of brands and supplied software to the extent those rights are held or controlled by Solarius B.V. ("Solarius"). Applicable component licenses, statutory exceptions, accepted product terms, and separate written permissions retain precedence within their scope. No access, report, contribution, or disclosure transfers ownership of Customer Data, independent research, or other intellectual property except through an applicable express grant.
Copyright notices
Customers and users represent that they hold the rights, permissions, and applicable legal authority necessary to submit, host, transmit, or distribute the material they provide. That responsibility does not diminish Solarius's own duties or authorize removal of material solely because a claimant asserts ownership. Send infringement notices to dmca@solarius.me. Identify the protected work, exact allegedly infringing location or resource, claimant's authority, relevant jurisdiction, basis, and reply contact. Consider licenses, public-domain status, quotation, fair use or fair dealing, and other lawful exceptions before making a claim.
Where the US DMCA process applies, a notice must include the required signature, work and material identification, sufficient contact and location information, good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized by the owner, agent, or law, and accuracy statement under penalty of perjury confirming authority. Use the actual designated-agent details where required. The reporting address alone is not proof of agent registration or of identical statutory status for every service.
Other jurisdictions have their own notice and response requirements. Solarius can request missing particulars without treating an understandable good-faith concern as automatically invalid. A claim must locate specific material; it does not authorize disclosure of private customer records or removal of lawful criticism by assertion alone.
Restrictions and counter-notices
Solarius shall assess the rights, location, service role, legal process, and relevant context. A notice is not an adjudication. A justified restriction should target the material or function without unnecessarily affecting unrelated services. When required and lawful, the affected person shall receive the action, relevant substance of the notice, and response route. Unnecessary identifying details can be withheld; legally required disclosures cannot be promised absolute secrecy.
Respond with the case reference and the license, authority, exception, or identification error relied upon. A general appeal under the review procedure differs from a statutory counter-notice.
Where DMCA counter-notification applies, supply the removed material and former location, subscriber name, address, telephone number, signature, a good-faith statement under penalty of perjury that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, and the required consent to applicable US federal court jurisdiction and acceptance of service. For a person outside the United States, the statutory provision concerns a district in which the provider can be found. Understand those disclosure and jurisdiction consequences before submitting.
A compliant counter-notice can be forwarded to the claimant. Where section 512 governs restoration, its 10-to-14-business-day process applies unless timely notice of the relevant court action or another controlling legal restriction prevents restoration. Any independent continuing restriction must be explained separately. The US Copyright Office describes the statutory process.
Substantiated repeated infringement or deliberate evasion can justify service action under the applicable terms. Allegation count alone does not establish repeated infringement; valid counter-notices, context, correction, and recurrence matter. Knowingly false notices and impersonation might lead to lawful consequences. Unsuccessful good-faith claims and lawful defenses shall not attract retaliation.
Trademarks and brand use
Solarius and its licensors reserve all right, title, and interest in their respective names, logos, trademarks, service marks, and other source identifiers to the extent of rights actually held. No trademark license arises by implication from service access, software distribution, or acceptance of a contribution. This policy does not claim registration in every jurisdiction. Truthful proportionate references for compatibility, integration, teaching, news, comparison, review, or criticism are permitted subject to applicable law. Do not misstate origin, endorsement, sponsorship, certification, or support responsibility.
An independent integration must identify its operator. Compatibility does not establish partnership or certification. A lawful fork can identify its origin under the applicable license and make accurate descriptive references, but must not impersonate the official service. An open-source license does not itself grant trademark rights, and a disclaimer does not cure an otherwise deceptive identity.
Use of a logo as a third party's product, organization, merchandise, or promotional identity requires written permission unless a separate license or law permits it. Request permission from legal@solarius.me, giving the asset, context, audience, distribution, duration, and commercial purpose. Any permission is limited to its expressly approved assets, purpose, audience, distribution, duration, and conditions. The recipient shall not materially alter approved assets or imply a joint brand, endorsement, or relationship beyond that permission. Statutory referential uses and existing license rights remain unaffected.
Solarius shall not use a customer's or researcher's name or logo in public marketing merely because they bought a service or submitted a report. Recognition, testimonials, and case studies require the relevant permission or another valid lawful basis. Existing licenses and lawful referential use cannot be revoked retroactively by a policy edit.
Software licenses and contributions
The license attached to the actual component, release, or repository governs its use. Open-source rights and conditions prevail over a conflicting generic service restriction for that component. Public source or a download without a purchase requirement does not make every Solarius component open source. Proprietary code, dependencies, brands, and customer content can have different rights in one distribution.
Required notices, license texts, attribution, and source offers must accompany the relevant distribution or its identified notice mechanism. Source or notice requests can be sent to legal@solarius.me with product, exact artifact or version, component, and request. An actual source entitlement is not conditioned on premium support or a paid subscription; any delivery charge must be allowed by the license. Distribution, network-use conditions, modifications, and the actual license determine the obligation.
Contribute only material you are lawfully entitled to provide, after reviewing the repository's stated license and contribution terms and obtaining required employer or third-party permission. Do not include customer code, personal information, confidential evidence, or secrets. The stated inbound license or accepted contributor agreement exclusively determines the rights granted by the submission within its scope. No broader assignment shall be inferred merely from delivery or review of the material. Submission without established permission is not a universal assignment of unrelated intellectual property; Solarius can request a limited license before use.
Subject to the applicable contribution terms and license, Solarius reserves the right to accept, modify, or decline a contribution. Submission alone creates no payment, employment, support, or continuing maintenance obligation. Express payment, attribution, or license commitments remain enforceable. Lawful forks retain their granted rights, with distinct branding when required. A later policy does not revoke a valid open-source grant.
Report unremediated vulnerabilities and live secrets privately under the security policy, rather than exposing them in a public patch or issue. A local source license does not authorize active production testing. Customers operating modified or self-hosted components remain responsible for their rollout unless an accepted managed service assigns it otherwise.
Reporting and records
Report impersonation or brand misuse to help@solarius.me with exact location, representation, time, and context. Rights notices must identify authority. A remediable good-faith presentation issue should ordinarily receive an explained proportionate correction request; urgent fraud or safety concerns might require immediate action.
Report information is used for assessment, affected-party communication, accountability, and lawful duties under the Privacy Policy. Preservation is not disclosure permission. A person can dispute an action through appeals without losing a legal defense or external remedy.