Free for churches. Protected by law. Forever.

1 Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and Boreon Industries LLC ("Boreon," "we," "us," or "our") governing your access to and use of the Free Church ChMS software platform, including all source code, documentation, assets, APIs, SDKs, and associated services (collectively, "Free Church ChMS").

By downloading, installing, running, accessing, or using Free Church ChMS in any way, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of an organization (such as a church, ministry, or nonprofit), you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use Free Church ChMS.

2 The Free Forever Commitment

This commitment flows from our conviction that faith-based software should never carry a price tag. There are companies today charging good, hardworking people of faith hundreds of dollars per month for tools they should have for free. We built Free Church ChMS to change that — not as a business strategy, but as an act of service.

"For God so loved the world…" — John 3:16. We give freely because we received freely.

The free-forever commitment applies to:

• All current features of Free Church ChMS as of the date these Terms were published
• All future features added to the core Free Church ChMS platform
• The right of any church, ministry, or faith-based nonprofit to self-host Free Church ChMS on their own infrastructure at no cost
• Access to the full source code of Free Church ChMS under the AI Church Community License v2.0

3 Who May Use Free Church ChMS

Free Church ChMS is designed for and may be used by:

• Registered churches, parishes, congregations, and denominations of any Christian tradition
• Evangelical, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, non-denominational, and all other faith communities
• Church staff, clergy, deacons, elders, ministers, pastors, and lay leaders
• Faith-based nonprofits and parachurch ministries (501(c)(3) or equivalent)
• Missionary organizations and international missions agencies
• Theological seminaries and Bible colleges using Free Church ChMS for ministry training purposes
• Individual developers and IT volunteers building or maintaining church technology for the above

Use of Free Church ChMS by any person or entity not listed above is subject to additional review and may be prohibited. When in doubt, contact us at admin@sermonassistant.ch.

4 Prohibited Uses

The following uses of Free Church ChMS are strictly prohibited and constitute material breaches of these Terms, the AI Church Community License v2.0, and applicable law:

• Commercial exploitation: Using Free Church ChMS, or any substantial portion of its source code, design, architecture, or concepts, to build, operate, or market any commercial software product or service — including but not limited to church management software, giving platforms, ministry tools, or pastoral care software — whether sold, subscribed to, licensed, or otherwise monetized.
• Charging churches: Charging any church, ministry, nonprofit, or faith community any fee for access to Free Church ChMS or a derivative of Free Church ChMS, under any pricing model (subscription, per-seat, freemium, tiered, or otherwise).
• Resale and redistribution: Reselling, sublicensing, leasing, or otherwise transferring rights to Free Church ChMS or its source code to any third party for commercial gain.
• IP stripping: Removing, altering, obscuring, or circumventing the Free Church ChMS license header, Boreon watermark, IP notices, trademark attributions, faith dedication ("Soli Deo Gloria"), or Pope Leo dedication from any version of Free Church ChMS or any derivative work.
• Trademark misuse: Using "Free Church ChMS," "Sermon Assistant," "Boreon," or any confusingly similar name or mark in connection with any product, service, or organization without express written consent from Boreon Industries LLC.
• Competitive intelligence abuse: Systematically scraping, crawling, or data-mining the Free Church ChMS demo instance, Knowledge Base, or SDK documentation for the purpose of building a competing product or service.
• Unauthorized white-labeling: Deploying Free Church ChMS as a white-labeled product under a different brand name for use by multiple organizations without written permission from Boreon.
• Malicious use: Using Free Church ChMS to engage in fraud, harassment, stalking, discrimination, or any activity that violates applicable law or the dignity of any person.
• Misrepresentation: Claiming ownership, authorship, or origination of Free Church ChMS, its source code, design, or brand.

5 Intellectual Property

All right, title, and interest in and to Free Church ChMS — including all source code, documentation, design systems, UI/UX patterns, artwork, Higgsfield 4K HDR visual assets, brand assets, SDK, Knowledge Base articles, and all other components — are and shall remain the exclusive intellectual property of Boreon Industries LLC, protected as follows:

The grant of the AI Church Community License v2.0 does not transfer any ownership interest. All IP remains with Boreon Industries LLC. Any derivative works created under the license are subject to the same license and the same IP restrictions.

Free Church ChMS is a joint product of Boreon Industries LLC and KWAM.CH. All rights belong to Boreon Industries LLC and KWAM.CH collectively.

6 Trademark

Boreon™ is the trademark of Boreon Industries LLC, registered or used in the United States of America. It is the single umbrella brand under which all of our software is published.

Free Church ChMS and Sermon Assistant are the names of software products offered under the Boreon™ umbrella. They are not separately claimed trademarks; they are product names owned by Boreon Industries LLC and protected as part of the Boreon brand and the intellectual property described in Section 5.

The Boreon™ mark, and the "Free Church ChMS" and "Sermon Assistant" product names, may not be used in connection with any product, service, or organization without the prior written consent of Boreon Industries LLC, except as follows:

• Nominative fair use: You may refer to "Boreon," "Free Church ChMS," or "Sermon Assistant" by name to accurately describe the software you are using, provided you do not imply endorsement or affiliation with Boreon beyond what these Terms permit.
• Attribution: If you publish, blog, or present about Free Church ChMS, you may use the names "Free Church ChMS," "Sermon Assistant," and "Boreon" to accurately attribute the software.

Unauthorized commercial use of the Boreon™ mark or of the Free Church ChMS and Sermon Assistant product names is a violation of federal trademark and unfair-competition law under the Lanham Act and will be prosecuted accordingly.

7 The License

Free Church ChMS is distributed under the AI Church Community License v2.0, the full text of which is available in the LICENSE file in the Free Church ChMS repository and at freechms.boreon.com/LICENSE.

Under that license, Boreon grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to:

• Download, install, run, and operate Free Church ChMS for your church, ministry, or faith-based nonprofit
• Modify the source code to customize it for your congregation's needs
• Share the unmodified source code with other eligible users (churches and ministries)

This license expressly does not permit any of the Prohibited Uses listed in Section 4. The license is conditioned on your continued compliance with these Terms and the AI Church Community License v2.0.

8 Contributions

If you submit code, documentation, translations, or other contributions to Free Church ChMS (via pull request, patch, or otherwise), you agree that:

• Your contribution is your original work and you have the right to contribute it
• By submitting, you grant Boreon Industries LLC a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, reproduce, publish, and distribute your contribution as part of Free Church ChMS
• Boreon may include your contribution under the AI Church Community License v2.0 or any future version of that license
• You waive any moral rights in your contribution to the extent permitted by law

Boreon retains the right to accept, reject, or modify any contribution for any reason. Contributing to Free Church ChMS does not entitle you to any ownership interest, compensation, or attribution beyond what we choose to provide.

9 Third-Party Services

Free Church ChMS integrates with third-party services (Anthropic Claude API, Twilio, Planning Center, Breeze, Stripe, and others). These integrations are optional and configured with your own credentials. By enabling a third-party integration, you:

• Accept that service's own terms of service and privacy policy
• Acknowledge that Boreon is not responsible for the conduct, availability, or data practices of that service
• Accept full responsibility for complying with that service's terms while using Free Church ChMS

Boreon does not endorse any third-party service and makes no representations about their suitability, security, or reliability. API costs for third-party services (including Anthropic Claude API charges) are your responsibility.

10 Disclaimer of Warranties

FREE CHURCH CHMS IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOREON INDUSTRIES LLC AND KWAM.CH DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement
• Any warranty that Free Church ChMS will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of viruses
• Any warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content
• Any warranty that Free Church ChMS will meet your specific requirements

AI-generated content (sermons, newsletters, pastoral letters, analytics narratives) produced by the AI Studio and AI Assistant is generated by large language models and may contain errors, hallucinations, or inappropriate content. All AI output must be reviewed and approved by a qualified human before use in ministry contexts.

11 Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BOREON INDUSTRIES LLC, KWAM.CH, THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR:

• Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
• Loss of profits, data, business, goodwill, or congregation members
• Damages arising from your use of or inability to use Free Church ChMS
• Damages arising from third-party integrations or services
• Damages arising from any AI-generated content

BOREON'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO FREE CHURCH CHMS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitations of liability. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12 Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Boreon Industries LLC, KWAM.CH, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in any way connected with:

• Your access to or use of Free Church ChMS
• Your violation of these Terms or the AI Church Community License v2.0
• Your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or privacy right
• Any claim that your use of Free Church ChMS caused damage to a third party

13 Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and applicable state law, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

For matters involving intellectual property infringement, Boreon reserves the right to seek relief in any court of competent jurisdiction worldwide, including U.S. federal courts, Swiss courts, and any court having jurisdiction over a defendant's assets or activities.

14 Dispute Resolution

Before initiating any formal legal proceeding, parties agree to attempt to resolve disputes informally by contacting Boreon at admin@sermonassistant.ch with the subject line "DISPUTE:" and a description of the issue. We will attempt to respond within 10 business days.

If informal resolution fails, disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, with proceedings conducted in English. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Boreon may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights without first resorting to arbitration.

Class Action Waiver: You agree that any arbitration or claim shall be conducted on an individual basis only, and not as a class, consolidated, or representative action.

15 General Provisions

15.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the AI Church Community License v2.0 and our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Boreon with respect to Free Church ChMS and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings.

15.2 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

15.3 No Waiver

Boreon's failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.

15.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations hereunder without Boreon's prior written consent. Boreon may assign these Terms freely in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

15.5 Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date. Material changes will be announced on the Free Church ChMS website. Your continued use of Free Church ChMS after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. We will never remove or reduce the free-forever commitment or the restrictions on commercial use — those are permanent.

15.6 Relationship of the Parties

Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and Boreon. You act as an independent operator of software that Boreon has made freely available.

16 Confidentiality & Master Non-Disclosure Agreement

16.1 Covered Properties

All non-disclosure agreements (each, an "NDA") in effect between you and Boreon Industries LLC — together with its affiliates KWAM and Sermon Assistant — apply in full force across the entire Boreon family of digital properties, including but not limited to:

• Free Church ChMS — https://freechms.boreon.com
• KWAM — https://kwam.ch/mission.html
• Boreon Industries — https://boreon.com/faith
• Sermon Assistant — https://sermonassistant.ch

Confidentiality obligations attach to each of these properties and to any successor, subdomain, application, API, repository, or service operated under them, whether or not a property-specific agreement separately references confidentiality. Access to any one property constitutes access under, and acceptance of, the NDA.

16.2 The Master NDA Controls

The Boreon Master Non-Disclosure Agreement (the "Master NDA") is the controlling and superseding confidentiality instrument across all covered properties. Where any property-specific terms, click-through agreement, license, or other document addresses confidentiality and conflicts with the Master NDA, the Master NDA governs to the extent of the conflict. No property-specific term reduces, waives, or narrows the protections of the Master NDA, and the Master NDA's protections apply in addition to — never in derogation of — the intellectual-property protections set out in Section 5 of these Terms.

16.3 Confidential Information

"Confidential Information" includes, without limitation: source code, architecture, algorithms, data models, unreleased features, security configurations, API keys and credentials, business and financial information, product roadmaps, pricing, partner and customer information, and any other non-public information disclosed by Boreon or observed in connection with any covered property, in any form and whether or not marked "confidential." You shall (a) hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence, (b) use it solely for the purpose for which it was disclosed, and (c) not disclose it to any third party without Boreon's prior written consent.

16.4 Survival & Remedies

Confidentiality obligations under the Master NDA survive the termination of these Terms, the cessation of your use of any covered property, and the expiry of any property-specific agreement, and continue for so long as the information remains non-public. You acknowledge that any breach would cause irreparable harm for which monetary damages are inadequate, and that Boreon is entitled to seek injunctive and other equitable relief — in addition to all remedies available at law or under Sections 13 and 14 of these Terms — in any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of posting a bond.

16.5 No Conflict, No Waiver

Nothing in these Terms supersedes the Master NDA with respect to confidentiality; rather, these Terms incorporate the Master NDA by reference. If you have not executed a separate written NDA with Boreon, your acceptance of these Terms and your access to any covered property constitute your agreement to the confidentiality obligations described in this Section as though set forth in a fully executed Master NDA.

17 Contact

For in-app help, use the Office Helper chatbot or visit the Free Church ChMS Knowledge Base. There is intentionally no public support phone number or live chat — all help is delivered through the Knowledge Base, which is comprehensive, always available, and completely free.