Effective Date: October 13, 2025
Welcome to Candor (formerly Candor IDE), an integrated development environment and code
generation service utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI). These Terms and Conditions ("Terms")
govern your access to and use of the Candor software and services (the "Service")
provided by Proden Technologies, Inc., a company registered in Wyoming, USA, located at 30 N Gould
St, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound
by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.
2. The Service and AI Output
2.1. Service Description: Candor provides tools for software
development, including an AI model that generates code snippets, suggestions, text, and other
content ("AI Output") based on user prompts and existing code.
2.2. No Professional Advice: The AI Output is for assistance and informational
purposes only. It is not professional, legal, or security advice.
2.3. AI Output Disclaimer (As-Is): The AI Output is provided "AS IS" and "AS
AVAILABLE." Candor makes no guarantees, representations, or warranties regarding the
accuracy, security, non-infringement, or functional correctness of any AI Output. AI Output may
contain errors, logical flaws, or vulnerabilities.
3. User Accounts and Security
3.1. Account Creation: You must provide accurate and complete information to
register for an account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account
credentials.
3.2. Account Responsibility: You are solely responsible for all activities that
occur under your account, whether or not you have knowledge of them. You must notify Candor Data
Platform immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.
4. User Content and Ownership
4.1. User Content Defined: "User Content" means all code, text, files, data, and
information that you input, upload, or create using the Service, excluding AI Output.
4.2. Ownership: You retain all ownership rights in and to your User Content. Candor
IDE does not claim ownership of your User Content.
4.3. License to Candor: You grant Candor a worldwide,
non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display your User Content only as
necessary to operate and improve the Service (e.g., storing your files, running the code generation
model).
5. Intellectual Property and AI Output Risks
5.1. AI Output IP: Candor hereby assigns to you all of its right,
title, and interest in and to the AI Output generated for your specific prompts.
5.2. Infringement Risk Acknowledgment: You acknowledge that AI Output is derived
from training data that may include licensed, copyrighted, or open-source material. You bear the
sole risk and responsibility for performing all necessary IP audits, license checks, and code
scanning to ensure that the AI Output, when integrated into your work, does not infringe any
third-party rights or violate license terms.
5.3. User as Author of Record: By accepting and integrating any AI Output, you
assume full responsibility for the code. You are deemed the Author of Record for all code deployed,
tested, and released under your account.
6. User Responsibility and Prohibited Conduct
6.1. Mandatory Oversight: You are required to thoroughly review, test, debug, and
validate all AI Output for functionality, security, and compliance before incorporating it into any
project or deployment.
6.2. Prohibited Uses: You agree not to use the Service or AI Output to:
- Generate or distribute malware, viruses, or other malicious
software.
- Violate any local, state, national, or international law or
regulation.
- Generate content that is defamatory, fraudulent, or harassing.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Candor, its affiliates, and its licensors will
not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any
loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use,
goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (a) your access to or use of or inability to
access or use the Service; (b) any AI Output generated; (c) any conduct or content of any third
party on the Service.
8. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Candor from and against any claims,
liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and
accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the
Service or AI Output; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your infringement of any third-party
right, including without limitation any intellectual property right.
9. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA. All disputes
must be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
10. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, for any reason, including but not
limited to, a breach of these Terms. Upon termination, all provisions of these Terms which by their
nature should survive termination shall survive, including, without limitation, ownership
provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
