Terms of Service

1. The Service

Flux is a persistent, event-sourced world state engine operated by Eckman Technologies. By purchasing a namespace or using the public Flux instance at flux-universe.com, you agree to these terms.

Access to the public instance is provided as-is, with no guarantees of availability, durability, or performance beyond what we choose to offer.

2. Namespaces

A namespace purchase grants you a permanent, non-transferable right to publish events under your chosen namespace prefix on the public Flux instance. You receive a bearer token that authorizes writes to that namespace.

Namespace ownership is tied to the email address used at purchase. One namespace per purchase. Namespaces are lowercase alphanumeric with optional hyphens (e.g. my-project).

3. Acceptable Use

You may use Flux for any lawful purpose. You may not:

• Publish illegal content, malware, or data you do not have rights to
• Use Flux to store or transmit credentials, private keys, or sensitive personal data
• Attempt to access, modify, or delete entities outside your namespace
• Deliberately degrade service availability or exhaust system resources
• Circumvent rate limits through namespace proliferation or token sharing
• Republish or resell namespace access to third parties

4. Data & Reads

All data published to the public Flux instance is publicly readable. Entity state can be queried and subscribed to by anyone without authentication. Do not publish data you want to keep private.

We do not sell or share your data with third parties, but we make no guarantees about access control beyond the namespace write authorization model.

5. Enforcement & Bans

Violation of these terms — including abuse, spam, or attempts to disrupt the service — will result in immediate namespace revocation without notice or refund. Determination of abuse is at our sole discretion.

We reserve the right to rate limit, throttle, or terminate access to any namespace or IP address at any time for any reason.

6. No SLA

The public Flux instance is provided without any uptime guarantee or service level agreement. We may take the service offline for maintenance, upgrades, or any other reason without notice. Do not build production-critical systems on the public instance without understanding this risk.

7. No Refunds

All namespace purchases are final. No refunds will be issued for any reason, including service downtime, namespace revocation due to abuse, or dissatisfaction with the service.

8. Data Retention

We make no guarantees about event or entity state retention periods. Data may be pruned, compacted, or lost in the event of hardware failure, migration, or operational necessity. Do not rely on the public instance as a primary data store.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

10. Changes to Terms

We may update these terms at any time. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach out via the contact information on the main site.