Terms of use

What this is

A reference for making drinks, with a catalog that ships inside the app and works offline. An optional account lets you write your own recipes and sync them between your devices.

It is a personal project, not a business. There is no uptime commitment, no support desk, and no promise that the service will exist forever. If it is ever shut down, there will be reasonable notice and a way to get your recipes out.

Alcohol, and using the recipes

The app is for people old enough to drink legally where they live. If that is not you, do not use it.

Drink responsibly. Do not serve anyone who is driving, and do not serve anyone under the legal drinking age.

Recipes are provided as information. Check them against your own judgement: measures vary, ingredients vary, and some drinks call for things that are unwise to improvise with. Anything you make and serve is your responsibility, including allergies and anything else somebody consuming it needs to know.

Your account

• Use a real email address. It is the only way to reset a password or reach you about the account.
• Keep your password to yourself. Anything done with your account is treated as done by you.
• One person per account.
• Tell us at cocktails@biks.io if you think somebody else is using it.

What you write stays yours

Recipes you create belong to you. They are private to your account, are not published, are not shown to other users, and are not added to the shared catalog. The only permission taken is the one needed to store them and send them to your own devices.

When you make a private copy of a catalog recipe and edit it, that copy is yours in the same way.

Do not upload anything unlawful, anything designed to harm somebody, or anything you do not have the right to store.

The shared catalog

The recipes that ship with the app are curated and maintained here. You are welcome to use them for making drinks, including professionally. You may not copy the catalog wholesale into another product or service.

Using the service reasonably

• Use the app through the app. Do not script the API, scrape it, or hammer it.
• Do not try to reach other people's accounts or content.
• Do not attempt to break, overload, or probe the service for weaknesses. If you find a security problem, cocktails@biks.io would genuinely like to hear about it.

Ending it

You can delete your account at any time from Settings, and it deletes for real. See the privacy policy for exactly what goes and what remains.

An account may be suspended or removed if it is being used to break these terms, to attack the service, or to harm someone. Where it is possible to say why, you will be told why.

No warranty, and limits

The app and the service are provided as they are, with no warranty of any kind. There is no guarantee that they will be available, correct, or free of faults.

To the extent the law allows, the maximum liability arising from the app or the service is the amount you paid for it. The app is free, so that amount is nothing. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

Law, and changes

These terms are governed by the laws of Canada and the province of residence of the individual who runs the service.

If they change materially, the date at the top changes and the app will say so before the change takes effect. Continuing to use the app after that means accepting the new version.