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End User License Agreement
Effective July 22, 2026
This End User License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is between you and Hunter Pollock, doing business as “Perch” (“Perch,” “we,” “us”), and governs your use of the Perch™ desktop application, Perch™ Studio, and related software (the “Software”). By installing or using the Software, you agree to this Agreement, our Terms of Service, and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.
1. License
Subject to this Agreement, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Software on devices you own or control, for your personal use. The Software is licensed, not sold; we retain all rights not expressly granted.
2. Steam
The Software is distributed through Steam. Your purchase, your Steam account, refunds, and the Steam platform itself are governed by the Steam Subscriber Agreement between you and Valve Corporation. Where this Agreement and the Steam Subscriber Agreement conflict regarding the Steam platform, the Steam Subscriber Agreement controls. The Software may verify ownership through Steam.
3. Restrictions
You may not, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits:
- copy, distribute, sell, sublicense, rent, or lease the Software;
- reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except and only to the extent such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation;
- circumvent ownership verification or any security measure, including the mod permission (scope) system;
- use the Software to develop a competing product by systematic copying of its design or behavior; or
- use the Software in violation of applicable law.
Modding is not a restriction. Building mods with the documented mod system, publishing them to the Steam Workshop, and inspecting the built-in mod packages for learning are expressly permitted and encouraged.
4. Mods and the Steam Workshop
- Mods you install are created by third parties, not by us. Each mod’s permissions are disclosed before you subscribe; mods run inside a sandbox, but we do not warrant any third-party mod’s behavior, quality, or safety, and your use of mods is at your own risk.
- Mods you create and publish are subject to the Steam Workshop terms in the Steam Subscriber Agreement. You retain your rights in your original mod content. You represent that content you publish does not infringe others’ rights and grant us the right to distribute, display, and moderate it as part of operating the Software’s mod features.
- Moderation. We may remove, disable, or refuse any mod at our discretion, including for security, legal, or quality reasons.
5. Telemetry
The Software collects anonymous usage statistics as described in the Privacy Policy, which is part of this Agreement. Telemetry can be disabled at any time in Settings → Privacy. The Privacy Policy’s content rules (no media titles, no messages, no audio, no identity) are binding on us.
6. Updates
The Software may update automatically through Steam. Updates may add, change, or remove features. This Agreement covers updates unless an update is accompanied by new terms.
7. Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you materially breach it. Upon termination you must stop using the Software. Sections 3, 8, 9, and 10 survive termination.
8. Disclaimer of warranties
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR COMPATIBLE WITH EVERY SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.
9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
10. Governing law
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Exclusive venue for disputes is the state and federal courts located in Massachusetts, and each party consents to their jurisdiction.
11. General
If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. This Agreement, the Terms of Service, and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Software.