Independent apps follow their code license, unless they connect to Wire
An app you compile from Wire's open source software is generally outside these terms and may be used as its source-code license permits. If it connects to Wire's servers for any purpose, compliance with these terms becomes a condition of using Wire's servers and network; references to an App then include that independent app.
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1.3. You may compile our open source software to develop your own mobile, desktop or web application ("Independent App"). These ToU do not apply to Independent Apps. You are free to utilize and exploit your Independent App in any way you choose and that is permitted by the license under which the source code was published. However, if you wish to use your Independent App to utilize and connect to our servers for any purposes, then, as a condition to your use of our servers and network infrastructure, your Independent App must comply with and may only be used in accordance with our ToU. Any reference in these ToU to an App also refers to any Independent Apps that connect to our servers for any purposes.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Your service license is limited, revocable and tied to payment
For the agreement's term, Wire grants a limited right to use services only for their intended purposes and within these terms. The right is nontransferable, cannot be sublicensed and is revocable at any time. Paid Service rights depend on paying the due fee fully and on time.
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6.1. For the term of the agreement, we grant you a limited, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable right, revocable at any time, to use the Services within the scope of these ToU and only for the intended purposes of the Services in each case. The granting of rights to Paid Services is subject to the full and timely payment of the respective fee due.
6.2. A transfer of the rights to third parties is not permitted.
6.3. The Services may only be used for their intended purpose.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Keep ownership notices and respect software modification limits
The terms prohibit removing proprietary or copyright notices and prohibit modifying unless explicitly permitted, creating derivative works, translating, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking the apps, services or software, or allowing others to do so. Separately, the terms permit independent apps under the published source-code license and generally exclude them unless they connect to Wire's servers. The service restrictions do not erase that expressly stated independent-app scope.
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6.5. You are further prohibited from
remove our proprietary and/or copyright notices from any Services or copies of software; or
modify (unless explicitly permitted), create derivative works of, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or hack the Apps, our Services or software, or allow any other person to do so; or
1.3. You may compile our open source software to develop your own mobile, desktop or web application ("Independent App"). These ToU do not apply to Independent Apps. You are free to utilize and exploit your Independent App in any way you choose and that is permitted by the license under which the source code was published. However, if you wish to use your Independent App to utilize and connect to our servers for any purposes, then, as a condition to your use of our servers and network infrastructure, your Independent App must comply with and may only be used in accordance with our ToU. Any reference in these ToU to an App also refers to any Independent Apps that connect to our servers for any purposes.
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The source-code license itself is not supplied; its detailed permissions are not determined here.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Reselling services or granting others rights needs express authorization
You may not sell, transfer, rent, lease, operate a service bureau for, or grant others rights in the apps, services or software, including sublicenses, without Wire's prior express consent. Charging another person for Wire's services separately requires an express agreement authorizing it.
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6.5. You are further prohibited from
sell, transfer, rent, lease, act as a service bureau for, or grant rights in the Apps, Services or software to others, including by sublicense, without our prior express consent; or
charge another person for our Services, unless you are expressly authorized to do so by an express agreement with us; or
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Do not use services for infringing content, prohibited material or unlawful spam
The prohibited-use list covers developing, generating, transmitting or storing information that infringes, misappropriates or violates Wire's or others' rights. It also prohibits distributing unlawful, defamatory, infringing, offensive, hateful, racist or ethically objectionable content, content encouraging criminal conduct, and unsolicited commercial communications prohibited by applicable law.
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6.5. You are further prohibited from
use our Services to
develop, generate, transmit or store information that infringes, misappropriates or violates our rights or the rights of any other natural or legal person; or
distribute unlawful, illegal, defamatory, infringing, offensive, hateful, racist or ethically objectionable content or content that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; or
make unsolicited commercial communications that are prohibited by applicable law; or
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
AI content ownership is limited by law and does not include others' output
If Wire offers AI features, you retain your input ownership and own output to the extent permitted by law. Wire assigns whatever rights it has in that output within that legal limit. The assignment excludes other users' output, which may be similar. You remain responsible for your input, your use of output and compliance with applicable law.
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7.6. We may offer features that incorporate artificial intelligence (“AI”), like bots. To the extent permitted by law, you own or have the rights to any content your input into AI features (“Input”) and any content generated by the AI features (“Output”). Input and Output are collectively “Content”. You are responsible for your Input, the use of any Output and compliance with any applicable laws. You retain your ownership rights in Input and own the Output. We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output to the extent permitted by law. Our assignment does not extend to other users’ output which may be similar due to the nature of AI. We can use the Content worldwide to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, comply with applicable law, enforce our terms and policies and keep our Services safe. If you do not want us to use the Content to train our models, you have the option to opt out in your account settings. AI may occasionally generate Output that is inaccurate, irrelevant, offensive, harmful or similar to other people's content. It is your duty to use AI tools wisely and critically.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Links to Wire must avoid brand harm, false affiliation and framing
Unless you and Wire expressly agree otherwise, a link to its website must not be implemented in a way that could harm goodwill in its names or brands or falsely suggest sponsorship, affiliation or association. Clicking the link must display Wire's website on the whole screen, rather than inside a frame on your site.
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Unless expressly agreed otherwise between you and us, you must comply with the following requirements when linking to our Website:
the appearance, position and other implementation of the link must not have the potential to damage the goodwill associated with our names and brands,
the appearance, location and other characteristics of the link must not create the false appearance that your organization or company is sponsored by, affiliated or associated with us; and
the link must display the Website on the whole screen after clicking on it and not within a "frame" on the linking website.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Wire's marks and logos require express permission in text form
Wire reserves rights in its intellectual property, logos and trademarks. You may use its marks and logos only to the extent it expressly permits in text form. The clause warns unauthorized use may infringe rights and lead to civil or criminal sanctions; it does not establish that a particular use is unlawful.
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9.1. Wire and its associated logos are protected trademarks used under license by Wire Swiss GmbH and its subsidiaries. We reserve all rights with respect to our intellectual property, logos and trademarks. You are only entitled to use our trademarks and logos if and to the extent that we have expressly granted you this in text form. Unauthorized use of the same on you may constitute an infringement and may result in severe civil or criminal sanctions.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Wire claims its service IP, while excluding independent apps
Wire claims worldwide rights in its apps, website and services, including intellectual, industrial and proprietary rights. This ownership statement expressly excludes independent apps. The terms also state that the apps, website and services have U.S. and international copyright protection.
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9.2. We own all rights, title, and interest in and to the Apps, the Website and the Services (but not any in and to the Independent App), including all intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights recognized anywhere in the world at any time. The Apps, the Website, and the Services are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
Wire disclaims routine message review but may act on violations
Wire says it does not review, own or endorse messages between users and makes their originators responsible. It disclaims control and responsibility for users' communications and materials, with an exception for material originating from Wire. This is not a promise never to intervene: if it learns of content violating the terms, law or guidelines, Section 10.2 allows blocking, deletion or service restrictions with the stated notice safeguards.
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10.1. We do not review, own or endorse the content of communications transmitted between users in messages. We have no control over and no responsibility for the communications or materials transmitted by any user through the Apps, the Website and/or the Services. It is the sole responsibility of the party from whom it originated and it may be protected by intellectual property rights, which are owned by third parties. We are not responsible for any communications or materials that you may access through your use of the Services, unless it originates from us.
10.2. If, however, we become aware of or are notified of content that violates our ToU, the law or our guidelines, we may block or delete the content and, without prejudice to our right of termination for good cause, refuse or discontinue the provision of our Service to you in whole or in part. In this case, we will notify you in advance of the reason and the nature and extent of such intended restrictions and give you the opportunity to comment. We will then inform you whether or not we will comply with the intended restrictions. Please note: This does not apply if and to the extent that we are prohibited by law from notifying you of the reason, the possibility of requesting a review, and, if applicable, the nature and duration of the restriction. This also does not apply if and to the extent that notification would be unreasonable, taking into account the interests of the parties involved.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Transmit protected material only with the necessary rights
You may not transmit material protected by copyright, trade secrets or other third-party rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you own those rights or have the owner's permission. The list also bars material otherwise violating personal rights. Unlawful transmission can create liability under the relevant civil and criminal laws.
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10.4. You are prohibited from transmitting through our Services any communications or materials that
is copyrighted, protected by trade secrets, or otherwise subject to third party rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of those rights or have permission from their rightful owner;
otherwise violates the personal rights of any person.
You are liable for the unlawful transmission of content in accordance with the relevant civil and criminal law provisions.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content rules bar deception, harmful material and unauthorized business solicitation
You must not transmit untruths, misrepresentations or misleading statements; unlawful, defamatory, harmful, abusive, hateful or racially or ethnically offensive material; or material promoting criminal conduct. You also may not promote or solicit business activity outside these terms or another agreement with Wire, or falsely appear to be someone else or an organization you lack authority to represent.
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10.4. You are prohibited from transmitting through our Services any communications or materials that
involves an untruth or misrepresentation or misleading statement;
is unlawful or illegal, defamatory, harmful, abusive, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or promotes conduct that would constitute a criminal offense;
promotes or solicits any business activity that is not covered by these ToU or any other agreement with us; or
is likely to create the impression that you are a person that you are not, or that you are a company, organization, institution, or other association that you do not have the authority to act for; or
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The linked document text and any separate agreement authorizing business activity are not supplied here; this card does not describe their contents.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Submitted-content license is for operation; AI content has broader stated uses
Wire does not claim ownership of material you submit through posting, uploading, editing or sharing features. You grant a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, nonexclusive license to use and transmit it solely to provide and operate services. For AI input and output, Section 7.6 separately permits broader uses including development, improvement, legal compliance, enforcement and safety, and gives a model-training opt-out in account settings. The operational-purpose limit in Section 10.6 should not be read as the agreement's only statement about AI content use.
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10.6. We do not claim ownership of any communications or materials submitted by you through the Apps, the Website and/or the Services, specifically through any feature on the Website, the Apps and/or the Services that allows you to post, upload, edit and/or share content ("Submitted Content"). To provide and operate our Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable and non-exclusive license to use and transmit the Submitted Content. This is for the sole purpose of providing and operating the Services.
7.6. We may offer features that incorporate artificial intelligence (“AI”), like bots. To the extent permitted by law, you own or have the rights to any content your input into AI features (“Input”) and any content generated by the AI features (“Output”). Input and Output are collectively “Content”. You are responsible for your Input, the use of any Output and compliance with any applicable laws. You retain your ownership rights in Input and own the Output. We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output to the extent permitted by law. Our assignment does not extend to other users’ output which may be similar due to the nature of AI. We can use the Content worldwide to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, comply with applicable law, enforce our terms and policies and keep our Services safe. If you do not want us to use the Content to train our models, you have the option to opt out in your account settings. AI may occasionally generate Output that is inaccurate, irrelevant, offensive, harmful or similar to other people's content. It is your duty to use AI tools wisely and critically.
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The terms state both the Submitted Content purpose limit and the AI-specific uses without an express priority clause resolving any overlap.