License

Restricted Use License

Free for personal and non-profit use

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to use the Software for non-commercial purposes only, subject to the following restrictions:

You may NOT:

Modify, adapt, or create derivative works
Sublicense, sell, rent, lease, or otherwise transfer rights
Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software
Use the Software to create competing products or services
Remove or alter any copyright notices

You MAY:

Use the Software for personal or non-profit purposes
Make backup copies for archival purposes

Your personal information is not required

Your personal information is not required Downloading Obsidian does not require an account, and we do not collect your personal information. You only need an account for payments or add-on services, and you can permanently delete your account at any time.

Your data is local

The Software has no usage telemetry. The only information that leaves your machine is any connection to third-party cloud services that you choose to use.

Your content is yours

You retain ownership of all content you create in Obsidian. We do not claim any rights to it. We own and reserve rights to our content, including text, images, and code in the app, which is protected by copyright and other laws.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.