Terms of Service

1. Who we are and what these terms cover

These Terms of Service govern your use of the website softbytes.co.uk and any preliminary project consultations provided by SOFT BYTES (SCOT) LTD, a private company registered in Scotland, United Kingdom (Company Number: SC900831), with registered office at 31 Riccarton Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G42 7NX.

2. Engagements and proposals

Information published on this website regarding services, technology capabilities, case studies, and typical delivery processes is provided for informational and preliminary scoping purposes. Formal software development, architectural consulting, and continuous support services are governed by separate, mutually executed Master Services Agreements (MSA) and Statements of Work (SOW).

3. Intellectual property and code ownership

Under our standard commercial agreements, clients obtain full, unencumbered ownership of the custom source code, architectures, and deployment scripts engineered specifically for their project upon payment of agreed milestone fees. The SoftBytes brand, website content, trademarks, and pre-existing proprietary design primitives remain the intellectual property of SOFT BYTES (SCOT) LTD.

4. Website content

While we strive to ensure all information, technical case studies, and operational metrics are accurate and verified, this website and its interactive planning tools are provided on an "as is" basis without express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Case studies describe work delivered by our founders, including in previous roles, as independent engineers and for our own products. Where a client is not named, identifying details have been withheld.

5. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted under Scots law, SOFT BYTES (SCOT) LTD shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use or inability to use this website or preliminary planning submissions.

6. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any non-contractual disputes arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland, United Kingdom, and the Scottish courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.