OPEN FORGE TERMS OF USE
DRAFT FOR FINAL REVIEW — NOT FINAL LEGAL OPINIONRevised MVP Draft | Prepared October 8, 2026Open Forge LLC ("Open Forge," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Open Forge application, website, and related services (the "Service"). These Terms of Use (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the Service. Open Forge helps adults discover, create, host, join, and communicate around nearby real-world activities and events. The initial launch is for users in the United States only.
1 Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to accept these Terms to create or use an Open Forge account. When creating an account, you must represent that you are at least 18. We may suspend or terminate an account if we learn or reasonably determine that its user does not meet this requirement.Email verification confirms control of an email address. It does not verify age or legal identity. Government-ID verification is not part of the Service at launch.You may not use Open Forge to create events specifically designed to recruit or connect minors. A parent or guardian may bring a minor to an otherwise appropriate real-world activity if the host, venue, and applicable law permit it. The minor may not have an Open Forge account, and the accompanying adult remains responsible for appropriate supervision. Permission to bring a minor does not change the account age requirement.
2 Acceptance and your account
Creating or using an account requires your acceptance of these Terms through the acceptance process we provide. If you do not agree, do not create or use an account. We may retain evidence of the version you accepted and the time of acceptance.Provide accurate account information, keep it current, and protect your login credentials. Do not impersonate another person, create an account for deceptive purposes, or allow someone under 18 to use your account. Notify support@openforgego.com promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.You are responsible for keeping your account secure and for activity through your account, subject to applicable law. This responsibility does not make you liable for our own failure to meet obligations imposed by law or these Terms.
3 Open Forge and user hosted events
Open Forge is principally a platform connecting users. Except where we expressly identify an event as organized or hosted by Open Forge, ordinary events are created and hosted by users. We generally do not organize, host, supervise, or control those events or own or control their locations.A host does not become our employee, agent, representative, or partner merely by using Open Forge. A listing is not our assurance that a host or participant has been verified or that an event, activity, or location is safe, lawful, suitable, accurate, or as described. You decide whether an event is appropriate for you.Displaying a business, park, venue, organization, address, map, or third-party service does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, approval, or participation by that third party or by Open Forge. Any expressly identified venue or featured relationship is separate from ordinary user-hosted listings. Paying for a platform feature does not itself establish such a relationship.
4 Host responsibilities
If you create an event, you are its host and are responsible for the event you create. You must:· Describe the activity, location, timing, participation conditions, and any material requirements accurately. Do not create fake or misleading events.· Select an appropriate location and determine whether the proposed activity is lawful and appropriate there.· Comply with applicable laws, permits, licenses, reservations, venue rules, occupancy limits, and other requirements for the event.· Obtain any permission needed to use a business, residence, park, facility, or other property. Listing a location through the app does not provide that permission.· Communicate material changes and cancellations appropriately to participants using the available features or other authorized communication methods.· Avoid falsely identifying a person, business, organization, or venue as a sponsor, partner, or participant.Hosts and participants must comply with laws and restrictions applicable to alcohol, controlled substances, weapons, gambling, raffles, regulated paid admissions, public gatherings, restricted areas, and regulated professional services. The ability to list an activity does not authorize it or excuse compliance with those requirements.We may cancel, hide, remove, or restrict an event that violates these Terms, presents a safety concern, appears unlawful, involves unauthorized property use, falsely implies sponsorship, or otherwise presents a legal, safety, or platform-integrity risk we reasonably consider unacceptable. We do not independently verify every host's authority, permit, or location permission.
5 Businesses and other third party property
Selecting or displaying a business or venue as a location does not mean that its owner or operator approved or sponsored the event, endorsed Open Forge, or partnered with the host or Open Forge. Hosts must obtain any required reservation, permission, permit, or other authorization before using the location. Participants must follow applicable property rules and lawful directions of the owner or operator.A property owner or venue operator may object to or report an unauthorized event using available reporting features or support@openforgego.com. We may remove or restrict an event in response to a credible location-authorization dispute. A platform listing or moderation decision does not establish a right to enter or use property.Do not use a business name, trademark, logo, or other branding in a way that falsely implies sponsorship, approval, or affiliation. An accurate reference to an event location must not be presented as a commercial partnership.
6 Private residences
By creating an event at a private residence, you represent that you own or control the property with authority to allow the event, or have permission from a person authorized to allow it there. You must comply with applicable occupancy limits, property rules, and other requirements.You may not knowingly direct users to another person's residence without permission, create a fake event at someone's home, intentionally misrepresent your authority to use a residence, or use a residential event to harass, intimidate, dox, threaten, or target anyone.We may immediately restrict, remove, or cancel a residential event when we receive a credible unauthorized-use or safety complaint. We do not independently verify ownership or permission for every residence.
7 Private event location access
Exact private-event location information may be restricted until the applicable participation and access conditions are met. Hosts may use the permitted reveal and hide controls. Leaving an event, removal from an event, blocking, cancellation, or other status changes may revoke access through the Service.Use private location information only for the authorized event-related purpose. Do not improperly redistribute it or use it to harass, stalk, threaten, dox, or otherwise target a person. Do not publish exact private addresses in public event text or other places that defeat the intended access controls without the necessary authorization.Access controls cannot make someone forget information already received. We cannot force a recipient to delete or return information already viewed, copied, photographed, exported, mapped, calendared, or otherwise saved. Hosts should consider this when choosing a location and deciding what to reveal.
8 Event timing and cancellation
All events must have an end time. An event becomes invisible to ordinary users at its end time. Ordinary event information then follows the post-event deletion lifecycle described in our Privacy Policy. Each recurring occurrence has its own lifecycle. These rules do not promise immediate erasure of every copy from all systems.Hosts may cancel events. We may also cancel or remove an event for a Terms violation, safety concern, unauthorized property use, host account deletion, legal requirement, or other moderation or enforcement reason described in these Terms.Hosts must communicate cancellations and material changes appropriately. We do not guarantee that every participant will successfully receive a notification. Check the event's current status and relevant host communications before attending. Cancellation of an event does not itself determine refund rights for a separate store purchase; applicable store policies, purchase terms, and law govern those rights.
9 Event chat and communications
Event-specific chat and related communication features are subject to the same rules as the rest of the Service. Use them respectfully and only for authorized purposes. The prohibited conduct in Section 10 applies to messages, host notes, photos, and other communications.We may remove content, restrict chat, remove users from events, suspend accounts, and preserve limited relevant evidence for legitimate safety, security, enforcement, or legal purposes. We do not monitor every chat or communication, and a report does not guarantee an immediate response or particular outcome.
10 Prohibited conduct
You may not use the Service to:· Engage in unlawful activity, scams, fraud, deceptive impersonation, or fraudulent subscriptions or purchases.· Harass, threaten, stalk, exploit sexually, engage in predatory behavior, discriminate where prohibited by law, or engage in abusive or dangerous conduct toward others.· Dox someone, share private information without authorization, or misuse private-event location information.· Create knowingly unauthorized residential events, falsely claim venue or business sponsorship, or misrepresent authority to use another person's property.· Create events specifically designed to recruit or connect minors, or evade the account age requirement.· Dangerously interfere with another person or property, encourage unlawful entry, or promote activities we reasonably determine present unacceptable legal or safety risk.· Send spam, upload malicious software, interfere with security, disrupt the Service, or misuse its systems.· Scrape the Service or use automated access without our authorization, except where applicable law permits it. This does not prohibit ordinary use of accessibility tools.· Circumvent access restrictions, location controls, suspensions, or bans, including through replacement accounts.· Infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights, or submit knowingly false or abusive reports.
11 Personal safety and assumption of risk
Participation in an event is voluntary. You decide whether to attend and whether to continue participating. Use judgment appropriate to the activity, your abilities, the location, and the people involved. Review relevant information, follow lawful venue rules, and leave or seek help if you feel unsafe. Open Forge generally does not supervise ordinary user-organized events and does not guarantee hosts, participants, attendance, or the accuracy of event descriptions.Real-world activities can involve injury, illness, accidents, weather, traffic, physical exertion, equipment, water, terrain, interactions with strangers, unsafe locations, and criminal behavior by third parties. The nature and degree of risk vary with the activity and circumstances.Assumption of risk. By voluntarily attending or participating in a user-organized activity, you understand and assume the risks inherent in that activity, including reasonably foreseeable risks associated with the conditions and interactions described above. This provision does not release Open Forge or anyone else from liability for their own negligence or other misconduct, and does not waive a claim or protection that applicable law does not permit you to waive.For an emergency or immediate danger, contact emergency services. Open Forge's reporting and support features are not emergency-response services.
12 Your content
You may submit profile information, event titles and descriptions, host notes, messages, photos, location descriptions, reports, and other material ("User Content"). You retain ownership of content you own. You are responsible for your User Content and must have the rights and permissions necessary to submit it and allow its use as described here. Do not infringe another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.You grant Open Forge a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, format, display, distribute, and moderate your User Content only as reasonably necessary to operate and provide the Service, carry out your sharing choices, and address the limited safety, security, enforcement, and legal purposes described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy. We may allow service providers to perform these functions for us, subject to the same purpose limits. The license applies wherever our providers perform those functions; it does not expand the launch territory.The license does not give us ownership of your content or permission to publish private messages, reports, or exact private-event locations for promotion. Use of your identifiable content in promotional materials outside the Service requires your separate permission.When User Content is deleted, the license ends for that content except to the limited extent needed to maintain residual copies or records permitted by the Privacy Policy and applicable law. Retained copies may be used only for the justified retention purpose. Deletion does not necessarily recall copies another user or third-party service independently saved.
13 Open Forge intellectual property and complaints
Open Forge LLC and its licensors retain rights in the app, software, design, branding, logo, trademarks, original content, and documentation, excluding User Content owned by users. You may use the Service for its intended purposes under these Terms and the applicable app license. Except as allowed by law or an applicable license, do not copy, reproduce, reverse engineer, misuse, or exploit Open Forge intellectual property. Open-source and other separately licensed components remain subject to their applicable licenses.If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, contact support@openforgego.com with identification of the protected work, information sufficient to locate the challenged content, your contact information, a statement of your good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or law, a statement that the report is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner, and your physical or electronic signature. For copyright notices, include the statement of authority under penalty of perjury. Provide only information reasonably needed to evaluate the complaint.We may seek clarification, remove or restrict challenged content, notify the submitting user, and terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. A user whose content is restricted may contact support to explain why they believe the restriction is mistaken. We will handle notices and responses as required by applicable law.Trademark and other rights complaints may also be sent to support with information identifying the right, the challenged use, and the basis of the complaint.
14 Reporting and enforcement
Use available reporting and blocking features, or contact support@openforgego.com, to report conduct, content, or events that may violate these Terms. Blocking can limit interactions and access as supported by the feature, but cannot recall information already received or prevent contact outside the Service.We may investigate reports and take action when we reasonably determine there is a Terms violation, underage use, safety or security risk, fraud, abuse, illegal activity, repeated misconduct, or a threat to platform integrity. Actions may include removing content or events, restricting private-location access or chat, removing users from events, suspending or terminating accounts, and preventing repeat abuse or ban evasion. Urgent circumstances may require action without advance notice.Moderation involves judgment, and reporting does not guarantee a particular result. We are not required to resolve every disagreement between users or to monitor all activity. If you believe an enforcement action was mistaken, you may contact support for review; this does not guarantee reversal or a response within a particular time.We may preserve narrowly limited relevant records for safety, security, fraud or abuse prevention, enforcement, legal obligations or claims, and necessary financial or accounting purposes, as described in the Privacy Policy. Enforcement or account termination does not itself eliminate records that must legitimately be retained, cancel an app-store subscription, or remove refund rights provided by law or the store.
15 Privacy
Our separate Open Forge Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, retain, and delete personal information. Read it together with these Terms. These Terms do not expand the information uses or retention periods described there. Questions about privacy or deletion may be sent to support@openforgego.com.
16 Leaving the Service and account deletion
You may stop using the Service and request account deletion through the available in-app or web-accessible process. Uninstalling the app or stopping use does not itself delete your account or cancel a subscription.Account deletion removes ordinary account and profile information and content you authored that we still maintain, subject to the limited retention and residual-copy exceptions in the Privacy Policy. Deletion may also cause loss of event history, memberships, chat and event access, private-location access, and subscription-related in-app access.If you host an upcoming or active event, we may cancel it on the platform when you delete your account. Hosting does not automatically transfer to another user. Other users' independently authored content does not become your property or automatically get deleted because it references you. Deletion of an entire event may also remove shared messages and participation information for that event.We may retain only narrowly limited information reasonably necessary for safety or security matters, fraud or abuse prevention, enforcement of suspensions or bans, legal obligations or claims, financial or accounting requirements, or documenting the deletion request. Retention is limited in scope and duration to the justified purpose. Residual copies may remain temporarily in backups, logs, or provider systems under the Privacy Policy. We do not promise a fixed deletion-completion or backup-erasure deadline.Deleting your Open Forge account does not itself cancel an Apple App Store or Google Play subscription and does not automatically create a refund right. Manage subscriptions through the applicable store, preferably before requesting deletion. Applicable store refund processes and rights provided by law remain available.
17 Iron Status subscription
Iron Status is a monthly subscription. The U.S. MVP offering is $4.99 per month, with unlimited event joins, a limit of 25 hosted events per month, and recurring-event capabilities where supported. Unlimited joins remain subject to event availability, host participation conditions, access controls, and these Terms. Iron Status does not guarantee admission, attendance, venue permission, or event safety.Review the price, billing period, and included features displayed before purchase. Apple or Google handles the applicable store billing; RevenueCat helps manage subscription entitlements. We receive information needed to manage purchases and access, rather than full payment-card information processed by the store.Your subscription renews automatically for successive monthly periods unless you cancel through the applicable Apple or Google subscription-management system before its renewal deadline. The store charges the payment method associated with your store account under its rules. Follow the store's instructions to manage or cancel the subscription. Cancellation generally stops future renewal; it does not automatically delete your Open Forge account. Access during the remaining paid period is subject to the store's rules and lawful enforcement of these Terms.Account deletion, uninstalling the app, or suspension does not itself cancel store billing. Refunds are subject to the applicable store policies and law; neither account deletion nor event cancellation automatically determines refund eligibility. Contact the applicable store for its refund process and support@openforgego.com for entitlement issues.We may change subscription pricing or features prospectively with appropriate notice and any consent required by applicable law or store rules. Price changes apply only as permitted through the store's process. Material changes to paid features remain subject to applicable consumer rights. The offering presented at purchase or renewal, together with properly notified changes, governs the applicable paid period.
18 Steel Boost and other one time purchases
If Steel Boost is made available, review its price, scope, and applicable conditions presented before purchase. A Steel Boost offered as a one-time purchase is separate from the recurring Iron Status subscription and does not itself create recurring billing or Iron Status membership.Store purchases, including Steel Boost, are subject to the applicable Apple or Google payment and refund rules and applicable law. A purchase does not exempt an event or user from moderation, property-permission requirements, or these Terms. Fraudulent purchases, false transaction claims, and attempts to evade purchase controls are prohibited.
19 Third party services
The Service uses or connects to third-party services, including Apple, Google, RevenueCat, AWS Location, map and calendar applications, external links, and other integrated services. Their relevant functions may be subject to their own terms and privacy policies. Comply with applicable third-party terms when using those functions.We do not control third-party availability, map accuracy, external content, or independently saved calendar and location information. A link or integration does not itself imply endorsement or partnership. You remain responsible for judging whether third-party information is appropriate for your use. This section does not remove our responsibility for obligations imposed on us by law or these Terms.
20 App store distribution
These Terms are between you and Open Forge LLC, not Apple or Google. Open Forge is responsible for the Service and its content and for support obligations we undertake or that applicable law requires. Apple does not undertake maintenance or support of the Open Forge app under these Terms. Contact support@openforgego.com for app support.If you obtain the app through Apple's App Store, Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies to the app license unless a valid custom license is supplied through the store. These Terms govern the Open Forge Service alongside that license. Apple's usage rules and applicable license terms govern Apple-specific software licensing matters; these Terms do not reduce rights those terms require. Apple and its subsidiaries have the third-party beneficiary rights provided by the applicable app license.If you obtain the app through Google Play, applicable Google Play terms also govern your store use and purchases. These Terms do not restrict license rights that Google Play requires us to grant. Google is not a party to these Terms or responsible for the support obligations we undertake.
21 Service warranties
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. This does not exclude an express commitment we make or a warranty or obligation that law does not permit us to disclaim.We do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. User Content is not necessarily verified. We do not guarantee hosts, participants, venues, activities, attendance, or that an event will occur as described. Use reasonable judgment when relying on information supplied by users or third parties.
22 Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Open Forge LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, including lost profits or loss of content or data to the extent those losses are indirect or consequential, arising out of the Service. This exclusion applies regardless of the legal theory of a claim or whether we were advised of the possibility of such damages.We are not liable merely because the Service connected you with a user or listed an event, location, or third-party service. Responsibility for user conduct, event participation, third-party property, and third-party services depends on the applicable facts and law. We remain responsible for our own conduct to the extent law imposes responsibility, subject only to the lawful limitations in this section.The exclusions in this section do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury, death, or physical property damage caused by our negligence, or any other liability or remedy that applicable law does not permit us to exclude. No aggregate dollar cap is imposed by these Terms. Where an exclusion is not permitted, applicable law controls.
23 Indemnification for third party claims
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify Open Forge LLC for amounts established by a final judgment or a settlement you approve, and reasonable defense costs, on a third-party claim to the extent caused by your unlawful or wrongful conduct or material violation of these Terms. This includes claims arising from an event you host, your User Content, infringement of another person's rights, unauthorized property use, or false venue sponsorship or affiliation, when attributable to that conduct or violation.You are not required to indemnify us for our own negligence, misconduct, breach of these Terms, or matters outside your responsibility. If both parties contributed to a claim, your obligation is limited to the portion attributable to you. Merely using the Service or attending an event does not by itself create an indemnification obligation.We must give you prompt notice of a claim and a reasonable opportunity to participate in its defense. A delay in notice reduces your obligation to the extent it materially prejudices you. We will cooperate reasonably and take reasonable steps to avoid unnecessary costs. We may not settle a claim in a way that imposes an obligation on you without your approval, which you may not unreasonably withhold. This provision does not require you to surrender a defense or right that law protects.
24 Governing law and disputes
Florida law governs these Terms, without applying conflict-of-law rules that would substitute another state's law, except that applicable federal law and mandatory consumer protections still apply. This choice does not deprive you of rights that the law applicable to you makes nonwaivable.We encourage you to contact support@openforgego.com with a description of a dispute and the resolution you seek so we can try to address it informally. This process is voluntary. It does not require you to delay a claim, change a filing deadline, or give up urgent relief.Either party may bring a claim in a court with jurisdiction, including an appropriate small-claims court. These Terms do not require arbitration, impose an exclusive court location, or waive participation in a class action.
25 Consumer rights
Nothing in these Terms eliminates a right, remedy, warranty, or protection that cannot legally be waived under applicable law. This applies in particular to assumption of risk, warranty disclaimers, liability exclusions, indemnification, subscriptions and refunds, governing law, and disputes. Any restriction applies only to the extent the law permits it.
26 Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the Service, applicable law, or our operating practices. We will identify the effective date of a new version and give appropriate notice of material changes through the Service, email, or another reasonable method. Where required by law or the applicable acceptance process, we will obtain affirmative acceptance before applying the changed Terms to you.Posting a new version alone does not establish acceptance where notice or affirmative agreement is required. Changes apply prospectively and do not retroactively change an existing dispute without a legally valid agreement. If you do not agree to a required update, you may stop using the Service, request account deletion, and separately manage any store subscription. Applicable refund and consumer rights remain available.
27 General terms and contact
These Terms govern your use of the Service. The separate Privacy Policy explains our information practices, and applicable store or app-license terms govern their respective functions. No user-facing feature grants authority to act on behalf of Open Forge.If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision on one occasion does not waive the right to enforce it later. After account closure, provisions concerning accrued obligations, permitted limited retention, intellectual property, and claims or disputes continue only as needed for their stated purposes and as permitted by law.For questions, complaints, reports, or support, contact Open Forge LLC at support@openforgego.com.