# AI Cockpit — Terms of Use **Version 2.1 — 13 September 2026** The Software is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 with the scope and conditions in LICENSE.md. These Terms of Use govern the use of **AI Cockpit** (the "Software"): the application, its installers, bundles, scripts, guides and documentation, the websites **ruggi.site** and **cockpit.ruggi.site** (the "Sites"), and the online account, marketplace, relay, Autopilot Cruise and AutoCognition services provided through cockpit.ruggi.site (the "Services"). The Software, the Sites and the Services are provided by **Dario Ruggi / Ruggi Software** ("we", "us"). By downloading, installing, running or modifying the Software, by visiting the Sites, or by using the Services, you ("you", the "User") accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the Software, the Sites or the Services. ## 1. What you may do 1.1 **Use.** You may install and run the Software on machines you own or administer, for personal or commercial purposes, without limit on the number of prompts, models or agents. 1.2 **Read, modify, redistribute.** The Software is open source under the Apache License 2.0 (LICENSE.md): read it, study it, modify it, and redistribute it or a derived work — under another name, with the attribution stated in LICENSE.md, and without the proprietary `cockpit_auth` client. 1.3 **Local-first.** Everything that does not need an account runs on your machine and stays there. The Software calls the Services only for account, licence, marketplace, relay, Cruise and AutoCognition functions, and only after you have chosen to create or sign into a Cockpit account. ## 2. What you may not do 2.1 **Not as AI Cockpit.** A modified copy or derived work may not be distributed, published, sold, hosted for others, or presented under the name **AI Cockpit** or any confusingly similar name, logo or branding, nor as an official build or as endorsed by us, and must carry the attribution required by LICENSE.md wherever it is advertised or presented. 2.2 **Official builds only for the Services.** The Services are provided to **official builds** of the Software — the bundles published on cockpit.ruggi.site, identified by their build id. A modified build may run locally without restriction; it is not entitled to the Services, and the Services may refuse it. You may not alter, spoof or replay a build id, an entitlement, a licence key or any other credential to obtain a Service you are not entitled to. 2.3 **No circumvention.** You may not remove, disable or work around the account, licence, entitlement or integrity mechanisms of the Software or the Services, nor remove or alter copyright, trademark or attribution notices. 2.4 **No harm to the Sites or the Services.** You may not probe, overload, scrape, reverse-engineer the server side of, or interfere with the Sites or the Services, nor use them for anything other than the functions they offer to the Software and to visitors of the Sites ("regular browsing"). ## 3. Lawful use only 3.1 You may use the Software, the Sites and the Services **only for lawful purposes**, in compliance with every law and regulation that applies to you, at the time of use and in respect of every output you obtain. 3.2 You are solely responsible for the prompts, files, data and instructions you give to the Software and to any AI model, agent, tool or third-party service reached through it, and for everything you do with the outputs — code, text, images, audio, video, actions on files, network requests, or anything else. Outputs of AI models can be wrong, harmful or infringing; you review them before relying on them or acting on them. 3.3 **Prohibited uses** include, without limitation: creating or distributing malware, unauthorised access to systems or data, fraud, harassment, defamation, infringement of intellectual-property or privacy rights, generating unlawful content, and any use that violates the terms of a third-party service reached through the Software. 3.4 **Consequences.** A User who uses the Software, the Sites or the Services for an unlawful purpose, or in breach of these terms, does so on their own account and at their own risk, and may face civil and criminal legal consequences under the laws that apply to them. We may suspend or terminate accounts and Services involved in such use, without notice and without refund, and may cooperate with lawful requests from authorities. 3.5 **Indemnity.** You will indemnify and hold harmless Dario Ruggi, Ruggi Software, AI Cockpit, ruggi.site and cockpit.ruggi.site from any claim, loss, damage, fine or expense (including legal fees) arising from your use of the Software, the Sites or the Services, from the content you submit or generate, or from your breach of these terms. ## 4. Third-party and paid services 4.1 The Software can connect to third-party AI providers and services — for example Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), OpenAI, Groq, OpenRouter, Cloudflare, Hugging Face, Together, DeepInfra, local Ollama or LocalAI installations, and any provider you configure. Each of them has its own terms, prices, quotas and acceptable-use rules. **You are bound by those terms when you use the provider through the Software.** 4.2 **Your keys, your accounts, your bill.** API keys, CLI logins and subscriptions you enter into the Software are yours. Every call made with them — and every charge, quota consumption, rate-limit, suspension or ban that results — is yours. The Software's spend caps and usage displays are conveniences, not guarantees; providers bill according to their own records. 4.3 **Abuse or unlawful use of paid or third-party services through the Software is explicitly and exclusively the User's fault and responsibility.** This includes, without limitation: using a provider in breach of its acceptable-use policy, sharing or reselling access, circumventing its quotas or safety systems, generating prohibited content, and any cost, penalty, account action or legal consequence that follows. Dario Ruggi, Ruggi Software, AI Cockpit, ruggi.site and cockpit.ruggi.site are not a party to your relationship with any provider and accept no liability for it. 4.4 The Services we operate (accounts, marketplace, relay, Cruise, AutoCognition) are provided on the tier you hold. Paid tiers are billed as described on cockpit.ruggi.site/pricing.php; a subscription may be cancelled at any time and remains active to the end of the paid period. The price you subscribed at does not rise for as long as the subscription stays active. ## 5. Accounts and data 5.1 An account is optional for local use. Where you create one, you give a valid e-mail address, keep your credentials secret, and are responsible for everything done under the account. 5.2 The Services store what they need to operate: account details, machine registrations, licence state, marketplace items you publish, and relay session metadata. Prompts and answers stay on your machine unless you send them through the relay or publish them yourself. Telemetry is opt-out as described in the Setup Guide. 5.3 We may suspend or close an account that breaches these terms, that has been used for unlawful purposes, or that is inactive for an extended period, with reasonable notice where the law requires it. ## 6. Ownership 6.1 The Software is © Dario Ruggi / Ruggi Software and licensed under the Apache License 2.0 with the scope and conditions in LICENSE.md. The names and marks **AI Cockpit**, **Ruggi Software**, **ruggi.site** and **cockpit.ruggi.site**, the logos, the `cockpit_auth` client and the server side of the Sites and Services are proprietary and are not licensed; rights in them are reserved. 6.2 You own what you create with the Software, to the extent the law and the terms of the providers you used allow. Items you publish on the marketplace are licensed by you to other Users under the terms shown when publishing. 6.3 Third-party components bundled with the Software (for example tmux, ffmpeg, pandoc, whisper, ImageMagick, yt-dlp, Material Symbols) remain under their own licences. ## 7. No warranty, limited liability 7.1 The Software, the Sites and the Services are provided **"as is" and "as available"**, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of AI output, or non-infringement. 7.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Dario Ruggi, Ruggi Software, AI Cockpit, ruggi.site and cockpit.ruggi.site are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damage, loss of data, loss of profit, provider charges, or damage caused by AI output or by actions the Software took at your instruction. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the Services in the twelve months before the claim. ## 8. Changes and termination 8.1 We may update these terms; the version in the Software and at cockpit.ruggi.site/license.php is the current one, dated at the top. Continued use after a change is acceptance of the change. Material changes to a paid Service are announced in advance. 8.2 You may stop using the Software at any time and delete it. Sections 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 survive termination. ## 9. Governing law 9.1 These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Israel. Disputes are subject to the competent courts of Israel, without prejudice to consumer rights that apply to you under mandatory law. 9.2 **Two laws, the stricter one applies.** Section 3 (lawful use) is measured against **both** the law of the State of Israel and the law of the place where you use the Software, the Sites or the Services: - an action forbidden by Israeli law is forbidden under these terms even where your local law allows it; - an action forbidden by your local law is forbidden under these terms even where Israeli law allows it; - an action permitted by both, under different conditions, is permitted only when **all** the conditions of **both** laws are met. Where the two cannot be reconciled, the action is not permitted through the Software, the Sites or the Services. ## 10. Contact Dario Ruggi / Ruggi Software — darioruggi@gmail.com — https://ruggi.site — https://cockpit.ruggi.site