Terms of Service

NOTE

This document was translated from the Simplified Chinese version using AI.

Updated on: February 1, 2025

Effective on: July 28, 2025

Welcome to SJMC Launcher (the "Software"), developed by the SJMCL development team (the "Developer").

Before using the Software, please read and fully understand these Terms of Service (the "Agreement"). Any direct or indirect use of the Software by any means shall be deemed as your unconditional acceptance of the entire Agreement. If you object to any provision of this Agreement, please stop using all services provided by the Software.

This Agreement may be updated when necessary. We will notify you of changes to these terms through announcements on the Software or website, pop-up notices, or other means. After any change to this Agreement takes effect, your continued use of the service will be deemed as your acceptance of the revised Agreement. If you do not accept the revised Agreement, you must stop using the service. If you do not agree with the latest version of the Agreement, you may stop using the service.

If you are a person without civil capacity or with limited civil capacity, please read this Agreement and use our services under the guidance of your guardian.

I. Rules for Using the Software

1.1

When using the Software, you must enter your account credentials, grant information authorizations, and complete other relevant actions only through the official and lawful methods provided by the Software, including technical interfaces and login pages. Otherwise, you shall bear any losses caused, including but not limited to account or password leakage.

Where the Software only provides a login interface, the relevant third party shall independently assume responsibility for the legality, security, and authenticity of its website, application, or other service. Any losses caused to you for any reason attributable to such third party shall be borne entirely by that third party, and you shall resolve the matter with the third party through negotiation or other lawful means.

1.2

In the course of using the services provided by the Software, you must comply with the laws, administrative regulations, rules, normative documents, and policy requirements of the People's Republic of China. If you are a user outside the People's Republic of China, you must also comply with the laws and regulations of your country or region. You must comply with all agreements, rules, and procedures related to the service, and you must not use the Software to engage in any of the following acts:

1. Publishing, transmitting, disseminating, or storing content that violates national laws and regulations, endangers national security or unity, harms social stability, public order, or good customs, or contains insult, defamation, obscenity, or violence.
2. Publishing, transmitting, disseminating, or storing content that infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of others, including rights of reputation, portrait, privacy, intellectual property, and trade secrets.
3. Fabricating facts or concealing the truth in order to mislead or deceive others.
4. Publishing, transmitting, or disseminating advertising information or spam.
5. Transmitting or publishing any content or information that violates national laws, regulations, or policies; involves state secrets or national security; jeopardizes the secure operation of the Internet; infringes the lawful rights and interests of others; or otherwise harms social order, public security, or public morality, including any harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise unlawful information or materials. You must not provide any convenience for others to carry out any of the foregoing acts.
6. Interfering, by any technical means or otherwise, with the normal operation of the Software or with public online service systems operated by public administration or service institutions, or interfering with other users' use of the service.
7. Collecting email addresses or other related information of other users of the Software by any means, and interfering with or harassing other users by sending spam emails, chain emails, spam text messages, instant messages, or similar communications.
8. Engaging in any other act that violates laws, regulations, policies, public order, or social morality, or adversely affects the normal operation of the Internet.

1.3

Any username, avatar, skin, or other information you set within the Software must comply with laws, regulations, policies, and public order and morality, and must not contain unlawful or inappropriate information, including but not limited to names involving race or religion, national politics, state leaders, obscene or vulgar content, defamation or threats, religion or religious figures, staff members, offensive or insulting content, misleading content, or prohibited drugs.

1.4

The services of the Software are for your personal use only. Unless you have obtained written permission from the Developer or the relevant right holder, you must not engage in any of the following acts:

1. Publishing information through the Software that contains advertisements, publicity, promotions, or similar content.
2. Re-licensing the services provided by the Software to others.
3. Reverse engineering, reverse assembling, or reverse compiling the Software.
4. Using, leasing, copying, modifying, linking, reproducing, compiling, publishing, creating mirror sites for, or otherwise dealing with data, materials, intellectual property, or other content owned by the Software or provided by third parties through the Software.
5. Copying, modifying, adding to, deleting, hooking into operation, or creating derivative works from any data released into any terminal memory during the operation of the Software, any interaction data between client and server during website operation, including data provided by third parties, or any system data necessary for the operation of the Software. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing the Software and related systems through plugins, cheats, or unauthorized third-party tools or services.
6. Modifying or forging instructions or data in the operation of the Software, adding, deleting, or altering the functions or operating effects of the Software, or operating or publicly disseminating software or methods for such purposes, regardless of whether such acts are for commercial purposes.
7. Interfering, by yourself, through authorizing others, or by using third-party software, with the Software and its components, modules, data, websites, or other related elements.
8. Any other acts beyond the normal functions of the Software's services.

1.5

You agree that all operations performed while using the Software shall be deemed to be your own actions. You fully understand and agree that you are responsible for all of your acts while using the Software, including any content you publish, any actions you perform, any authorizations you grant, and all consequences arising therefrom.

1.6

If the Software discovers or receives reports from others that your conduct violates the foregoing provisions or any other provision of this Agreement, the Software has the right to make an independent judgment and to delete, block, or disconnect relevant information links through technical means. At the same time, the Software has the right, depending on the nature of your conduct, to take measures including but not limited to suspending or terminating the service and pursuing legal liability.

1.7

If, due to your violation of this Agreement or related service terms, any third party makes any claim, demand, or suffers any loss, including reasonable attorney fees, you shall compensate the Developer or relevant third party and hold them harmless.

II. Intellectual Property Statement

2.1

All software, websites, commercial marks, layout designs, typesetting methods, text, images, graphics, audio, video, related data, and other content, functions, and services provided by the Software are protected by the laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and applicable international treaties with respect to copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights. The Developer enjoys the aforesaid intellectual property rights, except where the relevant right holder enjoys such rights pursuant to law.

2.2

Without the written consent of the Developer or the relevant right holder, you may not, for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, implement, use, or transfer the aforesaid intellectual property rights by yourself or authorize any third party to do so.

2.3

The Software is open-source software, and you shall comply with the applicable open-source license of the Software.

III. Third-Party Software or Technology

3.1

The services provided by the Software may use third-party software or services, and such use has been lawfully authorized. Your acceptance of this Agreement shall be deemed as your acknowledgement and acceptance of such third-party software or services. When using products or services provided through the Software, you must comply not only with this Agreement but also with the service terms or user agreements of the relevant third parties.

It should be emphasized that you must comply with the Minecraft End User License Agreement, and you must not distribute downloaded game files without authorization or engage in any other conduct prohibited by the Minecraft End User License Agreement.

3.2

Any third-party services, technologies, links, or third-party web pages and content accessible within the Software are provided by third parties. The Developer does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, security, or legality of such third-party services. Such third-party services are unrelated to the Developer and the Software and do not represent the position of the Developer or the Software. Any related dispute shall be borne by the provider of the third-party service.

If your use of third-party services results in property damage, infringement of copyright or intellectual property rights, or similar issues, neither the Software nor the Developer shall be responsible, nor shall they bear any legal liability. Such liability shall be borne by the owners of the relevant third-party information, services, products, or other content.

3.3

For any reason whatsoever, the Software shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential losses or liabilities arising from any transactions or conduct that do not occur directly with the Software.

IV. Disclaimer of Liability

4.1

All risks arising from your use of the Software shall be borne entirely by you. All consequences arising from your use of the Software shall also be borne by you, and the Developer shall bear no liability to you.

4.2

In order to provide you with effective services, this service may use resources such as the processor and bandwidth of your terminal device. You shall bear the cost of the equipment used to access the Software and any data traffic charges that may arise during your use of the Software.

4.3

Under any of the following circumstances, the Developer has the right to terminate or interrupt all or part of the services of the Software, and the Developer shall not be liable to you or any third party for any inconvenience or damage thereby caused:

1. Service interruption caused by the Software carrying out periodic inspections, repairs, or maintenance on the platform or related equipment used to provide network services.
2. Inability to transmit data due to failure of telecommunications equipment.
3. Service interruption or delay caused by technical adjustment or failure of network providers, website upgrades, banking issues, or similar causes.
4. Failure of your computer or mobile software, system, hardware, or communication lines.
5. Improper operation by you or use of the service through means not authorized by the Software.
6. System failure caused by computer viruses, trojans, other malicious programs, hacker attacks, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, power outages, wars, terrorist attacks, or other force majeure events.
7. Policy-related factors.
8. Any other circumstance beyond the reasonable control, avoidance, or foresight of the Software.

4.4

Any loss caused by your own reasons shall be borne by you, including but not limited to failure to follow instructions, failure to act in a timely manner, forgetting or disclosing passwords or verification codes, passwords being cracked by others, your computer or other hardware or terminals being intruded upon or lost, your software being intruded upon by others, or your personal biometric information being used by others.

4.5

You understand and agree that, due to business development needs, the Software has the right to change, suspend, restrict, terminate, or withdraw all or part of the service content of the Software, but will notify you in advance as far as reasonably possible.

4.6

The Software has the right to stop providing services to users in any of the following situations, including but not limited to:

1. Violating laws, regulations, or this Agreement.
2. Maliciously affecting the experience of other users.
3. Posing security risks.
4. Violating the operating principles of this service or failing to meet other management requirements of the Software.

4.7

You understand and agree that the Software has the right, based on reasonable judgment, to pursue liability for conduct that violates relevant laws, regulations, or this Agreement; to take appropriate legal action against any unlawful, non-compliant, or breaching person; and to preserve relevant information and report it to the relevant authorities in accordance with laws and regulations. You shall independently bear all legal liabilities arising therefrom.

4.8

You understand and agree that if, due to your violation of this Agreement or related service terms, any other party makes any claim, demand, or suffers any loss, you shall bear liability independently. If the Software suffers losses as a result, you shall also compensate the Software accordingly.

4.9

You understand and agree that any claim you make against the Software shall be limited to direct losses that have actually occurred.

V. Privacy Statement

5.1

During the operation of the Software, the following information may be collected in a lawful, proper, necessary, specific, and explicit manner and sent to our servers:

1. The version number of the Software you are running.
2. Your operating system version number.

5.2

The Software will not collect your personal information.

VI. Governing Law

6.1

The place of execution of this Agreement is Shanghai.

6.2

The formation, amendment, performance, and interpretation of this Agreement, as well as the resolution of disputes related to this Agreement, shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China.

6.3

If any dispute arises regarding the content or performance of this Agreement, you shall first resolve it with the Developer through negotiation. If such negotiation fails, the dispute shall be submitted to the People's Court of Minhang District, Shanghai.

VII. Miscellaneous

7.1

This Agreement takes effect from the date you first use the Software. Unless you stop using the services of the Software, this Agreement shall remain effective at all times.

7.2

Upon termination of this Agreement, the services provided by the Software to you shall also terminate. You must delete the Software from your device on your own. The termination of this Agreement shall not be deemed to exempt you from the relevant obligations that arose during the effective period of this Agreement, nor shall it be deemed to revoke any unfinished user instructions that occurred before termination, and it shall not eliminate the legal consequences caused by acts committed before termination.

7.3

If any provision of this Agreement is partially invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain valid and binding on both parties.

7.4

The Developer's failure to exercise, delayed exercise of, or incomplete exercise of any right under this Agreement or under the law shall not be deemed as a waiver of such right, nor shall it affect the Developer's future exercise of such right.

7.5

To the extent permitted by law, the Developer reserves the right to interpret the terms of this Agreement.

7.6

The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reading only and shall not define, limit, explain, or describe the scope or boundaries of any provision.

7.7

If you have any questions about this Agreement, wish to report vulnerabilities, or wish to report unlawful conduct, you may contact us at launcher@sjmc.club.