Asten’s license

The MIT License

The Asten source code on GitHub and the builds Verne publishes, including the desk, the desktop app, the local API, and the Word and Google Docs add-ins, are released under the MIT License. Its full text, which is also the LICENSE file in the repository, follows.

Copyright (c) 2026 Verne Ltd.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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.

Your work is not licensed to Verne

Your manuscripts, notes, facts, comments, snapshots, exports, and the local database are yours. The license runs one way, from Verne to you. You grant Verne nothing in your writing, and Asten never trains on it.

You may keep, copy, export, publish, and sell what you write with Asten, without credit or payment to Verne.

Names and logos

The MIT License covers the software, not Verne’s trademarks. You may say that your work is based on Asten, but a modified version or a hosted service must not present itself as Asten or as a Verne product. See the trademark page.

Pre-alpha builds

Asten is in early development, and release 0.0.1b is a pre-alpha. A build may stop running, may change between versions, and may be replaced or withdrawn. Verne has no obligation to provide updates, support, or any particular feature.

Your project file does not depend on a build. Before a build is replaced or withdrawn, keep the database, or export your work, and you will lose nothing.

Third-party components

Asten and this website include components made by others, such as fonts and open-source libraries. Each keeps its own license, and nothing in this license limits the rights those licenses give you. The credits list them.

How this fits with the terms

The MIT License governs the software. The terms of use and the acceptable use policy govern this website and the hosted pre-alpha that Verne runs. Questions: info@vernesystems.com.