These Terms of Use (hereinafter these "Terms") set forth the conditions governing the use of the application かんコレ (Kankore) (hereinafter the "Application") provided by Shosin Labs, an independent software studio (hereinafter the "Developer"). By installing or using the Application, the User shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms. Any person who does not accept these Terms shall not use the Application.
Article 1 (Definitions)
In these Terms, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) "User" means any person who installs or uses the Application, including a child who practises with the Application;
(b) "Parent" means the parent or guardian who sets up the Application for a child;
(c) "Learning Content" means the characters, stroke orders, readings, example words, notes and voice recordings presented by the Application; and
(d) "Store" means the App Store, through which the User obtained the Application.
Article 2 (Grant of Licence)
The Developer grants to the User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to install and use the Application on devices owned or controlled by the User. The Application is licensed, not sold, and the Developer reserves all rights in the Application that are not expressly granted to the User under these Terms.
The licence granted under this Article is further subject to the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, including the Licensed Application End User License Agreement, and to the usage rules set forth therein.
Article 3 (Use by Children)
The Application is intended for children and is to be set up by a Parent. Where a child uses the Application, the Parent accepts these Terms on behalf of the child and is responsible for the use of the Application by the child, including the settings chosen in the area of the Application reserved for parents.
Article 4 (Price)
The Application is provided free of charge and contains no purchases and no advertising. Should the Developer offer any paid feature in the future, it shall be offered only within the area of the Application reserved for parents, and the Learning Content made available free of charge to a User before such offer shall not be withdrawn from that User by reason thereof.
Article 5 (Learning Content)
The characters assigned to each school grade follow the list published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and the stroke orders presented are those generally taught in Japanese schools. Where more than one stroke order is customarily accepted for a character, the Application may accept each of them. The judgement of a stroke by the Application is an aid to practice and not an assessment; the Developer does not warrant that it will agree with the marking of any particular school, teacher or examination.
Parts of the Learning Content are derived from works of third parties and are used under the licences of those works, which are credited in the Application under "このアプリについて" (About this application): the stroke data of KanjiVG (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0), the readings of KANJIDIC2 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0), the voice of VOICEVOX:春日部つむぎ, and the fonts M PLUS Rounded 1c and DotGothic16 (SIL Open Font License 1.1). Nothing in these Terms restricts any right the User has under those licences in respect of those works.
Article 6 (Prohibited Acts)
The User shall not engage in any of the following acts:
(a) copying, redistributing, reselling or renting the Application, or presenting the Application as the User's own;
(b) decompiling or reverse engineering the Application, except to the extent that applicable law, or a licence referred to in the Article entitled "Learning Content", expressly permits such acts notwithstanding a contractual provision to the contrary; or
(c) using the Application in violation of any law or of the rights of any other person.
Article 7 (Practice Records)
The records of practice are kept on the device of the User, as set forth in the Privacy Policy, and the Developer does not hold them. The Developer is therefore unable to restore them; the User may preserve them by means of the backup functions of the device.
Article 8 (Modification and Discontinuation of the Application)
The Application is under continuous development, and the Developer may add, modify or withdraw any feature thereof; a future version may require a more recent version of the operating system. The Developer may discontinue the distribution of the Application in its entirety. A copy of the Application already installed shall remain usable for so long as the device of the User and the Store permit; provided, however, that the Developer gives no assurance that any particular feature will remain available indefinitely.
Article 9 (Disclaimer of Warranties)
The Application is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Developer makes no warranty with respect to the Application, including without limitation any warranty that the Application will operate without interruption or error, that the Learning Content is free of error, or that the use of the Application will achieve any particular educational result. Where the laws of the country of the User do not permit such exclusions, this Article shall apply only to the extent so permitted.
Article 10 (Limitation of Liability)
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Developer shall not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit or loss of data arising from the use of the Application by the User, including the loss of any record of practice. The aggregate liability of the Developer for any claim in connection with the Application shall be limited to the amount paid by the User for the Application during the twelve (12) months preceding such claim.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in these Terms shall limit any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence and liability for fraud.
Article 11 (Apple)
These Terms are concluded solely between the User and the Developer, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the Application or the content thereof.
(a) Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support services with respect to the Application; such support is provided by the Developer at the address set forth in these Terms.
(b) In the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any applicable warranty, the User may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the Application, if any, to the User. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the Application.
(c) Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim by the User or any third party relating to the Application, including (i) product liability claims, (ii) any claim that the Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.
(d) In the event of any third-party claim that the Application infringes the intellectual property rights of that third party, the Developer, and not Apple, shall be responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of such claim.
(e) The User represents that the User is not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that the User is not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
(f) Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and shall have the right to enforce these Terms against the User.
Article 12 (Termination)
The User may terminate the agreement constituted by these Terms at any time by deleting the Application. The Developer may terminate such agreement in the event of a material breach of these Terms by the User. Those provisions which by their nature are intended to survive termination, including the disclaimer of warranties and the limitation of liability, shall survive any such termination.
Article 13 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, and the Tokyo District Court shall be the court of first instance for any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the User uses the Application as a consumer, nothing in this Article shall deprive the User of the protection afforded by the mandatory consumer protection laws of the country in which the User resides, or of any right of the User to bring proceedings in such forum as those laws may permit.
Article 14 (Amendment of these Terms)
In the event that the Developer amends these Terms, the Developer shall revise the date of last update indicated at the top of this page, and shall give notice of any material amendment on this website before such amendment takes effect. The continued use of the Application by the User thereafter shall constitute acceptance of the amended Terms; a User who does not accept the amended Terms shall delete the Application.
Article 15 (Contact)
Inquiries concerning these Terms shall be directed to Shosin Labs at support@shosin-labs.com.