Legal and Content Policy

This page summarizes SwarmOtter’s plain-language legal and content posture. It is project documentation and policy, not legal advice.

Project posture

• SwarmOtter is a neutral, general-purpose BitTorrent client.
• The project does not provide content.
• The project does not index content.
• The project does not encourage infringement.
• Users are solely responsible for their own compliance with applicable law.

Project scope

The SwarmOtter project defines what it will and will not include in its repositories, documentation, examples, release artifacts, and project-hosted assets. This is a statement of project scope, not a mechanism for monitoring or policing user behavior. The project has no observability into how users deploy the software.

Prohibited project content

Official project repositories, documentation, examples, release artifacts, and project-hosted assets must not include:

• Pirate indexers.
• Search integrations aimed at infringing content.
• Bundled copyrighted .torrent files.
• Bundled infringing magnet links.
• Default tracker lists associated with infringing content.
• Documentation encouraging copyright infringement.
• Documentation explaining how to find unauthorized content.
• Screenshots based on copyrighted movies, shows, commercial games, music albums, ROM collections, or cracked software.
• Wording that frames VPN/NIC binding as a way to hide infringement.

License

SwarmOtter source code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the repository LICENSE file.

Project policy belongs in documentation. It is not an extra restriction added to the Apache-2.0 license.

Branding

The SwarmOtter name, logo, and other brand assets may be subject to separate brand or trademark rules distinct from the source code license.