Catalog EULA and Cloud
Services Terms
Operator: Stichting Outpapier (Netherlands)
Developer / IP Owner: Roberto Bourgonjen
Applies to: Catalog desktop applications for Windows,
macOS, Linux (the “Software”) and the Catalog cloud
services operated by the Operator (the “Cloud Services”). Last
updated: 2026-03-27
Key notice — permanent retention (Cloud Services).
The Cloud Services are designed for permanent
archiving. Content uploaded to the Cloud Services may be
retained indefinitely (including version history and edit trails) and
may not be deletable. If you are not comfortable with permanent
storage, do not use the Cloud Services. Use the Software in
standalone/local mode only.
1) Parties and scope
- Stichting Outpapier (“Operator”, “we”, “us”)
distributes the Software and operates Cloud Services under a license
from the Developer.
- Roberto Bourgonjen (“Developer”) develops and owns
the Software and related intellectual property, including the
Bitcash trademark and the Catalog.org suite.
- This EULA governs:
- your use of the Software (standalone/local use and
use connected to the Operator’s Cloud Services); and
- your access to and use of the Operator’s Cloud
Services.
- Identity and membership layer. If you use the
identity/membership network at catalog.id, your
participation is governed by the separate Catalog.ID
Membership Agreement (operated by the Operator for the Dutch
jurisdiction). This EULA does not replace or modify that agreement.
Contact: outpapier.nl — [email protected]
2) Acceptance
By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Software or Cloud
Services, you agree to this EULA. If you do not agree, do not use
them.
3) Definitions
- Cloud Services: the Catalog.org cloud services
operated by the Operator, accessed through the Software or official
APIs.
- BIT / BIT tokens (“BIT”): tokens used as the
pay-as-you-go usage and prepaid mechanism for Cloud Services. See Bitcash Whitepaper.
- User Content: files, media, recordings, metadata,
tags, comments, and other content you create, import, record, or upload.
Where you are also a Member of catalog.id, User Content you share with
other Members via the Network may also constitute “Member Shared Data”
as defined in the Catalog.ID
Membership Agreement.
- Standalone/Local mode: using the Software without
connecting to any Catalog servers.
4) Software license
(desktop applications)
- License grant. Subject to this EULA and your
compliance, the Operator grants you a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Software on
your devices.
- Two permitted modes of use. You may use the
Software:
- (A) Standalone/Local mode; or
- (B) Connected to the Operator’s Cloud Services
through the Software’s supported features and official APIs.
- Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly
granted are reserved by the Developer and/or the Operator.
- Additional terms for specific applications. Certain
applications within the Catalog.org suite (e.g., the Bitcash wallet) may
be subject to additional terms, such as financial or regulatory
disclosures. You will be presented with any such additional terms before
first use of the relevant application. Additional terms supplement this
EULA. If additional terms conflict with this EULA, the additional terms
control only for the relevant application or
feature.
5) Cloud
Services access, accounts, and eligibility
- Account may be required. Certain Cloud Services
features may require an account with the Operator (including via
catalog.id). Account creation and membership rules are governed by the
Catalog.ID
Membership Agreement. For Cloud Services operation (billing,
security, compliance), the Operator may require verified contact
details.
- Age requirement. You must be at least 18
years old to use the Software and Cloud Services. By accepting
this EULA, you represent that you are 18 or older. If we learn that a
user is under 18, we may suspend or terminate their account.
- Jurisdiction limits. We may restrict service
availability to certain jurisdictions or user categories to comply with
law or manage risk.
- Account security. You are responsible for
safeguarding your credentials, devices, and keys. Notify us promptly of
suspected unauthorized access.
6) Privacy and security
(Cloud Services)
- Encryption and key sharing. The Catalog.org
ecosystem supports encryption and key-based sharing mechanisms. Details
of identity-layer encryption, attribute sharing, and revocation are
governed by the Catalog.ID
Membership Agreement.
- Service metadata. To operate and secure the Cloud
Services and comply with law, the Operator may process necessary
technical and operational data (e.g., timestamps, file sizes, service
usage, security logs, and network information), even where some content
fields are encrypted.
- Data protection and your rights. The Operator
processes personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Dutch data protection law. Your rights
— including access, rectification, portability, erasure, restriction,
and objection — are described in the Privacy Policy
(published on outpapier.nl). Where this EULA permits permanent retention
or restricts deletion (e.g., the archival policy in Section 11), the
Operator will explain the applicable legal basis in the Privacy
Policy.
7) Payments, BIT tokens, and
Bitcash
BIT purchase, delivery, holding, and spending are additionally
governed by the Webshop
Terms. For a full description of the Bitcash prepaid micropayment
system, see the Bitcash
Whitepaper.
- Pay-as-you-go. Cloud Services are billed on a usage
basis against a prepaid wallet using BIT
tokens.
- Obtaining BIT tokens. BIT tokens may be obtained
by:
- purchasing through the Operator’s approved channels (e.g., webshop),
and/or
- receiving tokens for eligible intellectual services (where offered
and documented).
- No guaranteed value. BIT tokens are intended as a
prepaid usage mechanism for Cloud Services and do not represent
investment value or a promise of profit.
- No expiry. BIT tokens do not expire as long as your
account remains active. An account is considered ‘active’ if it has at
least one login or paid service activity within the past 10 years (or
such longer period required by law). The Operator publishes its
inactivity policy on its website; individual notice may not be
possible.
- Refunds. BIT is delivered digitally and can be
spent immediately. By consenting to immediate delivery at checkout, you
acknowledge that your right of withdrawal is lost once BIT is delivered
to your wallet. Unless mandatory consumer law requires otherwise, BIT
purchases are non-refundable once delivered. See the Webshop Terms for details
on the digital delivery acknowledgement and refund process.
- Balance on termination. If your account is
terminated (by you or by the Operator), any unused purchased BIT balance
is subject to the non-refundable policy in subsection 5 above. Where
mandatory consumer law requires a refund upon termination, the Operator
will comply. The Operator may withhold balances to the extent permitted
by applicable law where termination results from your breach of this
EULA. Any withholding will be proportionate to the Operator’s actual
losses, costs, or legal obligations arising from the breach, and will
not affect mandatory consumer rights.
- Bitcash trademark. “Bitcash” is a trademark owned
by the Developer and used under license.
8) Acceptable use
You must not use the Software or Cloud Services to: - violate any law
or third-party rights; - upload unlawful, infringing, abusive, or
harmful content; - distribute malware or attempt unauthorized access; -
interfere with service integrity, including by abuse, automated
scraping, or denial-of-service activity; - violate applicable export
control or sanctions laws.
We may suspend or terminate access for violations, security reasons,
legal compliance, or non-payment.
9) Restrictions (important)
You must not, and must not attempt to: 1. Connect to
third-party APIs. Modify, patch, proxy, or otherwise alter the
Software so that it connects to third-party APIs or non-Catalog
server endpoints. - The Software may be used
standalone, or connected only to the Operator’s Cloud
Services (or other licensed Catalog providers where officially
supported) where such provider connection is explicitly supported by the
Software and authorized by the Operator and/or the relevant licensed
provider. 2. Reverse engineer. Reverse engineer,
decompile, or disassemble the Software, except where such restriction is
prohibited by applicable law. 3. Bypass controls.
Bypass authentication, wallet debiting, rate limits, licensing checks,
encryption, or security controls.
10) User Content,
copyright, and provenance
- Your responsibility. You are responsible for your
User Content and for ensuring you have the rights to create, record,
upload, and share it.
- No false claims. You must not make false authorship
or copyright claims.
- Provenance and process recording. The platform may
record and archive the creative process (e.g., task recordings, edit
history, logs) to support provenance. Creativity is often collaborative;
authorship disputes can be complex. A permanent record can help support
legitimate claims and enable courts to challenge claims
where appropriate.
11)
Permanent archiving and “never delete” policy (Cloud Services)
- Archiving by design. The Cloud Services are
designed to preserve file histories, versions, edits, and related
records. Deletion may be technically impossible or
restricted.
- Do not upload if you require deletion. If you
require the ability to delete cloud-stored content, do not
upload it to the Cloud Services. Use the Software in
Standalone/Local mode.
- Non-encrypted uploads: archival license. If you
upload or create User Content on the Cloud Services in
non-encrypted form, you grant the Operator a perpetual,
irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to:
- store, copy, and preserve the content for archival
purposes (at any time); and
- make the content publicly available once copyright,
database rights, and other applicable legal protections on that content
have expired, where lawful. For the avoidance of doubt, this license
does not authorize the Operator to publish your content while it remains
protected by copyright or other IP or related rights, unless you
separately consent or unless publication is otherwise lawful (for
example, under a license you have applied to the content, or an
applicable legal exception). Nothing in this paragraph obligates the
Operator to publish any content.
- Encrypted uploads. If content is encrypted such
that the Operator cannot access plaintext, the Operator’s use of that
content is limited to what is technically required to provide
storage/transport and to comply with law.
- GDPR and mandatory rights. Nothing in this EULA
limits mandatory rights you may have under applicable law. However, the
archival design and legal retention obligations may mean that certain
deletion/erasure requests cannot be fulfilled for content already
uploaded, while we may still be able to restrict access, limit
publication, or apply other safeguards depending on the circumstances
and the service’s technical design.
12) Public availability
vs. retention
Retention (keeping an archival copy) is not the same as publication.
Where the Cloud Services provide publication or sharing features, access
controls may be available. You are responsible for the sharing settings
you choose and for any decryption keys you distribute.
13) Third-party components
The Software and Cloud Services may include third-party components
(including open-source). Those components may be governed by their own
licenses, which apply to the extent required.
14) Updates and service
changes
- Software updates. The Software may update
automatically or manually. Updates may add, change, or remove
features.
- Cloud Services changes. We may modify, suspend, or
discontinue parts of the Cloud Services, including for security,
maintenance, or legal compliance.
15) Disclaimers
The Operator does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the
Cloud Services unless agreed in writing.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Software and Cloud
Services are provided “as is” and “as
available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express,
implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of the
above may not apply to you.
16) Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law: 1. Neither the Operator nor
the Developer shall be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential,
special, or punitive damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data,
goodwill, or business interruption. 2. The total liability of the
Operator and the Developer for claims relating to the Software or Cloud
Services shall not exceed the amount you paid to the Operator for the
Cloud Services and/or Software in the 12 months before
the event giving rise to the claim (or €50 if you paid
nothing), unless mandatory law requires otherwise.
17) Termination and suspension
- You may stop using the Software and Cloud Services
at any time.
- We may suspend or terminate your access for breach, security
reasons, legal compliance, or non-payment.
- Retention survives. Termination does not delete or
remove content already uploaded to the Cloud Services, especially where
the archival model applies.
18) Force majeure
Neither the Operator nor the Developer shall be liable for delays or
failures in performance of the Software or Cloud Services resulting from
events beyond reasonable control, including natural disasters, war,
terrorism, cyberattacks, pandemic, government action, or
internet/infrastructure failures.
19) Severability
If any provision of this EULA is held invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. The
invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to
make it enforceable while preserving its intent.
20) Waiver
Failure or delay by the Operator or the Developer in enforcing a
provision of this EULA does not constitute a waiver of that provision or
of the right to enforce it later.
21) Governing law and disputes
21.1 Governing law
This EULA is governed by the laws of the
Netherlands, excluding conflict-of-law rules, unless mandatory
consumer law requires otherwise.
21.2 Disputes between you
and the Operator
This section applies to disputes between you and the Operator arising
from or relating to this EULA, the Software, or the Cloud Services.
Step 1 — Informal resolution (mandatory). Before
initiating formal proceedings, you must contact the Operator at
[email protected] describing your dispute. The Operator will attempt to
resolve the matter within 30 days. You agree to engage
in this step in good faith.
Step 2 — Mediation (mandatory). If Step 1 does not
resolve the dispute, either party may refer the matter to mediation
administered by a qualified mediator in the Netherlands, agreed upon by
the parties or, failing agreement, appointed by the competent court.
Each party bears its own mediation costs; the mediator’s fees are shared
equally. Mediation shall conclude within 60 days of
referral unless the parties agree to extend.
Step 3 — Court (last resort). If the dispute is not
resolved through Steps 1–2, either party may bring the dispute before
the competent court in the jurisdiction of the Operator in the
Netherlands, unless mandatory consumer law requires a different
court.
Urgent relief. Nothing in this section prevents
either party from seeking interim or injunctive relief from a competent
court where necessary to prevent irreparable harm.
Stichting Outpapier Website: outpapier.nl Email:
[email protected]