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The agreement, in plain English.

By using Slate (the app at slate.ljs.app and any related services), you agree to the terms below. They're short on purpose.

What this is

Slate is a scheduling tool for community-driven podcasts. App Admins create Slates, Speakers run episodes on them, and Members suggest topics + upvote others' suggestions. We host the calendar, the suggestion pool, and the show-notes pages. We do not host the audio or video; recordings live wherever the Speaker chooses to host them.

What you can do

• Sign in via email magic-link and join any public Slate as a Member.
• Suggest topics, upvote others', and view the public schedule.
• If you're a Speaker on a Slate, claim slots, marry suggestions to slots, and write show notes.
• Quote or share Slate URLs with attribution.

What you can't do

• Don't try to break the service — no scraping at scale, no automated abuse, no probing for security flaws without permission.
• Don't use the service to harass anyone. Speakers and App Admins moderate suggestions and can archive or remove abuse.
• Don't claim our software, our index, or another user's content as your own work.

The service is provided as-is

We make no warranty that the service is error-free, complete, or available at any given moment. Slate is in beta and free; we may take it down for maintenance or change how it works.

Accounts

You're responsible for keeping your sign-in email secure. App Admins may suspend or remove accounts that violate these terms, including by archiving suggestions or revoking Speaker rights.

Content ownership

You retain rights to suggestions and show notes you submit. By posting them on Slate, you grant the Slate's Speakers and App Admins permission to display them on the Slate's public pages, marry them to scheduled episodes, and include them in CSV exports.

Privacy

See Privacy for what data we collect and how we use it.

Changes

We may update these terms. If we change them substantively, we'll email registered users.

Contact

Questions? Reach Scott Pierce.

Effective: April 2026. Sponsored by Left Join Studio, Inc.