These Terms of Service establish the working relationship between O Projects ("we," "us," or "our") and anyone who engages our services or visits our website. We're a software development studio based in New Nozha, Cairo, and we take our client relationships seriously.
When you sign a Statement of Work, accept a proposal, or use o-projects.org, you're agreeing to these terms. They're designed to be fair, transparent, and clear about how we work together.
We build software. That might mean a web application, a mobile app, a SaaS platform, or a custom internal tool. Each project is defined in a Statement of Work (SOW) that spells out exactly what we're building, how long it will take, and what it will cost.
If you need something added to the project that wasn't in the original plan, we'll document it as a change request. We'll let you know how it affects the timeline and budget before any work starts on it.
For us to do our best work, we need your help. We'll need access to the right people, information, and systems to get the job done. We also need you to designate someone on your team who can make decisions and approve work as we go.
When we send you something for review, please get back to us within the timeframe we agreed on. If feedback is delayed, the project timeline shifts accordingly. It's a simple cause and effect.
One more thing: any content, data, or materials you provide must be yours to share. We can't be responsible for copyright issues that come from materials you've given us.
Our fees are outlined in your SOW. We typically work on a deposit basis with milestone payments or monthly invoices, depending on the project. Invoices are due within the timeframe stated on the invoice.
Late payments may accrue interest, and we reserve the right to pause work if an account becomes overdue. We're reasonable people, but we also run a business and need to keep things moving.
Unless otherwise agreed, our fees don't include third-party costs like hosting, domain names, API subscriptions, or app store fees. Those get passed through to you at cost.
Once you've paid in full for a project, we transfer ownership of the deliverables to you. The code, designs, and documentation we created specifically for your project become yours. Simple as that.
We bring a lot of experience and reusable tools to every project. Things like our internal frameworks, boilerplate code, design systems, and general know-how remain ours. If we use these in your project, we grant you a perpetual license to use them as part of your deliverables.
We often use open-source libraries and third-party components in our work. These remain under their own licenses, which we'll make sure you're aware of.
We're proud of what we build. Unless you ask us not to, we'll mention your project in our portfolio and use it to demonstrate our capabilities to potential clients. We never share confidential details, just the high-level story of what we built together.
We treat your business information with respect. Any non-public information you share with us stays confidential and is used only for your project. This obligation extends for two years after our engagement ends.
This doesn't apply to information that's already public, that we knew before you told us, or that we're legally required to disclose.
We stand behind our work. We'll perform our services professionally and in line with industry standards. If something goes wrong in the thirty days after delivery, and it's our fault, we'll fix it at no additional cost.
However, beyond that, the services and deliverables are provided "as is." We can't guarantee that your software will work perfectly in every environment or that it will meet your specific business goals, especially if requirements change or third-party integrations break.
To the extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim related to a project is capped at the total fees you paid us for that project in the six months leading up to the claim.
Neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including lost profits, lost data, or business interruption. This is a standard protection that allows us to keep our rates reasonable and our focus on building great software.
Our engagement starts when you sign an SOW and continues until the work is complete, unless we end it sooner.
Either party can terminate an SOW with thirty days' notice. We can also terminate immediately if the other party materially breaches the agreement and doesn't fix it within fifteen days.
If we terminate, you pay for all work performed up to that point, and we deliver everything we've completed so far.
We're not responsible for delays caused by events outside our reasonable control: natural disasters, government actions, internet outages, or other force majeure events. We'll do our best to communicate and adapt, but we can't perform miracles.
These terms are governed by the laws of the Arab Republic of Egypt. If a dispute arises, we'll try to resolve it through good-faith negotiation first. If that doesn't work, we'll submit to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Cairo.