Terms of use

What OpenQRS is

OpenQRS is a static website that generates QR codes inside your own browser. It is operated by ZENIT GROUP S.A.S.. Using the site means accepting these terms; if you do not accept them, do not use it.

What OpenQRS is not

Several of these are things people reasonably expect from a QR generator, so they are listed rather than implied:

• Not a link shortener and not a redirect service. The code encodes the string you gave it. It does not point at this domain on the way to somewhere else.
• Not a dynamic-QR service. The destination cannot be changed after the code is generated. Changing where a printed code leads means printing a new code — unless you encoded a URL you control and change what sits behind it.
• Not a scan-tracking or analytics product. Nobody can tell you how many times a printed code was scanned, and this operator least of all. Only the destination itself can count visits.
• Not an account product. There is nothing to sign up for, nothing to log in to, no saved history and no subscription.
• Not an expiry or revocation service. A generated code has no expiry date and cannot be disabled, by you or by us. If a code should stop working, the destination has to stop working.
• Not a party to what your code points at. The operator does not verify that a destination is safe, live, lawful or yours, and is not involved in any payment, message or connection a scan initiates.
• Not a hosting service. A menu, a PDF, an audio file or a link page must live at a web address you already control. The generator encodes that address; it does not store the file.

One consequence is worth stating plainly: once a code is printed, it does not depend on this site at all. If OpenQRS were switched off tomorrow, every code ever generated with it would keep decoding to the same string.

What you are responsible for

• The content you encode. You need the right to use it — a trademark, a logo placed in the centre of a symbol, a phone number that is not yours, or someone else's contact details are all your responsibility, not the operator's.
• Whether the destination is appropriate and whether it stays online. The QR symbol is permanent; a web address behind it is only as permanent as whoever runs it.
• Whether the payload should be public at all. Anyone who photographs a printed code can read everything in it. See the privacy statement.
• Keeping your own copy of anything you export. The operator holds no copy of any code you generate, because no code you generate ever arrives here.

Test a code before you print at volume

Scanning behaviour varies by device, camera app and reader. A payload that opens a Wi-Fi dialog on one phone can appear as raw text on another, and a heavily styled symbol that decodes on a modern phone can fail on an older reader or under poor light.

Before any print run, scan the finished artwork at its real printed size with more than one phone and more than one camera app, from the distance and lighting it will actually be used in. The operator has no way to test your artwork, your printer or your paper, and accepts no responsibility for a print run that was not checked first.

No warranty

The generators are provided as they are, without warranty of any kind. In particular there is no guarantee that a given symbol will scan on every device or in every reader, that a payload format will be recognised by a particular operating system, that a styled code will remain readable after printing, that the site will be available without interruption, or that a destination you encode will continue to exist.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ZENIT GROUP S.A.S. is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this site, including the cost of a print run that did not scan, loss of business from a destination that stopped working, or loss of data you did not keep a copy of.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow to be limited. Colombian law does not permit a party to exclude liability for fraud, for wilful misconduct or for gross negligence, and does not permit the rights of a consumer under consumer protection legislation to be waived by a clause in a document like this one. No sentence here attempts any of that, and if one is read as attempting it, it does not apply.

Acceptable use

• Do not encode material you have no right to encode or distribute.
• Do not use the generators to build a code that impersonates another organisation, disguises a destination, or is designed to mislead the person who scans it.
• Do not interfere with delivery of the site's files to other people. Generation is local, so there is no shared capacity to exhaust, but the hosting of the static files is shared.
• Do not present the site as your own product or imply that ZENIT GROUP S.A.S. endorses what your codes point at.

Open-source components

OpenQRS includes open-source software governed by its own licences, listed with their copyright notices on the open-source notices page. Those licences take precedence over these terms for the components they cover.

The word "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED. It is used here to describe the format, not to claim any association.

Changes and effective date

These terms may change. The effective date is shown at the top of this page and no change is applied retroactively. Continuing to use the site after a change means accepting the revised terms. A code you already generated is unaffected by any change here, because it does not depend on this site.

Governing law and contact

These terms are governed by the law of Colombia, where ZENIT GROUP S.A.S. is registered and operates. Questions about them go toinfo@zenitgroup.com.co. The full company block is on theabout page.