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License and notices

Last updated 19 October 2026.

Tote is free to download, install and use on your own computer. The source code is proprietary and all rights are reserved. Tote is built with open source packages whose notices are listed here.

No warranty

Tote moves new downloads into School Files and changes files when you ask it to. Every change it makes is listed in Activity with Undo, and deleted files go to the Recycle Bin. Still, like any software, it is provided as is: keep your own backup of files that matter. The full disclaimer is part of the license.

Tote's license

Tote License

Copyright (c) 2026 Lex Matondo. All rights reserved.

Tote is free to download, install, and use on your own computer for personal
or classroom work.

The source code is proprietary. No permission is granted to copy, modify,
publish, distribute, sublicense, or sell the source code or any part of it,
or to create derivative works from it, without the prior written permission
of the copyright holder.

The installer may be shared unmodified and without charge so other teachers
can install Tote. It may not be sold, bundled with another product, or
distributed as part of a paid service without permission.

Tote is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied,
including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, and noninfringement. In no event shall the author be
liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from, out of, or in
connection with Tote or its use.

Tote includes third-party software under its own licenses. Those licenses,
and the copyright notices they require, are in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt,
which is installed next to tote.exe and published on the website. Nothing in
this notice limits the rights granted by those third-party licenses.

Versions 0.3.0 and earlier were released under the MIT License. The installer offered on this page remains free to download and share unmodified.

Open source inside Tote

Tote is built with open source packages, each under its own license. The main ones:

The complete list, with every copyright notice and license text, is in third-party-notices.txt. The same file is installed next to Tote on your laptop as THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt, together with LICENSE.txt.

This website

The Tote name, logo, text and illustrations on these pages are by Lex Matondo. The typeface is Atkinson Hyperlegible Next (SIL Open Font License), and the interface icons are from Lucide (ISC and MIT). File names and the student name in the screen illustrations are made up.

Trademarks

Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint are trademarks of Microsoft. Gmail is a trademark of Google. Messenger is a trademark of Meta. They are named only to say which files and sources Tote works with. Tote is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, these companies or the Department of Education.

Contact

Lex Matondo, codewithlex27@gmail.com