Terms of use, in plain words.
What you may do on forc, what is ours and what is yours. Each section first as we mean it, then the pointer to the legal wording.
As of 7 October 2026 · Nystart GmbH, Hamburg
Your recipes are yours
What you write stays yours. You only grant forc the right to show and process it the way the app needs to – including variants others make of it.
[Legal wording: rights of use, scope of licence, duration]
Public means: others may cook on
Anyone may cook a public recipe and develop it further as their own variant. Your name stays on it as the origin. Private recipes are seen by nobody but you.
[Legal wording: licence for public content, attribution]
Variants are works of their own
Whoever makes a variant is responsible for it. The original is not changed. If the author adopts a change back, the reference to the person it came from stays.
[Legal wording: adaptations, attribution]
What is not allowed
No copying other people's recipe texts verbatim, no advertising dressed up as a recipe, no content that endangers people. We delete such things and tell you why.
[Legal wording: prohibited content, moderation, suspension]
Your account
You can take your data with you as a file and delete your account at any time. Your recipes and variants go with it. Variants others made of your recipes stay with them – with your name as the origin.
[Legal wording: termination, consequences for content]
Liability
forc is a cookbook, not a dietitian. Allergies, cooking times, hygiene: check them yourself. We are liable for the app, not for the food.
[Legal wording: limitation of liability, warranty]
Changes
If these terms change, we tell you beforehand by e-mail and in the app. Nothing applies retroactively.
[Legal wording: amendment procedure, objection]
Law and place
German law applies. We would rather settle disputes by e-mail than in court.
[Legal wording: applicable law, place of jurisdiction, consumer dispute resolution]
The plain paragraphs describe how forc is built and count as a promise. The legal wording of each section is marked in brackets and comes from a law firm; until then, only its subject is listed here.