diff --git a/terms-of-service.md b/terms-of-service.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..298464909edad5b557a8e464574b7df2bbe2f7ad --- /dev/null +++ b/terms-of-service.md @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT +This is revision 1, effective since ISO DATE HERE. + +Terms of Service +================ + +The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Arch Linux Services +and all content and services available at or through the +website. Our Services are offered subject to your acceptance without +modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other +operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, our Privacy Policy) +and procedures that may be published from time to time by Arch Linux. You agree +that we may automatically upgrade our Services, and these terms will apply to +any upgrades. + +Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using our Services. By +accessing or using any part of our services, you agree to become bound by the +terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms +and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access or use any of our +services. + +Our Services are not directed to children younger than 13, and access and use +of our Services is only offered to users 13 years of age or older. If you are +under 13 years old, please do not register to use our Services. Any person who +registers as a user or provides their personal information to our Services +represents that they are 13 years of age or older. + +Responsibility of Contributors +------------------------------ + +Some uses of our Services require creating an account. You agree to provide +us with complete and accurate information when you register for an account. You +will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your +user name. If you operate an account, maintain a package, upload package +contents, comment on a package or issue or merge request, file a package request, +post material to the Arch Linux User Repository or the Bulletin Board System or +GitLab, post links, or otherwise make (or allow any third +party to make) material available (any such material, Content), you are +entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that +Content or your conduct. That is the case regardless of what form the Content +takes, which includes, but is not limited to text, photo, video, audio, or +code. + +You agree not to use the service to upload, post or make available otherwise +any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, vulgar, +sexually explicit, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, +ethnically or otherwise objectionable. You agree not to use the service to +upload, post or make available otherwise any content that is copyrighted +without the content author's consent. You agree not to use the service to +upload, post or make available otherwise any material that contains software +viruses or other malicious code, or any illegal copies of software. + +By submitting content to any Arch Linux Service, you agree to license the content +under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 unless otherwise +stated by the Service. In the case of a Contribution to an Arch Linux Project +via GitLab or otherwise, you agree to license the Contribution under the Project's +license. If the Project doesn't state a license, you agree to license it under the +terms of the GNU General Public License version 3. + +If you delete content, you acknowledge that caching or references to the +content may not be made immediately unavailable. + +You are responsible for keeping your password and any multi-factor authentication +tokens and devices secure. + +You are responsible for ensuring continued access to your account by securely +backing up the password and any multi-factor authentication tokens and devices. +If you lose access to your account, Arch Linux may or may not be able to assist +you in regaining access to your account. + +Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Arch Linux has the +right (though not the obligation) to, in Arch Linux's sole discretion, (i) +reclaim your username or website’s URL due to prolonged inactivity, (ii) refuse +or remove any content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates any Arch Linux +policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (iii) terminate or deny +access to and use of the Services to any individual or entity for any reason. + +In addition, you agree to behave according to our Code of Conduct: +https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct + +Responsibility of Visitors +-------------------------- + +Arch Linux has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including +computer software, posted to our Services, and cannot therefore be responsible +for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating our Services, Arch +Linux does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, +or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful, or non-harmful. You +are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and +your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or +destructive content. Our Services may contain content that is offensive, +indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical +inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. Our Services may also +contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes +the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or +the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and +conditions, stated or unstated. Arch Linux disclaims any responsibility for any +harm resulting from the use by visitors of our Services, or from any +downloading by those visitors of content there posted. + +We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including +computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which +our Services may refer, and that refer to our Services. Arch Linux does not have +any control over those non-Arch Linux websites, and is not responsible for their contents +or their use. By linking to a non-Arch Linux website, Arch Linux does not +represent or imply that it endorses such website. You are responsible for +taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems +from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. +Arch Linux disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of +non-Arch Linux websites and webpages. + +Disclaimer of Warranties +------------------------ + +Our Services are provided "as is". Arch Linux and its suppliers and licensors +hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, +without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular +purpose and non-infringement. Neither Arch Linux nor its suppliers and +licensors, makes any warranty that our Services will be error free or that +access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you +download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our Services at +your own discretion and risk. + +Limitation of Liability +----------------------- + +In no event will Arch Linux or the Arch Linux staff be liable with respect to +any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict +liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental +or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products +or services; or (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data. +Arch Linux shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters +beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent +prohibited by applicable law. + +Termination +----------- + +We may terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at any time, +with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you +wish to terminate this Agreement or your registered account (if you have one), +you may simply discontinue using our Services. All provisions of this Agreement +which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, +including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, +indemnity and limitations of liability. + +Changes +------- + +We are constantly updating our Services, and that means sometimes we have to +change the legal terms under which our Services are offered. If we make changes +that are material, we will let you know by posting on one one of our news pages, +on one of our mailing lists or by sending you an email or other communication before +the changes take effect. The notice will designate a reasonable period of time +after which the new terms will take effect. If you disagree with our changes, +then you should stop using our Services within the designated notice period. +Your continued use of our Services will be subject to the new terms. However, +any dispute that arose before the changes shall be governed by the Terms +(including the binding individual arbitration clause) that were in place when +the dispute arose. + +A full list of all changes and date of last change for all of our legal documents is +available here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/service-agreements + + +About This Document +------------------- + +This document was derived from the Automattic Terms of Service and is licensed +under a Creative Commons Sharealike license (CC BY-SA 4.0).