ResNetWiki:Terms of Use
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Welcome to ResNetWiki. Before you edit the wiki, you must agree to the terms below. These terms may be changed over time without notice to you. Important changes will be announced on the ResNetWiki or on the ResNet-L mailing list. You agree to be bound by any changes to this page.
If you do not accept and abide by this agreement, please do not use the ResNetWiki. If you do not wish to follow ResNetWiki's policies, please do not edit this wiki.
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Description of service
The ResNet Organization hosts ResNetWiki. ResNetWiki's content is made freely accessible for informational or educational purposes to anyone with a connection to the World Wide Web.
ResNetWiki content
ResNetWiki and ResNet take no responsibility for the content uploaded by third parties. The ResNet Steering Committee will act to remove copyright violations in a timely manner following the receipt of proper notification.
ResNetWiki is provided "as is". ResNet has no responsibility for lack of availability of any wiki or of any particular content. You should be aware that the wikis are editable by the public, and, as such, may contain inappropriate content at any time.
Any use you make of content hosted by ResNetWiki must be in line with the terms of that wiki's license. ResNetWiki is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license (CC BY-NC-SA).
Any content you upload or post to ResNetWiki must be compatible with the CC BY-NC-SA license, not violate another person's intellectual property or infringe on any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights. No content shall be added which violates any applicable law, including local, state, national, and international laws.
No content shall be added to ResNetWiki that is tortious, threatening, harmful, hateful, unlawful, libelous, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, vulgar, obscene, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable or potentially damaging, as reasonably determined by ResNet.
All content on ResNetWiki is the responsibility of the person who uploaded it or added it to a wiki page. ResNet does not control the content, and does not approve the content before it is published. Although they are not obliged to do so, ResNet, or its designees, have the right to remove any content for any reason, including violation of these terms of use.
Use of the ResNetWiki
Use of the ResNetWiki is at your own risk.
Users of this service shall not act in a way on ResNetWiki which would be harmful to minors. Users of this service shall not impersonate any other person or entity.
Users shall not harass other users or collect or publish personal information about them.
ResNet may terminate your use of the site, and administrators may terminate your ability to edit the site.
Commercial activities which have not been authorized by ResNet are not permitted on the site. You may not sell or otherwise commercially exploit the use of this service, or access to the service.
Access to ResNetWiki
ResNet reserves the right to refuse access to the ResNetWiki to any user, for any reason.
ResNetWiki may be discontinued at any time and without any liability to any user.
ResNetWiki may be closed, either to editing or viewing at any time and without notice.
Advertising
No user shall add advertising.
Collection of personal information
User information is stored on servers in the United States. The only information that you need give is a username and password. The username does not need to be your real name. Therefore, any personal information you choose to give is not compulsory. No personal information should be given on the wiki by persons aged less than 13 years.
If you choose to enter a real name in your preferences, this will be publicly available. However, this field is optional, and there is no requirement for any user to give a real name. Users under 13 should not give their real name.
Information from our server logs may be stored and used to gather aggregate data about users, and used to determine whether the identity of one or more users is the same in cases of abuse. This data includes your IP address, and details about your browser.
Your browser must permit cookies to be set (by *.resnetsymposium.org) in order for you to log in to ResNetWiki. If you do not make an account on ResNetWiki, there is no necessity to accept cookie requests from this site.
Users who are not logged in will not be able to edit pages.
Copyrights
All content on the site is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. All copyrights remain with their original holder, and ResNet holds no copyright.
Legal action
You agree to indemnify ResNet, its owners, employees, and users from any liability relating to your use of this site, or its content.
All legal action will be subject to the jurisdiction of courts in Massachusetts, US.
Disclaimer of warranties
Except in those jurisdictions which do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, ResNet expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind and shall not be liable for any damages or losses whether directly or indirectly related to your use of this site or its content.
Severability
If any term, condition or clause of these terms of use is found to be invalid then the remaining terms, conditions and clauses, shall remain valid.
