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The Pendulum Foundation welcomes you
to use our website as well as resources that are together
referred to as the "Use." The Foundation provides its
online Service to you subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"),
which may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
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subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Use, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or
rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOU. By using this site in any way, you are agreeing to fully comply with the
TOU, and should you object to any term or condition for the use of the Service or contained in the TOU, your only recourse is to
discontinue using the Service.
By using this site, you may be exposed to Content that you find indecent, offensive or otherwise objectionable. You may report
such Content or other Content or conduct that violates these TOS. However, the Foundation will determine, without limitation
and in its sole discretion, as what action, if any, should be taken with respect to such activity.
You agree that the Foundation may establish separate Guidelines and/or limits for the use of this site. These may include
additional Guidelines pertaining to the etiquette of use, as need be, as well as limits on the amount of Content and the
frequency of postings.
Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FOUNDATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS,
GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES EVEN IF THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM: THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF A
SUBSTITUTE SERVICE AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR
OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE
SERVICE; OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, its principals, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or
arising out of Content that you submit, post or make available through the Foundation's Service, of your use of the Foundation's
Service, your violation of the TOS, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein, or your violation of the
rights of another.
Proprietary Information
The Foundation's site may contain proprietary information and all
information contained in the Foundation's Service is protected by all
applicable copyright, trademark and intellectual property laws to the
maximum extent permitted. You acknowledge that all code and
specifications are subject to the respective express or implied licenses. As
a user, when you provide any Content, you automatically grant to the
Foundation a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, and fully
sublicensable license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute the
Content that you have provided. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate,
copy, sell, exploit, or otherwise use any Content, in full or part, or any use
or access to the Service, without the express written consent of the
Foundation.
The Foundation reserves the right to use your Content in promotional,
advertising, fundraising or other material that furthers the Foundation's
purpose, without compensation. The Foundation has also implemented a
privacy policy, which you may refer to, in order to learn how the Foundation
uses information that you provide.
Linking
The Foundation may, from time-to-time, link to other websites which are
operated independently from the Foundation, including websites of
government agencies, vendors, and news media. You agree that your
linking to any such website is at your own risk, and the Foundation bears
no responsibility for your linking or for the content or information contained
in any such website, including the accuracy thereof.
User Conduct
You agree that all postings and communications you make through the
Service are your sole responsibility. This means that you, and not the
Foundation, are entirely responsible for all Content you post. You agree to
not use the Service (and you agree not to allow others to use the Service)
to:
1. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or
libelous;
2. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is hateful or discriminatory against any
individual or group on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation,
ethnicity, or disability, or promotes physical harm or injury against any individual or
group;
3. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is harmful to minors in any way;
4. impersonate any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents
your identity or affiliation with another person or entity;
5. stalk or harass another person or entity;
6. employ misleading email addresses, forged headers, or other manipulated
identifiers;
7. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you
do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships
8. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that infringes any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
9. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is invasive to another's privacy or
includes personal or identifying information about another person, without that
person's explicit consent;
You agree and acknowledge that the laws of
the United States shall govern the Terms and
the relationship between you and the
Foundation without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. You agree and acknowledge to
submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the
United States. You agree and acknowledge
that regardless of any statute or law to the
contrary, any claim or cause of action arising
out of or related to use of the Service or the
Terms must be filed within one (1) year after
such claim or cause of action arose or forever
be barred.
Content posted by users does not represent
the opinion of the Foundation, its principal or
representatives. All Content is the sole
responsibility of the person from whom the
Content originated, and you agree that users
bear all legal liability resulting from the posting
of Content. The Foundation makes no
representations as to the accuracy or validity
of user-generated Content and is not liable in
any way for the use of or reliance upon such
Content. Whenever possible, such information
is marked with the name of the source. The
Foundation reserves the right to pre-screen,
move, refuse, or remove any of your Content,
or to bar access to the Service, at any time for
any reason and without prior notice.
The Terms constitutes the entire agreement
between you and the Foundation and governs
your use of the Service, superseding any prior
agreements between you and the Foundation.
The Foundation's failure of to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of the Terms
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of the Terms is
found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the
court should endeavor to give effect to the
parties' intentions as reflected in the provision,
and the other provisions of the Terms remain
in full force and effect.
The Foundation reserves the right at any time
and from time to time to modify, limit or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the
Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that The Foundation shall
not be liable to you or to any third party for any
modification, suspension or discontinuance of
the Service.
10. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of commercial solicitation;
11. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files
or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
12. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or use the Service to interfere with or disrupt the Service, or
servers or networks connected to the Service;
13. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or use the Service to collect or store personal data about other
users for commercial purposes
or engage in commercial activities, without the Foundation's prior approval.
Any use of the Service that is in violation of the above will be subject to immediate removal and user/account suspension or termination, at the
sole discretion of the Foundation.