+ These terms govern use of the website{' '} + + https://www.freecodecamp.org + + . To use the website, you must agree to these terms with Free Code + camp, Inc., the nonprofit company that runs the website. +
++ The company may offer other products and services, under different + terms. These terms apply only to use of the website. +
++ These terms include a number of important provisions that affect + your rights and responsibilities, such as the disclaimers in + Disclaimers, limits on the company’s liability to you in Limits on + Liability, your agreement to cover the company for damages caused + by your misuse of the website in Responsibility for Your Use, and + an agreement to arbitrate disputes in Disputes. +
++ Subject to these terms, the company gives you permission to use + the website. That permission isn’t exclusive to you, and you can’t + transfer it to anyone else. Others need to agree to these terms + for themselves to use the website. +
++ Your permission to use the website is subject to the following + conditions: +
+You must be at least thirteen years old.
++ You may no longer use the website if the company contacts you + directly to say that you may not. +
++ You must use the website in accordance with Acceptable Use and + Content Standards. +
+You may not break the law using the website.
++ You may not use or try to use another’s account on the website + without their specific permission. +
++ You may not buy, sell, or otherwise trade in user names or other + unique identifiers on the website. +
++ You may not send advertisements, chain letters, or other + solicitations through the website, or use the website to gather + addresses for commercial mailing lists. +
++ You may not automate access to the website, or monitor the + website, such as with a web crawler, browser plug-in or add-on, or + other computer program that is not a web browser. You may crawl + the website to index it for a publicly available search engine. +
++ You may not use the website to send e-mail to distribution lists, + newsgroups, or group mail aliases. +
++ You may not falsely imply that you’re affiliated with or endorsed + by the company. +
++ You may not hyperlink to images or other non-hypertext content on + the website. +
++ You may not remove any marks showing proprietary ownership from + materials you download from the website. +
++ You may not show any part of the website on other websites with + using iframes. +
++ You may not disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access + restrictions of the website. +
++ You may not strain infrastructure of the website with an + unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose + an unreasonable load on information systems underlying the + website. +
++ You may not encourage or help anyone in violation of these + terms. +
+You may not impersonate others through the website.
++ You may not submit content to the website that is illegal, + offensive, or otherwise harmful to others. This includes content + that is harassing, inappropriate, or abusive. +
++ You may not submit content to the website that violates the law, + infringes anyone’s intellectual property rights, violates + anyone’s privacy, or breaches agreements you have with others. +
++ You may not submit content to the website containing malicious + computer code, such as computer viruses or spyware. +
++ You may not submit content to the website as a mere placeholder, + to hold a particular address, user name, or other unique + identifier. +
++ You may not use the website to disclose information that you + don’t have the right to disclose, like others’ confidential + information. +
++ The company may investigate and prosecute violations of these + terms to the fullest legal extent. The company may notify and + cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting + violations of the law and these terms. +
++ The company reserves the right to change, redact, and delete + content on the website for any reason. If you believe someone + has submitted content to the website in violation of these + terms, please contact us immediately. +
++ You must create and log into an account to use some features of + the website. +
++ To create an account, you must provide some information about + yourself. If you create an account, you agree to provide, at a + minimum, a valid e-mail address, and to keep that address + up-to-date. You may close your account at any time by logging + into your account and clicking the button on your account + settings page. +
++ You agree to be responsible for all action taken using your + account, whether authorized by you or not, until you either + close your account or notify the company that your account has + been compromised. You agree to notify the company immediately if + you suspect your account has been compromised. You agree to + select a secure password for your account, and keep it secret. +
++ The company may restrict, suspend, or close your account on the + website according to its policy for handling copyright-related + takedown requests, or if the company reasonably believes that + you’ve breached these terms. +
++ Nothing in these terms gives the company any ownership rights in + intellectual property that you share with the website, such as + your account information or other content you submit to the + website. Nothing in these terms gives you any ownership rights + in the company’s intellectual property, either. +
++ Between you and the company, you remain solely responsible for + content you submit to the website. You agree not to wrongly + imply that content you submit to the website is sponsored or + approved by the company. These terms do not obligate the company + to store, maintain, or provide copies of content you submit. +
++ Content you submit to the website belongs to you, and you decide + what permission to give others for it. But at a minimum, you + license the company to provide content that you submit to the + website to other users of the website. That special license + allows the company to copy, publish, and analyze content you + submit to the website. +
++ When content you submit is removed from the website, whether by + you or by the company, the company’s special license ends when + the last copy disappears from the company’s backups, caches, and + other systems. Other licenses you apply to content you submit + may continue after your content is removed. Those licenses may + give others, or the company itself, the right to share your + content through the website again. +
++ Others who receive content you submit to the website may violate + the terms on which you license your content. You agree that the + company will not be liable to you for those violations or their + consequences. +
++ You agree to indemnify the company from legal claims by others + related to your breach of these terms, or breach of these terms + by others using your account on the website. Both you and the + company agree to notify the other side of any legal claims for + which you might have to indemnify the company as soon as + possible. If the company fails to notify you of a legal claim + promptly, you won’t have to indemnify the company for damages + that you could have defended against or mitigated with prompt + notice. You agree to allow the company to control investigation, + defense, and settlement of legal claims for which you would have + to indemnify the company, and to cooperate with those efforts. + The company agrees not to agree to any settlement that admits + fault for you or imposes obligations on you without your prior + agreement. +
++ You accept all risk of using the website and content on the + website. As far as the law allows, the company provides the + website as is, without any warranty whatsoever. +
++ The website may hyperlink to and integrate websites and services + run by others. The company does not make any warranty about + services run by others, or content they may provide. Use of + services run by others may be governed by other terms between + you and the one running service. +
++ The company will not be liable to you for breach-of-contract + damages company personnel could not have reasonably foreseen + when you agreed to these terms. +
++ As far as the law allows, the company’s total liability to you + for claims of any kind that are related to the website or + content on the website will be limited to $50. +
++ The company welcomes your feedback and suggestions for the + website. See the Contact section below for ways to get in touch + with us. +
++ You agree that the company will be free to act on feedback and + suggestions you provide, and that the company won’t have to + notify you that your feedback was used, get your permission to + use it, or pay you. You agree not to submit feedback or + suggestions that you believe might be confidential or + proprietary, to you or others. +
++ Either you or the company may end the agreement written out in + these terms at any time. When our agreement ends, your + permission to use the website also ends. +
++ The following provisions survive the end of our agreement: Your + Content, Feedback, Your Responsibility, Disclaimers, Limits on + Liability, and General Terms. +
++ California law will govern any dispute, including any legal + proceedings, related to these terms or your use of the website. +
++ You and the company agree to seek injunctions related to these + terms only in state or federal court in San Francisco, + California. Neither you nor the company will object to + jurisdiction, forum, or venue in those courts. +
++ Other than to seek an injunction or for claims under the + Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, you and the company will resolve + any Dispute by binding American Arbitration Association + arbitration. Arbitration will follow the AAA’s Commercial + Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer + Related Disputes. Arbitration will happen in San Francisco, + California. You will settle any dispute as an individual, and + not as part of a class action or other representative + proceeding, whether as the plaintiff or a class member. No + arbitrator will consolidate any dispute with any other + arbitration without the company’s permission. +
++ Any arbitration award will include costs of the arbitration, + reasonable attorneys’ fees, and reasonable costs for witnesses. + You or the company may enter arbitration awards in any court + with jurisdiction. +
++ If a provision of these terms is unenforceable as written, but + could be changed to make it enforceable, that provision should + be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it + enforceable. Otherwise, that provision should be removed. +
++ You may not assign your agreement with the company. The company + may assign your agreement to any affiliate of the company, any + other company that obtains control of the company, or any other + company that buys assets of the company related to the website. + Any attempted assignment against these terms has no legal + effect. +
++ Neither the exercise of any right under this Agreement, nor + waiver of any breach of this Agreement, waives any other breach + of this Agreement. +
++ These terms embody all the terms of agreement between you and + the company about use of the website. These terms entirely + replace any other agreements about your use of the website, + written or not. +
++ You may notify the company under these terms, and send questions + to the company, at team@freecodecamp.org. +
++ The company may notify you under these terms using the e-mail + address you provide for your account on the website, or by + posting a message to the homepage of the website or your account + page. +
++ The company last updated these terms on May 25, 2018, and may + update these terms again. The company will post all updates to + the website. For updates that contain substantial changes, the + company agrees to e-mail you, if you’ve created an account and + provided a valid e-mail address. The company may also announce + updates with special messages or alerts on the website. +
++ Once you get notice of an update to these terms, you must agree + to the new terms in order to keep using the website. +
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