The "Terms of Service" for Squidge.org
Apr. 26th, 2023 01:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squidgestatusHere's information regarding "Terms of Service" and the services here at Squidge.org INC, a non-profit 501c3 organization.
Squidge.org holds no rights to someone else's information -- we will just host it. The content is solely owned by the list/email/website owner, and we lay no claim to it. The only exception is when someone approaches Squidge.org to add their copyrighted terms to the public legal page. One group, the DDTeens, had some problems with people misrepresenting their name and asked if we could copyright it, so we put together a page saying "The following terms are copyrighted by Squidge Production Facilitators", etc. You can see it at Squidge.ORG Legal Information.
Squidge.org is really lenient -- Hell, Walter, the person who started Squidge.org is a fan, too. Walter, via Squidge.org, has been giving back to the community by hosting chats, mailing lists, websites, and email accounts.
There are four rules
Other than that, you can have whatever you want on your website/mailing list, etc.
So anyway, there you have it on the "Terms of Service." No big ugly corporate BS, just regular usage stuff. And if you have a question, please contact the webmaster.
Added in 2002: Please note -- If you have a UNIX/Web/Mail account through squidge.org, that account and the information about it (the login & password) are yours and yours alone. This means that you are NOT to share your account information with others. If you do, and we find out, we'll be forced to terminate your account for security reasons. Now it's fine if you and another person/some people are using one account for website creation and maintenance, etc. However, you may NOT be allowed to give your login & password out to others for the purpose of you and them sharing files, etc.
Added September 21st, 2007: We have been asked to clarify what “kiddie porn” means. First of all, the artistic writing in fandoms, such as Harry Potter, is not considered kiddie porn. According to a court ruling in the United States, it is more the actual image that is the problem. Now as for artists who create pieces of work that are in like the Harry Potter or such fandoms, the law is specific. The piece of work must have artistic intent. As an artist doing the work, you are putting forth artistic intent. Thus, for those pages that you have artistic intent work on, we suggest you put a disclaimer stating your artistic value of the work, and that objectors should redirect to Google.com or something.
Squidge.org has added image hosting and a robust story archive hosting package, both of which are via open-source software. These TOS apply.
So there ya go!
**NOTE: Terms Of Service Update, April 2023**
Squidge.org holds no rights to someone else's information -- we will just host it. The content is solely owned by the list/email/website owner, and we lay no claim to it. The only exception is when someone approaches Squidge.org to add their copyrighted terms to the public legal page. One group, the DDTeens, had some problems with people misrepresenting their name and asked if we could copyright it, so we put together a page saying "The following terms are copyrighted by Squidge Production Facilitators", etc. You can see it at Squidge.ORG Legal Information.
Squidge.org is really lenient -- Hell, Walter, the person who started Squidge.org is a fan, too. Walter, via Squidge.org, has been giving back to the community by hosting chats, mailing lists, websites, and email accounts.
There are four rules
- No "snuff" flick type stuff
- No kiddie porn
- Within the context of fandom, whether a fanfiction story on SquidgeWorld Archive or a personal homepage, no links to Patreon, GoFundMe, or the like that asks for money to pay/support for fanfiction.
- No sharing of your username and password with others.
Other than that, you can have whatever you want on your website/mailing list, etc.
So anyway, there you have it on the "Terms of Service." No big ugly corporate BS, just regular usage stuff. And if you have a question, please contact the webmaster.
Added in 2002: Please note -- If you have a UNIX/Web/Mail account through squidge.org, that account and the information about it (the login & password) are yours and yours alone. This means that you are NOT to share your account information with others. If you do, and we find out, we'll be forced to terminate your account for security reasons. Now it's fine if you and another person/some people are using one account for website creation and maintenance, etc. However, you may NOT be allowed to give your login & password out to others for the purpose of you and them sharing files, etc.
Added September 21st, 2007: We have been asked to clarify what “kiddie porn” means. First of all, the artistic writing in fandoms, such as Harry Potter, is not considered kiddie porn. According to a court ruling in the United States, it is more the actual image that is the problem. Now as for artists who create pieces of work that are in like the Harry Potter or such fandoms, the law is specific. The piece of work must have artistic intent. As an artist doing the work, you are putting forth artistic intent. Thus, for those pages that you have artistic intent work on, we suggest you put a disclaimer stating your artistic value of the work, and that objectors should redirect to Google.com or something.
Squidge.org has added image hosting and a robust story archive hosting package, both of which are via open-source software. These TOS apply.
So there ya go!
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Date: 2023-04-26 03:09 am (UTC)