Farsides Wiki:Terms of Service

(Draft - these terms do not apply until they have been approved by Farsides)

This Terms of Service (“Terms”) is a legally binding agreement that governs your use of the games and applications offered by FarSides studio (“FarSides”) and accessed through third party web sites (collectively, the “Service”). By using or accessing the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Access to FarSides Service
a) Subject to your acceptance of these Terms, FarSides grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license to use and display the Service for your personal (or household) non-commercial use by any machine(s) of which you are the primary user. You agree not to use the Service for any other purpose.

b) FarSides Reserves the right to change these Terms in any way and at any time. However, no amendment to these Terms shall apply to a dispute of which FarSides had actual notice on the date of amendment.

c) We will notify you of any modifications to these Terms with one or both of the following methods: 1) we will post any modifications within the Service, and/or 2) we will send you a message informing you of the modified terms. You agree that you will read the messages we send you to inform you of any changes. You agree that you will be considered to have been given notice of any modifications once we send them to you and that your continued use of the Service after such notice shall be deemed an acceptance of any changes.

d) FarSides reserves the right to discontinue the Service or to change the content of the Service in any way and at any time, with or without notice to you, without liability.

e) You agree to be bound by any application, forum, or game specific rules published within the Service.

f) Your use of the Service is conditioned upon your compliance with these Terms and any use of the Service in violation of these Terms will be regarded as an infringement of FarSides’s copyrights in and to the Service. FarSides reserves the right to terminate your access to the service without notice if you violate these Terms.

g) You represent that you are 13 years old or older. Additionally, if you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you represent that your legal guardian has reviewed and agrees to the Terms.

Ownership of Intellectual Property
a) Unless otherwise specified in writing, all materials that are part of the Service are 100% Free Software. To tell if a work, a source code or data is Free Software, we refer to the « Principles of Free Software according to Debian. The games and all its components, including it source code, its data (except personal or private data), its tools are free according to these principles, using the GNU Affero General Public License v3, the GNU Free Documentation License without any invariant sections for the texts and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike for 2D/3D/artwork/leveldesign data.

Regarding the Service 'Card Stories', the graphical assets are released under a non-free license, the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

b) FarSides, the FarSides logos, and all game names are trademarks of FarSides and may not be used without the express written permission of FarSides.

c) You do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Service, downloading material from or uploading material to the Service, or by purchasing any virtual goods.

d) All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions ("Ideas") disclosed, submitted, or offered to FarSides in connection with the use of the Service fall under the free licences mentioned in a).

In-Game currencies/goods
a) The Service may include a virtual, in-game currency (“Virtual Currency”) including, but not limited to coins, cash, or points, that may be purchased from FarSides for “real world” money if you are a legal adult in your country of residence. The Service may also include virtual, in-game digital items (“Virtual Goods”) that may be purchased from FarSides for “real world” money or for Virtual Currency. Regardless of the terminology used, Virtual Currency and Virtual Goods may never be redeemed for “real world” money, goods or other items of monetary value from FarSides or any other party.

b) Other than a limited, personal, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license to use the Virtual Goods or Virtual Currency in the Service, you have no right or title in or to any such Virtual Goods or Virtual Currency appearing or originating in the Service, or any other attributes associated with use of the Service or stored within the Service.

c) FarSides has the absolute right to manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate such Virtual Currency and/or Virtual Goods as it sees fit in its sole discretion, and FarSides shall have no liability to you or anyone for the exercise of such rights.

d) Transfers of Virtual Currencies and Virtual Goods are strictly prohibited except where explicitly authorized within the Service. Outside of the game, you may not buy or sell any Virtual Currency or Virtual Goods for “real world” money or otherwise exchange items for value. Any attempt to do so is in violation of these Terms and may result in a lifetime ban from FarSides Service and possible legal action.

e) You agree that all sales of Virtual Goods and Currencies are final. No refunds will be given, except in our sole and absolute discretion. All Virtual Goods and Currencies are forfeited if your account is terminated or suspended for any reason, in FarSides's sole and absolute discretion, or if FarSides discontinues providing the Service.

User Content
a) The Service may invite you to chat or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums and other functionality and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials to FarSides and/or to or via the Service, including, without limitation, text, writings, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions or personally identifiable information or other material (collectively "User Content").

b) You agree that your User Content is wholly original to you and you exclusively own the rights to your User Content.

c) FarSides has no obligation to accept, display, review, monitor, or maintain any User Content. We have the right to delete User Content from the Service without notice for any reason at any time. FarSides may move, re-format, edit, alter, distort, remove or refuse to exploit User Content without notice to you and without liability; provided, however, that FarSides reserves the right to treat User Content as content stored at the direction of users for which FarSides will not exercise editorial control except to enforce the rights of third parties and the Content Restrictions set forth below when violations are brought to FarSides's attention.

d) You acknowledge that you do not rely on FarSides to monitor or edit the Service and that the Service may contain content which you find offensive and you hereby waive any objections you might have with respect to viewing such content.

Usage Rules
a) As a condition of your use of and access to the Service, you agree to comply with these Usage Rules, which are provided as an example rather than as a limitation, and any application or game specific rules published within the Service.

b) You agree that your use of and conduct on the Service shall be lawful and your User Content will not:

i) include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap;

ii) include profanity or any obscene, indecent, pornographic, sexual or otherwise objectionable content or language;

iii) defame, libel, ridicule, mock, disparage, threaten, harass, intimidate or abuse anyone;

iv) promote violence or describe how to perform a violent act

v) violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property or other rights of any party, or promote or constitute illegal activity; or

vi) be in violation of these Terms or the game rules of conduct (collectively "Content Restrictions").

c) You and your activities on the Service will not:

i) reveal any personal information about another individual, including another person's address, phone number, e-mail address, credit card number or any information that may be used to track, contact or impersonate that individual;

ii) attempt to impersonate any other party;

iii) create user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses or mislead others as to the origins of your communications;

iv) trick, defraud or mislead FarSides and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords;

v) make improper use of FarSides’s support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct;

vi) engage in any commercial activities, including, without limitation, any attempt to raise money for anyone or advertise or promote a product, service, website, pyramid scheme or other multi-tiered marketing scheme;

vii) disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in FarSides's opinion, FarSides and/or the Service;

viii) violate these Terms or any local, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation or any other requirements or restrictions posted by FarSides on the Service;

ix) disseminate or transmit viruses, worms, Trojan horses, RATs, keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware, adware, cancelbots or any other malicious or invasive code or program;

x) upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text) that interferes with any party's uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Service and User Content or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of the Service, the User Content;

xi) upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats ("gifs"), 1x1 pixels, web bugs, cookies or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware," "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms");

xii) except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use or launch, develop or distribute any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or "bot"), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the Service, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software;

xiii) cover or obscure any notice, banner or advertisement on the Service;

xiv) disguise the source of your User Content or other information you submit to the Service or use tools which anonymize your internet protocol address (e.g. anonymous proxy) to access the Service;

xv) interfere with or circumvent any security feature of the Service or any feature that restricts or enforces limitations on use of or access to the Service, Collaborative Content or the User Content;

xvi) sell the Service or any part thereof including but not limited to Virtual Goods or Virtual Currency, user accounts and access to them in exchange for real currency or items of monetary value; or

xvii) engage in cheating or any other activity deemed by FarSides to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of the Service.

d) FarSides does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in User Content portions of the Service or external sites that may be linked to or from the games or their forums and, therefore, FarSides specifically disclaims any responsibility with regard thereto.

Privacy and Protection of Personal Information.
FarSides respects the privacy of visitors to our game. Information collected from you is subject to the pertinent social network’s policy. By playing the game, you may be granting your social network permission to share your e-mail address and any other personally identifiable information with FarSides. FarSides will not communicate personal information to other parties without consent - and will not resell them.

Account Responsibility
a) This Service is offered through various social networks. The Service is only available to persons who are registered members of the social network through which they access the game and are in compliance with the policies or terms of use/service of that social network. In creating your account with a social network through which you will access the Service (“Account”), you agree to:

i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself ( "Registration Data"); and

ii)maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

b) Users that maintain more than one account on a social network may not access this Service from multiple accounts. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or FarSides has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, FarSides has the right to suspend or terminate your ability to participate in the Service and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof). Provider reserves the right to terminate accounts that have been inactive for 180 consecutive days.

Disputes with Others
We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor and/or manage disputes between you and other users of the Service. If you have a dispute with other users, you release FarSides and hereby agree to indemnify FarSides from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such dispute.

Disclaimers; Limitations; Waivers of Liability
a) YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EXCEPT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO TERMS OF USE WITH ANY LEGALLY REQUIRED WARRANTY PERIOD TO THE SHORTER OF THIRTY DAYS FROM FIRST USE OR THE MINIMUM PERIOD REQUIRED). WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER FarSides NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, LICENSEES OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, "FarSides PARTIES") WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

b) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED HEREIN APPLY TO ANY AND ALL DAMAGES OR INJURY WHATSOEVER CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE UNDER ANY CAUSE OR ACTION WHATSOEVER OF ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT AND THAT THE FarSides PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE. YOU FURTHER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FarSides PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE, AND YOU AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO HOLD THE FarSides PARTIES LIABLE, FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE AND OPERATORS OF EXTERNAL SITES, AND THAT THE RISK OF THE SERVICE AND EXTERNAL SITES AND OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

c) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE FarSides PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID FarSides IN THE NINETY (90) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the FarSides Parties from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of your use of the Service and/or your breach or alleged breach of any term, condition, obligation, representation or warranty in these Terms. You agree that the provisions in this paragraph will survive any termination of your account(s) or the Service.

Governing Law/Waiver of Injunctive Relief
a) This Agreement and all aspects of the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of France governing contracts entered into and to be fully performed in France (i.e., without regard to conflict of laws provisions) regardless of your location. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to informal dispute resolution or arbitration (as set forth below), you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith other than in France, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to, venue and jurisdiction in the courts located in France.

b) You acknowledge that the rights granted and obligations made hereunder to FarSides are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm FarSides and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone so that FarSides shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you. You irrevocably waive all rights to seek injunctive or other equitable relief and agree to limit your claims to claims for monetary damages (if any).

c) Informal Negotiations. To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy or claim related to this Terms ("Dispute"), you and FarSides agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating any arbitration or court proceeding.

Waiver/Severability
The failure of FarSides to require or enforce strict performance by you of any provision of these Terms or to exercise any right under them shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of FarSides's right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance.

Miscellaneous
FarSides operates and controls the Service from its offices in France. FarSides makes no representation that the Service is appropriate or available in other locations. The information provided on the Service is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject FarSides to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Service from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

These Terms are effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate these Termsby destroying all Service-related materials obtained from the Service, FarSides or any other web site or source. The privileges granted to you under these Terms will terminate immediately and automatically without notice from FarSides if, in our sole discretion, you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice will act to modify these Terms to any party at any time without any notice to you. You may not assign these Terms without FarSides's prior written consent. These Terms contain the entire understanding of you and FarSides, and supersede all prior understandings of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and cannot be changed or modified by you except as posted on the Service by FarSides. If any provision of these Terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the Terms will be deemed curtailed to the extent necessary to make it legal and enforceable and will remain, as modified, in full force and effect. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import. Upon FarSides's request, you will furnish FarSides any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with these Terms. You agree that these Terms will not be construed against FarSides by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms.

Statute of Limitations
You and FarSides both agree 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, Terms or Privacy Policy must be filed within ONE (1) YEAR after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.