Gerald R. Lucas:General disclaimer

From Gerald R. Lucas

GRLUCAS.net contains the most accurate information available at the time of publication. Each page of this site contains a modification date; please refer to these dates in determining the most current and accurate information. Statements contained herein are not contractual obligations, and verbal or other representations that are inconsistent with or not contained within these pages are not binding. Gerald R. Lucas reserves the right to change any assignments, policies, syllabi, and other items without specific notice.

GRLUCAS is a electronic, hypertextual document. One implication of this medium remains its perpetual state of revision and change, ranging from aesthetics to content. Therefore, printouts that contain dates earlier than an existing dates on any page will be null and void.

Note on Copyright. This site and its contents are used for strictly educational purposes and fall under the purview of “fair use.” If copyright infringements exist, and the owners of the copyright object to the use of any material, please notify the author immediately.

Terms of Use

Introduction

We (the educators at GRLUCAS, generally, and Dr. Gerald R. Lucas, specifically) run a blog and courseware web site called GRLUCAS. Our service is about trying to give students a fuller access to their education by making content available online (GRLUCAS.net) and by providing a community of learners who participate in making their own knowledge (GRLUCAS.edu). Our service is designed to give you, the students, as much control and ownership over what goes on in the electronic classroom as possible and encourage you to express yourself freely. However, be responsible in what you publish.

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the GRLUCAS Web site and all content and services available at or through the Web site. The Web site is owned and operated by Dr. Gerald R. Lucas (“GRLUCAS”). The Web site is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, GRLUCAS’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by GRLUCAS (collectively, the “Agreement”). This site is not an official service offered by Macon State College, and it is in no way responsible or liable for upkeep, security, support, or maintenance of GRLUCAS.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Web site. By accessing or using any part of the Web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Web site or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by GRLUCAS, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Web site is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old and are current or former students of Dr. Gerald R. Lucas.

If you have questions about accessing or correcting your personal data please contact me. GRLUCAS has a separate privacy policy.

Disclosure

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases; links to Amazon contain my associate ID.

Your GRLUCAS Account and Site

If you create a blog on the Web site, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and GRLUCAS may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause GRLUCAS liability. You must immediately notify GRLUCAS of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. GRLUCAS will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

Responsibility of Contributors

If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Web site, post links on the Web site, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Web site (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

  • the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
  • if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
  • you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
  • the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
  • the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
  • the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
  • your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
  • your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
  • you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by GRLUCAS or otherwise.

By submitting Content to GRLUCAS for inclusion on your Web site, you grant GRLUCAS a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, GRLUCAS will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Web site, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, GRLUCAS has the right (though not the obligation) to, in GRLUCAS’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in GRLUCAS’s reasonable opinion, violates any GRLUCAS policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Web site to any individual or entity for any reason, in GRLUCAS’s sole discretion. GRLUCAS will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid. Fees and Payment

GRLUCAS will never charge for its services.

Support

As mentioned above, all support will come through GRLUCAS’s online documents and Dr. Gerald Lucas. Macon State College is in not way responsible for supporting GRLUCAS or its services. Responsibility of Web site Visitors

GRLUCAS has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Web site, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Web site, GRLUCAS does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Web site may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Web site may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. GRLUCAS disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Web site, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Content Posted on Other Web sites

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the Web sites and webpages to which GRLUCAS links, and that link to GRLUCAS. GRLUCAS does not have any control over those non-WordPress Web sites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-WordPress Web site or webpage, GRLUCAS does not represent or imply that it endorses such Web site or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. GRLUCAS disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-WordPress Web sites and webpages.

Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

As GRLUCAS asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by GRLUCAS violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify GRLUCAS. GRLUCAS will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of GRLUCAS or others, GRLUCAS may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Web site. In the case of such termination, GRLUCAS will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to GRLUCAS.

Intellectual Property

This Agreement does not transfer from GRLUCAS to you any GRLUCAS or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with GRLUCAS. GRLUCAS, the GRLUCAS logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with GRLUCAS, or the Web site are trademarks or registered trademarks of GRLUCAS or GRLUCAS’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Web site may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Web site grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any GRLUCAS or third-party trademarks.

Changes

GRLUCAS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Web site following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. GRLUCAS may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Web site (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination

GRLUCAS may terminate your access to all or any part of the Web site at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, especially if a student is no longer registered for a particular section of Dr. Lucas. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your GRLUCAS account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Web site.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Web site is provided “as is.” GRLUCAS and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither GRLUCAS nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Web site will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. If you’re actually reading this, here’s a treat. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Web site at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will GRLUCAS, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to GRLUCAS under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. GRLUCAS shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

General Representation and Warranty

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Web site will be in strict accordance with the GRLUCAS Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Web site will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GRLUCAS, Middle Georgia State University, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Web site, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

Miscellaneous

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between GRLUCAS and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of GRLUCAS, or by the posting by GRLUCAS of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Web site will be governed by the laws of the state of Georgia, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Bibb County, Georgia. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Bibb County, Georgia, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; GRLUCAS may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

This policy was borrowed from Automattic and revised by me, Dr. Gerald R. Lucas. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Sharealike license. My thanks to them for making this work available to the public.

By using this web site, you agree to GRLUCAS’s License, Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.

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