GnuGames Board Games and Word Games: Terms of Use

GnuGames Website Terms of Use:
This Internet website is owned and operated by GnuGames, Inc. Please read these terms of service and conditions of use carefully before using this website. By using this website, you signify your consent to these terms of use in addition to any other law or regulation that applies to the website, the Internet, and/or the World Wide Web. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND CONDITIONS OF USE STATED HEREIN, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE GNUGAMES WEBSITE.

Use of Materials on this Website
GnuGames maintains this website for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. Without GnuGames's prior written permission, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use the content of this website, except that you may download one copy of the material in temporal storage on one computer for your personal, non-commercial home viewing only, provided you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright or other intellectual property right.
In the event you download software from the site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "software") are licensed to you by GnuGames. GnuGames does not transfer title to the software to you. You own the medium on which the software is recorded, but GnuGames retains full and complete title to the software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the software to a human-readable form.

Communications and Submissions
Except for personal information as governed by our Privacy Policy, any communication or material you transmit to the website by electronic mail, including any data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by GnuGames or its affiliates for any purpose, including but not limited to product or service solicitations, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.
GnuGames cannot accept unsolicited games ideas and proposals at this time. Any submissions, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques posted or sent to us will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Forums and Public Communication
You shall not upload to, distribute through, or otherwise publish through a GnuGames website any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law.
The forums shall be used only in a non-commercial manner. You shall not, without our express written approval, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services. You specifically acknowledge that soliciting other guests to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization is expressly prohibited. You must also follow the house rules whenever you are using any GnuGames website.
It is our policy to respect the privacy of all guests. Therefore, in addition to the privacy of registration data (see our Privacy Policy), we will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a guest's e-mail unless required in the course of normal maintenance of the GnuGames website and its systems or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with legal process served on GnuGames, Inc.; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of GnuGames, Inc.; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. Guests shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.

No Cheating
GnuGames does not tolerate the use of cheat programs, the reverse-engineering of protocols or code, the use of multiple accounts for the purpose of cheating, players' collusion or any other form of cheating in its online community. Any player found cheating will be subject to a one-time warning, and the subsequent freeze of its account and/or permanent removal of player privileges, at GnuGames's sole discretion.

Links
GnuGames has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this website and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this website. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by GnuGames. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.

General Provisions
GnuGames may revise these terms from time to time by updating or revising this posting, with the revised terms taking effect as of the date of its posting. GnuGames controls and operates this website from its headquarters in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America and makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this website from other locations you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. GnuGames products are available in many parts of the world. However, this website may describe products that are not available worldwide. If any portion of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law to the greatest extent possible and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect to this website must be commenced within one year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Mexico, United States of America without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

Disclaimer
The material in this website could include technical inaccuracies or other errors. Your use and browsing of the website is at your risk. GnuGames does not assume responsibility for continuously updating any page of this Web site. Unless there is a specific statement on a page of the Web site that the page has been updated on a certain date, you should not assume that the page has been updated or that the content of the page remains current. Neither GnuGames, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the website shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the website. GnuGames does not warrant that the functional aspects of the website will be uninterrupted or error free or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the website is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. GnuGames reserves the right to make changes to this website at any time without notice.

Corporate Identification, Site Content & Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of GnuGames, Inc. used herein (including but not limited to: GnuGames, Spinergy, Spinergy G-Rings, Spinergy Online, Spinergy RIMS, RIMS, Play more, Let your imagination take you for a spin, The game of original spin, his & hers, and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of GnuGames, Inc. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or modify GnuGames, Inc. trademarks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on this website, without GnuGames, Inc.'s prior written consent. The use of GnuGames, Inc. trademarks on any other website or network computer environment is not allowed. You may not use the GnuGames, Inc. trademarks as a "hot" link on or to any other website unless establishment of such a link is approved in writing in advance.

Trademarks Notice
GnuGames, Spinergy, Spinergy G-Rings, Spinergy Online, Spinergy RIMS, RIMS, Play more, Let your imagination take you for a spin, The game of original spin and his & hers are all trademarks of GnuGames, Inc. Other product and brand names on this site may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright
All content on the website is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the website without the written permission of GnuGames. GnuGames neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the website will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with GnuGames. Images, photographs, or illustrations displayed on the website are either the property of, or used with permission by, GnuGames. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the website. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.