Terms of Use

Effective: 26. July 2022

These website terms of use are applicable to all linuxfoundation.eu and project websites.

Introduction

The purposes of Linux Foundation Europe ("LF Europe") are to:

• support the collaborative development, availability and adoption of open source software, hardware and networking and other technologies and the collaborative development, availability and adoption of open protocols and standards (individually and collectively, "Open Technology");
• host various projects pursuing the development of Open Technology and other technical assets, materials and processes (each such project, which itself may include any number of projects, a "Project");
• provide enablement and support to Projects to assist their development activities; and
• undertake such other lawful activity as permitted by law and as consistent with the mission, purpose and tax status of LF Europe.

LF Europe is a Belgian private stichting headquartered in Belgium. These terms of use apply to your use of the websites of LF Project and the Projects. Any Project may have additional terms and conditions that apply to your use of such websites.

By using the websites of LF Europe or any site of any Project, you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions here. Users cannot:

• violate anyone’s intellectual property and post anyone else’s copyrighted or confidential material you don’t have permission to use.
• post anything vulgar, inflammatory, pornographic, etc. or anything that constitutes a violation of the Code of Conduct of LF Europe.
• post spam.
• abuse the system using metalinks and tags to boost any site’s SEO.
• post just to sell something.
• launch into personal attacks. You’re not going to agree with everyone, but name-calling will just cause trouble and will be regarded as flaming behavior.
• use foul language. You can say what you need to say without relying on cursing. In fact, your writing will be regarded as that much more creative.

LF Europe and its websites provide a framework for discussion and user generated information to expand the knowledge base of information related to the projects of LF Europe. Please note that articles, as well as any other user content on linuxfoundation.eu (such as blogs, directory content, forums, comments, etc.), do not reflect the views or endorsements of LF Europe, our management services provider, The Linux Foundation, its staff, or their members. We recognize there may be inaccurate information reflected in this site and that users should understand that something that appears on linuxfoundation.eu does not mean that LF Europe has vetted or endorsed that content.

LF Europe reserves the right to take down anything you post on this site, for these or other reasons. If you don’t agree to these terms, don’t use this website. Violation of the terms in this document may result in the removal of the content and a warning from the site’s administrators. A second violation will result in the removal of your user account.

Additional Terms of Use

Terms and Conditions of Use for the websites of LF Europe and of the Projects

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

This website is a service made available by LF Europe and/or the Projects, as applicable. All software, documentation, information and/or other materials provided on and through this website ("Content") may be used solely under the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use").

This website may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. The Content on this website may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and may be changed or updated without notice. LF Europe and/or the Projects may also make improvements and/or changes to the Content at any time without notice. LF Europe and the Projects assume no responsibility regarding the accuracy of the Content and use of the Content is at the recipient’s own risk. LF Europe and the Projects provide no assurances that any reported problems with any Content will be resolved.

Intellectual Property Rights

Except as otherwise provided (including, without limitation, except with respect to contributions of code and artifacts to any Project), content on this site, including all materials posted by LF Europe, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (available here https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

All logos and trademarks contained on this website are and remain the property of their respective owners. No licenses or other rights in or to such logos and/or trademarks are granted. The Trademark Policy can be found here: https://github.com/gardener/documentation/blob/master/website/about/www.linuxfoundation.eu/trademarks.

Contributions of software source code, documentation or other artifacts to Projects are governed by the terms of the charter for each Project. Contributors do not grant any additional licenses to any copyrights, patents or any other intellectual property beyond the requirements of the charter.

User Submissions

Users are solely responsible for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that users upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available on our sites ("User Content"). Neither LF Europe nor participants in any project of LF Project shall be liable for any claims arising out of User Content. You warrant that you have all rights needed to provide the User Content in accordance with these terms and all applicable laws or regulations.

Some Projects may have license terms or Contributor License Agreements that are specific to the project and may require Users to sign an agreement (such as a Contributor License Agreement) assigning and/or licensing rights in submissions made to such project. In all such cases, and to the extent there is a conflict, those license terms or agreements take precedence over these Terms of Use.

Neither LF Europe nor participants in any project of LF Project want to receive confidential information from you through this website. Please note that any information or material sent to LF Europe or any participant in any project of LF Project with respect to LF Europe or any project of LF Europe will be deemed NOT to be confidential.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

Neither LF Europe nor participants in any project of LF Project make representations whatsoever about any other website that you may access through this website. When you access a non-LF Europe website, even one that may contain the organization’s name or mark, please understand that it is independent of LF Europe and that LF Europe and participants in the projects of LF Europe have no control over the content on such website. In addition, a link to a non-LF Project website does not mean that LF Europe or any participant endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such website.

It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

IN NO EVENT WILL LF Europe, OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT OF ANY PROJECT BE LIABLE TO YOU (AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY) OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE LINUX FOUNDATION OR THE MEMBERS ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OR AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES.
ALL CONTENT PROVIDED BY LF Europe IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS ONLY. LF Europe PROVIDES NO REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS AND/OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

LF Europe reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of these Terms of Use and to take any action they deem appropriate including, without limitation, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.

LF Europe reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of Use, including but not limited to the right to block access from a particular Internet address or account holder to this website.

Please see the Privacy Policy of LF Europe available at https://linuxfoundation.eu/policies/privacy-policy for information on our privacy policy.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

LF Europe respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask users of our websites to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, subscribers or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers. We may also at our sole discretion limit access to our website and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether there is any repeat infringement.

Notice and Procedure for Notifying Designated Agent of Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any material on this website infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, or that any link on this website directs users to another website that contains material that infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below. Notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to The LF Europe Designated Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement. Our Designated Agent may be reached as follows:

Designated Agent:

Attn: Manager, DMCA
Linux Foundation Europe
Legal, Kunstlaan 56, 1000 Brussel (België)