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Our Terms of Use
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
Welcome to LyfeIndex! The LyfeIndex , Inc. ("we" or "us"), is an organization whose mission is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally, free of charge. To support our vibrant community, we provide the essential infrastructure and organizational framework for the development of multilingual Projects and their editions (as explained here) and other endeavors which serve this mission. We strive to make and keep educational and informational content from the Projects available on the internet free of charge, in perpetuity. We welcome you ("you" or the "user") as a reader, editor, author, or contributor of the LyfeIndex Projects, and we encourage you to join the LyfeIndex community. Before you participate, however, we ask that you please read and agree to the following Terms of Use ("Terms of Use")
Overview
- These Terms of Use tell you about our public services at the LyfeIndex , our relationship to you as a user, and the rights and responsibilities that guide us both. We want you to know that we host an incredible quantity of educational and informational content, all of which is contributed and made possible by users like yourself. Generally we do not contribute, monitor, or delete content (with the rare exception of policies like these Terms of Use or legal compliance for DMCA notices). This means that editorial control is in the hands of you and your fellow users who create and manage the content. We merely host this content.
- The community - the network of users who are constantly building and using the various sites or Projects - are the principal means through which the goals of the mission are achieved. The community contributes to and helps govern our sites. The community undertakes the critical function of creating and enforcing policies for the specific Project editions (such as the different language editions for the LyfeIndex Project or the LyfeIndex Commons multi-lingual edition).
- You are welcome to join as a contributor, editor, or author, but you should follow the policies that govern each of the independent Project editions. The largest of our Projects is LyfeIndex, but we host other Projects too, each with different objectives and work methods. Each Project edition has a team of contributors, editors or authors who work together to create and manage the content on that Project edition. You are welcome to join these teams and work with them to improve these Projects. Because we are dedicated to making content freely accessible to the public, we generally require that all content you contribute is available under a free license or in the public domain.
- Please be aware that you are legally responsible for all of your contributions, edits, and re-use of LyfeIndex content under the laws of the United States of America and other applicable laws (which may include the laws where you live or where you view or edit content). This means it is important that you use caution when posting content. In light of this responsibility, we have some rules about what you cannot post, most of which is either for your own protection or for the protection of other users like yourself. Please keep in mind that the content we host is for general informational purposes only, so if you need expert advice for a particular question (such as medical, legal, or financial issues), you should seek the help of a licensed or qualified professional. We also include other important notices and disclaimers, so please read these Terms of Use in their entirety.
- For clarity, other organizations, such as local LyfeIndex chapters and associations, that may share in the same mission are nevertheless legally independent and separate from the LyfeIndex and have no responsibility for the operations of the website or its content
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