Recent changes to ToS

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:48:42 -0000

--- v14
+++ v15
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@

 ## E. Copyright & DMCA Policy

-This section talks about how 3S will respond if you believe someone is infringing your copyrights on CODESYS Forge.
+This section talks about how CODESYS GmbH will respond if you believe someone is infringing your copyrights on CODESYS Forge.


 # CODESYS Forge Terms of Service
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@

 The “Service” refers to the applications, software, products, and services provided on CODESYS Forge.

-The “Website” refers to the CODESYS Forge website located at forge.codesys.com, and all content, services, and products provided by 3S through this Website.
+The “Website” refers to the CODESYS Forge website located at forge.codesys.com, and all content, services, and products provided by CODESYS GmbH through this Website.

 “The User,” “You,” and “Your” refer to the individual person, company, or organization that has visited or is using the Website or Service; that accesses or uses any part of the account; or that directs the use of the account in the performance of its functions. A User must be at least 13 years of age. Special terms may apply for business or government accounts (See Section B(4): Additional Terms).

-“3S" “We,” and “Us” refer to 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH, as well as our affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, contractors, licensors, officers, agents, and employees.
+“We,” and “Us” refer to CODESYS GmbH, as well as our affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, contractors, licensors, officers, agents, and employees.

 “Content” refers to content featured or displayed through the Website, including without limitation text, data, articles, images, photographs, graphics, software, applications, designs, features, and other materials that are available on the Website or otherwise available through the Service. "Content" also includes Services. “User-Generated Content” is Content, written or otherwise, created or uploaded by our Users. "Your Content" is Content that you create or own.

ToS modified by codesys.com

codesys.com — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:42:53 -0000

--- v13
+++ v14
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@

 # CODESYS Forge Terms of Service
-
-Effective date: XXX

 ## A. Definitions

ToS modified by codesys.com

codesys.com — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:22:38 -0000

--- v12
+++ v13
@@ -193,13 +193,23 @@

 To the extent this agreement is not enforceable by applicable law, you grant CODESYS Forge the rights we need to use Your Content without attribution and to make reasonable adaptations of Your Content as necessary to render the Website and provide the Service.

-## E. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
+## E. Usage of Cookies
+
+Cookies are used on CODESYS Forge to store user data.
+
+* User session information is stored to keep track of the currently logged in user
+* Data, entered by the user, is tracked to support the display of information to the user
+
+Cookies are not recored or tracked by CODESYS Forge for other reasons, than their direct purpose.
+
+
+## F. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

 If you believe that content on our website violates your copyright, please contact us in accordance with our Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy. If you are a copyright owner and you believe that content on CODESYS Forge violates your rights, please contact us by emailing to forge@codesys.com. There may be legal consequences for sending a false or frivolous takedown notice. Before sending a takedown request, you must consider legal uses such as fair use and licensed uses.

 We will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers of this policy.

-## F. This Agreement
+## G. This Agreement

 This user agreement is based on the terms of service, provided by Github. It has been modified to match the services, provided by CODESYS Forge. At the time this agreement was derived, the original was licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), and could be found [here](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/).

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 10 May 2018 00:16:30 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@

 ## B. Account Terms

-Short version: A human must create your account; you must be 13 or over; you must provide a valid email address; and you may not have more than one account. You alone are responsible for your account and anything that happens while you are signed in to or using your account. You are responsible for keeping your account secure.
+Short version: 
+
+* A human must create your account.
+* You must be 13 or over.
+* You must provide a valid email address.
+* You may not have more than one account.
+* You alone are responsible for your account and anything that happens while you are signed in to or using your account.
+* You are responsible for keeping your account secure.

 ### 1. Required Information

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:26:22 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -105,15 +105,15 @@

 While using CODESYS Forge, you agree that you will not under any circumstances:

-harass, abuse, threaten, or incite violence towards any individual or group, including 3S employees, officers, and agents, or other CODESYS Forge Users;
+* harass, abuse, threaten, or incite violence towards any individual or group, including 3S employees, officers, and agents, or other CODESYS Forge Users;

-use our servers for any form of excessive automated bulk activity (for example, spamming), or relay any other form of unsolicited advertising or solicitation through our servers, such as get-rich-quick schemes;
+* use our servers for any form of excessive automated bulk activity (for example, spamming), or relay any other form of unsolicited advertising or solicitation through our servers, such as get-rich-quick schemes;

-attempt to disrupt or tamper with the servers of 3S in ways that could harm our Website or Service, to place undue burden on servers of 3S through automated means, or to access CODESYS Forge Services in ways that exceed your authorization;
+* attempt to disrupt or tamper with the servers of 3S in ways that could harm our Website or Service, to place undue burden on servers of 3S through automated means, or to access CODESYS Forge Services in ways that exceed your authorization;

-impersonate any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives, including through false association with 3S, the CODESYS GmbH, or by fraudulently misrepresenting your identity or site's purpose; or
+* impersonate any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives, including through false association with 3S, the CODESYS GmbH, or by fraudulently misrepresenting your identity or site's purpose; or

-violate the privacy of any third party, such as by posting another person's personal information without consent.
+* violate the privacy of any third party, such as by posting another person's personal information without consent.

 ### 4. Services Usage Limits

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:24:41 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -89,17 +89,17 @@

 You agree that you will not under any circumstances upload, post, host, or transmit any content that:

-is unlawful or promotes unlawful activities;
+* is unlawful or promotes unlawful activities;

-is or contains sexually obscene content;
+* is or contains sexually obscene content;

-is libelous, defamatory, or fraudulent;
+* is libelous, defamatory, or fraudulent;

-is discriminatory or abusive toward any individual or group;
+* is discriminatory or abusive toward any individual or group;

-contains or installs any active malware or exploits, or uses our platform for exploit delivery (such as part of a command and control system); or
+* contains or installs any active malware or exploits, or uses our platform for exploit delivery (such as part of a command and control system); or

-infringes on any proprietary right of any party, including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other rights.
+* infringes on any proprietary right of any party, including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other rights.

 ### 3. Conduct Restrictions

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 23:44:24 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 ## B. Account Terms

-These are the basic requirements of having an account on GitHub.
+These are the basic requirements of having an account on CODESYS Forge.

 ## C. Acceptable Use

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@

 ### 7. Excessive Bandwidth Use

-If we determine your bandwidth usage to be significantly excessive in relation to other GitHub customers, we reserve the right to suspend your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption.
+If we determine your bandwidth usage to be significantly excessive in relation to other CODESYS Forge customers, we reserve the right to suspend your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption.

 ### 8. User Protection

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@

 Any User-Generated Content you post publicly, including issues, comments, and contributions to other Users' repositories, may be viewed by others. By setting your projects to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and copy your data.

-If you set your projects to be viewed publicly, you grant each User of CODESYS Forge a nonexclusive, worldwide license to use, display, and perform Your Content through the CODESYS Forge Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on CODESYS Forge as permitted through its functionality. You may grant further rights if you adopt a license. If you are uploading Content you did not create or own, you are responsible for ensuring that the Content you upload is licensed under terms that grant these permissions to other GitHub Users.
+If you set your projects to be viewed publicly, you grant each User of CODESYS Forge a nonexclusive, worldwide license to use, display, and perform Your Content through the CODESYS Forge Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on CODESYS Forge as permitted through its functionality. You may grant further rights if you adopt a license. If you are uploading Content you did not create or own, you are responsible for ensuring that the Content you upload is licensed under terms that grant these permissions to other CODESYS Forge Users.

 ### 6. Contributions Under Repository License

@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@

 ## E. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

-If you believe that content on our website violates your copyright, please contact us in accordance with our Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy. If you are a copyright owner and you believe that content on GitHub violates your rights, please contact us by emailing to forge@codesys.com. There may be legal consequences for sending a false or frivolous takedown notice. Before sending a takedown request, you must consider legal uses such as fair use and licensed uses.
+If you believe that content on our website violates your copyright, please contact us in accordance with our Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy. If you are a copyright owner and you believe that content on CODESYS Forge violates your rights, please contact us by emailing to forge@codesys.com. There may be legal consequences for sending a false or frivolous takedown notice. Before sending a takedown request, you must consider legal uses such as fair use and licensed uses.

 We will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers of this policy.

 ## F. This Agreement

-This user agreement is based on the terms of service, provided by github. It has been modified to match the services, provided by CODESYS Forge. At the time this agreement was derived, the original was licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), and could be found [here](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/).
+This user agreement is based on the terms of service, provided by Github. It has been modified to match the services, provided by CODESYS Forge. At the time this agreement was derived, the original was licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), and could be found [here](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/).

 This agreement is also licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:59:20 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [TOC]

-# CODESYS Forge Terms of Service
+# Welcome

-Thank you for using CODESYS Forge! We're happy you're here. Please read this Terms of Service agreement carefully before accessing or using CODESYS Forge. We provide our services in the hope to give a notable value back to the open source community and strengthen the open source autamation community. This ToS is based on the ToS of Github, which is thankfully published under the Creative Common License.
+Thank you for using CODESYS Forge! We're happy you're here. Please read this Terms of Service agreement carefully before accessing or using CODESYS Forge. We provide our services in the hope to give a notable value back to the open source community and strengthen the open source autamation community. This ToS is based on the ToS of Github, which is thankfully published under the Creative Common Zero License.

 # Summary

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 This section talks about how 3S will respond if you believe someone is infringing your copyrights on CODESYS Forge.

-# The CODESYS Forge Terms of Service
+# CODESYS Forge Terms of Service

 Effective date: XXX

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:55:26 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -25,34 +25,6 @@
 ## E. Copyright & DMCA Policy

 This section talks about how 3S will respond if you believe someone is infringing your copyrights on CODESYS Forge.
-
-## F. Intellectual Property Notice
-
-This describes GitHub's rights in the website and service.
-
-## G. Cancellation and Termination
-
-You may cancel this agreement and close your account at any time.
-
-## H. Disclaimer of Warranties
-
-We provide our service as is, and we make no promises or guarantees about this service. Please read this section carefully; you should understand what to expect.
-
-## I. Limitation of Liability
-
-We will not be liable for damages or losses arising from your use or inability to use the service or otherwise arising under this agreement. Please read this section carefully; it limits our obligations to you.
-
-## J. Release and Indemnification
-
-You are fully responsible for your use of the service.
-
-## K. Changes to these Terms of Service
-
-We may modify this agreement, but we will give you 30 days' notice of changes that affect your rights.
-
-## L. Miscellaneous
-
-Please see this section for legal details including our choice of law.

 # The CODESYS Forge Terms of Service

ToS modified by Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:52:54 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -220,3 +220,8 @@

 We will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers of this policy.

+## F. This Agreement
+
+This user agreement is based on the terms of service, provided by github. It has been modified to match the services, provided by CODESYS Forge. At the time this agreement was derived, the original was licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), and could be found [here](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/).
+
+This agreement is also licensed under the [Creative Commons Zero license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).