Terms of Use

These Terms of Use are a contract between you and SciCrunch Inc. SciCrunch operated website http://scicrunch.com, and products, services and affiliated websites offered by the SciCrunch; collectively SciCrunch’s "Sites/Services." Through these services the SciCrunch provides a dynamic inventory of Web-based neuroscience resources, data, and tools. SciCrunch advances research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide through an open source, networked environment.

By using the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use"). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, do not visit or use the SciCrunch's Sites/Services.

Ownership of Content

The copyright in the material contained in and provided by the SciCrunch's Sites/Services belongs to SciCrunch or its licensors. The trademarks and other elements appearing on the SciCrunch's Sites/Services are protected by California, United States, and international copyright, trade dress, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions and all other relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights and applicable laws. All content of the SciCrunch Sites/Services, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Reproduction of Data

All data indexed and referenced by SciCrunch through the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, unless otherwise indicated, are licensed by the respective owners of such data. Use and distribution is subject to the Terms of Use by the original resource as well as citation of SciCrunch and the original source in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Privacy

You confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Policy.

General Practices Regarding Use

SciCrunch reserves the right to limit, suspend or terminate your access and use of the SciCrunch's Sites/Services at any time without notice.

Impermissible Acts

As a condition to your use of the SciCrunch Sites/Services, you agree not to:

  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any information, materials or other content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or offensive; or that infringes another's rights, including any intellectual property rights;

  • impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or obtain, collect, store or modify personal information about other users;

  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;

  • modify, adapt or hack the SciCrunch's Sites/Services or falsely imply that some other site or service is associated with SciCrunch's Sites/Services or SciCrunch's; or

  • use the SciCrunch's Sites/Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of SciCrunch's Sites/Services, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

Violation of these Terms of Use

SciCrunch reserves the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of these Terms of Use to the fullest extent of the law. SciCrunch may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate the Terms of Use. You acknowledge that SciCrunch has no obligation to pre-screen or monitor your access to or use of SciCrunch's Sites/Services or any information, materials or other content provided or made available through the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, but has the right to do so. You hereby agree that SciCrunch may, in the exercise of SciCrunch's sole discretion, remove or delete any entries, information, materials or other content that violates these Terms of Use or that is otherwise objectionable.

Feedback

In the course of using SciCrunch's Sites/Services, you may provide SciCrunch with feedback, including but not limited to suggestions, observations, errors, problems and defects regarding SciCrunch's Sites/Services (collectively "Feedback"). You hereby grant SciCrunch's a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable and sub-licensable, non-exclusive right to use, copy, modify, distribute, display, perform, create derivative works from and otherwise exploit all such Feedback.

Modifications to SciCrunch Sites/Services and Terms of Use

SciCrunch reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, SciCrunch's Sites/Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice at any time. You agree that SciCrunch shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the SciCrunch's Sites/Services. SciCrunch reserves the right to change these Terms of Use by posting changes on this page of the SciCrunch's Sites. By using SciCrunch's Sites/Services, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then-current Terms of Use to which you are bound.

Links

SciCrunch's Sites/Services, or relevant third parties, may provide links to other web sites or resources. Because SciCrunch has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that SciCrunch is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Your business dealings with any third-parties through the SciCrunch's Sites, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. You further acknowledge and agree that SciCrunch shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Software/Technology in Use by SciCrunch

The following is a listing of software/technology in use by SciCrunch, including open source and free software tools.

  • Apache HTTP Server: Open source HTTP server to serve static pages and to proxy for web applications.

  • Apache Tomcat: Java servlet and web app container.

  • Apache Ant: Java library and command-line tool for automating Java build processes.

  • Apache Maven: a software project management and comprehension tool.

  • MySQL server

  • Puppet: an open source data center automation and configuration management framework.

  • Cobbler: a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments.

  • VMware Vsphere: virtualization platform for hosting and managing virtual machines.

  • Solr: is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project.

  • PHP: a general purpose scripting language.

  • CentOS: an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.

  • YourKit: YourKit is kindly supporting open source projects with its full-featured Java Profiler. YourKit, LLC is the creator of innovative and intelligent tools for profiling Java and .NET applications. Take a look at YourKit's leading software products: YourKit Java Profiler and YourKit .NET Profiler.

Notification of Claims of Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have otherwise been violated, please notify us.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF SciCrunch's SITES, SERVICES OR ANY WEB SITE TO WHICH THEY ARE LINKED IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. SciCrunch's SITES/SERVICES AND THEIR CONTENT ARE PROVIDED FOR USE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SciCrunch MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO SciCrunch's SITES/SERVICES OR THEIR CONTENTS AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT RELATING TO SciCrunch's SITES/SERVICES, THEIR CONTENT OR ANY WEB SITE TO WHICH THEY ARE LINKED.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SciCrunch OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SCICRUNCH SITES/SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SCICRUNCH STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT INFORMATION UPON WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO RELY.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold SciCrunch, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, your connection to the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, your violation of these Terms of Use, your violation of any rights of another, or any breach of the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. The user is solely responsible for his or her actions when using the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, including, but not limited to, costs incurred for Internet access. SciCrunch reserves the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL SciCrunch OR ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, LOSS OF GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, OR ANY OTHER LOSS, COST, CLAIM OR EXPENSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SciCrunch's SITES/SERVICES, THEIR CONTENT OR ANY WEB SITE WITH WHICH THEY ARE LINKED.

Special Considerations for International use

Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

General Terms

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and SciCrunch and govern your use of the SciCrunch's Sites/Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and SciCrunch (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Use) and any prior representations by SciCrunch. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflicts of law principles. The failure of SciCrunch to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action brought against SciCrunch and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners and employees, arising out of or related to use of the SciCrunch Sites/Services or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

The "Terms of Use" posted on this site was updated on or about March 10, 2017 (Version 1.0).

These "Terms of Use" were adapted from the PLoS Terms of Use which are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License