Terms of Use

Acceptance of These Terms

This personal website includes Notes, photography, performances, project links, and interactive features. These Terms cover the public Site at timgong.me, t-g.pages.dev, and its GitHub Pages address. Owner-only editing tools are separate from public browsing.

I may revise these Terms by posting an updated version and revision date here. Any notice or agreement required by applicable law will be provided. Changes do not revoke permissions already granted under an applicable content or software license.

Site Content and Ownership

Original writing, photographs, and other creative content are owned by Tim G unless a different author, source, or license is identified. Quoted material, Scripture, music, performances involving other people, trademarks, and third-party assets retain their respective rights and credits.

Unless marked otherwise, my original Notes text and other original creative content are available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You may read, link to, and share unchanged copies noncommercially with appropriate credit and a link to the license. Sharing adapted material requires separate permission unless allowed by law. Existing license grants remain in effect while their conditions are met. Details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

The Site’s source code is licensed separately under MIT, as specified in LICENSE. LICENSE-CONTENT.md describes the creative-content license. Third-party code, fonts, quotations, code examples with their own notices, and other credited material retain their identified licenses or permissions; I grant only rights I hold. These Terms do not restrict rights granted by those licenses or uses permitted by law, including fair use.

My name, likeness, and branding may not be used to suggest endorsement, affiliation, or impersonation. A content license does not grant rights held by other people appearing in a photograph, recording, or post.

Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of others or unreasonably interfere with their use of the Site.

You may not: attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or related systems or networks; probe or test vulnerabilities without express permission; interfere with the Site’s operation; use automated means to scrape or harvest Content in a way that imposes an unreasonable load or circumvents access controls; transmit malware; or use the Site for any unlawful, harmful, or fraudulent activity.

When you comment, you retain your rights and allow me to display your comment and chosen name on the Site. Please keep comments relevant and respect others. Spam, impersonation, harassment, and sharing other people’s private information are prohibited. I may remove comments or close commenting.

Third-Party Links

Some linked projects are operated by me and may have their own terms and privacy policies. Independently operated destinations, such as GitHub and social platforms, control their own content, services, and practices. Their terms apply when you use them.

Privacy

Your use of the Site is also subject to the Privacy Policy, which describes how preferences and contact information are handled. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

No Accounts or Purchases

Public browsing, Notes, likes, comments, RSS, and games require no visitor account, and the Site offers no purchases. Private authoring, preview, and moderation tools are restricted to the owner. The Site accepts text comments on Notes and does not accept public file uploads.

Disclaimers

The Site and Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

I do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that defects will be corrected. Information on the Site may change without notice and may not always be complete or current.

Notes and interactive demonstrations are provided for information, learning, and enjoyment. They may contain mistakes or become outdated. Emergency-alert examples are demonstrations, not a source of live warnings or a substitute for official emergency information. Nothing in these Terms removes rights or remedies that applicable law does not allow to be excluded.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tim G is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Site or Content.

Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations; in those cases, liability is limited to the maximum extent the law allows.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by applicable laws of the State of California, unless mandatory laws in your location provide otherwise.

Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Tim G regarding the Site and supersede prior understandings on that subject.

Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.

Contact

Questions about these Terms of Use:

Email: contact.timg@icloud.com

Site operator: Tim G — San Francisco Bay Area