Terms of Use

Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...

— Merlin, The Coder

Termination

By  Coder Merlin™ :  Coder Merlin™  may modify, suspend, or terminate the operation of, or access to, all or any portion of the Services at any time for any reason. Additionally, your individual access to, and use of, the Services may be terminated by  Coder Merlin™  at any time and for any reason.

By you: If you wish to terminate this agreement, you may immediately stop accessing or using the Services at any time.

Automatic upon breach: Your right to access and use the Services (including use of your  Coder Merlin™  Shell Account) terminates automatically upon your breach of any of the Terms.

Survival: The disclaimer of warranties, the limitation of liability, and the jurisdiction and applicable law provisions will survive any termination. The license grants applicable to Your Content are not impacted by the termination of the Terms and shall continue in effect subject to the terms of the applicable license. Your warranties and indemnification obligations will survive after termination.

Human-readable summary of this section: If you violate these terms, you may no longer use our sites.

General Information Regarding These Terms of Use

Master terms: Welcome, and thank you for your interest in  Coder Merlin™  (“we,” “our,” or “us”). Unless otherwise noted on a particular site or service, these master terms of use (“Master Terms”) apply to your use of all of the websites that we operate. The Master Terms also apply to all products, information, and services provided through the Websites (collectively, the “Services”).

Additional terms: In addition to the Master Terms, your use of any Services may also be subject to specific terms applicable to a particular Service (“Additional Terms”). If there is any conflict between the Additional Terms and the Master Terms, then the Additional Terms apply in relation to the relevant Service.

Collectively, the Terms: The Master Terms, together with any Additional Terms, form a binding legal agreement between you and  Coder Merlin™  in relation to your use of the Services. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms.”

Human-readable summary of this section: These terms, together with any special terms for particular websites, create a contract between you and  Coder Merlin™ . The contract governs your use of all websites operated by  Coder Merlin™ , unless a particular website indicates otherwise. These human-readable summaries of each section are not part of the contract, but are intended to help you understand its terms.

Shell Access

•  Coder Merlin™  provides services for the benefit of all users. Please don't do anything that will deprive or impair anyone from their studies.
• By using any of our services, you agree to abide by our rules.
• Be respectful and be nice to others.
• Your username and password is for your use only. You may not share it with anyone else.
• You may not use any of our services for profit.
• No inappropriate behavior.
  • Port scanning of any host from our servers is strictly prohibited.
  • Do not execute or store any software used for any form of malicious attack (e.g. software which is used for denial of service, viruses, trojans, etc.)
  • Illegal, inappropriate, or questionable material may not be stored on our servers or transited through our servers.
  • All actions are monitored and recorded.
  • Depending on the nature of a violation, you may be reported to the appropriate authorities.
  • Violations may result in an immediate and permanent ban.

Permissions you grant us

When you post or upload content you grant  Coder Merlin™  a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content.

Digital Badge Program

• Certification does not ensure that you will qualify for any particular employment
• Your rights under this agreement are not property rights and, therefore, you cannot transfer them to anyone else or encumber them in any way
• Violating the terms of the Digital Badge Program may result in the revocation of all digital badges awarded and permanent exclusion from future participation in the program

Community Generated Content

•  Coder Merlin™  does not endorse the accuracy or applicability of user generated content in any of our forums
•  Coder Merlin™  Content may be posted by users in countries different from yours
•  Coder Merlin™  has the right to reject or remove any content

Limits on Liability

To the extent permitted by law,  Coder Merlin™  DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Accordingly, our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and under no circumstance will we be liable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out of or related to  Coder Merlin™  products, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Our aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these  Coder Merlin™  products will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the past twelve months.