These Terms of Use govern your use of the website located at https://indiealchemists.com and any related services provided by Independent Alchemists.
By accessing https://indiealchemists.com, you agree to abide by these Terms of Use and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you are prohibited from using or accessing this website or any other services provided by Independent Alchemists.
We, Independent Alchemists, reserve the right to review and amend these Terms of Use at our sole discretion. Upon doing so, we will update this page. Any changes to these Terms of Use will take effect immediately from the date of publication.
Community Guidelines
To foster a positive and constructive environment, users of Independent Alchemists must adhere to the following community guidelines:
- Maintain respectful and professional interactions. Harassment, hate speech, or personal attacks are strictly prohibited.
- Ensure contributions are high-quality, relevant, and aligned with the purpose of this community.
- Avoid posting repetitive, spammy, or off-topic content, including the promotion of mainstream science articles unless relevant to discussions.
- No sharing of referral links or promotions for external services or products.
- Respect the privacy and intellectual property rights of other members and contributors.
Failure to comply with these guidelines may result in the removal of posts, suspension, or permanent removal from the platform at our discretion.
Prohibited Activities
By using this website, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and other parties you represent that you will not:
- Modify, copy, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or reverse engineer any materials and software contained on this website.
- Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from any materials and software on this website.
- Transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.
- Knowingly or negligently use this website or any of its associated services in a way that abuses or disrupts our networks or other services Independent Alchemists provides.
- Transmit or publish any harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material.
- Use this website in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
- Send unauthorized advertising or spam.
- Harvest, collect, or gather user data without user consent.
- Infringe the privacy, intellectual property rights, or other rights of third parties.
Intellectual Property
The intellectual property in the materials contained on this website is owned by or licensed to Independent Alchemists and is protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. We grant our users permission to download one copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory use.
This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or the Terms of Use, and may be terminated by Independent Alchemists at any time.
User-Generated Content
You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership of your content, but we do require a license from you to use it.
When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share, or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to:
- Use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your content or account. However, if your content has been used in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the license will continue until the relevant use is discontinued.
You also grant us permission to use your username and other identifying information associated with your account consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
Liability
Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an 'as is' basis. To the extent permitted by law, Independent Alchemists makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims all other warranties, including but not limited to:
- Implied warranties or conditions of merchantability.
- Fitness for a particular purpose.
- Non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
In no event shall Independent Alchemists or its suppliers be liable for any consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this website.
Accuracy of Materials
The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. Independent Alchemists does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website or any resources linked to this website.
Links
Independent Alchemists has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, approval, or control by Independent Alchemists. Use of any linked site is at your own risk, and we advise you to make your investigations regarding the suitability of those sites.
Right to Terminate
We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Use immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Use.
Severance
Any term of these Terms of Use which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Use is not affected.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us using the link in the footer of our website.