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use set forth below as well as the IBM terms of use and the
IBM Copyright and
trademark information.
As a contributor to IBM
Community you agree to adhere to the following terms of use:
Content publication
- IBM Community provides a professional network and a
unified set of community tools for connecting, sharing, and collaborating.
By posting content ("User Content") in the IBM Community, you
agree to allow anyone with access to the IBM Community to access the
content you post. You agree that any discussion you initiate or
participate in, or content you post on the Site will be related to IBM
products, software, programs, services or associated technologies.
- Do not post or transmit material that is confidential
to you or a third party unless such posting or transmittal is in
compliance with the Confidential Information section below. Further, you
agree that you will not post or transmit material that is proprietary to a
third party unless you attained consent from such third party.
- Do not post content from, or links to, Internet sites
that feature sexual content, gambling, or that advocate intolerance of
others. Do not create such content on IBM Community.
- Respect copyright, fair use, and financial disclosure
laws. Use appropriate symbols to mark the first occurrence of trademarked
terms in your content. Do not post images unless you own the exclusive
rights to display the imagery in this context. By posting images that
depict a person or persons, you represent and warrant that you attained
consent from and verified the legal age of each person depicted in the
image for the distribution, display and usage of the image in the general
public.
- Use common courtesy when posting content: refrain from
abusive, obscene, or offensive language, images, or links. Remember that
you are providing content for a multicultural audience — things that do
not seem abusive, obscene, or offensive to you might seem so to others.
- IBM may add specialized sections or areas of this Site
for specific discussion, selected participants, "confidential
only" discussion or, may offer for download, software or other
materials for which additional terms and conditions may be applicable.
Prior to your participation in such specialized sections or areas or your
download of such materials, your acceptance of such additional terms and
conditions may be required.
- User Content may be made available to third-party
search engines on the Internet as well as through the Site’s search
engine. User Content that you post will be available for use on a global
basis by IBM, other participants and others who are not participants but
who view the User Content on the Internet, without royalties or
restrictions. IBM, other participants and others who are not participants
but who view the User Content on the Internet, may use User Content, in
whole or in part, for any purpose, may create derivative works thereof and
may sublicense others to do the same. IBM shall have no obligation to
compensate you for any feedback or content that you provide, or requests
that you submit on the Site. Furthermore, IBM does not commit, promise,
nor have a legal obligation to deliver any code, functionality, software
or other materials due to content you post on the Site.
- IBM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR USER CONTENT OR THE ACCURACY
OF ANY USER CONTENT POSTED. PARTICIPANTS SHALL REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE USER CONTENT THEY POST. USER CONTENT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS
OR OPINIONS OF IBM. IBM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY USER CONTENT IS
CORRECT OR ACCURATE AND IBM DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY USER CONTENT.
- IBM reserves the right, but does not have the
obligation, to monitor the Site. IBM is not responsible for what anyone
posts on the Site, and postings do not necessarily represent the opinions
or positions of IBM.
User privacy
IBM may ask you to provide or
collect the following personal information from you:
- Contact information, including your name, email
address, country, and company.
- Biographical information that you may provide in your
profile, including your biography, interests, and photo.
- Information regarding your use of the site, such as contributions
that you have made such as blog posts, articles, and comments.
IBM may use this information
to do any of the following:
- Provide the functionality of the site or applications
on it or associated with it to you or provide recommendations or increased
personalization to you.
- Contact you regarding your use of the site or
submissions that you have made.
- Manage relationships with you and our customers.
- Aid in security and problem determination for the site.
- Should you opt-in, to contact you and keep you informed
of items or events on IBM Community or about products or services that you
may be interested in.
- Identify content that you have contributed to the site
(i.e., blog posts, forum posts, etc.) as being from you.
Information that you provide
to IBM Community as part of your profile will be publicly visible. You can edit
or delete any information that you provide as part of your profile.
Any content that you
contribute to IBM Community (i.e., blog posts, forum posts, etc.) will be
published with either your display name or name with a link to your profile.
IBM will retain information
associated with your profile for as long as it is required for the operation of
the site or required to maintain the integrity of content on the site. IBM may
remove content at any time for any reason, including to maintain the integrity
of the site content, for relevancy purposes, or because the content violates
the site policies.
You may find more details on
IBM’s processing of your personal information in the IBM Privacy Statement.
Content republishing
- IBM will have the right to republish any material you
contribute to the IBM Community environment, including any and all modules
on the Site provided on the IBM Community environment, and you expressly
grant the right to IBM to copy and republish the content in any form.
Content removal
- IBM also retains the right to decline to post any
content or remove any previously posted User Content in the IBM Community
environment, including any and all modules on the Site at our discretion.
- IBM will respond to notices of alleged copyright
infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. For
more information, please refer to IBM’s Digital Millennium
Copyright Act Notices. IBM will terminate without notice
participants who are "repeat infringers" of copyrights.
Report abuse
- You may report any suspected violations of these Terms of Use including copyright infringement, abusive language or inappropriate discussion. To report such violations to IBM Community, you will need to email support@communitysite.ibm.com.
No Commitment as to Future Direction
- References in content on the Site to IBM products,
software, programs, services or associated technologies ("IBM
Content") do not imply that they will be available in all countries
in which IBM operates. IBM Content, including any plans contained in
content, may change at any time at IBM’s sole discretion, based on market
opportunities or other factors, and is not intended to be a commitment to
future content, including product or feature availability, in any way. Statements
regarding IBM’s future direction or intent are subject to change or
withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only.
- Do not use any IBM Content provided on the Site to
develop software or services that provide the same or similar
functionality.
Confidential information
- IBM has Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) governing any
confidential discussion or materials that you participate in, submit or
retrieve on the Site. Confidential areas of the Site will be marked as
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Confidential Disclosure Agreement. For mutual confidential discussion or
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be bound by the Mutual
Confidential Disclosure Agreement.
- If an existing NDA exists between you and IBM or your
company and IBM that governs any confidential discussions or materials you
participant in, submit or retrieve on the Site, the existing NDA shall
govern your exchanges with IBM.
- Unless there is an NDA in place stating the contrary,
any information or material sent to IBM will be deemed NOT to be
confidential.
General rights
- IBM PROVIDES THIS SERVICE ON AN ‘AS IS’ BASIS WITHOUT
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, including but not limited
to any warranty relating to noninfringement of any intellectual or other
proprietary rights and availability of the service or of the content
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not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including without
limitation, lost profits, lost savings, or any incidental, special, or
other economic consequential damages, even if it has been advised of the
possibility of such damages. By using this service, you agree to indemnify
IBM against any third-party action based on any content you post on the
IBM Community.
- IBM does not give you any express or implied rights or
licenses under any intellectual property rights. IBM may change these
rules at any time by giving you notice. You accept a change by continuing
to use the Site after you have been notified of the change. Changes are
not retroactive. Additional or different terms in any written
communication from you are void.
- IBM is not responsible for the privacy policies or
practices of any non-IBM Web sites that IBM Community may be linked to.
- IBM reserves the right at all times (but will not have
an obligation) to terminate your account or a community for any reason
(such as violation of these Terms of Use or the IBM terms of use) or no
reason at all, with or without notice. We also reserve the right to
access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably
believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any
applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii)
enforce these terms, including investigation of potential violations,
(iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical
issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights,
property or safety of IBM, its users and the public.
- These Terms of Use are governed by the substantive laws
of the State of New York. Any proceedings to resolve disputes relating to
the Terms of Use shall be brought in a U.S. Federal Court in the State of
New York. You hereby expressly waive the right to trial by jury in any
matter which arises under these Terms of Use.
IBM employees
- If you are an IBM employee, you will also follow the IBM Social
Computing Guidelines, IBM
Business Conduct Guidelines and your employment agreement
with IBM, which you can obtain from your Human Resources contact.
- You will appropriately utilize the Non-Disclosure
Agreements (NDAs) detailed in the "Confidential discussion"
section as a community owner for any confidential discussions or
information.