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Site Policies
Terms of Use for www.smete.org Web Site and Digital Library
BY VISITING OR USING ANY OF THE SMETE.ORG NATIONAL SMETE DIGITAL LIBRARY OR ANY PAGE OF THE WWW.SMETE.ORG WEB SITE(S) INCLUDING SITES UNDER DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE AND THAT SUCH AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES A BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND SMETE.ORG. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT VISIT OR USE ANY OF THE SMETE.ORG NATIONAL SMETE DIGITAL LIBRARY OR ANY PAGE OF THE WWW.SMETE.ORG WEB SITE.
Introduction
SMETE.ORG and/or its partners (together referred to as "SMETE.ORG") operate this digital library and web site and associated web pages. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, SMETE.ORG refers to this as the "SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library."
SMETE.ORG offers you access to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library in exchange for your agreement to accept and comply with these terms, conditions, and notices stated here and as may be modified by SMETE.ORG from time to time. SMETE.ORG refers to these terms, conditions and notices, whether modified or unmodified, as the "Agreement" or as the "Terms of Use" or as the "Site Policies". SMETE.ORG reserves the rights to modify in its sole discretion this Agreement without providing notification. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Agreement. BY VISITING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SMETE.ORG NATIONAL SMETE DIGITAL LIBRARY, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE, AND YOU ARE AGREEING THAT THIS IS A BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN SMETE.ORG AND YOU. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT VISIT OR USE ANY PART OF THE SMETE.ORG NATIONAL SMETE DIGITAL LIBRARY.
General Use and Limitations of General Use of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library
Except where we specify otherwise, SMETE.ORG offers you access to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library solely for your personal and non-commercial uses. You promise that you will not use the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library, in whole or in part, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use or for any purposes other than those that are personal, non-commercial and educational. You agree that you will not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, frame in another Web page, use on any other web site, transfer or sell any information, software, lists of users, databases or other lists, products or services provided through or obtained from the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library. This means, among other activities, that agree not to engage in the practices of "screen scraping," "database scraping," or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information. You agree that you will not use the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library.
If and when requested by SMETE.ORG you agree to provide true, accurate and complete user information and to refrain from impersonating or falsely representing your affiliation with any person or entity. Except with the written permission of SMETE.ORG, you agree that you will not access or attempt to access password protected, secure or non-public areas of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access prohibited areas of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library may be subject to prosecution.
Except with the written permission of SMETE.ORG, you agree that you will not create links from any web site or web page to any page within the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library with the exception of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library homepage. The origin of any such link to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library homepage must be accompanied by a clear and prominent attribution indicating that the link is connected to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library homepage. For example, prominently positioning the "SMETE.ORG" name and mark such that there is clear association between the name and mark and the destination of the link is acceptable. However, you agree that you will not juxtapose the "SMETE.ORG" name and mark and the link with your name or any other material(s) in a manner which might give rise to any erroneous conclusion that there is any affiliation or association between SMETE.ORG, on the one hand, and you or any other person or entity, on the other hand. You agree that if SMETE.ORG, in its sole and unfettered discretion, requests in writing that you remove any link or links to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library, you will promptly do so. You agree that if you create any link to the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library that you will not employ any technology that results in the placement of content from the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library in a frame and/or a reduced pop-up window and/or any other display mechanism that changes the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library from how they would appear if a user typed in their URL to a typical browser line.
You agree that SMETE.ORG may in its sole discretion and at any time terminate your access to and use of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library, or any part thereof, with or without notice.
Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distributing and Modifying
Except where otherwise specified, you may copy and re-distribute but not modify the catalog record to learning resources contained in the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library provided that the catalog record be accompanied by the SMETE.ORG mark and that the catalog record contains a hypertext link back to SMETE.ORG.
Unless by written permission from SMETE.ORG, you agree that you will not store the catalog record or any subset of the catalog record of learning resources contained in the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library by any means, digital or otherwise, except for personal, non-commercial, educational purposes.
No Warranty
There is no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing by the copyright holders and/or other parties, SMETE.ORG offers the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library "as-is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk of use of the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library is with you. Should the SMETE.ORG National SMETE Digital Library prove faulty, inaccurate, or otherwise unacceptable, you assume the cost of all necessary repair or correction.
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