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- Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0. See licensing for additional details
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- Created 2015-01-12
- Last updated: 2016-12-20
- Changes
- 2015-02-08: based on draft license page for erpetu.info
- 2015-02-28: moved liability statements from separate file
- 2015-05-17: Update pandoc and nanoc references. Add Polymer license. Update Trademark Usage section.
- 2016-03-26: Update external repo link for this site.
- 2016-12-20: Update repository urls to use self hosted
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- MIT
- nanoc: Static site generator by Denis Defreyne and contributors
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- details.js: Support details element in browsers that don't have support by Remy Sharp from GitHub Gist
- CC-BY-SA-3.0
- chicago-annotated-bibliography.csl: Bibliography Style Sheet1
- Polymer BSD 3-Clause License
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In general usage of 3rd Party Trademarks on this site are to:2
Grant credit as required under various software and Creative Commons Licenses
To identify a specific service or piece of software when used in a configuration
For commentary, critisism and news reporting
None of the usages imply endorsement, direction or management by the Trademark holder unless specifically identified
Specific trademarks that are used in multiple places on this site include:
Gentoo™ is a trademark of Gentoo Foundation, Inc. Usage on this site is to grant credit when a Gentoo project resource is used and is used per permissions granted at https://www.gentoo.org/inside-gentoo/foundation/name-logo-guidelines.html3. No original content of this site is part of the Gentoo project nor is directed or managed by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
Google™ is a trademark of Google Inc. It usage is not intended to convey that any original content of this site is endorsed or promoted by Google.
- ®, Open Source Initiative® and OSI® are registered trademarks of the Open Source Initiative and used per the guidelines at http://opensource.org/trademark-guidelines4 and http://opensource.org/logo-usage-guidelines5
- ™, ™, CC0™ and Creative Commons™ are trademarks of Creative Commons and used per the guidelines at https://creativecommons.org/policies6
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
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- Unless otherwise separately undertaken by the Licensor, to the extent possible, the Licensor offers the Licensed Material as-is and as-available, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the Licensed Material, whether express, implied, statutory, or other. This includes, without limitation, warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or the presence or absence of errors, whether or not known or discoverable. Where disclaimers of warranties are not allowed in full or in part, this disclaimer may not apply to You.
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References
“Chicago-Annotated-Bibliography,” May 6, 2014. https://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-annotated-bibliography.
Creative Commons. “Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-SA 4.0.” Accessed February 28, 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.
———. “Policies - Creative Commons.” Accessed May 17, 2015. https://creativecommons.org/policies.
Digital Media Law Project. “Using the Trademarks of Others | Digital Media Law Project.” Accessed May 17, 2015. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/using-trademarks-others.
Gentoo Project. “Gentoo Name and Logo Usage Guidelines – Gentoo Linux.” Accessed May 17, 2015. https://www.gentoo.org/inside-gentoo/foundation/name-logo-guidelines.html.
Open Source Initiative. “Logo Usage Guidelines | Open Source Initiative.” Accessed May 17, 2015. http://opensource.org/logo-usage-guidelines.
———. “OSI Trademark Guidelines | Open Source Initiative.” Accessed May 17, 2015. http://opensource.org/trademark-guidelines.
“Chicago-Annotated-Bibliography.” ↩
Digital Media Law Project, “Using the Trademarks of Others | Digital Media Law Project.” ↩
Gentoo Project, “Gentoo Name and Logo Usage Guidelines – Gentoo Linux.” ↩
Open Source Initiative, “OSI Trademark Guidelines | Open Source Initiative.” ↩
Open Source Initiative, “Logo Usage Guidelines | Open Source Initiative.” ↩
Creative Commons, “Policies - Creative Commons.” ↩
Creative Commons, “Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-SA 4.0” Section 5. ↩