Site Policy and Disclaimers

PRIVACY AND SECURITY NOTICE

This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public service by Software-supportability.org, with the assistance of colleagues in the software supportability and reliability fields.

Software-supportability.org is based on volunteer work - we have no relationship whatsoever with any company, corporation or any other commercial institution. This web, its management and contents have been provided by individuals. Our only sponsor is our hosting company, which kindly provides the hosting for free, yet is not involved in this particular field. We do not commercialise, sell or recommend purchase of any product whatsoever. Should at any moment our work be sponsored in whole or in part by any institution, we will explicitly state it.

Information presented on this WWW site is provided as public information and may be freely distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. It may NOT be sold, leased, reproduced nor in any other way be included in any for-profit material. It may NOT be patented, nor copyrights or any other rights may be claimed on it by any others than the members of software-supportability.org or the original author, as applicable, which shall always maintain the intellectual property or any other rights derived from such information.

The documentation downloadable from this site has been either obtained from public Internet sources or specifically authorized for inclusion by the correspoding author(s). Note that such documentation may be proprietary and/or copyrighted. Use or reproduction of such documentation should ALWAYS follow copyright laws. In all cases the source of such material has been included, so that the copyright holder can be contacted. Software-supportability.org explicitly acknowledges such existing copyrights and will remove immediately the material if so requested by the copyright holder in case he should object it to be available on this site.

For site management only, information is collected for statistical purposes. This system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction. These data are not sold, leased or distributed to third parties.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act or any other national laws.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, or have detected any kind of abuse, please forward them to us: webmaster@software-supportability.org

DISCLAIMER

Disclaimer of Liability: With respect to documents available from this server, neither the owner of this site nor its contributors, make any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose; nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed; nor represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. All documents referenced or included here have been integrated in good faith and will be removed immediately in case any abuse or error is detected.

Disclaimer of Endorsement: Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by software-supportability.org. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of software-supportability.org, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Disclaimer for External Links: The appearance of hyperlinks on this web does not constitute endorsement of linked web sites nor of the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, software-supportability.org does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at linked locations. External links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this web site.

For any comments on this site policy, please contact: webmaster@software-supportability.org
Last updated:
27th April 2004
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