Last Updated: 2024/11/27

Introduction

By accessing the website, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Contents:

1. Description of Services
2. Acceptance
3. Modifications of Terms
4. Policies
5. Registration
6. Access
7. Acceptable Use
8. Release and Indemnity
9. Links and Third-Party Services
10. Copyright, Trademarks, and Attribution
11. Attribution of External Content
12. Limitation of Liability
13. Termination
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
15. General Information
16. Account
17. Advertisements
18. Affiliate Links

1. Description of Services

We, (“We”, “Us”, “AOF”, “Archoverflow”, or “Arch Over Flow”) – provides an architectural resource and knowledge community for users (“Users” or “You”) via https://archoverflow.com (“Site”). We may offer additional services from time to time. The Site and additional services are referred to together as “the Services.” The following are the terms of service (“Terms”) for using the Site and the Services.

2. Acceptance

By using the Services, you are agreeing, on behalf of yourself and those you represent, to comply with and be legally bound by these terms and all applicable laws. If you, for yourself or on behalf of those you represent, do not agree to any provision of these terms, you must, for yourself and on behalf any such person(s), discontinue the registration process, discontinue your use of the services, and, if you are already registered, delete your account.

3. Modifications of Terms 

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace the terms at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the terms, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the site, by email to the address provided for your account, or both. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. You shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Using any of the Services shall constitute your acceptance of the Terms as modified. We may change, suspend, or discontinue the Services at any time without notice or liability to you. We encourage you to check back to this page for periodic updates.

4. Policies 

We respect your privacy and limit the sharing of information about you collected by the Services. The privacy policy at https://archoverflow.com/privacy-policy/ describes these policies. We will abide by the Privacy Policy and honor the privacy settings that you choose via the Services.

5. Registration

Currently there are no registration requirements to utilize or benefit from the Services.

Services are available to authorized representatives of legal entities and to individuals who are either (i) at least 18 years old, or (ii) at least 14 years old, and who are authorized to access the Site by a parent or legal guardian. If you have authorized a minor to use the Site, you are responsible for the online conduct of such minor, and the consequences of any misuse of the Site by the minor.

6. Access 

Subject to these Terms, the Site grants you permission to use the Services. That permission is not exclusive to you, and you cannot transfer it to anyone else.

• You may search for and utilize the information provided – and otherwise interact with the Services via the Site.
• You may edit, download, and use Arch Over Flow provided media for personal or commercial uses, subject to these Terms, as well as our additional Media Policy.

7. Acceptable Use 

As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms, or any other purpose not reasonably intended by Archoverflow.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Services:

• To access another person’s Account without their specific permission.
• To share a single Account with another person in order for them to access certain features of the Services that are exclusive to your account type or level.
• To use another person’s account in order to access certain features of the Services that are exclusive to their account type or level.
• To download Archoverflow information or content with the intent of distribution, rehosting, circumventing, or competing with Archoverflow in any way.
• To abuse, harm, harass, impersonate, and intimidate any person.
• To post or transmit any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, offensive, or that infringes any copyright, trademark, or other right of any person.
• To submit material containing malicious computer code, such as computer viruses, computer worms, rootkits, back doors, adware, or spyware, to the Services in such a way that you should expect other users of the Services to unwittingly execute that malicious code.
• To falsely imply that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Archoverflow.
• To sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
• To create or transmit unwanted ‘spam’ to any person or any URL
• To operate illegal schemes, such as pyramid schemes, via the Services.
• To advertise to, or solicit, any user to buy or sell any third party products or services, or to use any information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent.
• To disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access restrictions of the Services, or access parts of the Services not intended for access by you.
• To strain infrastructure of the Services with an unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose an unreasonable load on IT systems underlying the Services.
• To encourage or assist any other person in violation of “Acceptable Use”.
• For any reason that is not permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction where you use the Services;

8. Release and Indemnity 

You hereby agree to indemnify Archoverflow, their officers, directors, managers, employees, contributors, representatives, and agents, and hold them harmless for, all liability, expenses, damages, and costs from any third-party claims, demands, lawsuits, or other proceedings alleging that Your Content, your use of the Services, or both, violate the intellectual property right of a third party, this Agreement, or applicable law. You will not settle any such proceeding without the prior written consent of Archoverflow. Archoverflow will notify you of any such proceeding it becomes aware of.

9. Links and Third-Party Services

Archoverflow may hyperlink to and integrate with third-party applications, websites, and other services. Because Archoverflow has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Archoverflow is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Archoverflow will not be liable to you for any damages related to such services. Use of such third-party services may be governed by other terms and privacy notices that are not part of this Agreement.

10. Copyright, Trademarks, and Attribution 

1. As AOF frequently posts articles about items relevant to the Architecture industry, not all companies and copyrights are listed here. See each article page for further attributions where required. Archoverflow is not  sponsored, endorsed by, or affiliated with any of these companies, unless otherwise noted on the specific article page where a disclaimer will list out the respective relationship between Archoverflow and the external company.
   1. Autodesk, AutoCAD, and Revit are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
   2. Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) is developed and maintained by ASTM Standard D2487, 2000. ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services. (astm.org)
   3. V-Ray is a registered trademark and product offered by Chaos Software.

11. Attribution of External Content

Archoverflow makes reasonable attempts to attribute any referenced material from other sources. Common sources are X (Formerly Twitter), Reddit, and other sites where content is created and may be seen publicly by others with or without registration requirements. This content will include (where possible), identifying sources such as website links and usernames listed of the original content creator. The vast majority of this content is free for public consumption and comment in the editorial and educational manner that archoverflow uses it. For any creators who find their media being used without proper or incorrect attribution, they may submit ownership verification proof to us via our contact page. Upon appropriate ownership verification, as deemed by us, we will correct attribution as soon as reasonably possible.

Further information about our media and how we use it can be found in our media policy.

12. Limitation of Liability

Archoverflow will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses (even if Archoverflow has been advised of the possibility of these damages), resulting from your use of the service or information provided on the site. Under no circumstances will Archoverflow’s total liability of all kinds arising out of or related to your use of the service (including but not limited to warranty claims), regardless of the forum and regardless of whether any action or claim is based on contract, tort, or otherwise, exceed $50 USD. This limitation of liability will apply notwithstanding the failure of the essential purpose of any limited remedy in the Terms.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

13. Termination 

Archoverflow may terminate or suspend any and all Services and/or your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. Upon termination of your account, your right to use the Services will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your Archoverflow account, you may simply discontinue using the Services. All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

We may retain information about your account deletion for record keeping purposes.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties 

You use the Site and the Services at your own risk. The Site and the Services are provided on an “as is, as available” basis. Archoverflow expressly disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Archoverflow disclaims all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of or in any way related to (a) any errors in or omissions from this site and the services, including, but not limited to, technical inaccuracies and typographical errors, (b) third party communications, (c) any third party websites or content directly or indirectly accessed through links in the site, including but not limited to any errors or omissions, (d) the unavailability of all or any part of the site or the services, (e) your use of the site or the services, or (f) your use of any equipment or software in connection with the site or the services. (g) informational errors of any kind.

Archoverflow may provide information and software that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful. Archoverflow may, but does not promise to, review content provided by the Services.

Archoverflow cannot and does not provide legal advice.

Archoverflow is not a code consultant, engineer, and does not provide any of those services in any general information or capacity. There is no relationship created between Archoverflow and you regardless of your use of our Services.

15. General Information 

If a provision of this Agreement is unenforceable as written, but could be changed to make it enforceable, that provision should be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. Otherwise, that provision should be removed. You may not assign this Agreement. Archoverflow may assign this Agreement to any affiliate of Archoverflow, any third party that obtains control of Archoverflow, or any third party that purchases assets of Archoverflow relating to the Services. Any purported assignment of rights in breach of this provision is void.

Neither the exercise of any right under this Agreement, nor waiver of any breach of this Agreement, waives any other breach of this Agreement.

This Agreement supersedes any other agreements about Archoverflow Services, written or not.

16. Account

You may not use a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than you without appropriate authorization, or a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene.

You will be responsible for all action taken using your account, whether authorized by you or not, until you either close your account or give Archoverflow notice that the security of your account has been compromised. You will notify Archoverflow immediately if you suspect the security of your account has been compromised. You will select a secure password for your account. You will keep your password secret and share it with no one. 

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if we reasonably believe that you are in breach of these Terms, or if we reasonably believe that you have misused the Services.

17. Advertisements

Archoverflow uses advertisements (ads) to help offset the cost of running our Services. Archoverflow uses Alphabet’s (Google) Adsense software to source advertisers and automatically run advertisements. We have utilized several safeguards through the Adsense platform to ensure that the vast majority of ads are ‘safe for work’. However, we have no granular or specific control in the content, messages, or any other aspect of the advertisement. While some advertisements are placed manually by Us, we have also enabled the Adsense platform to use technology and automatically place the ads wherever it deems most appropriate, we have no control over these locations.

An advertisement showing on the website does not constitute an affiliation, endorsement, or our viewpoint in any shape or form. We encourage you to view the advertisements, and if appropriate for you, patronize them which will indirectly support Archoverflow.

18. Affiliate Links

Archoverflow uses affiliate links on some articles/pages to help make money for the website and offset the cost of running our Services. On every page where an affiliate link may occur, there is an affiliate disclaimer that will link back to this page. If you do not see an affiliate disclaimer, all the links on that post/page are non-affiliate links. 

We independently review everything we recommend and in some cases, have first or second hand knowledge or use of the products we are recommending. We do not let the commission influence any potential review or recommendation, and do not receive money to recommend or review products. In the vast majority of referral links (Amazon), there is no increase to the cost of the product based on it being purchased through an affiliate link or not (there is no added cost to you).