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Use of My WebSite is Legally Binding
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By using my website you implicitly agree to all of
the terms an conditions set forth in this document. 'Use of my website'
is defined as the downloading, viewing, cataloging, and/or linking of webpages,
graphics, or any other web-based media contained on the physical machine
known as mattwork.potsdam.edu, and all virtual hosts wherein for private
or commercial purposes.
This document is affective as of 5:00pm EST, February
6th, 1999.
- Release of liability
- All content provided wherein is provided as such without any warranty,
expressed or implied unless specifically stated within the containing content.
The author(s), the State University of New York at Potsdam, Distributed
Computing and Telemedia, and all affiliates and departments wherein are
not to be held liable for the content, opinions or statements provided wherein.
- Some content provided here is also mirrored on official SUNY Potsdam
webservers, and such content is subject to the policies and regulations
of those respective webservers.
- All content provided wherein is either designed by myself, reproduced
with permission, or belongs to the Public Domain TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
- Any content provided wherein that is the intellectual property and/or
copyrighted and/or patented by the laws of the United States of America
should contact me at the address listed below, and expect it to be removed
within 48 hours. It is not my intent to defraud or devalue any such property
or entity, and it was misassumed to be in the Public Domain
- Acceptable Use
- Using this webserver for purposes other than the acceptable 'use of my
website' as defined above, are expressly DENIED. Hammering, and other
forms of annoyance and unacceptable behaviours will not be tolerated, and
are subject to civil and punitive legal action.
- Use of this website for purposes of cataloging (such as web search engines)
is explicitly controlled by use of the robots.txt - Any web spider, robot
or search engine deviating from the commands and rules set forth in the
aforementioned control file are subject to civil and punitive legal action.
If your spider, robor, or search engine does not comply with the robot standard,
then you should upgrade to one that does. Ignorance and non-compliance is
not an excuse
- Unauthorized alteration of the content and/or function of this server
is expressly DENIED. Anyone having qualms with any such media should
contact the content provider at the address listed below.
- Reproduction and Linking
- The clickable linking to the root of the site, and/or any webpage wherein
is expressly APPROVED, provided credit is given to myself, and the
works contained wherein are not plagarized (passed off as your own).
- The hardlinking to any graphic or media contained wherein is expressly
DENIED without obtaining prior permission. Examples of such hardlinking
include, but are not limited to, the use of the aforementioned media in
a way such that the media contained on this website (called 'primary host')
is displayed on any other website (called 'secondary host'), such that traffic
on the secondary host also generates traffic on the primary host. Violations
of this may be subject to civil and punitive legal action.
- All content and media provided wherein designed by myself are declared
Intellectual Property, and ARE NOT in the Public Domain. Permission
to reproduce and/or obtain media is only allowed where explicitly stated,
or if advanced permission is obtained from myself.
- Contact Infomation
- All correspondance regarding the issues provided in this document should
be directed to myself, Matthew Keller, via the email address 'kellermg@potsdam.edu'.
If email correspondance is not possible, then please use my web-based response
form located here.
If you are reading this, then you have web-access, so don't tell me that
the web-form is unacceptable.
Privacy Addendum
I record the following information, and will not share any user-specific
information with anyone unless you have violated the above policy: