Heron Academy Wiki:Terms of Service

The Terms of Service outlined below are separate and in addition to our standard site-wide Terms Of Use (which apply to everyone). The Terms of Service detailed below outline the agreement that takes place between you and us should we accept you as an editor for the Heron Academy Wiki. In no way does any part of this document repeal any of our standard site-wide Terms Of Use agreement.

For the purposes of this agreement, "Heron Academy Wiki", "we" and "us" refers to us, the owner(s) of the Heron Academy Of Internet Marketing. "You" refers to you, the editor, who will be editing content on our website.

Plagiarism

You hereby agree that all work you submit to us is work of your own creation and ideas, and that no part of it was copied in any way from an external source. In the event that you mention an idea of another author, you must make this clearly noticeable via a reference, such as in the form of a citation. The Heron Academy Wiki considers any work to have been submitted by you to have been created by you and you only. If any form of civil litigation or criminal proceedings are initiated against us as a result of copyright or plagiarized work being submitted to the Heron Academy Wiki by you, we will take the position that you notified us that the work you submitted was of your creation, and you alone shall be held responsible for the damages caused. By accepting this agreement you do hereby notify us that any work you submit to the Heron Academy Wiki is of your creation, and thus if this is not true you alone agree to bear the consequences of such actions. You agree to immediately notify us in the event that any work you submit to us is not of your creation, at which time you will automatically no longer be considered an editor for the Heron Academy Wiki. Any and all forms of plagiarism brought to our attention will be reported to the respective copyright owners of the content.

Ownership Of Content

All content submitted to the Heron Academy Wiki by you will automatically come under our ownership and copyright. This means you have no further rights regarding the redistribution or reuse of the content you submit to us, nor do you have any rights to claim authorship over the content. By submitting any form of content to us, you acknowledge and understand that you relinquish all ownership and control over said content. Subsequent to your release of ownership of any content to us, we may, and most likely will, however are not required to, allow the content to be reused by the general public under a specific license under certain conditions. The license we choose to release the content under will most likely be the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license, however we reserve the right to maintain copyright to any work submitted to us if we so choose, and it is never to be assumed that the work you submit will automatically become publicly available under any specific license.

If your contributions become publicly available on the Heron Academy Wiki under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license, you will be required to follow the same Policies:Attribution Requirements as any other user if you wish to make use of the content in any way.

We reserve the right at any time to change the license for any content appearing on the Heron Academy Wiki, including but not limited to copyrighting the work, regardless of the source, and regardless if the source of the content came from you. Whilst we will almost certainly make any content you submit always available freely to the general public, you should understand this is in no way legally binding.

By acknowledging that ownership of content you submit to us is automatically transferred to us, you should understand that we are legally free to edit and reuse this content in any way we deem fit. This may include but is not limited to other editors editing any content submitted.

Cancelling Of Your Editing Rights

We reserve the right to cancel, restrict, suspend, revoke, modify, relieve, or delete your rights as an editor of the Heron Academy Wiki at any time without reason and without notice. In the event that this does take place, you must fully understand that we still retain ownership to any work you have submitted to us in the past, as detailed in the Ownership of Content section of this document. We will in no way be legally responsible for any loss or damage; be it financial, health, reputation or otherwise, that may result from us committing any of the actions mentioned in this section. You hereby give us full permission to make public mention if you do cease to become an editor for the Heron Academy Wiki, and the circumstances surrounding the reason.

Attribution Of Work

As an editor of the Heron Academy Wiki, you hereby grant us the right to attribute work to you, even though the work may or may not be yours. You give us full permission to perform this attribution through any page of our website (heronacademy.com). Attribution may consist of making full use of your name, and any other legally identifying information including but not limited to your work address, contact number and e-mail address. We may also use this information to notify anyone of your affiliation with the Heron Academy Wiki as an editor.

Limited Liability

You agree to hold the Heron Academy Wiki, its staff and all of its volunteer editors harmless as a result of any action caused that may have a negative effect upon you in some way. This is included but not limited to any content that may be posted on the Wiki or any other medium owned by the Heron Academy Wiki (such as an online forum, blog or message board) that has a negative effect upon you. You agree not to commence litigation against the Heron Academy Wiki for any reason whatsoever, and that during your time as an editor for the Heron Academy Wiki no action performed by the Heron Academy Wiki may be subject to civil litigation.

Volunteer Nature Of Work

You hereby expressly understand and agree that your relationship with the Heron Academy Wiki will be that of a volunteer, and that you reserve no right to officially represent the Heron Academy Wiki in any capacity. You will not be considered a staff member or employee, but rather a visitor to our website with additional access privileges. Any action undertaken by you during your time as an editor will not be considered to be an action in any way connected to the Heron Academy Wiki itself, or any of its employees.

These Terms of Service may be subject to change without notice, and remain in force for your entire duration as an editor.