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'''General disclaimer''' - [[Howto:Risk disclaimer|Use Howto at your own risk]] - [[Howto:Medical disclaimer|Howto does not give medical advice]] - [[Howto:Legal disclaimer|Howto does not give legal opinions]] - [[Howto:Content disclaimer|Howto contains spoilers and content you may find objectionable]]
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'''Applicable Law'''
  
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This site is created and hosted by howtopedia in the canton of Zürich, Confederation of Switzerland.
H<small>owto</small> M<small>AKES</small> N<small>O</small> G<small>UARANTEE</small> O<small>F</small> V<small>ALIDITY</small>
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This site, its contents, and any disputes arising therefrom shall be construed and interpreted exclusively under the laws of the canton of Zürich and applicable Swiss federal laws. Use of this site constitutes agreement of the user to the jurisdiction of the canton and federal courts located in Zürich.
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'''Howto''' is an online open-content encyclopedia, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups who are developing a common resource of human knowledge. Its structure allows anyone with an Internet connection and World Wide Web browser to alter the content found here.  Therefore, please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by professionals with the expertise necessary to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information.
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'''Disclaimer'''
  
That's not to say that you won't find valuable and accurate information at ''Howto'', however please be advised that '''''Howto'' cannot guarantee, in any way whatsoever, the validity of the information found here.'''  It may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the particular area you are interested in learning about. We are working on ways to select and highlight more reliable versions of articles. The closest thing to a formal review system that currently exists are the [[Howto:Peer review]] and [[Howto:Featured articles]] processes, but even articles that have been vetted by those processes may later have been inappropriately edited just before you view them.
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All information on this site is of a general nature and is furnished freely for your knowledge and understanding only. The documents and any related graphics published on this server could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information contained in this web site and are not being reviewed by howtopedia. howtopedia expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for slight negligence in the sense of the art. 100 of the Swiss obligation right (Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht), for any adverse consequences or damages resulting from your reliance on the information on this site. Howtopedia disclaims hereby any liability for auxiliary persons in the sense of art. 101 of the Swiss obligation right . Are auxilliary person all persons who make an entry on the page Howtopedia, as well as persons who are taking part to the howtopedia project in any other way. The entries are not the fact of howtopedia.
  
::'''None of the authors, contributors, sponsors, administrators, sysops, or anyone else connected with ''Howto'' in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.'''
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'''Disclaimer of Warranty'''
  
Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided freely, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual ''Howto'' contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in ''any way connected'' with this project or sister projects subject to your claims against them directly. You are being granted a limited license to copy anything from this site; it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of ''Howto'' or any of its agents, members, organizers or other users.
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the service is provided “as is” and howtopedia makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the merchantability, fitness for a particular use or purpose, title, non-infringement, or any other warranty, condition, guaranty, or representation, whether oral or in writing, or in electronic form, including but not limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information therein or provided by the service.
  
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'''Limitation of Liability'''
  
Please note that the information found here may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. ''Howto'' does not encourage the violation of any laws, but as this information is stored on a server in [[Switzerland]], it is being maintained in reference to the protections afforded to all under the Swiss Legislation and under the principles of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] of the [[United Nations]]. The laws in your country may not recognize as broad a protection of free speech as the laws of the United States or the principles under the UN Charter, and as such, ''Howto'' cannot be responsible for any potential violations of such laws should you link to this domain or use any of the information contained herein in anyway whatsoever.
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your use of the service is entirely at your own risk. Howtopedia will not be responsible to you or to any third parties for any direct or indirect, consequential, special, or punitive damages or losses you may incur in connection with the service, your use thereof or any of the data transmitted through or residing on our service, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action, even if we have advised of the possibility of such damage or loss.
 
 
:'''<big>If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial, or risk management) please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.</big>''' Read [[Howto:Risk disclaimer]], [[Howto:Medical disclaimer]], and [[Howto:Legal disclaimer]] for specific disclaimers.
 
 
 
:'''<big>Howto is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or remove erroneous suggestions they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever.</big>''' 
 
 
 
'''No consequential damages can be sought against ''Howto''''', as it is a voluntary association of individuals developed freely to create various open source online educational, cultural and informational resources. '''This information is being given to you gratuitously''' and there is '''no agreement or understanding between you and ''Howto''''' regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]; neither is anyone at ''Howto'' responsible should someone change, edit, modify or remove any information that you may post on ''Howto'' or any of its associated projects.
 
 
 
Thank you for spending the time to read this page, and please enjoy your experience at Howto.
 
 
 
==Examples of other encyclopedia disclaimers==
 
*[http://corporate.britannica.com/termsofuse.html britannica.com disclaimer] (host of [[Encyclopedia Britannica]])
 
**"YOUR USE OF BRITANNICA.COM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK."
 
*[http://privacy.msn.com/tou/ MSN.com disclaimer] (host of [[Encarta|Encarta Encyclopedia]])
 
**"...AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU."
 
*[http://www.bartleby.com/sv/terms.html bartleby.com disclaimer] (hosts the [[Columbia Encyclopedia]])
 
**"YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK."
 
 
 
See also: [[Wikipedia:Non-Wikipedia disclaimers]]
 
 
 
 
 
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[[nl:Wikipedia:Algemeen voorbehoud]]
 
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Revision as of 17:52, 9 February 2006

Applicable Law

This site is created and hosted by howtopedia in the canton of Zürich, Confederation of Switzerland. This site, its contents, and any disputes arising therefrom shall be construed and interpreted exclusively under the laws of the canton of Zürich and applicable Swiss federal laws. Use of this site constitutes agreement of the user to the jurisdiction of the canton and federal courts located in Zürich.

Disclaimer

All information on this site is of a general nature and is furnished freely for your knowledge and understanding only. The documents and any related graphics published on this server could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information contained in this web site and are not being reviewed by howtopedia. howtopedia expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for slight negligence in the sense of the art. 100 of the Swiss obligation right (Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht), for any adverse consequences or damages resulting from your reliance on the information on this site. Howtopedia disclaims hereby any liability for auxiliary persons in the sense of art. 101 of the Swiss obligation right . Are auxilliary person all persons who make an entry on the page Howtopedia, as well as persons who are taking part to the howtopedia project in any other way. The entries are not the fact of howtopedia.

Disclaimer of Warranty

the service is provided “as is” and howtopedia makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the merchantability, fitness for a particular use or purpose, title, non-infringement, or any other warranty, condition, guaranty, or representation, whether oral or in writing, or in electronic form, including but not limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information therein or provided by the service.

Limitation of Liability

your use of the service is entirely at your own risk. Howtopedia will not be responsible to you or to any third parties for any direct or indirect, consequential, special, or punitive damages or losses you may incur in connection with the service, your use thereof or any of the data transmitted through or residing on our service, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action, even if we have advised of the possibility of such damage or loss.