Pencil Code Terms of Service

About Pencil Code

Pencil Code is an educational service provided by David Bau and the Pencil Code Team, at 88 Lincoln Road, Lincoln MA.

By using the Pencil Code service, you are agreeing to these terms.

Code of Conduct

The Pencil Code community is dedicated to furthering Computer Science education for all ages, and its educational mission depends on the good behavior of all participants. When using the Pencil Code service, you must conform to the community code of conduct:

• Be Nice. Do not mess up other peoples' work. Do not post content that detracts from education on the site. This a learning space that is not locked down (for example, passwords are optional). So feel free to explore, create, and link, but also please be considerate.
• Be Careful. Do not depend on Pencil Code to keep your data safe. Data posted here is public, and data is not secured from loss. You may not post private or personally identifiable information. Passwords on Pencil Code do not prevent malicious interference.

Pencil Code reserves the right to terminate service and delete any posted content, including whole accounts, any time for any reason. Content and accounts that bully, disparage, misrepresent, or interfere with other people or their work may be removed. Copyrighted content posted without permission may be removed. Personally identifiable information and private data may be removed.

If you notice anything that does not conform to the code of conduct, please bring it to the attention of David Bau for removal. Users who do not conform to the code of conduct may be blocked from using the Service.

Grant of License to Posted Information

One of the missions of Pencil Code is to nurture a community of students who learn from each other, so when you upload or otherwise submit content to the Pencil Code service, you give the Pencil Code Team, and users of the Pencil Code service a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.

Privacy and Prohibition on Persionally Identifiable Information

When using Pencil Code, you agree to protect your own privacy and the privacy of other users. You agree to read and understand the Pencil Code Privacy Policy.

Because users of all ages may use Pencil Code, you must not use Pencil Code to post or collect information that a child should not post. In particular, posting of private and personally identifiable information is expressly prohibited on Pencil Code. Examples of information that may not be posted:

• You may not post the full name (a first and last name) of yourself or any other user.
• You may not post personal contact information such as an email address, social network id, or phone number.
• You may not post a street address.
• You may not post a social security number.
• You may not post photos, videos, or audio of a child's image or voice.
• You may not post content that uses cross-site persistent identifiers such as advertising cookies or social network cookies.
• You may not post geolocation information that identifies a street.

Personally identifiable information, including entire accounts, may be removed from Pencil Code to conform with this policy.

A Pencil Code account cannot be used to contact you directly, and you may not post your email or other contact information on Pencil Code. Teachers or other adults who need a place to post their contact information are encouraged to use other services for hosting that content.

Educational Use Only

Pencil Code is an educational service that is not designed for hosting commercial content. You may not use the Service on behalf of or as part a business.

Inactive Accounts

In order to keep the service updated, friendly, and easy to navigate, Pencil Code may delete accounts that have been inactive for some period of time.

About These Terms

The Pencil Code Team continually develops and improves the service. In the future Pencil Code may modify these terms to, for example, reflect changes to the Service or reflect changes to the law. You should look at the terms regularly.

Disclaimer of Warranty

THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES.