Terms of Use for Civil Engines Website and Software

Last updated on 2/16/2006

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Through its civilnetizen.com website, Civil Engines provides you with access to a variety of resources, including software tools, web services, communication forums and product information (the "SERVICES"). The SERVICES, including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new Web properties, are subject to these Terms of Use.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Civil Engines Research, LLC., provides the SERVICES to you, subject to these Terms of Use which may be updated periodically without notice. The most current version of the Terms of Use can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hyperlink located on the bottom of any Civil Engines website.

You acknowledge that the use of these SERVICES constitutes your agreement to be bound to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions, you should not attempt to use the SERVICES. You, the user, assume all responsibility for the selection of these SERVICES to achieve your intended results and for the use and results obtained from these SERVICES.

PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE

The SERVICES provided by Civil Engines are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services. Any other use of the Services will be specified by Civil Engines on a per service basis.

You acknowledge that your use of the SERVICES is subject to the Civil Engines Privacy Policy. For information on Civil Engines' privacy policy practices please refer to http://www.civilnetizen.com/privacy.html

SOFTWARE PROVIDED BY CIVIL ENGINES

Any software that is made available for download and use with these SERVICES (the "SOFTWARE") is the copyrighted work of Civil Engines Research, LLC. Use of the SOFTWARE is governed by the terms of the Civil Engines End User License Agreement, (the "LICENSE") which accompanies or is included with the SOFTWARE. An end user will be unable to install any SOFTWARE that is accompanied by or includes a LICENSE, unless he or she first agrees to the LICENSE terms.

The SOFTWARE is made available for download solely for use by end users according to the LICENSE agreement. Copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is governed by the terms of the LICENSE agreement accompanying the SOFTWARE.

Portions of the SOFTWARE is created using source code governed by the Mozilla Public License (MPL). The version of the source code from www.mozilla.org included in the SOFTWARE is publicly available from the mozilla CVS tree. Changes to any source code made available by the Mozilla Foundation will be posted on our web site in compliance with the MPL.

MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO CIVIL ENGINES

Civil Engines does not claim ownership of any of the materials (the "CONTENT") you provide to us via email or post, upload, input or submit using any of our SERVICES. However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting materials you are granting Civil Engines, permission to use your CONTENT in connection with the operation of our SERVICES. The author retains all patent, trademark and copyright to all CONTENT submitted using our SERVICES. The author is responsible for ensuring that all rights necessary to submit such CONTENT is obtained without any violation of any intellectual property rights or any other laws and regulations. You acknowledge that Civil Engines does not pre-screen any CONTENT, but it has sole discretion, but not the obligation, to refuse or remove any CONTENT that is made available through any of its SERVICES. Civil Engines has the right to remove any content from our SERVICES that violates the Terms of Use or is alleged to infringe on any party's intellectual property rights.

LINKS

The SERVICES provided by Civil Engines may provide links to other web sites or resources. Because Civil Engines has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Civil Engines 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.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the SERVICES, you will not use the SERVICES for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You agree to not use the SERVICES in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any server, or the network(s) connected to any Civil Engines server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any SERVICES.

SUBMISSION OF UNSOLICITED IDEAS AND INFORMATION

Civil Engines does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the website or by email. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by an authorized representative of Civil Engines, any material, information or idea you transmit to Civil Engines by any means may be disseminated or used by Civil Engines without compensation or liability to you for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. You also acknowledge that Civil Engines makes no assurances that any unsolicited ideas and information that you may provide will be treated as confidential or proprietary. However, you also acknowledge that this provision does not apply to CONTENT or to personal information that is subject to our privacy policy.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold Civil Engines Research, LLC., harmless from any alleged claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, made by any third party due to or arising from your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another. You are solely responsible for your use of the SERVICES.

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding our Terms of Use policy, please feel free to contact us any time via email at "information at civilengines dot com" or via postal mail:

David A. Evans
Civil Engines Research
888c 8th Avenue, #516
New York, NY 10019