Terms of Service
Jul 11

Terms of Service

I wrote a Terms of Service. Yes, it’s true — we finally have an official document governing your relationship with this site. You can sleep soundly tonight, my friends…

I know the idea sounds silly, but some things have happened to make me think it’s a good idea to have one of these around. I was tempted to just copy and paste one from somewhere else, but that seemed pointless. I figured if I was going to subject everyone to a TOS, I was at least going to write it myself.

The result is probably pretty interesting to read. It’s basically a huge exercise in stating the obvious, but that’s was a TOS is generally isn’t it? It says what I want it to say without any lawyer-speak and without being too insulting or paranoid. I hope that in making it accessible and readable, I haven’t stripped out any of the legal force. For that matter, I hope this document has legal force to begin with.

It’s here: Gadgetopia’s Terms of Service and Disclaimer. Don’t everyone pull a muscle or anything rushing to click on that link.

by Deane   July 11, 2005 7:20 PM   |

Comments

by Matt Smith,   July 11, 2005 8:49 PM  

Fair enough.

In your conclusion section #1, your last line doesn't appear to be correct: "While The Staff tries to publish accurate information, they can’t everything on this site is correct."

Just trying to help...

by Deane,   July 11, 2005 8:53 PM  

Thanks. Fixed.

by Rich Hoeg,   July 12, 2005 7:22 AM  

Hmmm.... terms of service, sounds okay to me.

If you folks keep us the great work, I promise to lessen the number of "flat land" South Dakota jokes (from your Minnesota neighbor)!

by Deane,   July 12, 2005 8:01 AM  

I promise to lessen the number of “flat land” South Dakota jokes (from your Minnesota neighbor)!

Here, I'll take the first shot:

Q: Why is the wind so strong in South Dakota?

A: Because Minnesota sucks.

Ho, ho, ho. Now that's humor. (Formatting of this comment brought to you by Markdown)

by Brian,   July 12, 2005 5:04 PM  

We need to create a TOS for one of our clients websites. Do you have any good references?

by Miss SD npt,   September 24, 2005 7:16 PM  

Q. Why does South Dakota Have such strong winds?

A Because Minnisota Blows

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