FreeSpace Wiki:General disclaimer

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This page documents the FreeSpace Wiki's general disclaimer which, in a nutshell, is:

The FreeSpace Wiki makes no guarantee of validity.

The FreeSpace Wiki is a joint effort by members of the Hard Light Productions community to collate and make available as much information as possible about Volition, Inc.'s FreeSpace series. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate, or reliable information.

This does not mean that you will not find valuable and accurate information on the FreeSpace Wiki; much of the time, you will. However, the FreeSpace Wiki cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here. The content of any given article may occasionally be altered by someone whose opinion does not necessarily correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields. Note that most other reference works also have disclaimers.

No Peer Review

Our active community of editors uses tools such as Special:RecentChanges to monitor new and changing content. However, the FreeSpace Wiki is not uniformly peer reviewed, and none of our editors are legally bound to do so. Thus, all information read here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever. Even articles that have been vetted by informal peer review processes may be edited inappropriately, just before you view them.

None of the contributors, administrators or anyone else connected with the FreeSpace Wiki in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate information or your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.

No Contract

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 FreeSpace Wiki contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in any way connected with this project, subject to your claims against them directly. Your use of any content found on the FreeSpace Wiki does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of Hard Light Productions or the FreeSpace Wiki.

There is no agreement or understanding between you and the FreeSpace Wiki regarding your use or modification of the information on the FreeSpace Wiki; likewise, no one is responsible should someone change, edit, modify, or remove any information that you post on the FreeSpace Wiki.

Trademarks

Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, or similar rights that are mentioned, used, or cited in the articles of the FreeSpace Wiki are the property of their respective owners. Their use on any article in the FreeSpace Wiki does not imply that you may use them for any purpose other than for the same or a similar informational use as contemplated by the original authors of these articles. Unless otherwise stated, the FreeSpace Wiki and, by extension, Hard Light Productions, are neither endorsed by nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights, and as such, we cannot grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials. Your use of any such or similar incorporeal property is at your own risk.

Jurisdiction and Legality of Content

The publication of information found on the FreeSpace Wiki may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. The laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow the same kinds of speech or distribution. The FreeSpace Wiki does not encourage the violation of any laws, and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.