Copyright

In technical circles, there is often a need to use examples and demonstrations created by others, be they images, videos or other forms of data. Alongside these technical needs, there is a bureaucratic constraint directly related to copyright, which often hampers the effort. For example, what if you wanted to teach someone about computers, but do not have readily available screenshots of your own? Will you forgo the missing bits? Will you contact the copyright holders? And what if you can't reach them?

Recognizing this vast need for sharing of information and knowledge, I have decided to update the copyright terms. The general policy remains, but it now includes several exceptions.

Dedoimedo permits charity, educational and non-profit organizations (like universities, Wikipedia, etc) to use images and videos on Dedoimedo without additional explicit approval from the site owner. However, the use of material still requires that you:

1. Download the content and host it separately outside Dedoimedo (I pay for bandwidth, after all).
2. Link to original article containing the images or videos.
3. Credit Dedoimedo for each use of the said material.
4. You may not charge money or services from other people for their use of content originally downloaded from Dedoimedo and if you share it, you must let others be aware of the terms and limitations.
5. You are free to modify the content (scale, resize, change resolution, color depth, etc).
6. Dedoimedo material cannot be used for political, religious or race-related purposes when these might offend one or another group, even if the intended use is within the charity, educational or non-profit context. The usage is restricted to technical discussions, art, science, and humor.
7. Dedoimedo retains all the rights of the original and altered content.

Articles, howtos and tutorials can also be used for non-profit educational purposes in unmodified form, with complementary credits and links to original content. You may also use parts and snippets of the written material, provided they remain unchanged and are used in the context of discussed topics.

All other uses not specifically mentioned above require that you contact me and ask for permission, including but not limited to commercial use or marketing.

If in doubt, email me.

That's it. This statement has not been worded by a lawyer, so please do not try to abuse any potential loopholes in my phrasing. Use the materials with moderation and discretion and try to be fair and give credits when due. Most importantly, try to be helpful and generous. Use my example as an opportunity to spread education and teach other people the wonders of science, art and humor.

General

I sincerely hope your stay here will be positive, enjoyable and educative, but I cannot guarantee that. In the highly unlikely case that you should find my topics offensive or counter-productive, I suggest you stop reading and go elsewhere.

Contents

Dedoimedo is about education, fun and humor. Since tastes vary, it is possible that you may not like some of the subjects discussed. In that case, you may not hold me morally, legally, financially, or otherwise responsible about writing my experience, findings and opinions on any of these subjects. If you think I'm wrong, write an article of your own somewhere. Regardless, I will try to refrain from unsubstantiated negative comments or rumors about people and matters at hand.

Hardware & software

Some of my articles will deal with the computers and as such deal with copyrighted material, like hardware or software. If and when specific vendors are mentioned, you should note that I have no association with the vendors and their products or their market rivals, and that I'm expressing only my personal experience. All rights, brand names, logos, and other items related to discussed hardware, software, or any other existing commercial or patented products are the physical and intellectual properties of their respective inventors, owners, as stated in their respective terms of use policies.

I cannot guarantee the quality of any of the third-party products mentioned in any of my articles, and as such you will never hold me, under any circumstances, morally, legally or financially responsible for anything bad (or good) that may happen to you by, because of, due to, or through the use of links, products and recommendations on my site. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee that my site will not be compromised and such its contents altered, modified or replaced. Therefore, treat all material, especially links and images with caution.

Use my advice at your own discretion. I sincerely believe that all of my articles will be beneficial in some way, and will be written with the best of interests in mind.

Privacy

My website tracks page loads via Google Analytics for statistical purposes ONLY. The service uses a small javascript script to achieve this. I use the gathered information to improve the quality of my website and will never disclose it to any third party for whatever reason.

If you do not wish your visit counted in my statistics, you can turn the javascript off in your browser for the duration of your visit here.

Other

I welcome suggestions. You can write me an email with your views and ideas. Visit the Contact me page for details.

Last updated: June 2009