Terms of Use

1. TERMS

By accessing the Joy Thomas Foundation website (the “Website”), you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use, applicable laws and regulations and their compliance. If you disagree with any of the stated terms and conditions, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site.

2. USE LICENSE

A. The Website, its forward facing components (images, designs, text, arrangements of the foregoing, etc.), its various features and services, and all underlying software and code belong exclusively to us. You understand and agree that your use of the Website in no way gives you a right, title, or interest in the Website or our intellectual property. The Website and its various component parts are protected by copyright law, trademark law, trade secret law, and other laws germane to the protection of intellectual property rights.

B. Prohibited Activities. You agree to use the Website and the features and services provided through the Website only as they are obviously intended to be used. All other uses are strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and not to encourage a third party to) disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover, copy, or transmit, any source code underlying the Website or the software, features, or services provided therein.

C. Your Content. By posting, uploading, or transmitting content or information to, or through, the Website you grant us a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, sub-licensable (through multiple-tiers), royalty-free license to copy, store, transmit, publish, publicly display, publicly perform, and otherwise use this content or information to operate the Website as we reasonably see fit. You warrant that you have the authority to grant such license.

3. LIABILITY

1. Waiver of Warranty.  We disclaim all warranties, express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, concerning the Website to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. This waiver includes, but is not limited to, all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and accuracy of information. We make no warranties concerning continuity of service, the security of the Website, or that the Website will be error free. We offer the Website and the features and services contained therein "AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS."  Further, We do not warrant or make any representations concerning the precision, likely results, or quality of the materials on the Website or generally identifying with such materials or on any destinations connected to this Website.

B. Release. You hereby release us, our successors and assigns, our affiliates, and each of the foregoing's respective directors, officers, employees, and agents (collectively, the "Releasees") from any and all liability, costs, expenses, losses, damages (including damage to property or personal injury or death), and claims, whether known or unknown, which may arise from (i) you hosting, participating in, attending, or authorizing an event posted on the Website (including events you authorize your supporters to advertise on the Website) or (ii) from the acts or omissions of third parties you interact with through the Website (collectively the "Released Claims").

C. Limitation of Liability. Neither we nor our officers, directors, employees and agents, will be liable to you for special, consequential, indirect, punitive, exemplary or incidental damages (including lost revenues or profits, or loss of goodwill), regardless of the cause, legal theory, or cause of action, even if we have been advised of the likelihood thereof. Our aggregate liability, together with the liability of our officers, directors, employees and agents, arising out of this Agreement and your use of the Website (when aggregated with all other claims against us arising out of this Agreement and your use of the Website), regardless of the type of claim(s) or the nature of the cause(s) of action, will not exceed the greater of (i) one hundred U.S. Dollars ($100) or (ii) the net amount we have been paid from transaction fees arising from transactions you have made through the Website in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to your claim(s). You acknowledge that the foregoing limitations are an essential basis of the bargain we have reached and that they will apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy.

D. Indemnification. You agree to hold the Releasees harmless and to defend and indemnify each of them for all costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees), damages, and liability from third party claims, which arise from, or relate to, your use of the Website or your breach of these Terms.

5. LINKS

We have not verified all of the websites or links connected to our Website and are not responsible for the content of any such third-party website, nor does a link to a third-part website infer our support of such website. Utilization of any such connected site is at the user's own risk.

6. INTERNATIONAL USE

This Website is not intended for use by nonprofit organizations organized under the laws of countries other than those of the United States of America. You represent, warrant, and irrevocably covenant that you will refrain from making financial transactions through the Website if you (i) are located in a country embargoed by the United States or (ii) are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals. If you choose to use this Website, you are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws and you consent to having your data transferred, processed, and stored in the United States.

7. SITE TERMS OF USE MODIFICATIONS

We may update these terms of use whenever and without notification. By utilizing this Website you are consenting to be bound by the then current form of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

8. GOVERNING LAW

Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of California, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California.