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The Crowdsensor by the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) Programme Office of Singapore, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Collective Intelligence

Summary: Accept these terms to use this website. If the following Terms of Use are not accepted in full you do not have permission to use this website.

Your contributions are yours. Those who post information or materials on this website retain rights to their own work while giving us the right to distribute their work.

Others' work is not yours. You agree not to upload content to this website that you do not own or are not specifically authorized to use.

License to RAHS and MIT. In order to upload materials on this website, you must grant RAHS and MIT a non-exclusive right to use the materials.

Creative Commons. All materials on the website will be made available to third parties under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.

By visiting this website available through the domain name http://crowdsensor.mit.edu I assent to both these terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) and the terms and conditions of the privacy policy which is hereby incorporated by reference, as both may be amended from time to time and posted on this website.

If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not use this website.

I understand and agree to the following:

1. USER OBLIGATION: If you are seeking to upload material to this website or to engage in activities within this website, you must register and become a member. I agree to provide accurate and current information as prompted during the account registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate and current at all times. I will be responsible for all activity related to my account and I will not share my password with any other person or post it on this or any other website.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE: For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge, I (the "Author(s)") grant to the Risk Assessment and Horizong Scanning ("RAHS") Programme Office and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") worldwide, perpetual, royalty free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, translate and modify the materials (the “Materials”) provided by me to the Crowdsensor website including the right to distribute the Materials via the Crowdsensor website and in any other media now known or hereafter developed.

3. STATUS OF COPYRIGHT: RAHS and MIT acknowledges that nothing in this license will constitute a transfer or assignment of the copyright in the Materials to RAHS and MIT. RAHS and MIT further acknowledges that I will continue to own any copyright that I currently hold in any of the Materials.

4. CROWDSENSOR USE: I understand and agree that through the Crowdsensor Website the Materials will be available to third parties who will be granted a worldwide, perpetual, royalty free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, translate and modify the Materials under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.

ACCURACY OF MATERIALS: I acknowledge that I am solely responsible for the correctness of my Materials.

DISCLAIMER. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, RISK ASSESSMENT AND HORIZON SCANNING PROGRAMME OFFICE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OR CROWDSENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE MATERIALS.

TRADEMARK. The name and trademarks of copyright holders, Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Programme Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Crowdsensor may not be used in advertising or publicity without prior written permission of MIT’s Technology Licensing Office.

ATTRIBUTION: RAHS and MIT agree to incorporate the appropriate copyright and attribution notices that I request in all distributions of the Materials.

AUTHORITY AND THIRD-PARTY PERMISSIONS: I represent that I am the owner of the copyright or other property right in the Materials and that I have authority to grant this license. I further represent that I have identified and/or labeled all parts, items, and materials incorporated into the Materials that may be subject to a copyright or other proprietary right held by a third party, and I have permission to use such materials. If any of the Materials is based upon work that I completed from a grant or agreement sponsored by a third party, other than RAHS and MIT, I represent and warrant that I have fulfilled any right of review or other obligations required by such contract or agreement. My agreements and representations in this Agreement are consistent with my obligations to my employer or institution and will not violate any agreement to which I am a party, or any of my employer’s or institution’s policies, including its policy regarding ownership of intellectual property.

Important: Unauthorized use of third-party copyrighted work is illegal.

WARRANTY. I warrant that I shall not post or transmit material that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, harmful, threatening, abusive or hateful, that contains nudity or pornography, that violates the property rights of others (including without limitation infringing use of a copyright or trademark), that violates the privacy or publicity right of others, or that is in violation of applicable laws.

INDEMNITY. I agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Programme Office or Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its employees, trustees, representatives and agents from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including attorneys' reasonable fees) related to my violation of this Agreement and/or my posting of material to the Crowdsensor website.

GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed, governed, interpreted and applied in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Republic of Singapore, without regard to conflict of law principles.

SUCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The rights and obligations of this license shall be binding upon my heirs and successors in interest. 

Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Programe Office of Singapore, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
http://www.rahs.gov.sg (contact), http://cci.mit.edu (contact)