ELLOandfriends

xx.xx.2009

ELLOandfriends is a social networking platform for students of English linguistics. It is the home of the ELLOwiki, where you can find information and exercises dealing with topics ranging from Morphology to Sociolinguistics. The ELLOwiki is designed as a study aid for undergraduate students of linguistics and consists of 15 modules covering courseware on general linguistics as well as on selected subfields. It offers detailed explanations as well as exercises. There also is a blog, where you can find video recordings of lectures and podcasts. Beyond all this, you can get in touch with other students, form groups and discuss all the questions you might have.
1 In General
ELLOandfriends is owned by the University of Osnabruck and any uses made of this Website including any registration and transactions entered into via the Website are subject to these Terms of Use. Please note that these Terms of Use may be amended from time to time, so please ensure that you check each time you use our site.
2 Log-in Services and Account Information
2.1 Users have to register for an account to become part of ELLOandfriends.
2.2 Using ELLOandfriends is absolutely free.
2.3 You agree to provide current, complete and accurate information for your account in order to receive access to the Log-in Services.
2.4 You agree to promptly update all account information to keep your account current, complete, and accurate and you must promptly notify the Web Team if you become aware of a potential breach of security such as the unauthorized disclosure or use of your log-in and password.
3 Privacy
Information may be collected about Users on the Website for various purposes. To find out more about this collection process, and how the information is used, please consult our Privacy Policy.
4 Subject of Agreement

4 Copyright
4.1 Copyright in the contents of the Website is owned by the University of Osnabruck or by its content suppliers.
4.2 The content of the ELLOwiki is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
4.3 The University of Osnabruck claims no compilation copyright in images or materials that are subject to the GNU free Documentation License or similar licenses. You may check them on their own copyright status.
5 Chat rooms, blogs and wikis
5.1 Users must not publish post, upload or distribute any defamatory, inappropriate, profane, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information or material that infringes the rights of others on this Website.
5.2 The University of Osnabruck does not monitor the individual submissions posted onto the Website by Users, but will respond as quickly as possible to any complaints are found to be justified, the University of Osnabruck reserves the right to use, disclose or remove any information or materials without compensation.
5.3 The content of any blogs and wikis on the ELLOandfriends-Website does not reflect the views of University of Osnabruck. Such content only reflects the views and comments of those named persons posting individual blogs and wikis.
5.4 The person posting information on these blogs and wikis has, as a condition of publication, agreed to indemnify the University of Osnabruck against any and all liability at law for the material contained therein.
5.5 The University of Osnabruck operates a “notice-and-take-down” procedure for unlawful content. Please notify the Web Team of any such content.
6 Viruses
The University of Osnabruck makes all reasonable attempts to exclude viruses from the Website it cannot ensure such exclusion and no liability is accepted for damages caused through the downloading of viruses. Therefore, you are recommended to take all appropriate safeguards before downloading information from the Website.
7 Disclaimer
7.1 The University of Osnabruck does not endorse or approve the content of any third party site, nor will the University of Osnabruck have any liability in connection with any of them including liability arising out of any allegation that the content of any third party site infringed any law or the rights of any person or entity.
7.2 Links to third party sites are provided for Users convenience only and the User is solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and completeness of any information contained on third party sites.
7.3 Except as required by law, the University of Osnabruck shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever, whether in contract, tort or otherwise arising from reliance on information contained in this Website, or from any interruption or delay in access to the Website for whatever reason.
8 User warranty and indemnity
8.1 The User warrants to University of Osnabruck that they will abide by these Terms of Use and not use the Website, its facilities, its contents or any part thereof for any purpose that is in contravention of any applicable law or regulation or in a manner that will infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others or in any defamatory, obscene, threatening or abusive manner.
8.2 The User shall indemnify the University of Osnabruck, its employees and agents, against all claims, liability, losses, damages and expenses resulting from the use by the User of the Website, or any of its contents for whatever purpose, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
9 Miscellaneous
9.1 If any provisions of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
9.2 The Website including these Terms of Use shall be governed by German law.