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+These are the terms of service for sr.ht; please read them before using sr.ht.
+
+If you have any questions, please reach out to Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> via
+email.
+
+## tl;dr
+
+- You need to be old enough to have an account and you are responsible for
+  your account. We can cut you off at any time.
+- Use our services in good faith and don't get us in trouble.
+- You grant us enough rights to your content to provide our services.
+- We can terminate service at any time.
+- Some services may require payment.
+- We'll email you before these terms change.
+
+For full details, read on.
+
+## Definitions
+
+The "services" are any software, application, product, or service provided by
+sr.ht. Collectively they are also referred to as the "network".
+
+"sr.ht", "we", and "us" refers to sr.ht and its authorized agents.
+
+The "user", "you", and "your" refers to any individual or organization which
+accesses our services.
+
+"Content" refers to any content displayed by our services, including but not
+limited to text, source code, images, data, and so on. "User generated content"
+refers to content created or uploaded by our users. "Your content" refers to
+content you created or own.
+
+## Account Terms
+
+Accounts are only available to users who are 13 years of age or older, or the
+minimum age for accessing internet services in their country, whichever is
+older. You must also be a human, accounts registered through automated means
+are not permitted. Accounts utilized by an automated process are permitted, so
+long as the initial account registration was manually performed by a human.
+
+You are responsible for your account, any activity performed with it, and the
+security of your account credentials.
+
+Your account may be disabled without notice at any time, temporarily or
+permanently, for any reason.
+
+We require an email address to register an account. This email address must be
+kept up-to-date and we must be able to reach you for official communication at
+this address. If we are unable to reach you, your account may be terminated.
+
+## Permissible use
+
+You must obey all local and US laws in the course of using the service. You will
+not utilize the service to transmit or store content which is unlawful. The
+following additional types of content are explicitly prohibited:
+
+- explicit sexual content
+- malware in executable form; or in source form without obvious disclaimers
+  describing the legal and practical risks of use
+- any content which utilizes our platform for malware delivery or activation
+- content which infringes on any copyright, patent, or trademark you do not own
+
+You must not deliberately use the services for the purpose of:
+
+- impacting service availability for other users
+- obtaining or disclosing private information of other users
+- impersonating any person other than yourself or organizations you are
+  authorized to represent
+- spamming, unsolicited advertising, or solicitation
+
+You may use automated tools to obtain public information from the services for
+the purposes of archival or open-access research. You may not use this data for
+recruiting, solicitation, or profit.
+
+## Content rights
+
+You are solely responsible for any content you provide to the service. Upon
+upload, you grant sr.ht a non-exclusive and indefinite license to use and
+display your content in ways required for the appropriate operation of our
+services. If you make your content public through privacy tools on our services,
+you grant other users of the network the right to view and use your content
+through the tools provided by our services.
+
+You may grant additional rights on your content, for example by providing a
+LICENSE or COPYING file in git repositories hosted on git.sr.ht.
+
+You may request an archive of all of your content on the service by writing an
+email to Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and allowing up to 2 weeks for an archive
+to be prepared.
+
+## Service availability
+
+We may disable or terminate all or part of our services, permanently or
+temporarily, at any time with or without notice.
+
+This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "as is" and
+any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied
+warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are
+disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright holder or contributors be liable for
+any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages
+(including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services;
+loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on
+any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort
+(including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this
+software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+## Payments
+
+Some services require payment for service, or for different degrees of service.
+When you request paid services, you are billed immediately for the displayed
+term. These services will be remitted to you at the displayed price, which will
+not change during the payment term. If you authorize us to automatically renew
+your service at the end of the term, you will be notified at least 1 week in
+advance of renewal when the price has changed during the previous payment term.
+
+No refunds are given for partial service or when you request your services are
+downgraded. In the event that your services are downgraded, you are billed the
+reduced price at the start of the next billing term.
+
+## Changes to these terms
+
+We may make changes to these terms with no less than 2 weeks notice. Notice of
+changes to these terms will be sent to the email on file for your account.