The SMARTsite:General disclaimer
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PLEASE READ THE BELOW STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE LEAVING THIS PAGE
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND ON THE SMARTSITE MAY BE INACCURATE, MISLEADING, DANGEROUS, MISSPELLED OR ILLEGAL.
None of the authors, contributors, sponsors, administrators, sysops, vandals, or anyone else connected with The SMARTsite, in any way whatsoever, can be responsible for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.
Please take all steps necessary to ascertain that any information you receive from The SMARTsite is correct and has been verified. Check the references at the end of the article. Read the article's talk page and revision history to see if there are any outstanding disputes over the contents of the article. Double-check information with independent sources.
If an article contains suggestions regarding dangerous, illegal or unethical activities, remember that anyone can post this information on The SMARTsite. The authors may not be qualified to provide you with complete information or to inform you about adequate safety precautions or steps you can take to prevent injury, bodily damage, or other damages to your person, property or reputation. If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, risk management) please seek a professional licensed or knowledgeable in that area.
No consequential damages can be sought against The SMARTsite or Kiungo, as it aims to create various open source online educational and informational resources on appropriate technologies. This information is being given to you gratuitously and thus there is no agreement or understanding between you and The SMARTsite regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Creative Commons Public License.
DO NOT RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION FOUND ON THE SMARTSITE WITHOUT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION
THE SMARTSITE MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY
The SMARTsite is an online open-content collaborative collection of articles on appropriate technology, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups who are developing a common resource of human knowledge on appropriate technology. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection and World Wide Web browser to alter its content. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by professionals with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information.
That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information on The SMARTsite ; much of the time you will. However, The SMARTsite cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here. The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.
No formal peer review
We are working on ways to select and highlight reliable versions of articles. Our community of editors uses tools such as the Special:Recentchanges and Special:Newpages feeds to monitor new and changing content. However, The SMARTsite is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or engage in casual peer review, they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever. Even articles that have been vetted by informal peer review or featured article processes may later have been edited inappropriately, just before you view them.
None of the authors, contributors, sponsors, administrators, sysops, or anyone else connected with The SMARTsite and Kiungo in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.
No contract; limited license
Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided freely, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual The SMARTsite contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in any way connected with this project or sister projects subject to your claims against them directly. You are being granted a limited license to copy anything from this site; it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of The SMARTsite, Kiungo, or any of its agents, members, organizers or other users.
There is no agreement or understanding between you and The SMARTsite / Kiungo regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Creative Commons Public License (CCPL); neither is anyone at The SMARTsite and Kiungo responsible should someone change, edit, modify or remove any information that you may post on The SMARTsite or any of Kiungo’s associated projects.
Trademarks
Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights or similar rights that are mentioned, used or cited in the articles of the The SMARTsite collection are the property of their respective owners. Their use here does not imply that you may use them for any other purpose other than for the same or a similar informational use as contemplated by the original authors of these The SMARTsite articles under the CCPL licensing scheme. Unless otherwise stated The SMARTsite and Kiungo are neither endorsed nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such The SMARTsite can not grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials. Your use of any such or similar incorporeal property is at your own risk.
Jurisdiction and legality of content
Publication of information found in The SMARTsite may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. The The SMARTsite database is stored on a server in the Netherlands, and is maintained in reference to the protections afforded under Dutch law. Laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow the same kinds of speech or distribution. The SMARTsite does not encourage the violation of any laws; and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.
Not professional advice
If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial, or risk management) please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.
In any case, The SMARTsite is a work in progress, and many articles contain errors, bias, duplication, or simply need tender loving care. We encourage readers to help us fix these problems. The great majority of articles are written primarily or solely by individuals who are not subject matter experts, and may lack academic or professional credentials in the area.
Medical disclaimer
The SMARTsite contains articles on many medical and veterinarian topics; however no warranty whatsoever is made that any of the articles are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained in an article touching on medical and veterinary matters is true, correct or precise. The overwhelming majority of such articles are written, in part or in whole, by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you, your animals or your situation.
The medical and veterinarian information provided on The SMARTsite is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified doctor/physician, veterinarian, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on). The SMARTsite and Kiungo are not doctors.
None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, sponsors of The SMARTsite nor anyone else connected to The SMARTsite can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented on this web site.
Nothing on www.thesmartsite.net or thesmartsite.org or included as part of any project of Kiungo, should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.
Of course, you are encouraged to contribute to entries about, (veterinarian) medicine or health and you may use any materials found here under the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Creative Commons Public License.
Thank you for taking the time to read this page, and please enjoy your use of The SMARTsite.
