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Terms of Use

The conditions on which the archive is offered. They are brief, and unlike the ones in the cabinet they are meant.

These terms apply to your use of the archive. By reading the site or downloading from it you accept them. For a less serious treatment of the same form, see the cabinet's terms and conditions for the end of the world.

Reading and downloading

The archive is free to read. Reading copies in the library may be downloaded, printed and kept without charge and without registration.

Quoting and sharing

You are welcome to:

  • quote from any entry for the purposes of study, criticism, review or teaching, with acknowledgment of the archive and a link or reference to the page;
  • share links to any page;
  • pass on PDF reading copies, unaltered, to other readers for private study.

Please do not:

  • sell, license or charge for access to any text or image from the archive;
  • republish entries in bulk, or present the archive's writing or artwork as your own;
  • alter a reading copy and distribute it under the archive's name.

Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, the text, design and artwork of the site belong to the archive. The names of historical texts and traditions discussed in the entries belong to nobody.

Acceptable use

Please do not attempt to disrupt the site, to gain access to anything that is not offered publicly, or to copy it by automated means at a rate that would burden the service. Ordinary indexing by search engines is welcome and is provided for in the site's robots file and site map.

The nature of the content

The archive is an editorial and creative project. Its essays are general introductions written in good faith; its cataloged authors, publications, movements and incidents are fictional. The disclaimer explains the distinction and forms part of these terms.

Entries describe beliefs and practices without endorsing them. Nothing on the site is professional advice of any kind, and nothing is offered as instruction.

No warranty

The archive is provided as it is. The editors try to keep it accurate and available and promise neither. To the extent the law allows, the archive accepts no liability for any loss arising from use of the site or reliance on its contents.

The archive links only to its own pages. If you arrive here from another site, that site is not connected with the archive and the archive is not responsible for it.

Changes

These terms may be revised from time to time. The version on this page is the one in force.