Contributor Guidelines

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This page contains all informations relating to the present website, doc.petalslink.com, and pertaining use.
Please read it carefully.
This page is intended to help you use understand how to use the Website and contribute to content. It is meant as a simplified version of the Terms of Use. Legally binding agreement can be found here: [Terms of Use]

By viewing, editing and/or reproducing any page of this website, writing/editing a comment or registering on it, you hereby accept to comply with the following rules, in addition with the General Terms of Use.

The present Contributors Guideline rule out the contributions of Users who registered on this website (Registered User) to any content of the present website.
h1. Using the content
# Public content: accessible to Anonymous Users, it is published under CC-by-nc-nd.
# Private content: accessible only to Registered Users, you can only display it and use it for your own use, excluding any and all commercial intent or result.
# Intellectual property of published content:
* you must respect author's rights and paternity;
* you can use the Petals products names and logo, only in a way that benefits Petals community and excludes any commercial purpose (ex: reproducing a doc on your website, publishing an article on Petals products).
h1. Contributing to the content
* You engage yourself not to disclose Private content to any third party.
* You grant EBM Websourcing the non-exclusive, worldwide, for intellectual property's lifespan, the right to use your contribution in any way on any support (ex: publishing your content under CC-nc-nd, using it in commercial materials).
* You warrants EBM Websourcing against any legal violation that your contribution could cause.
* You pledge to make your best efforts to follow the tips and good practices of the [Writing content] page.

h1. Rules of writing
Each and every comment, note or other contenu must comply with laws relating to freedom of speech, privacy, and non-discrimination.
The contributing User will make its best effort to follow the hereunder recommandations:
* write in literal english (no SMS);
* use and abuse of the preview feature to check their contribution before saving, to avoid useless versioning;
* respect other people's contributions;
* follow the tips and good practices described in [Writing content] guide.

h1. Intellectual Property

h2. Content publication
Any and all content published without any view restriction is deemed published under the terms of the Creative Commons license, [CC-by-nc-nd|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/].
Any and all content needing registration and authentification to be accessed are deemed confidential.

h2. User's contributions
By contributing in any way to the content of doc.petalslink.com, the User agrees to grant EBM WEBSOURCING company a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, represent, adapt and use his contributions in any way and on any support.

EBM Websourcing grants the Registered User the right to modify this website's content, with respect to General Terms of Use and present Contributors Guideline, and publish it back on the present website.

h1. Confidentiality

The User understands that content non accessable without authentication is deemed confidential. As such, the User warrants he/she won't disclose such content to any third party, without prior EBM Websourcing's authorization.

h1. Privacy
* EBM Websourcing may send to you emails on a distant basis if you're a Registered User.
* EBM Websourcing won't disclose your personal information to any third party.
* You can modify or ask deletion of your personal information at any time by sending and email at [legal@petalslink.com|legal@petalslink.com].

Upon registration, the User may give personal informations to EBM Websourcing, such as name, email or address. Any and all information provided by the User can be collected and used by EBM Websourcing. EBM Websourcing warrants that these informations won't be transmitted to any third party, unless EBM Websourcing is under legal obligation to do so, or unless it is strictly necessary to answer a User's comment or question.

The User accepts that EBM Websourcing sends him information emails, on a distant basis (not more than one every several months).

In conformity with French law of January 6th, 1978, the User has a right to access, modify and oppose to its personal informations stored by EBM Websourcing. To use this right, please send and email with your request at [legal@petalslink.com|mailto:legal@petalslink.com], or by letter at the address: EBM Websourcing, 4 rue Amélie, 31200 Toulouse, France.

h1. Settlement of disputes
As an open source company, we at EBM Websourcing are always eager to respect anyone's intellectual property. We are always available to discuss on any problem arising. Knowing this, the User warrants, in case any dispute arise pertaining any part of the website content to which the User contributed, to contact EBM Websourcing prior to any legal action, and use his/her best efforts to find a mutual agreeable solution in good faith.

In case of any proven damage or intellectual property violation, the User warrants that he'll abandon any action that is or could be engaged against EBM Websourcing, as soon as EBM Websourcing took action to resolve this violation. The User also waives any related civil/penal responsability of EBM Websourcing.
h1. Useful Links
* {important}[Wiki User Guide]{important}: the right place to get help about finding information, using Registered User's features and writing content.
* {important}[Forum|http://forum.petalslink.com]{important}
* {important}[Bugtracker|http://support.petalslink.com]{important}: Our products's bugtracker. You may look for existing issues or file a bug there.
* {important}[Petals Link|http://www.petalslink.com]{important}: our corporate website, the place for more information on product's features and technical information, and to ask for professional support.