Terms of Service

The short version

Neither Packal, Running with Crayons Ltd (the makers of Alfred), or anyone affiliated with either are responsible or can be held liable for anything that might happen to you or your computer relating directly or indirectly from anything connected with Packal or Alfred. Running with Crayons Ltd has no official relationship with Packal, and, hence, has no official role nor responsibility in or with this website. We do our best to ensure safety when it comes to the Website and any content distributed through it, but we make no guarantees, and so, by logging onto this website or by downloading anything from this website, you release Packal from any legal liabilities or responsibilities that might result from interacting with this website.

The longer version

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Packal.org website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the "Website"). The Website is owned and operated by Shawn Patrick Rice. The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, the privacy policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by Packal (collectively, the “Agreement”).

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Packal, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.

The website is offered "as is," without rights to continuity of service, guaranteed uptime, or technical support. By using the website you are agreeing to use the website at your own risk, without liability to Packal, or liability to any individuals involved with Packal in an official capacity.

The information and downloads here are intended to be used with Alfred, a product developed and sold by Running with Crayons Ltd (taken together, the "Software"), registered as a company in England and Wales (company registration number 07211061), and Alfred is provided by Running with Crayons Ltd on an "as is" basis. In no event shall the copyright holder be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including but not limited to any loss of data or computer failure, arising out of the use or inability to use the software. Packal has no official relationship with Running with Crayons Ltd, Alfred, or anyone involved with either.  Packal makes no claims on the intellectual property of the Software and is in no way responsible for the Software.

No group or individual is empowered to make exceptions to the Terms of Service. The terms are amended by publishing a new version of the terms to the Website.

Your Packal.org Account and Site. 

If you create an account on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the account. You must not post content to your account in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Packal may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Packal or Running with Crayons Ltd liability. You must immediately notify Packal of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. Packal will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

Responsibility of Contributors. 

If you post material to the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

  • the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
  • the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
  • the Content is not libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
  • your login is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your login name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own;
  • your content is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, journals and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;

By submitting Content to Packal for inclusion on the Website, you grant Packal a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting the Content. If you delete Content, Packal will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Packal has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Packal’s sole discretion terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Packal’s sole discretion.

Responsibility of Website Visitors. 

Packal has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. Likewise, Running with Crayons Ltd cannot be held responsible for that material's content. By operating the Website, Packal does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Packal disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Content Posted on Other Websites. 

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Packal.org links, and that link to Packal.org. Packal does not have any control over those non-Packal websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Packal website or webpage, Packal does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Packal disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Packal websites and webpages.

Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy.

As Packal asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Packal.org violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Packal. Packal will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Packal or others, Packal may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website.

Intellectual Property.

This Agreement does not transfer from Packal to you any Packal or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Packal. All trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Packal.org, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Packal or Packal’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Packal or third-party trademarks.

Changes. 

Packal reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Packal may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination.

Packal may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Packal.org account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability. 

Disclaimer of Warranties. 

The Website is provided “as is.” Packal and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Packal nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability. 

In no event will Packal, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; or (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

General Representation and Warranty. 

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Packal Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Indemnification. 

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Packal, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents as well as those from Running with Crayons Ltd from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to out of your violation this Agreement.

Open Source. 

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Packal, its code contributors, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the publishing of Packal's source code or the acceptance of code contributions from outside parties.