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+name: Terms of Service
+description: Your agreement with The Mana World
+aliases: [terms, tos, toc, terms-of-use, terms-and-conditions]
+
+autoupdate:
+  wiki: The_Mana_World:Terms_and_Conditions
+---
+
+# Terms of Service
+
+The present terms of service constitute the agreement between you and us, The Mana
+World, also referred as TMW or "we", and its team, also referred as TMWT, regarding
+the use of our services by you. Our services include, but are not limited to, game
+servers, IRC channels, forums and wiki.
+
+Keep in mind that we may provide links or even host third-party services, which
+will be subject to their own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
+
+## Our rights
+
+TMW retains the right to moderate communications within the services to the extent
+it sees fit. This includes the ability to restrict your access to our services.
+TMW may also take any additional steps it deem necessary in order to prevent
+abuse, always respecting your privacy as outlined in our policies.
+
+All data collected and associated with the usage of The Mana World is held under the
+stewardship of The Mana World Team (TMWT), which shall abide to the project's [Constitution](https://policies.themanaworld.org/constitution).
+
+## Your agreement
+
+You agree to not use our services to propagate any abusive, obscene, vulgar,
+slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that
+may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where "The Mana World" is
+hosted or International Law. You also agree to don't share material or content
+which is not owned by you, or which you do not have the rights to share.
+
+You agree to follow all the rules applicable to you, including but not limited to
+the [Game Rules](https://policies.themanaworld.org/rules). The Mana World may,
+but is not required to, monitor the use of our services to ensure the rules are
+being followed, always in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
+
+You also agree to not use our services in a way that could be disruptive to the
+other users, nor to engage in data theft, phishing attempts, DDoS attempts,
+and to not attempt to obtain undue advantage from any bugs or glitches which our
+services may have.
+
+Shall you find a bug or glitch in our services which could have given you an undue
+advantage, you agree to report it as soon as you acquire knowledge of the bug,
+and stop using said bug unless requested in writing by the staff to aid with
+correcting the bug (assuming you agree with this request). We agree to not hold
+you responsible for accidentally using the bug prior to finding out the faulty
+behavior and subsequently reporting it; however, we reserve ourselves the right to
+revert your data to a state prior to the bug affecting you.
+
+## Your rights
+
+You have the right to use our services in accordance to this policy and
+sub-policies such as game rules, as well as to exercise any right granted to you
+by the General Data Protection Act (GDPR), as outlined by our [Privacy Policy](https://policies.themanaworld.org/privacy-policy).
+
+## Software Licenses
+
+The Mana World is an open source software, and you can use it as established by
+its license. Likewise, any contribution you make to the project must be in
+accordance to the licenses The Mana World adopts.
+
+You can find more information [here](https://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?t=1177).
+
+## NO WARRANTY
+
+The Mana World provides no warranties for the services, to the extend permitted by
+applicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing, the copyright holders
+and/or other parties provide the services "as is" without warranty of any kind,
+either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties
+of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the
+quality and performance of the programs offered by us is with you. Should the
+program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or
+correction.
+
+On no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing will any
+copyright holder, The Mana World Team, or any other party who modifies and/or 
+conveys the services, be liable to you for damages, including any general, special,
+incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the
+services (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered
+inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the services
+to operate with any other programs or services), even if such holder or other party
+has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
+
+## NO WAIVER
+
+Failure from The Mana World in exercising any right from this agreement does not
+constitute a waiver of such right.
+
+## Duration and Termination
+
+This agreement shall remain in full force and effects until you request the
+termination of your account, with means provided by us or by email.
+
+We may also unilaterally terminate this agreement if you breach this, or any
+other, policy.
+
+We, at our own discretion, may remove unused accounts to keep our systems clean
+and to better protect your privacy ("purge"). In this case, we will provide a
+prior notice in game, on forums and on IRC about this.
+
+## Changes to this policy
+
+We may change this policy at any time and for any reason. A notice in game, on the
+forums and on IRC will be given every time there is a modification.
+
+## Disputes, Governing Law and Severability
+
+This agreement is governed by the laws of the New York State, United States of
+America. The parties shall endeavor to settle any dispute that arises by direct
+negotiation using Court House or emails, but shall it not result in a resolution
+of the dispute, it shall be resolved by a court in the New York State.
+
+If any of the provisions on this agreement are proven unenforceable or void for
+any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and
+such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the 
+objectives of such provision.
+
+## Contact
+
+If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Service, you can contact us by
+emailing legal@themanaworld.org
+