# Terms of Service **Version {{ policy_version('terms') }}.** These terms govern your use of DevPlace through the web application and through any client that speaks to its API. By creating an account you accept them. When the version above changes, you are asked to accept the new version before you can create or change anything; you can always keep reading and can always delete your account. ## 1. Who may use DevPlace You must be at least {{ moderation_minimum_age() }} years old to hold an account. You declare your date of birth at signup. DevPlace stores only the age band derived from it and discards the date itself. One person may hold one account. You are responsible for everything done with your credentials. ## 2. Zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive behaviour **DevPlace does not tolerate objectionable content or abusive users.** Content in any of the categories listed in the [Community Guidelines](/docs/community-guidelines.html) is prohibited anywhere on the platform: posts, comments, gists, project descriptions, project files, quizzes, polls, awards, uploaded media, direct messages, profile fields, issue reports, assistant output, and anything a container workspace serves through the public ingress. Prohibited content is removed. Accounts that post it are suspended or closed. This applies whether the content was written by a person, generated by an assistant, or served by software you deployed. ## 3. How the rules are enforced Three mechanisms enforce section 2, and all three are described in full on the [How moderation works](/docs/content-moderation.html) page: 1. **Automated filtering** at the moment content is created or edited. 2. **A report control on every surface**, available to every signed-in member. 3. **A moderation queue** worked by administrators, with a published response window of {{ moderation_sla_hours() }} hours. You can also **block** any account. Blocking hides that person's content from you everywhere except their own profile, and stops them contacting you. ## 4. Your content You keep ownership of everything you write, upload or publish. You grant DevPlace the licence it needs to store your content, show it to the people you published it to, transmit it, and make the backups and copies that operating the service requires. That licence ends when the content is deleted, except for copies retained in backups until they rotate out and for records required for legal or moderation purposes. You are responsible for having the rights to everything you publish. See [Notice and takedown](/docs/intellectual-property.html) if your rights have been infringed. ## 5. Acceptable use You must not: - publish content in a prohibited category; - harass, threaten, impersonate or dox any person; - attack, overload or attempt to gain unauthorised access to DevPlace or any other system; - use container workspaces or the AI gateway to attack third parties, mine cryptocurrency, send bulk unsolicited mail, or host prohibited content; - scrape or automate in a way that degrades the service for others; - evade a suspension or ban. ## 6. Code execution DevPlace runs user code in **containers on DevPlace servers**. Nothing you write here is downloaded to or executed on your device by the platform, and no DevPlace client changes its own behaviour by downloading code. You are fully responsible for the code you run and for anything it serves publicly. ## 7. Artificial intelligence Assistant features send content to a third-party model provider. Nothing you author is sent for processing without your explicit consent, which you grant and withdraw at any time from your profile privacy tab. See the [Privacy Policy](/docs/privacy.html). Assistant output is generated text. It can be wrong. It is your responsibility to check it, and it is subject to the same rules as anything you write yourself. ## 8. Rankings, awards and seasons DevPlace ranks contributors, runs seasonal Code Farm Eras, and lets members give each other awards. All of it is **status and cosmetic only**. Nothing of monetary value is offered, awarded or exchanged; no entry fee is charged; nothing can be purchased that affects a ranking, an award or an outcome; and no in-platform currency can be bought or cashed out. None of it is a contest, sweepstake or lottery, and no app store, device maker or platform operator sponsors, endorses, administers or is otherwise involved in any of it. ## 9. Suspension, closure and appeal DevPlace may remove content and suspend or close an account that breaks these terms. When that happens you are told what was decided and why. Reply to the notice, or use the contact details on the [Contact](/docs/contact.html) page, to dispute a decision. ## 10. Deleting your account You can delete your account yourself, at any time, from your profile. Your account and personal data are removed. The process, the short reversible window, and what is retained are described on the [Privacy Policy](/docs/privacy.html) page. ## 11. Availability and liability DevPlace is provided as it is, without warranty. It may change or be unavailable. To the extent the law allows, DevPlace is not liable for indirect or consequential loss. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited. ## 12. Changes to these terms Material changes bump the version at the top of this page. You are asked to accept the new version before your next write. Continuing to read and deleting your account never require acceptance. ## 13. Contact Postal address, email and telephone number are published on the [Contact](/docs/contact.html) page.