Terms of Use
These terms are a starting template, not legal advice. Please review and adapt them with a qualified professional before publishing, and fill in the items marked in brackets.
1. Acceptance
By accessing or using Flat Earth Paper (the site), you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
2. About the site
The site is an entertainment and concept work. It gathers flat earth topics, maps, models, observations and history in one place for the curious to read and explore, and it takes no side on the shape of the earth. The content is provided for interest and discussion and is offered as is, without any warranty as to accuracy or completeness.
3. Acceptable use
You agree to use the site lawfully and not to misuse it. In particular, you agree not to attempt to disrupt or gain unauthorised access to the site, its servers or connected systems, not to scrape or harvest content at scale without permission, and not to use the site in any way that breaks applicable law.
4. Content you submit
If you post in the guestbook or contribute to any community feature, you are responsible for what you submit. You agree not to post content that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, infringing, deceptive, or that contains spam or another person's private information.
By submitting content, you grant us a non exclusive, royalty free licence to display, store and share that content on the site in connection with operating it. You confirm you have the right to grant this licence. We may, at our discretion and without obligation, review, edit, refuse to publish, or remove any submission, and we may restrict access for anyone who breaks these terms.
5. Intellectual property
Except for content submitted by visitors, the text, design, code and other materials on the site belong to the operator or its licensors. You may view and share the site for personal, non commercial purposes. You may not copy, republish or redistribute substantial parts of it without permission.
6. Third party links and services
The site may link to or rely on third party websites and services. We are not responsible for the content, policies or practices of those third parties.
7. Disclaimers
The site and its content are provided on an as is and as available basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non infringement.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operator will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the site.
9. Indemnity
You agree to hold the operator harmless from claims arising out of content you submit or your misuse of the site, to the extent permitted by law.
10. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of [your country or state], without regard to its conflict of law rules. [Adjust this to your situation and add a dispute resolution clause if you need one.]
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows when they were last revised. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
12. Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent to [your contact email].