Terms of Use

By using the https://www.green-button.io website and the Green Button Journey App mobile application you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use").

Basic Terms

  1. You must be 13/16 years or older to use this site.
  2. You may not post nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive photos.
  3. You are responsible for any activity that occurs under your screen name.
  4. You are responsible for keeping your password secure.
  5. You must not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other GBJ users.
  6. You may not use the GBJ service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
  7. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display on the GBJ service.
  8. You must not modify, adapt or hack GBJ or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with GBJ.
  9. You must not access GBJ's private API by any other means other than the GBJ application itself.
  10. You must not crawl, scrape, or otherwise cache any content from GBJ including but not limited to user profiles and photos.
  11. You must not use web URLs in your name without prior written consent from GBJ.
  12. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
  13. You must not, in the use of GBJ, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).
  14. Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your GBJ account. While GBJ prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and agree that GBJ cannot be responsible for the Content posted on its web site and you nonetheless may be exposed to such materials and that you use the GBJ service at your own risk.

General Conditions

  1. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the GBJ service for any reason, without notice at any time.
  2. We reserve the right to alter these Terms of Use at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, we will notify you via internet/email according to the preference expressed on your account. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at our sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense and reasonable judgement.
  3. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
  4. We reserve the right to force forfeiture of any username that becomes inactive, violates trademark, or may mislead other users.
  5. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Use.
  6. We reserve the right to reclaim usernames on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those usernames.

Proprietary Rights in Content on GBJ

  1. GBJ does NOT claim ANY ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post on or through the GBJ Services. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the GBJ Services, you hereby grant to GBJ and other users following Creative Commons Licence:

CC BY-NC-SA: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.

CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements:

BY – Credit must be given to the creator

NC – Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted

SA – Adaptations must be shared under the same terms

  1. Some of the GBJ Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions, and you hereby agree that GBJ may place such advertising and promotions on the GBJ Services or on, about, or in conjunction with your Content. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising and promotions are subject to change without specific notice to you.
  2. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the GBJ Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, (ii) the posting and use of your Content on or through the GBJ Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person, and (iii) the posting of your Content on the Site does not result in a breach of contract between you and a third party. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of Content you post on or through the GBJ Services.
  3. The GBJ Services contain Content of GBJ ("GBJ Content"). GBJ Content is Open Educational Resource and falls under Creative Commons License:

CC BY-NC-SA: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.

CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements:

BY – Credit must be given to the creator

NC – Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted

SA – Adaptations must be shared under the same terms

where GBJ owns and retains all rights in the GBJ Services. GBJ hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the GBJ Content (excluding any software code) according to CC BY-NC-SA licence in connection with viewing the Site and using the GBJ Services.

  1. GBJ performs technical functions necessary to offer the GBJ Services, including but not limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content to allow its use throughout the GBJ Services.
  2. Although the Site and other GBJ Services are normally available, there will be occasions when the Site or other GBJ Services will be interrupted for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunications links and equipment that are beyond the control of GBJ. Also, although GBJ will normally only delete Content that violates this Agreement, GBJ reserves the right to delete any Content for any reason, without prior notice. Deleted content may be stored by GBJ in order to comply with certain legal obligations and is not retrievable without a valid court order. Consequently, GBJ encourages you to maintain your own backup of your Content. In other words, GBJ is not a backup service. GBJ will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the GBJ Services, or the loss of any Content