1. Acceptance of Terms

GroupOS provides a collection of online resources, including classified ads, forums, and various services, (referred to hereafter as "the Service") subject to the following Terms of Service ("Terms"), which may be updated by GroupOS from time to time. GroupOS will provide notice of materially significant changes to the Term by posting notice on the GroupOS site. You can review the most current version of the Terms at:

http://www.GroupOS.com/tos.htm.

By using the Service in any way, you are agreeing to comply with these Terms. In addition, when using particular GroupOS services, you agree to abide by any applicable posted guidelines for all GroupOS services, which may change from time to time. Should you object to any term or condition of these Terms, any guidelines, or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with GroupOS in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of GroupOS.

2. Content and Eligibility

By using and/or viewing this site, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement and that you are at least 18-years old (21-years old in AL, MS, NE, WY, and any other location where 18 is not the age of majority) - who are interested in and wish to have access to visual images, verbal and written descriptions and audio sounds of a sexually oriented, and frankly erotic nature. The materials, which are available within this site may include graphic visual depictions and descriptions of nudity and sexual activity and should not be accessed by anyone who is younger than 18-years old (21-years old in AL, MS, NE, WY, and any other location where 18 is not the age of majority) or who is offended by such materials or who does not wish to be exposed to such materials.

You understand that all postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other materials ("Content") posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Service, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. More specifically, you are entirely responsible for all Content that you post, email or otherwise make available via the Service. You understand that GroupOS does not control, and is not responsible for Content made available through the Service, and that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise objectionable. Furthermore, the GroupOS site and Content available through the Service may contain links to other websites, which are completely independent of GroupOS. GroupOS makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information contained in any such site. Your linking to any other websites is at your own risk. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, that you may not rely on said Content, and that under no circumstances will GroupOS be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Service. You acknowledge that GroupOS does not necessarily pre-screen or approve Content, but that GroupOS shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, delete or move any Content that is available via the Service, for violating the letter or spirit of the Terms or for any other reason.

3. Notification of Claims of Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify GroupOS' agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement ("Agent"), at web@GroupOS.com or:

Copyright Agent
R.J. Howard Computing
P.O. Box 4495
Palm Springs, CA   92263

Please provide our Agent with the following Notice:

1. Identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
2. Identify the material on the GroupOS site that you claim is infringing, with enough detail so that we may locate it on the website;
3. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
4. A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (a) the above information in your Notice is accurate, and (b) that you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on behalf of that owner;
5. Your address, telephone number, and email address; and
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

GroupOS will remove the infringing posting(s), subject to the the procedures outlined in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

4. Conduct

You agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Content:

• that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or harms minors in any way;
• that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
• that impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a GroupOS employee, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
• that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent.
• that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, misinformative, or constitutes "bait and switch";
• that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships.
• that constitutes or contains "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial advertisement.
• that constitutes or contains any form of advertising or solicitation if (1) posted in areas of the GroupOS sites which are not designated for such purposes; or (2) emailed to GroupOS users who have requested not to be contacted about other services, products or commercial interests.
• that advertises any illegal services or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by applicable law, including without limitation items the sale of which is prohibited or regulated by California law.
• that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
• that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive number of messages (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise negatively affects other users' ability to use the Service; or
• that employs misleading email addresses, or forged headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of Content transmitted through the Service.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted;
• "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone;
• collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
• use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Service - exception is made for internet search engines (e.g. Google) and non-commercial public archives (e.g. archive.com) that comply with our robots.txt file;
• purposefully post Content in a irrelevant category, repeatedly post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; or
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to GroupOS' computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Service or the GroupOS website.

5. No Spam Policy

You understand and agree that sending unsolicited email advertisements to GroupOS email addresses or through GroupOS computer systems, which is expressly prohibited by these Terms, will use or cause to be used servers located in California. Any unauthorized use of GroupOS computer systems is a violation of these Terms and certain federal and state laws, including without limitation the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.), Section 502 of the California Penal Code and Section 17538.45 of the California Business and Professions Code. Such violations may subject the sender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties.

6. Limitations on service

You acknowledge that GroupOS may establish limits concerning use of the Service, including the maximum number of days that Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number and size of postings, email messages, or other Content that may be transmitted or stored by the Service, and the frequency with which you may access the Service. You agree that GroupOS has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that GroupOS reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice, and that GroupOS shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

7. Termination of service

You agree that GroupOS, in its sole discretion, has the right (but not the obligation) to delete or deactivate your account, block your email or IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of the Service (or any part thereof), immediately and without notice, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, if GroupOS believes that you have acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms. Further, you agree that GroupOS shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service. Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Service after said termination.

8. Dealings with organizations and individuals

Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You agree that GroupOS shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that GroupOS is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release GroupOS, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and / or our service. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

9. Proprietary rights

The Service is protected to the maximum extent permitted by copyright laws and international treaties. Content displayed on or through the Service is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to copyrights laws, and international conventions. Any reproduction, modification, creation of derivative works from or redistribution of the Sites or the collective work is prohibited. Copying or reproducing the sites or any portion thereof to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is prohibited. You further agree not to reproduce, duplicate or copy Content from the Service, and agree to abide by any and all copyright notices displayed on the Service. You may not decompile or disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code contained in the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any aspect of the Service. GroupOS is a service mark of R.J. Howard Computing.

Although GroupOS does not claim ownership of content that its users post, by posting Content to any public area of the Service, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to GroupOS an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute said Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, said Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses (through multiple tiers) of the foregoing.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE GroupOS SITE AND THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE GroupOS SITE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GroupOS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE GroupOS SITE AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GroupOS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON THE GroupOS SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GroupOS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties.

11. Limitations of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GroupOS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF GroupOS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE GroupOS SITE, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE GroupOS SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE GroupOS SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In some jurisdiction, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold GroupOS, its officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your violation of the Terms, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein, or your violation of any rights of another.

13. General information

The Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and GroupOS and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and GroupOS. The Terms and the relationship between you and GroupOS shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and GroupOS agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Riverside, California. The failure of GroupOS to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

14. Violations of Terms and Liquidated Damages

Please report any violations of the Terms, by flagging the posting(s) for review, or by emailing to web@GroupOS.com. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

You understand and agree that, because damages are often difficult to quantify, if actual damages cannot be reasonably calculated then you will be liable to pay GroupOS liquidated damages as follows:

a. If you post a message that (1) impersonates any person or entity; (2) falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; or (3) that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent, you agree to pay GroupOS one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such message.

b. If GroupOS establishes limits on the frequency with which you may access the Service, or terminates your access to or use of the Service, you agree to pay GroupOS one hundred dollars ($100) for each message posted in excess of such limits or for each day on which you access GroupOS in excess of such limits, whichever is higher.

c. If you send unsolicited email advertisements to GroupOS email addresses or through GroupOS computer systems, you agree to pay GroupOS twenty five dollars ($25) for each such email.

d. If you post messages in violation of these Terms of Service, other than as described above, you agree to pay GroupOS one hundred dollars ($100) for each such message. In its sole discretion, GroupOS may elect to issue a warning before assessing damages.

Otherwise, you agree to pay GroupOS' actual damages, to the extent such actual damages can be reasonably calculated.