Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using this site. By accessing this web site and/or using this web site and/or downloading of materials from this site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, the documents referred to on it and/or the laws and regulations and your use constitutes agreement to the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and/or the laws and regulations, you are not authorized to access the site and/or use the site or materials or services, and you are required to exit this site.
References to "RT-Thread"“we”, “our” or “us” in these Terms of Use mean Real-Thread Information Technology Limited., RT-Thread is an open-source embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) that provides a wide range of components and 250+ software packages for the Internet of Things (IoT).
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Sites: - to set up a user profile if you are under 16 years old;
in any way that breaches any applicable law or regulation, is unlawful or fraudulent;
for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm others in any way;
to send, knowingly receive, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy;
to post any content which:
is defamatory of any person;
is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
contains sexually explicit material;
promotes violence;
promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
infringes any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person;
is likely to deceive any person;
is would breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
promotes any illegal activity;
is threatening or abusive, or invades another’s privacy, or causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
is used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
gives the impression that it emanates from RT-Thread, if this is not the case; or
advocates, promotes or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the RT-Thread Sites in contravention of the provisions of RT-Thread Terms of Use and Privacy Policy;
to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of the RT-Thread Sites, equipment or network on which the RT-Thread Sites are stored, any software used in the provision of the RT-Thread Sites; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
The Services may contain information, text, links, graphics, photos, or other materials (“Content”), including Content created or submitted to the Services by you or through your Account (“Your Content”). We take no responsibility for and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of Your Content.
By submitting Your Content to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms. Because you alone are responsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability if you post or share Content without all necessary rights.
You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant RT-Thread the following license to use that Content:
When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.
Any ideas, suggestions, and feedback about RT-Thread or our Services that you provide to us are entirely voluntary, and you agree that RT-Thread may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation or obligation to you.
Although we have no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove Your Content at any time and for any reason, including for violating these Terms, violating our Acceptable use of the RT-Thread Sites, or if you otherwise create or are likely to create liability for us.
RT-Thread respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Services do the same. If you believe that anything on our Services infringes a copyright or a trademark that you own or control, you may notify RT-Thread via contact@rt-thread.org.
Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Service is infringing, you may be liable to RT-Thread for certain costs and damages.
If we remove Your Content in response to a copyright or trademark notice, we will notify you. If you believe Your Content was wrongly removed due to a mistake or misidentification in a copyright notice, you can contact us via contact@rt-thread.org.
Except to the extent prohibited by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us, our directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, third-party service providers, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including costs and attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your use of the Services, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations, or (d) Your Content. We reserve the right to control the defense of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.
RT-Thread will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising out of or relating to the use or the inability to use the RT-Thread Sites, its content or links, including but not limited to damages caused by or related to errors, omissions, interruptions, defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, line failure, and all other direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages even if RT-Thread has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. RT-THREAD ENTITIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR FREE. RT-THREAD DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR LINKED TO THE SERVICES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR USER, WHILE RT-THREAD ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES SAFE, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES OR SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
You must not transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the RT-Thread Sites, the server on which the RT-Thread Sites are stored or any server, computer or database connected to the RT-Thread Sites. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offence. We may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the RT-Thread Sites will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the RT-Thread sites or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
No other person or entity shall – without our permission - have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Use.
We may suspend or terminate your Account, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason, including for violating Terms or our Acceptable use of the RT-Thread Sites. Variation and Assignment
We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. To the extent practicable and appropriate, registered users will be informed in advance about any revisions to these Terms of Use.
You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Site, including all disputes, will be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China, and be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent people’s Court in China.