Lawful Use
Visitor shall use SAS for lawful purposes only. Visitor shall not post or transmit through SAS any material which: (i) violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others; (ii) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable; (iii) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law; or (iv) contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services, unless PDE has expressly approved such material in advance of its transmission. Any conduct by a Visitor that, in PDE discretion, restricts or inhibits any other Visitor from using or enjoying SAS is expressly prohibited.
SAS Content
A portion of SAS content is supplied by third parties. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of PDE. Neither PDE nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. PDE neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on SAS by anyone other than employee spokespersons of PDE while acting in their official capacities.
Downloading of Intellectual Property
The entire contents of SAS are copyrighted as a collective work/compilation. No Visitor may modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. Visitor may download one (1) single copy of the copyrighted material for Visitor's personal or classroom, non-commercial use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express written permission of PDE (or the copyright owner(s) if other than or in addition to PDE). In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend, copyright or other proprietary notice shall be made. Visitor acknowledges that he/she does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
Uploading of Intellectual Property
Visitor shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on SAS any material protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights, without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right. The burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with Visitor. Visitor shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of SAS, Visitor automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted PDE the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. Visitor also permits any other Visitor to access, view, and store or reproduce the material for that Visitor's personal use. Visitor hereby grants PDE the rights to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on SAS by Visitor.
Copyrights and Copyright Agents
PDE respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the PDE Copyright Agent the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest
- a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site
- your address, telephone number, and email address
- 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
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
The PDE Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is the SAS Administrator who can be reached as follows:
Trademarks
Unless otherwise indicated, trademarks that appear on this site are trademarks of PDE or its affiliates. All other trademarks not owned by PDE or its affiliates that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by PDE or its affiliates.
PLS Proprietary Rights
Visitor acknowledges and agrees that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service ("Software") contains proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Except as expressly authorized by PLS, Visitor agrees not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part. PLS grants Visitor a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that Visitor does not (and does not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. Visitor agrees not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. Visitor agrees not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by PDE for use in accessing the Service.
No Resale of Service
Visitor agrees not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
