Welcome to FoGuangPedia. This page tells you the terms on which you may:

1. use the FoGuangPedia website at www.foguangpedia.org (the “Site”);
2. access to certain Materials on the Site; and
3. make use of the Materials.

Please read these Terms carefully before you use the Site, any material and content via the Site. You should understand that by using the Site, you signify your acceptance of the Terms and that you agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms, please refrain from using the materials on the Site.

Part I: Using the Site

1. 1. This website (the “Site”) is owned and operated by FoGuangPedia (“FGP,” “We” or “Us”) under the supervision of Fo Guang Shan.
   2. The content on the Site consists of:
      1. 1. “Free Materials”: all content that is made available by Us for free. This may include specific content made available: (i) to an individual allowing free access for a limited period of time; (ii) to the general public as free access content; or (iii) to an individual through referrer access from a relevant third party referring website;
         2. “Open Access Materials”: all content that is available on an open access basis; and
         3. “Member-only Materials”: all content that is available and accessible by member only.

      The Free Materials, Open Access Materials, and Member-only Materials together comprise the “Materials.”

   3. You must not misuse the Site by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or any part of it, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Site. You must not attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service-attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Site will cease immediately.
   4. 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 Site or due to your downloading of any material posted on it, or any website linked to it.
   5. We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions and to use the Site in accordance with the Terms, our Privacy Policy and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Site or to materials and services available through the Site or from Fo Guang Shan. Accessing the Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of the Site and your agreement to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.

We reserve the right to change these Terms & Conditions or to impose new conditions on use of the Site, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms & Conditions on this website. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms & Conditions, as modified.

 

Part II: Intellectual property and access and license

1. 1. We are the owner or the licensee of all copyright, trademarks, design rights, database rights, confidential information, or any other intellectual property rights (together the “Intellectual Property”) in the Site, the content and the Materials.
   2. The Materials are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. Your right to access and use the Site and the Materials is strictly limited to that set out below and, where applicable, in any accompanying license agreement between you and Us.

Usage rights for:

1. Free Materials
   1. We grant you a limited and revocable license to access and make personal use (including permission to print off one copy, and to download extracts) of any page containing Free Materials for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organization to the Free Materials.You must not (i) modify the paper or digital copies of any Free Materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way; (ii) use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from any accompanying text; and (iii) systematically download and store complete issues or volumes of any one journal and/or publication.
   2. If you print off, copy, or download any part of the Site or the Free Materials in breach of these Terms , your right to use the Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the Free Materials you have made.
   3. This license does not include any derivative use of the Site or the Materials, any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data-mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools. In addition, you may not use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing our name or the name of any of our group companies without our express written consent.
   4. You must not use any part of the Free Materials for commercial purposes without first obtaining a license in writing to do so from us.
   5. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of Free Materials on our site must always be acknowledged.
2. Open Access Materials
   1. Open articles are normally published under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. However, sponsors/authors may opt to publish under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Fo Guang Shan Open Select articles are currently published under a license to publish, which is based upon the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License, but allows for text and data mining of work. Sponsors/authors also have the option of publishing an Open Select article under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
   2. Where Fo Guang Shan Open articles and Fo Guang Shan Open Select articles are made available on an open-access basis, no subscription fee or article-pay-to-view fee or any other form of access fee are payable by you, and no publication embargo is applied.
   3. If an article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License, you may access, download, copy, display, and redistribute Fo Guang Shan Open articles and Fo Guang Shan Open Select articles as well as adapt, translate, text- and data-mine content contained in Fo Guang Shan Open articles and Fo Guang Shan Open Select articles, subject to the following conditions:(i) you will not compromise the author’s moral right to the integrity of their work and you will make proper attribution of the work but not in any way that suggests that you or your use of the work are in any way endorsed by the author or Fo Guang Shan.

      (ii) this permission does not cover any third-party copyrighted work which may appear in the work requested.

   4. In the event and to the extent of any conflict between the provisions of these Terms and any other agreement referred to in these Terms, the provisions of the other agreement will apply.
3. Member-only Materials
   1. In addition to the terms set out above, your use of any Member-only Materials is subject to an additional license, the nature and content of which will vary according to the type of Member-only Materials use and whether you are using as an individual or on behalf of an organization.
   2.  Individual usage are limited to individual personal and private use only and shall not be used to substitute for an existing or potential library or other subscription and shall not be networked to any other site, nor posted to a library or public website.
   3. Your access to and use of the Materials may be subject to additional terms and conditions as agreed by you and Us from time to time, except that any such obligations will not apply to any dispute between you and Us arising, or arising out of events occurring before the date of such additions.