Terms of Service

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1. Informational & Research Purpose Only

SafeOpenSource publishes algorithmic evaluations, OpenSSF Scorecard summaries, commit telemetry, and AI-generated assessments solely for educational, research, and informational purposes. The content provided does not constitute legal counsel, cybersecurity certification, or commercial warranty.

2. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall SafeOpenSource, its authors, or contributors be held liable for any damages, security incidents, data breaches, hardware failures, or losses resulting from the installation, deployment, or configuration of any third-party software cataloged on this website. Users assume full responsibility for auditing third-party code prior to running it on production systems.

3. Open-Source Licenses & Trademarks

All product names, trademarks, and registered trademarks referenced on SafeOpenSource (e.g., Docker, Linux, Nextcloud, Home Assistant) are property of their respective owners. Evaluation of open-source licenses (MIT, GPL, Apache, AGPL) is provided as an analytical aid and does not constitute formal legal opinion.

4. Automated Crawling & Scraping

Reasonable crawling that respects our robots.txt directives is welcomed. Excessive automated requests that degrade website performance or attempt denial-of-service attacks will result in immediate IP rate-limiting.