Terms and conditions

Note: these terms of use do not apply to my User JavaScripts. They have their own terms of use.

All of my scripts that I make available on this site are free to use. However, there are a few conditions.

If you are unsure which of these applies to you, or you need me to clarify any of these points, do not hesitate to contact me.

All sites (including excluded sites)

Please leave all comments in the source - you are using the script(s) for free, so others should be allowed to copy them from your site for free, and they need my instructions! If you change anything in the script source, please leave your own comments in there saying what you changed.
These scripts are provided 'as-is'. While I may offer support if you are having problems, or general queries about implementing one of my scripts, I cannot be held responsible for any problems encountered or losses incurred through use of any of these scripts. While I may also update these scripts on an ad hoc basis, I make no promise or guarentee that the scripts will be updated. However, if you suggest any improvements to a script, I may choose to implement these suggestions.
You are welcome to download, store, print and utilise these scripts, without the need for any written permission. You should not attempt to prevent others from copying the scripts from your site. However, if you want to include the scripts in any script archives for downloading (such as ScriptSearch or JavaScript Kit), online or downloadable web templates (such as the SharePoint templates), or in bundled or distributed scripts/software (such as Opera or Dashboard widgets, or the Formativ Academic Timetable), you should contact me first and obtain my express written permission.
You should check my scripts archive and 'What's new?' pages periodically to see if the script has been updated. More commonly updated scripts will also include version numbers in the .js header file(s). Updates are usually to provide extra functionality, or to increase browser compatibility, as well as the occasional bug fix. If you would like to be automatically kept up to date with script updates, subscribe to my RSS feed. All important script updates will be mentioned on there.
You must not use these scripts for illegal purposes, or on pages containing any illegal material.

Commercial/profit-making public websites

You should put a note saying that the script was provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk - so if customers are charged money to use the site, they are only charged for the content you provide, not for the scripts that I provide. This note only needs to be included on one page per site (for example, a site policy page or other appropriate page). It does not need to be included on every page the script is used on.
You put a plain text (ie. not script) link to my site on your policy page or other appropriate page, to help me with my search engine rankings. This link only needs to be included on one page per site (for example, a site policy page or other appropriate page). It does not need to be included on every page the script is used on.
The following would suffice for both above points:
```
[Put name(s) of scripts here] script(s) provided for free by
<a href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk">http://www.howtocreate.co.uk</a>.
Customers are not charged for use of th(is|ese) script(s).
```
Example 1
Collapsible list script provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/. Customers are not charged for use of this script.

Example 2
Mini window and display based menu scripts provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/. Customers are not charged for use of these scripts.

Corporate internal websites

You should put a note on a site policy page or other appropriate page saying that the script was provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk. This note only needs to be included on one page per site (for example, a site policy page or other appropriate page). It does not need to be included on every page the script is used on.
You put a plain text (ie. not script) link to?my site. This link only needs to be included on one page per site (for example, a site policy page or other appropriate page). It does not need to be included on every page the script is used on.
The following would suffice for both above points:
```
[Put name(s) of scripts here] script(s) provided for free by
<a href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/">http://www.howtocreate.co.uk</a>.
```
Example 1
Collapsible list script provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/.

Example 2
Mini window and display based menu scripts provided for free by http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/.

Definitions

Note: These definitions are for these terms and conditions only, and may not relate to dictionary definitions.

If you are unsure which of these applies to you, or you need me to clarify any of these points, do not hesitate to contact me.

Commercial/profit-making public websites

These are websites that can be accessed via the public internet, do not fall into any of the excluded sites categories and fall into at least one of the following categories:

Sites which are built, owned or maintained by a profit-making person or organisation
Any site which generates revenue, whether through sales, promotion, licensing, premium or paid-for content, marketing, advertising, sponsorship, other affiliate programs, or any other means
Government, government-agency or political-party websites

Corporate internal websites

These are websites that cannot be accessed via the public internet, do not fall into any of the excluded sites categories and fall into any of the following categories:

Sites which are built, owned or maintained by a profit-making person or organisation
Any site which generates revenue, whether through sales, promotion, licensing, premium or paid-for content, marketing, advertising, sponsorship, other affiliate programs, or any other means
Government, government-agency or political-party websites

Excluded sites

Sites are excluded from both the 'commercial/profit-making public websites' and 'corporate internal websites' categories if they fall into any of the following categories:

Personal or hobby sites which generate no revenue
Websites owned and maintained by a charity or not-for-profit organisation. This includes websites of registered charities where the principal activity is fundraising
School, college, university or other educational websites

These conditions and definitions have been adapted from brothercake's licensing pages.

License terms for use of my scripts

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