Service Agreement,
Terms and Conditions

Acceptance

• When you accept this Agreement, you state that you have understood it and are bound by all its terms and conditions.
• By submitting your player character name registration, you accept this Agreement.
• By accepting this Agreement, you also accept and agree to our:
  1. Privacy Policy
  2. In-game rules for players and contributors
  3. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for players, contributors, and users of other services
  4. Contributor Agreement for contributors, developers, and maintainers of code and content
• The Agreement is made effective as of the date of electronic acceptance.

Amendments and revisions

1. You accept that Viking MUD may amend or revise this Agreement and any policies or agreements at any time.
2. For material amendments or revisions, Viking MUD shall endeavour to provide at least one week's advance notice, via our news page and in-MUD news.
3. For minor updates — fixing typos, presentation, or clarifications — there will be no advance notice.
4. By continuing to use our services, you accept the revised Agreement.

Terms and conditions

Definitions

Administration

Persons with administrative privileges in the game, also called Admins or Administrators, who have the in-game "Admin" level.

Contributor, Developer, Maintainer, Creator, Architect, Wizard

Any person contributing, developing, or maintaining code or content to Viking MUD, including but not limited to game content, game mechanics, documentation, web pages, etc.

MUD

"Multi-User Dungeon" — the game itself.

Player

Any person playing the game.

Player character, character

An in-game persona representing the person playing the game.

User

Any person using our services.

Fees and payment

All services provided by Viking MUD are free of charge.

Term of service, renewal, and termination

Services are generally not time limited, there is therefore no renewal. You may terminate the Agreement by deleting your player character(s). For user accounts independent of player characters, you may also terminate the Agreement and request account deletion. We may suspend or terminate accesses and/or privileges, or terminate the Agreement, if you violate this Agreement and its linked documents, or any parts thereof.

Acceptable Use Policy

Services provided by Viking MUD may not be used for any purposes that Viking MUD, at its sole discretion, may find unacceptable. Basically: do not violate in-game rules, do not spam, do not violate other people's immaterial or material rights, and do not engage in any form of crime or otherwise illegal or antisocial behaviour. The complete AUP is available in a separate document.

In-game rules

By playing or contributing to Viking MUD, you agree to follow the MUD's in-game rules for players and contributors. You also agree that the Administration arbitrates these rules and may delegate powers and responsibility.

Contributor / Developer agreement

By contributing any code or content to Viking MUD, you grant Viking MUD license to keep, use, and maintain your contributions for as long as we exist. You guarantee that your contributions are free of restrictions for such use, and that as a contributor you will respect people's privacy and other rights. For full details, see the Contributor Agreement.

Confidentiality of account and login information

Your password is confidential. The combination of your player character name and password ("login information") is confidential and your responsibility. Notify us if confidentiality has been breached.

Warranty disclaimer

We make no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, in connection with this Agreement or any of our services. Use the service at your own risk.

Limitation of liability

Viking MUD shall not be liable and disclaims loss for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind.

Force majeure

In the event of Force Majeure, neither party shall be deemed in default or shall hold the other party responsible for any failure or delay in performance. Should the force majeure event persist for more than 30 days, Viking MUD may at its option terminate this Agreement.

Entire agreement

This document and the documents it references are the complete Agreement, superseding all previous agreements and documents regarding the same subjects.

Severability

If any part of this Agreement is found invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that only affects the parts in question, not the entire Agreement.

Disputes

Please contact the Administration to raise any disputes or questions relating to this Agreement. You are not required to do so by law, but we want to solve any issues amicably.

Governing law

This Agreement's jurisdiction is the Kingdom of Norway, under the court of Oslo, in accordance with Norwegian law.

Language

This Agreement is executed in the English language. Translations may be inaccurate — if in doubt, refer to the English version.