This document constitutes a binding agreement under New Zealand law between the provider of demo.mahara.org – Catalyst.Net Limited – and yourself. The terms and conditions contained in this document govern your use of the website.
The Privacy Statement forms part of these terms and conditions and is hereby incorporated by reference.
Purpose of demo.mahara.org
This site can be used for short-term exploration of the features of the Mahara software.
All content will be deleted once a day and replaced by the demo content.
You can use any of the demonstration accounts available on the site or set up a temporary account for yourself, which you can delete before the automatic reset of the site.
The site cannot be used for security testing or any other technical testing, including automation testing. For information on security testing, please refer to our guidelines.
Our obligations
We provide a demonstration environment in which you can learn about Mahara and its features.
A number of accounts have been set up so you don't have to create an account yourself. Since these accounts are accessible to anybody using the site, we do not guarantee that the password, username, and names are correct.
Demo.mahara.org is reset once a day to ensure that any content created during the previous 24 hours is deleted.
Your obligations
You must be at least 16 years of age to use demo.mahara.org.
All files and content you upload to demo.mahara.org are subject to copyright law. You are responsible for ensuring you have appropriate permission to reproduce and publish any work that is not your own.
You must not use any account on demo.mahara.org to store or display offensive material.
Inappropriate behaviour includes misuse of the objectionable material reporting system, sending community members unsolicited messages that don't relate to Mahara, intentionally attempting to upload files with virus content, placing objectionable or excessive feedback or comments on any other user's pages and / or files and any other behaviour deemed to be nuisance or offensive by the Site Administrator.
Any unsolicited contact you receive as a result of personal information you have publicly released via your portfolio is your responsibility.
Account expiry
If you create an account on demo.mahara.org or add content to an existing account, it will be erased once a day and thus is only available for the maximum period of 24 hours. You cannot retrieve any content once accounts have been deleted or cleared.
Liability
We will not be liable to you for indirect or consequential loss or damages (including but not limited to loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, data, goodwill or other non-pecuniary loss) arising out of or in connection with this agreement or the provision of the website, whether arising from negligence, breach of contract or otherwise.
Our maximum aggregate liability for all lawfully limitable claims under or in connection with this agreement (whether arising from negligence, breach of contract or otherwise) will be an amount equal to NZ$10.
You agree to defend, indemnify and save us, our affiliated and subsidiary corporations, our officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, shareholders and assigns harm from and against all liability, loss, expense, fines, penalties, or damages (including legal costs) to the extent that such claim arises out of or is in any way connected with the non-performance or breach of any obligation imposed on you by this agreement or other general laws and obligations or by reason of and to the extent of your fraud, negligence or wilful misconduct or that of or any of your agents or employees.
We make no representations and give no warranties, guarantees or undertakings concerning our provision or administration of the website, or your use thereof, except as expressly set out in this agreement. Other warranties, express or implied, by statute or otherwise (including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and satisfactory quality) are excluded from this agreement. It is intended that this clause will apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law: the clause is not intended to exclude the application of the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or similar law where we are providing services to consumers.