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202 rivejä
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<h1>Greetings!</h1>
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<p>I, AJ ONeal, am not a big fan of legalize, but I am a fan of communicating
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clearly. I hope that this accomplish both defining some legal boundaries as well
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as communicating in a friendly and clear way, at least to the degree that suits
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our needs for the current stage of our products and services.
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<p>This is important because it is our intent to create sustainable open source
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projects, which means that we do want to create brand value, grow community,
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and, eventually, be able to work full time on creating more great software and services.
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<p>If you'd like to contact me, especially if you feel that I (or we) have made
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a mistake in how we operate, please do so:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="mailto:coolaj86@gmail.com">coolaj86@gmail.com</a></li>
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<li><a href="tel:+13852360466">+1 (385) 236-0466</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://coolaj86.com">https://coolaj86.com</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h1>Contents</h1>
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<p>Here's what I've worked through so far:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#greenlock">Greelock Domains</a></li>
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<li><a href="#licensing">Licensing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#terms">Terms of Service</a></li>
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<li><a href="#trademark">Trademark</a></li>
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<li><a href="#privacy">Privacy</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h1 id="greenlock">Greenlock Domains™</h1>
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<p>Greenlock Domains is a service provided by
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<em><a href="https://coolaj86.com">AJ</a>, Brian,
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<a href="https://jshaver.net">John</a>, & Josh</em>
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(collectively <a href="https://therootcompany.com">Root</a>)
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for automated TLS, SSL, and HTTPS.
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<li><a href="https://greenlock.domains" target="_blank">
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https://greenlock.domains</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock-express.js" target="_blank">
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https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock-express.js</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock.js" target="_blank">
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https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock.js</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock.html" target="_blank">
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https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/greenlock.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Greenlock Domains is an important product / service combo to us
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because it's a huge milestone on the path to a more decentralized web.
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We believe in <em>ownership</em> and <em>control</em> and we're
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building a <a href="https://therootcompany.com">Home Server</a>
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because we envision a world in which everyone is empowered to make
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the choice of whether to rent or own their stuff.
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<p>If we don't do this, well, with the way the cloud is headed,
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renting may be the only option in the future.
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<p>We need <em>Root</em> because we want ownership.
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<p>If at any time you feel that any of our messaging or practices
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are in conflict with our mission or these values, please let us know.
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<h1 id="licensing">Licensing</h1>
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<p>Each of our products comes with its own LICENSE file and the license(s)
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may alse be in some sort of manifest file (such as package.json).
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<p>We typically use the MIT and Apache-2.0 licenses for libraries that we
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actively want others to copy, modify, use and redistribute.
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<p>We typically use ISC and MPL-2.0 with products for which we're a little more
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concerned about branding or about which we have particularly strong opinions.
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<p>Although we do keep some of our software proprietary and we do use trademarks,
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because we believe in empowerment and choice we do our best to provide usable
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self-service forms of our products and services for personal use.
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<p>If at any time you feel that our Licensing is in conflict with our mission or values,
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please let us know.
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<h1 id="terms">Terms of Service</h1>
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<p>We want to make the world a better place.
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Everyone has a different definition of what "a better place" means,
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so the purpose of our terms is to rule out some things that
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we think makes the world (and particularly our world) a worse place:
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<p>You agree that you will use the Greenlock™ service, code, libraries,
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documentation, etc (provided by <a href="#greenlock">us</a>)
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primarily for securing network connections for yourself, your customers,
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on your and your customer's devices on internets, intranets, and... other nets.
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<p>You agree that you will take reasonable measures to keep up-to-date with security
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releases.
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<p>You agree to not use our products or services in a way that would cause unusual
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or undue burden on our servers or services, our partners servers or services, or our
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customers servers or services, or in a way that harms or misrepresents the reputation
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or brand value (including causing brand confusion) of the aforementioned parties
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(or really anybody).
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<p>This is not to say that you can't publicly have a negative opinion, but don't
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bite the hand that feeds and don't be vicious or misrepresentative.
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<p>If you have a use case that may be in violation of these terms (particularly
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the part about undue burden), but you feel contributes to making the world a better
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place, we're here to help (assuming it also aligns with our values).
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Although it may not be appropriate to use our services, but perhaps we can help
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you with a solution based on our no-cost, low-cost or open source products.
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<p>If at any time you feel that our Terms of Service are in conflict with our
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mission or values, please let us know.
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<h1 id="trademark">Trademark</h1>
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<p>"Greenlock" and the "green G lock" mark are Trademarks of
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<a href="https://coolaj86.com" target="_blank">AJ ONeal</a>.
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<p>We'll be coming out with a brand guide as to how you should use
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the marks. In the meantime: don't change the proportions, colors
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(excepting the case of greyscale and black and white).
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<p>It is appropriate to use the trademark in a way that promotes the
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brand with proper attribution, linking to the official project repositories, etc.
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<p>It is appropriate use the name greenlock in a plugin for Greenlock™,
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as long as it is clear that it is a community contribution.
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<p>If you create a "hard" fork of our code or any products or services,
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you should give your fork its own name, and not use ours.
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That sound, we gladly welcome your suggestiosn and pull requests.
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<p>If you mirror our code you should make it clear that it is a mirror
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and link to the official repository.
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in association with usand the disclose that you use Greenlock
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<p>If at any time you feel that our Trademark policies are in conflict with our
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values, please let us know.
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<h1 id="privacy">Privacy Policy</h1>
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<p>What we collect and (more importantly) <em>Why</em>:
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<p><strong>Name</strong>:
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<p>In the cases that we collect your name, it's because we want to know how to address you.
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All four of us want to be personable if and when we reach out.
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<p><strong>Email</strong>:
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<p>There are three main purposes for which we may use your email address:
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<p>1. A one-time outreach to ask if you were able to do what you intended to do.
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We want to make a great product. Although open source projects traditionally have
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a <em>reactive</em> approach to communication (i.e. you file a bug and wait for a response),
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we believe that creating sustainable open source requires a <em>proactive</em> approach.
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<p>2. Security and legal notifications. It's important that we have a way to contact you
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if we've made a mistake or discover a mistake that needs to be addressed. This
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may include vulnerabilities as well as mandatory upgrades (such as when a
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significant change to the Let's Encrypt API is made). Making sure that our products
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work and are secure aligns with our values and contributes to our brand identity.
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<p>3. Opt-in updates. Many of you want to know when we have significant feature updates
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or when we have something that we believe is really valuable to share. We've created an
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opt-in avenue for that. And you can always opt-out as well.
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<p><strong>Telemetry</strong>:
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<p>We believe that the current open source model needs improvement - it often
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relies heavily on large centralized platforms which aggregate a lot of user
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information for the platform without appropriately targeting the relationship
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between authors and users of projcts (i.e. npm, github, etc). We believe that
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making open source sustainable means a greater focus on empowering authors
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and users. We've learned from other projects (Caddy, Heroku, and others) which
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use telemetry as part of a proactive approach to open source and we believe that
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it can be a great avenue for us to be proactive as well.
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<p>We may use telemetry about operating system, browser, node version, code version,
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and other system-level information to better understand how we can serve our users (you)
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and proactively solve problems that we might not otherwise hear about. For example, if
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we see many page visits in a certain browser (or installs with a new version of node),
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but few successful registrations, we know that something is wrong.
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<p><strong>Other</strong>:
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<p>We also use Google Analytics on our web sites for basic functionality.
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Other than that, nothing else comes to mind right now.
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As we consider what we will do in the future, it will be measured against our mission and values.
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We never want to come across as spammy or forceful. We want to do things that help us build
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our brand, acknowledge our customers; things that are proactive, and that
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promote sustainable source.
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<p>If at any time you feel that our Privacy policy is in conflict with our mission or values,
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please let us know.
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<p>Copyright 2018 AJ ONeal
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