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1. License and Use
All code samples, snippets, and related materials (collectively, "Code") provided on this platform are subject to the terms of the specific license associated with each Code contribution. Unless otherwise specified, the Code is typically provided under a permissive license, such as the MIT License or Apache License 2.0. It is your responsibility to review and understand the license terms for each piece of Code you use.
You are generally free to use, modify, distribute, and sublicense the Code for any purpose, including commercial applications, provided that you comply with the terms of the applicable license. This often includes retaining copyright notices and license texts.
2. Contribution Guidelines
- Ownership and Rights: By contributing Code, you represent that you have the necessary rights and permissions to do so and grant the necessary licenses to others.
- Code Quality: Please ensure your contributions are well-documented, tested, and adhere to common coding standards for the respective technology.
- Licensing: Clearly specify the license under which you are contributing your Code. If no license is specified, it may be assumed that a default permissive license applies, but explicit declaration is encouraged.
- No Warranty: Code is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. Contributors and Microsoft do not provide any express or implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
3. Intellectual Property
Microsoft and its suppliers retain all rights, title, and interest in and to the MSDN Community platform itself, including all underlying intellectual property. Your use of the platform does not grant you ownership of any intellectual property rights in the platform or the Code contributed by others.
4. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Upload, post, or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
- Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Upload, post, or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," or any other form of solicitation.
- Upload, post, or transmit any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
5. Disclaimers
The Code provided on this platform is intended for informational and illustrative purposes. While efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and functionality of the Code, Microsoft does not guarantee its performance or suitability for your specific use case. You are solely responsible for evaluating and testing any Code before implementing it in your own applications.
6. Modifications and Termination
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7. Governing Law
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
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