Terms of Service

You must be at least 16 years old and able to form a binding contract. If you use the Services for an organisation, you represent that you are authorised to bind that organisation, and “you” includes that organisation.

You are responsible for all activity under your account, for keeping your credentials secure, and for providing accurate information. Notify us promptly of any unauthorised use. We may refuse, suspend, restrict or reclaim any account, username, or content at our discretion, including for inactivity, suspected misrepresentation, or risk to the community.

Membership is a revocable permission, not a right. Acceptance of an application is at our sole discretion, and we are not required to give reasons.

Your use of the Services must comply with our Acceptable Use Policy, Community Guidelines and Code of Conduct, which are incorporated into these Terms. Without limiting those documents, you agree not to:

• break the law, infringe others’ rights, or misappropriate confidential information or intellectual property;
• harass, threaten, defame, or discriminate against any person;
• scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the Services; probe or test their security; circumvent rate limits or access controls; or use bots or automated means except through interfaces we provide;
• upload malware, spam, or misleading content; impersonate anyone; or misrepresent your affiliation;
• resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Services or other members’ data without our written permission.

You retain ownership of the content you submit (“Member Content”). You are solely responsible for Member Content and for having the rights needed to submit it.

You grant Foundbrew a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt, publish, publicly display and distribute Member Content for the purposes of operating, developing, promoting and improving the Services, including displaying it to other members and, where you make it public, on the open web and in Foundbrew marketing. This licence continues for Member Content you have shared with others or posted publicly even after your account closes, to the extent needed to respect those other members’ use.

You grant other members a limited licence to view and use Member Content you share with them within the Services for collaboration. We may, but are not obliged to, review, moderate, or remove Member Content.

If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about the Services, you assign to Foundbrew all rights in that feedback and agree we may use it for any purpose without restriction, compensation, or attribution.

The Services, including their software, design, text, graphics and the Foundbrew name and logo, are owned by Foundbrew or its licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved.

The Services may link to or interoperate with third-party websites, products and services that we do not control. We are not responsible for them, and your use of them is governed by their own terms. Introductions made through the Services are between the members involved; Foundbrew is not a party to, and is not responsible for, any collaboration, agreement, project outcome, or dispute that results.

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOUNDBREW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY CONTENT OR MATCH IS ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOUNDBREW AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

FOUNDBREW’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO FOUNDBREW IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS (US$100). THESE LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND APPLY EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Foundbrew and its officers, employees, contractors and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or connected with: your use of the Services; your Member Content; your breach of these Terms or the policies incorporated into them; or your violation of any law or of any third party’s rights. We may assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate with our defence.

You may stop using the Services and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, remove content, or discontinue the Services (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice, including for suspected breach of these Terms or risk to the community.

On termination, your right to use the Services ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive — including content licences already granted, feedback assignment, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and the dispute provisions — survive termination.

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the paragraph below, the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to venue there.

Where permitted by law, you and Foundbrew agree to first attempt to resolve any dispute informally by contacting foundbrew@gmail.com and negotiating in good faith for 60 days. Any dispute not resolved that way will be finally settled by binding arbitration administered under recognised arbitration rules, seated in London, before a single arbitrator, conducted in English. You and Foundbrew agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding. Nothing here prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief from a court, or from exercising a non-waivable statutory right in your country of residence.

We may modify these Terms at any time. For material changes we will give reasonable notice (for example, by email or an in-product notice) before they take effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, stop using the Services.

These Terms, together with the policies referenced in them, are the entire agreement between you and Foundbrew about the Services. If a provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in effect and the provision is modified to the minimum extent necessary. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them freely. There are no third-party beneficiaries.