Terms of Service

Acceptance of these terms

Patrick Ruddiman operates Patrick Ruddiman as a personal website and open-source software showcase available through patrickruddiman.com. These terms also apply to open-source software published by Patrick Ruddiman that references this page for authentication or data-handling disclosures. If you access or use this site or any such software, you agree to these terms and to any applicable laws. If you do not agree, please do not use the site or the software.

Use of the site

You may view, read, and share publicly available content from this site for personal, informational, and non-deceptive purposes. You may not use the site in a way that interferes with its operation, attempts unauthorized access, scrapes protected areas, distributes malicious code, or violates any applicable law.

• Do not misuse forms, links, or infrastructure connected to the site.
• Do not attempt to reverse engineer, disrupt, or overload site functionality.
• Do not present site content in a misleading way that implies endorsement or partnership.

Intellectual property

Unless a different license is stated for a specific project or repository, the design, branding, and original site content on Patrick Ruddiman are owned by Patrick Ruddiman and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Open-source software projects linked from this site are published under their own repository licenses (such as MIT), which govern your rights for those specific materials.

Acceptable use

You agree not to use Patrick Ruddiman to harass others, violate intellectual property rights, distribute unlawful material, probe for vulnerabilities without authorization, or interfere with access for other visitors. Any automated access must remain reasonable and must not degrade the performance or availability of the site.

Third-party links and services

This site and the open-source software published by Patrick Ruddiman may link to or integrate with third-party services, including GitHub, Azure DevOps, LinkedIn, and npm. Those services operate under their own terms and privacy practices. Patrick Ruddiman is not responsible for the content, availability, or policies of third-party websites or platforms.

No warranties

Patrick Ruddiman and the open-source software published by Patrick Ruddiman are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Patrick Ruddiman makes no warranties, express or implied, about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, or fitness of the site, its content, or any linked software for any particular purpose.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Patrick Ruddiman will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, business, revenue, or opportunity arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, Patrick Ruddiman or any open-source software published by Patrick Ruddiman.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the site, its content, or legal requirements. Updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the site after changes become effective means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

If you have questions about these terms or about content published on Patrick Ruddiman, please use the public contact pathways and professional profiles linked through https://patrickruddiman.com.