Terms of Use

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern the GEM Foundation’s relationship with you in relation to this website.

GEM is a collaborative effort and we value all contributions from our community and the activities of collaborators and others to spread information about the Global Earthquake Model initiative. For this reason we chose to release the contents of this website under the following creative commons license, unless otherwise stated:
Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License (CC By-Sa).

CC-By-Sa main features are:

1. ATTRIBUTION
You are allowed to re-distribute content in any form, but should provide credit to the authors (GEM Foundation), either by including a) a hyperlink or URL to the page or pages you are re-using, b) a hyperlink or URL to an alternative, stable online copy which is freely accessible.

• This applies to content developed by the GEM Foundation community, unless stated elsewhere. Scientific publications, technical reports and presentations that can be downloaded from the website, might have a dedicated disclaimer explaining re-use.

• Content from external sources may attach additional attribution requirements to the work, which we will strive to indicate clearly to you.

2. SHARING BACK
Users are free to change, read, copy, use and distribute the content of GEM’s webiste as long as all those rights are preserved in the resulting work. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work please make sure you include the following licensing notice, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, when distributing the resulting work.

In case of doubt, or in case you are working on a formal publication, we recommend that you submit your publication to GEM's Communications and Outreach officer (Nicole Keller) at nicole.keller[at]globalquakemodel.org. She will be able to provide you with feedback on accuracy and completeness.

Furthermore we note that:

• All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
• Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Italy.