Terms of use

The short version

Rulebound is a place to read and write rule books. You own what you write, you're responsible for what you publish, and the service is offered as-is while it's in early access.

Your content

• You keep ownership of the rule books, notes, and other content you create. By publishing a book, you grant Rulebound the licence needed to host, display, and share it — that's all.
• Remixing is part of the product: publishing a book allows other members to remix it, with lineage always attributed back to your original.
• Don't publish content you don't have the right to publish, and cite your sources when a rule leans on someone else's work.

What rule books are — and aren't

Rule books are written by their authors and reflect their experience and judgment. They are not professional advice. Books in safety-critical domains (electrical work, finance, health, law) are no substitute for a qualified professional, current codes, or local regulations. Humour books are labelled as such and are for fun.

Acceptable use

• No harassment, hate, or content that's illegal to publish.
• No dangerous instructions presented as authoritative guidance.
• No spam, scraping at scale, or attempts to break or overload the service.
• We may unpublish content or suspend accounts that break these rules — we'll tell you why when we do.

Early access

Rulebound is in early access: features may change, and premium books currently unlock free for signed-in members. If that changes, existing unlocks stay unlocked and we'll announce it on the Updates page first.

The legal bits

The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Rulebound isn't liable for indirect or consequential damages arising from your use of the service. These terms are governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, get in touch.