Terms of Service
These Terms govern your use of the purplelink.llc website and the free web tools published there ("the Services"), provided by Purplelink LLC, a Georgia limited liability company ("Purplelink", "we"). By using the Services you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
The Services are provided as-is
The Services are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. Purplelink does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that any defect will be corrected.
Output from the tools (compiled PDFs, converted documents, generated citations, validation reports, corrected bibliographies) is provided for your convenience. You are responsible for reviewing any output before relying on it for academic, professional, or any other consequential use.
Acceptable use
You agree not to use the Services to:
- upload, process, or distribute content you do not have the right to use, or that infringes anyone else's intellectual property, privacy, or other rights;
- upload malware, exploits, or content designed to harm the Services or other users;
- attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape at scale, or otherwise abuse the hosted backend, including circumventing rate limits;
- submit content that is illegal under U.S. or Georgia law, including content that is defamatory, harassing, or constitutes child sexual abuse material;
- use the Services to build a competing product by way of scraping or systematic export.
We may rate-limit, throttle, or refuse service to any IP or pattern of use that we reasonably believe violates these terms or threatens the stability of the Services.
Your content
Files you upload are processed in memory in an ephemeral container and discarded immediately when your request completes. We do not retain copies of your files. See the Privacy Policy for the full data-handling description.
You retain all ownership of the content you upload. You grant Purplelink only the limited, temporary right to process that content for the purpose of returning the requested output. This grant terminates the moment your request completes.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Purplelink LLC and its sole member, officers, and contractors from any third-party claim, loss, damage, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: (a) your use of the Services, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any applicable law, or (d) any content you upload through the Services, including any claim that the content infringes a third party's rights.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Purplelink will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of your use of the Services — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Purplelink's total cumulative liability to you for all claims arising out of or related to the Services will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (USD $100). You acknowledge that the Services are provided free of charge and that this liability cap is a fundamental basis of the bargain.
Third-party services
The Services use a small number of third-party providers: Netlify (hosting and form delivery), Modal (compute for the backend tools), Cloudflare (privacy-respecting web analytics), and external academic APIs you opt into (CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, doi.org). Their terms apply to your use of those underlying systems. Purplelink is not responsible for third-party outages.
Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms when the Services change. Material updates will bump the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Services after a change indicates acceptance of the updated Terms.
Termination
You can stop using the Services at any time. Purplelink may suspend or terminate access to the Services, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, with or without notice. The sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — disclaimer, indemnity, limitation of liability, governing law — will survive.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to the Services or these Terms will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Fulton County, Georgia, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email ben@purplelink.llc.