ingimp Website Consent Agreement and Disclaimers
University of Waterloo

Research Study Description
This online website, http://www.ingimp.org, is a publicly-accessible website hosted by the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. This website is made available to support research in open source usability. This research is being led by Dr. Michael Terry (mterry@cs.uwaterloo.ca). This document is a consent agreementto gain your consent for participation in this research effort. It also outlines the terms of use of this website.

Terms of Use
By accessing this website, you agree to the following terms. If you do not agree to all of the following terms, then please do not access and/or use this website. These terms may change at any time, at which point an announcement will be made on the website. Your continued usage of the website, after changes have been made to its terms of use, mean you agree to the terms of use as they are updated and/or amended.

This website includes the ability to post content through facilities including, but not limited to, "Comments" and the wiki software. You agree not to post any material that is abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated, or that may violate any laws, be it of your country, Canada, or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification to your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the operators of this website have the right to remove, edit, move, or close any post, topic, information, content, and/or file at any time should we see fit. As a user of this site, you agree to have any information that you enter into the site to be stored in a database.

This website is intended to host discussions related to ingimp (http://www.ingimp.org), an instrumented version of GIMP that automatically collects usability information for the public to view and analyze. It is also intended to support open, collaborative data analysis via the StatsJam software, a modified wiki. An important part of this research effort is understanding how this software (the website and its various services and capabilities) can affect open source usability processes. Consequently, we will analyze content on this website to investigate research questions such as how the community reacts to, and participates in, the overall usability process. By using this website and its software and services, you agree that your posts may be quoted, summarized, paraphrased, or otherwise analyzed and presented in future publications and/or presentations, without future consultation.

Disclaimers
Because this website is publicly accessible and allows anyone to post content in particular areas of the website, there are absolutely no guarantees with respect to the validity of the information found here. None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, or anyone else connected with this research project in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information, or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.

Principal Investigator
This study is being conducted by Professor Michael Terry in the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Questions should be directed to mterry@cs.uwaterloo.ca.

Participation is Voluntary
Participation in this research study is completely voluntary and can be stopped at any time by simply not accessing the website. However, as noted below, any and all data you submit to this site will be kept indefinitely by the researcher.

Remuneration
You will not be remunerated for participation in the study. However, the information you provide may lead to more usable software as well as an increased understanding of how users of open source software can contribute to usability efforts.

Confidentiality and Data Retention
All data will be kept indefinitely by the researcher. All posts are publicly accessible and IP addresses are recorded for posts. Your IP address is publicly available for posts you create.

Support
We offer no support for this website. However, if you have any questions about participation in this study, during or after the study, please contact Dr. Michael Terry at mterry@cs.uwaterloo.ca.

Consent
By accessing and using any part of this site (including the StatsJam software and wiki), you are indicating your consent to participate in this study, your acceptance of the terms of use of this site and its software and services, and are acknowledging that you may legally provide consent, or that you are a parent or legal guardian granting permission for your minor to participate in this study.

Your consent indicates that you have read this consent agreement and have had the opportunity to receive any additional details about the study, and that you agree, of your own free will, to participate in this study. Further, it indicates that you are aware that you may withdraw consent at any time by terminating your use of this website.

This project has been reviewed by, and received ethics clearance through, the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Waterloo. Any comments or concerns resulting from participation in this study may be directed to the Director of the Office of Research Ethics at +1 (519) 888-4567 ext. 36005, or via email at ssykes@uwaterloo.ca.