Last updated: December 5, 2025

Thank you for using our website. These Terms of Service apply to your use of our website located at www.ovalbrick.com, social media pages, links to purchase of the books, email newsletters, and any related services (collectively, our “Services”) provided by OvalBrick. These Terms form an agreement between you and OvalBrick. By using our Services, you agree to these Terms of service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal information.

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User Representations

By using the website, you represent and warrant that:

• You have the legal capacity

• You agree to comply with these Terms of Service

• You are not under the age of 13

• You are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use this website

• You will not access the website through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise

• You will not use the website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose

• Your use of the website will not violate any applicable law or regulation

• You will not scrape data from this website for any purpose, including the training of large language models

Use Limitation

You may download a single copy of the material published on this site to your disk or paper form for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you do not remove any proprietary notices. The material may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any images, graphics, files, software, products, information, or services obtained from this site without the express prior written permission of OvalBrick. By using this site you further agree that you will not "frame" any of the content of this site with advertising, promotional material, information, or other content without the express prior written consent of OvalBrick.

Permission Requests

Any requests for use of content from this site may be submitted in writing via the form at www.ovalbrick.com. Please note we cannot process any requests that are not submitted in writing. We estimate a minimum of 4-6 weeks from the date of submission before being able to respond to any such requests. However, please note that this timing estimation may be subject to variation.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of this site you warrant to OvalBrick that you will not use this site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. Further, by using this site you agree that you will not violate or attempt to violate the security or integrity of the site, including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for users of the site; attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the site to security breaches; attempting to interfere with service to users of the site (including, without limitation, submitting a virus or corrupted data to the site, overloading the site, or continuously posting repetitive material on the site); attempting to decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer the content or software comprising or making up any part of the site; and sending unsolicited advertising or other communications to users of the site.

Prohibited Activities

You may not access or use the website for any purpose other than that for which we make the website available. The website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the website, you agree not to:

• Systematically retrieve data or other content from the website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.

• Make any unauthorized use of the website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.

• Use the website to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.

• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the website, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on the use of the website and/or the content contained therein.

• Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the website.

• Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.

• Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.

• Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

• Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the website or the networks or services connected to the website.

• Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.

• Use any information obtained from the website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.

• Use the website as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the website and/or the content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

• Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the website.

• Attempt to bypass any measures of the website designed to prevent or restrict access to the website, or any portion of the website.

User-Generated Contributions

The website may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the website, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users of the website and through third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Use License

Permission is granted to temporarily download on copy of the materials on OvalBrick website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not transfer of title, and under this license you may not modify or copy the materials; use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial); remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by OvalBrick at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

Copyright

COPYRIGHT POLICY: The content on this website is subject to copyright protection. All rights reserved. The content on this website may refer to other scholarly or technical work for dissemination on a non-commercial basis. Copyright and all rights therein are maintained by the copyright holders or by authors.

Contribution License

By posting your Contributions to any part of the website, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.

Liability Disclaimer

OvalBrick makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the site or the information, content materials, or products included herein which are provided on an "as is" basis. OvalBrick to the full extent permissible by applicable law, disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and merchantability. OvalBrick will not be liable for damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages or damages for loss of use, data, or profits arising in any way connected with the use or performance of this site. OvalBrick does not endorse and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or content of the views, opinions, comments, recommendations, or suggestions posted on this site from readers or others.

Links to Third-Party Vendor Sites

This site contains a link or links to third-party vendor sites for purposes of providing services to programs to applicants or collecting information from users of OvalBrick’s website or OvalBrick’s services and programs. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and the inclusion of any such link does not imply endorsement by OvalBrick of such third-party site(s) or the contents thereof. OvalBrick IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE LINKED THIRD-PARTY VENDOR SITE(S) AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE CONTENTS, ACCURACY, OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE LINKED THIRD-PARTY VENDOR SITE(S). IF YOU USE THE LINKED THIRD-PARTY VENDOR SITE(S), YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Access Restriction

Ovalbrick, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to deny any user access to this site or any portion thereof without notice.

Limitations

In no event shall we or our directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any damages (including, without limitation, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on OvalBrick’s Internet site, even if OvalBrick or an OvalBrick authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on OvalBrick’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. OvalBrick does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete, or current. OvalBrick may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. OvalBrick does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Links

OvalBrick has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by OvalBrick of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.

Comment Policy

Our website may currently or in the future use Disqus service to enable users to post comments to the blog posts. This comment policy governs the appropriate use of comments feature. We welcome respectful comments relevant to the blog posts which promote debate and discussion. Before posting comments, the users should keep in mind that

• We do not tolerate racism, sexism, and hate speech of any kind

• We seek to encourage a wide diversity of opinions

• We respect each other and are careful to use polite and civil language

• We avoid aggressive “in your face” and inappropriate language and trolling

• We do not ban, mute, or delete comments unless they are spam, porn, or hate speech.

• We do not allow ICO/token promotions and scams.

Users can check Disqus rules for posting comments using their service available here.

Changes to Terms of service

We reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. We will notify users of any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of these terms and conditions. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms of use.

Governing law

Any claim related to OvalBrick’s website shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regards to its conflict of law provisions. If you reside in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the UK, your use of the Services is governed by these terms.

Disclaimer

The materials on OvalBrick website are provided “as is”. OvalBrick makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Ovalbrick does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy or reliability of the use of the materials on the website or otherwise relating to such materials or any sites linked to this website.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the website.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us by filling out the form at www.ovalbrick.com.