Terms of Service

By creating an account or using Alpacora (the “Platform”), you agree to these Terms of Service (the “Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not create an account or use the Platform.

Alpacora is currently in early testing. Features may be incomplete, change, or be withdrawn, and access may be limited while we learn from the first testing group. An application does not guarantee access or approval.

You must be at least 18 years old to use Alpacora. This restriction applies to every account type and every part of the Platform, including early-access applications and participation in pattern tests. By creating an account, applying for access, joining a test, or otherwise using Alpacora, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age. If you are under 18, you must not access or use the Platform.

To use certain features, you must register for an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information.
• Keep your account and profile information accurate and current.
• Keep your password and account secure.
• Tell us promptly if you believe your account has been used without permission.
• Take responsibility for activity carried out through your account, except where it results from something Alpacora has done or failed to do.

You agree not to:

• Use the Platform for an illegal purpose or in breach of applicable law.
• Violate or encourage others to violate another person’s rights, including intellectual property rights.
• Post or send unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise harmful content.
• Impersonate another person or organisation, or misrepresent your relationship with them.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Platform, its servers, or connected networks.
• Use automated means to access or extract data from the Platform without our written permission, except for ordinary search-engine indexing that follows our published instructions.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to an account, part of the Platform, or connected system.
• Transmit malware or anything intended to damage or interfere with systems or data.
• Use the Platform to spam, harass, exploit, or harm other people.

You retain ownership of content you submit, post, or display on the Platform (“User Content”). You give Alpacora a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt, and display that content only as needed to operate, secure, and provide the Platform.

You are responsible for your User Content. You confirm that you own it or have the rights needed to submit it, that it does not infringe another person’s rights, and that it complies with these Terms and applicable law.

We may review, restrict, or remove User Content where we reasonably believe it breaches these Terms, the Code of Conduct, or the law.

The Platform, including its design, software, and original content other than User Content, belongs to Alpacora or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property law. These Terms do not transfer those rights to you.

Alpacora helps pattern designers and makers organise pattern tests. Alpacora does not create or verify the patterns and cannot guarantee:

• The quality, safety, completeness, or accuracy of a pattern.
• The conduct of a designer, maker, or other participant.
• That a testing project will be completed or meet a particular deadline.
• That disputes about a test, credit, or intellectual property will be resolved through the Platform.

Any additional agreement about a particular pattern test is between the designer and the participating maker.

If you receive access to an unpublished pattern or design through a test, you agree to:

• Keep unpublished material confidential unless the designer clearly permits disclosure.
• Not share, distribute, sell, or publish the material without permission.
• Use the material only for the agreed pattern test.
• Delete or return copies when the designer reasonably requests it, subject to any rights or legal duties that require you to retain them.

The Alpacora Code of Conduct forms part of these Terms. It applies to your use of the Platform and your interactions with other Alpacora members.

Read the Code of Conduct

The Platform may contain links to third-party websites or services, including links supplied by members. Their own terms and privacy notices apply when you use them. Alpacora is not responsible for third-party websites or services.

The Platform is provided on an “as available” basis. We will use reasonable care and skill in providing it, but we do not promise that it will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to that, Alpacora is not responsible for losses that were not reasonably foreseeable when you agreed to these Terms, or for business losses where you use the Platform as a consumer.

We may restrict, suspend, or end access where reasonably necessary to protect members or the Platform, comply with law, respond to a serious or repeated breach, or manage the early-testing service. Where appropriate, we will explain the decision and provide a way to appeal. You may stop using Alpacora at any time and may contact us to request account deletion.

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction, except that if you live elsewhere you may also have rights to bring a claim in your local courts. Nothing in these Terms affects rights you have under applicable consumer law.

We may update these Terms as Alpacora develops or the law changes. We will post the revised Terms here and change the last-updated date. If a change materially affects your rights, we will take reasonable steps to tell account holders before it takes effect.

If a provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply.

These Terms, together with the Code of Conduct and any additional terms clearly presented for a particular feature, form the agreement between you and Alpacora about your use of the Platform.

Questions about these Terms can be sent to:

hello@alpacora.com