These Terms of Use govern your relationship with CodeSandbox regarding the use
of our Services served via our Domains and accessed conveniently on
codesandbox.io.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Service because if you
access or use our Service, you agree to be bound to these Terms. If you disagree
with any part of the terms then you may not access the Service.
These Terms apply to all Users. Any information submitted by you shall be
subject to CodeSandbox's Privacy Policy.
Please reach out to us via our contact details below as soon as possible if you
or anyone in your company using CodeSandbox feels uninformed, finds anything on
our websites to be unfair, incompletely explained or surprising.
If you use Content originating from our Service (regardless whether it contains
User Generated Content and/or Your Content) elsewhere, these Terms of Use remain
applicable to that Content.
To further clarify the terms we are using, please refer to the glossary at the
end of this document. Please reach out to us via our contact details below as
soon as possible if you or anyone in your company using CodeSandbox feels
uninformed, finds anything on our websites to be unfair, incompletely explained
or surprising.
1. Account
- When you create an Account with us, you must provide us information that is
true, accurate, complete and current at all times. Please update your
information if anything changes. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of
the Terms, which may result in termination of your Account on our Service.
- You can create a CodeSandbox Account via a third-party service. In order to
protect yourself, us and our other users, please make sure that you keep
these third-party service accounts secure.
- You agree not to let any third party use your Account. You must notify us
immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized
use of your Account. Our contact details are at the end of this document.
2. Intellectual Property: Ownership
- Content that you create remains Your Content. This means that by using our
platform no intellectual property rights are transferred from you to us.
- It is your responsibility to make sure that Your Content does not infringe
intellectual property rights of any other party. This means that if you use
Content that you have not created from scratch yourself, you need to make
sure that you have sufficient permission to use this Content. You usually
need (i) a license to use another party’s content or work and (ii) if you
have obtained a license or an open source license applies to the relevant
content: You need to comply with the terms and conditions of that license.
- If we are held liable for infringement of third party intellectual property
rights as a result of your actions or omissions, you shall indemnify us and
hold us harmless. This means that you will have to pay all our damages
including legal fees.
3. Intellectual property: License
- Public Sandboxes that existed prior to the effective date of these Terms
are MIT licensed by default, these Terms becoming applicable do not change
that situation.
- As of the effective date of these Terms, Sandboxes are public by default,
but it is up to you to define the license terms for Sandboxes you have
control over. There is however an important condition here: If you have a
public Sandbox, you give permission to other Users to fork (read: copy) Your
Sandbox. Similarly, you are allowed to fork public Sandboxes of other Users.
This means that if you choose certain license terms for your public Sandbox,
these license terms have to allow for forking. Basically, this means open
source licensing, and you decide the type of open source license.
- You also permit us to use Your Content for promotional activities. Rest
assured that all of our users have to comply with these Terms of Use and
that none of our users are allowed to use any content to break the law or
cause you, us or any other user damage.
- You can control visibility and forking permissions of a Sandbox by opting
for one of our plans. For private or unlisted Sandboxes it is up to you to
define license terms. Other Users do not have permission to fork Sandboxes
controlled by you.
- Your right to control visibility and forking permissions (see above) can be
used at any time, meaning that you can switch to one of our plans whenever
you want to. There is something important to bear in mind though: Any
Content may have been forked when public and thus be used by third parties.
Undoing is not an option or a right, nor would it be possible to forbid such
third parties from further use of that Content. So only (new/adjusted)
Content that you create after you switch to a private or unlisted Sandbox
can be controlled by you in terms of visibility and forking permissions.
Please be aware you can switch default visibility mode for Sandboxes on our
Website.
- In any case, you grant us and our legal successors the right to store,
archive, parse, and display Your Content, and make incidental copies, as
necessary to provide our services, including improving our services over
time. This license includes the right to copy Your Content to our servers
and/or databases and make backups; parse it into a search index or otherwise
analyze it on our servers.
4. Intellectual Property: Third-Party Links and Services
- Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are
not owned or controlled by us.
- We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content,
privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You
further acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be
caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content,
goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
- We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies
of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.
5. Subscriptions: Pricing and Payment
- Some parts of the Service are only available to you if you have a
CodeSandbox Account. An overview of our subscription plans pricing are
available at /pricing. You must create an Account to
purchase one of our plans.
- We use various payment service providers, depending on your subscription
plan. For new plans from the effective date of these Terms, the order
process is conducted by our partner and merchant of record paddle.com. This
means Paddle provides all customer service inquiries, handles returns and
provides you invoices. For legacy plans, we use our partner Stripe.com who
provides invoices. You pay the invoices from our partners directly to them.
- With respect to payment of your subscription plan, when prompted, you will
have to comply with the payment terms of the relevant payment service
provider. If no such payment terms have been agreed upon, the following
conditions on pricing and payment shall apply:
- You will be billed in advance on a recurring and periodic basis ("Billing
Cycle"). Billing cycles depend on your choice: you may choose either a
monthly or an annual cycle.
- At the end of each Billing Cycle, your subscription plan will automatically
renew under the exact same conditions unless you cancel it or CodeSandbox
cancels it. You may cancel your subscription renewal either through your
online account management page or by contacting us via the details below.
- CodeSandbox, in its sole discretion and at any time, may modify the pricing
for subscription plans. Any change in pricing will become effective at the
end of the then-current Billing Cycle.
- CodeSandbox will provide you with a reasonable prior notice of any change in
pricing to give you an opportunity to terminate your subscription before
such change becomes effective. So if you do not agree with proposed pricing
changes, it is up to you to terminate your subscription per the end of the
then current Billing Cycle.
- Your continued use of the Service offered on the basis of your applicable
subscription plan after changes in pricing come into effect constitutes your
agreement to pay the modified prices for your subscription plan if
applicable.
- We may suspend the Service based on your subscription plan to you if you do
not pay your invoice(s) timely.
- If you are a consumer and purchase one of our subscription plans you have
the right to dissolve the agreement within 14 days after conclusion of the
agreement. For convenience, this right is also explained in our FAQ.
6. Acceptable Use, Abuse and Misuse: What not to do or else
- You are not allowed to use our Service for the creation of Content that you
– or someone else permitted by you – intend to use in a way that does not
comply with the law and/or otherwise causes damage to anyone. This means,
for instance that it is not allowed to create Content and use such Content
for phishing.
- You are also not allowed to use third party Content that you obtain from our
Service in any way that does not comply with the law and/or otherwise causes
damage to anyone. This means, for instance, that you are not allowed to use
Content from our Service for phishing. Obviously, you may also not get
Content from our Service and give it to someone else to use it in a way that
does not comply with the law and/or otherwise causes damage to anyone.
- In addition to clauses
7.1 and 7.2
this is a non-exhaustive list of what type of use we find abuse or misuse of
our Service: collecting, uploading, transmitting, displaying, or
distributing any user Content (i) that violates any third-party right,
including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right,
privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or
proprietary right; (ii) that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious,
threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar, defamatory,
false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene,
patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of
any kind against any group or individual or is otherwise objectionable;
(iii) that is harmful to minors in any way; or (iv) that is in violation of
any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third
party.
- You should at all times comply with all applicable laws and that applies to
anything you do with our Service as well. Particularly important – without
diminishing the importance of other laws and regulations – are privacy laws:
do not create or upload content to our platform that violates any applicable
privacy law.
- You are not allowed to create, transmit, upload or distribute content on/to
our Service that contains harmful elements (such as viruses, worms, or any
software intended to damage or alter a computer system) that may cause
damage to us, our infrastructure, our software or hardware or that may cause
our other users similar damage.
- You are not allowed to (i) use our Service to send unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain
letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited
messages, whether commercial or otherwise; (ii) use our Service to harvest,
collect, gather or assemble information or data regarding other users,
including e-mail addresses, without their consent; (iii) interfere with,
disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the
Service, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such
networks; (iv) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or
third-party sites (or to other computer systems or networks connected to or
used together with the Service), whether through password mining or any
other means; (v) harass or interfere with any other user’s use and enjoyment
of the Service; or (vi) use software or automated agents or scripts to
produce multiple accounts on the Service.
- You will indemnify and hold us harmless against any and all damages suffered
and costs incurred by us in the event that you do not comply with this
article 7.
7. Content and Service: “as is” and “as available”, no Express or Implied Warranties
- Your use of the Service is at your sole risk.
- Any and all Content that is available via our Service is made available ‘as
is’ and ‘as available’ as far as it concerns our relationship with you. We
do not give any warranties to you with respect to any Content created
through our Service, neither express nor implied.
- The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or
course of performance.
- CodeSandbox, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant
that a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any
particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c)
the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the
results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
8. Limitation of Liability
- In no event shall CodeSandbox, nor its directors, employees, partners,
agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation,
loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting
from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service;
(ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any
content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or
alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty,
contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or
not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a
remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
9. Non-Compliance: What we may do if you.
- We reserve the right to block your account(s) temporarily or indefinite if
we suspect that you are acting contrary to our Terms of Use.
- We may, at our sole discretion, refuse or remove your content if it violates
any laws or our Terms of Use.
- If you believe that content on our website violates your copyright or if you
are a copyright owner and you believe that content on CodeSandbox violates
your rights, please contact us with your concerns via
[email protected]. There may be legal
consequences for sending a false or frivolous takedown notice. Before
sending a takedown request, you must consider legal uses such as fair use
and licensed uses. Users suspected of violations are contacted by
CodeSandbox and provided 5 business days from writing to comply with
requests made by us, before we may take down content.
10. Termination
- We may terminate your account immediately for any reason whatsoever, but as
we value our users, we will normally not do so as long as you comply with
these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will
immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply
discontinue using the Service.
11. Changes
- We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these
Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least
30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a
material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
- By continuing to access or use our Service after the revisions to the Terms
become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not
agree to the new terms, please stop using the Service.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. Any dispute
between us regarding the Service that cannot be solved amicably, shall be
submitted to the competent court of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. However, if you
are a consumer and applicable mandatory law provides that another court has
jurisdiction, such mandatory law provision shall prevail over this choice of
jurisdiction.
13. Contact us
CodeSandbox B.V.
[email protected]
Singel 542
1017AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
VAT ID (BTW):
NL858886583B01
Company Registration ID (KvK): 71881972
14. Glossary.
Account. Represents your legal relationship with CodeSandbox. A “User Account”
represents an individual User’s authorization to log in to and use the Service
and serves as a User’s identity. You can use one of various service providers,
such as Google or GitHub, to create a CodeSandbox Account.
CodeSandbox, We (us or our). CodeSandbox B.V.
Content. Refers to content featured or displayed through the Website, including
without limitation code, text, data, articles, images, photographs, graphics,
software, applications, packages, designs, features, and other materials that
are available through the Service. “Content” also includes Services.
User Generated Content. Content, written or otherwise, created or uploaded by
Users. "Your Content" is Content that you create or own. User Generated Content
and Your Content are contained by necessity in and served from a Sandbox.
Embeds. A Sandbox visible on domains other than those of CodeSandbox. An embed
is (a part of) a website in a website. Anyone can choose to render (parts of)
their sandbox(es) visible on other websites.
Sandbox. An online software development environment and a core feature of
CodeSandbox services. Users can access, configure and share sandboxes on
CodeSandbox Domains and make it accessible to anyone by sharing a unique URL. A
sandbox commonly but does not necessarily contain User Generated Content.
Sandboxes can be either private, unlisted or public. You do not need an account
to create a Sandbox.
Service. Any applications, software, products, and services provided by
CodeSandbox, including any early versions or experiments.
User, You (Your). Anyone interacting with any CodeSandbox Service. This can be
an individual person, company, or organization. We consider several types of
Users: those who view or interact with CodeSandbox Embeds via other websites,
visitors not signed in and users with a CodeSandbox Account who are signed in.
User Generated Content. Content, written or otherwise, created or uploaded by
Users. User Generated Content and Your Content are contained by necessity in and
served from a Sandbox.
Website or Domains. codesandbox.io and *.csb.app or any of its user-facing
subdomains.
Your Content. is Content that you create or own. User Generated Content and Your
Content are contained by necessity in and served from a Sandbox.
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