TERMS OF USE
LAST UPDATED: 09.06.2026
Welcome to BAD/GATEWAY*. These terms govern your use of our website and everything on it. By visiting the site or posting a comment, you agree to them. If you don't, please don't use the site. You need to be 16 or older to post comments or otherwise interact with the site.
We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we'll change the date above, and your continued use of the site means you accept the current version.
USING THE WEBSITE
You're welcome to read, link to, and share our work. In return, we ask that you don't misuse the site. Specifically, you agree not to:
Break any law in the course of using the site, or use it to help anyone else do so;
Post anything unlawful, abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or otherwise designed to harm or intimidate another person;
Post anyone's private information, including identifying someone who comments anonymously;
Upload viruses, malware, or anything else meant to damage or disrupt the site or the people using it;
Scrape, harvest, copy, or mine the site's content or data using bots, crawlers, or any automated means, except for legitimate search-engine indexing;
Try to break, overload, or interfere with the site, its servers, or its security;
Impersonate anyone, or pretend to be connected to a person or organisation you're not.
We can remove anything that breaks these rules, and we can block access to anyone who does, at our discretion.
THE COMMENTS SECTION
Our comments are anonymous and don't require an account. They're public, so anything you post can be seen by anyone. You're responsible for what you write, and you confirm that you have the right to post it and that it doesn't break these terms or anyone else's rights.
You keep ownership of your comments. By posting one, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display, store, reproduce, and distribute it on and in connection with the site, for as long as we keep the site running. This just lets us show your comment where you posted it and keep the site working. It doesn't transfer ownership to us.
We don't review every comment before it appears, and we're not responsible for what other people post. We can remove or edit any comment, or close comments on any piece, at our discretion, and we explain how we moderate in our community guidelines. We're under no obligation to store or back up comments, and we're not liable if one is lost.
OUR CONTENT
Everything we publish, including our writing, photography, graphics, logos, and the BAD/GATEWAY* name and design, belongs to us or to the people who licensed it to us, and is protected by copyright and other laws. You may read it, link to it, and share it through normal means. You may not republish, sell, redistribute, or build a competing product out of it without our written permission. Quoting a short extract with a link and credit is fine. Lifting whole articles is not.
If you believe something on the site infringes your copyright, email editor@0x502.com with enough detail to identify the work, where it appears on our site, your contact details, and a statement that you believe in good faith the use isn't authorised. We'll look into it and remove material where appropriate.
ADVERTISING AND AFFILIATE LINKS
We run ads to fund our work. We don't control the content of third-party ads, and an ad appearing next to a story is not an endorsement by us. Some stories contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission if you buy something through them, at no extra cost to you. We mark these clearly, and as set out in our ethics statement, they never influence what we recommend.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
We sometimes link to other websites for your convenience. We don't control them, we don't endorse them, and we're not responsible for their content or their privacy practices. Once you leave our site, you're subject to the terms and policies of wherever you land, so use your judgement.
ACCURACY AND "AS IS"
We work hard to get things right, and our corrections policy is set out in our ethics statement. That said, the site and everything on it is provided "as is" and "as available." We don't guarantee that the site will always be accurate, complete, up to date, uninterrupted, or free of errors, and nothing on the site is professional advice. Anything you do based on what you read here is at your own discretion and risk.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU
Nothing in these terms limits our liability where the law doesn't allow it to be limited, including for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that, we are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, business, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the site or your inability to use it. We're also not responsible for problems caused by events outside our reasonable control, such as failures of the wider internet or your own connection.
CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the site at any time, including taking it down for maintenance or for reasons beyond our control. We won't be liable to you if we do.
GOVERNING LAWS
These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Any disputes will be dealt with by the courts of Ontario.
GENERAL
If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a particular term straight away, that doesn't mean we've given up the right to enforce it later. These terms are the whole agreement between you and us about your use of the site.
CONTACT
Questions about these terms can go to contact@0x502.com.