Terms of Service and End User License Agreement

Terms of Service and End User License Agreement

Effective December 1, 2026 · Last updated October 20, 2026

This Agreement replaces the Terms of Service last updated July 30, 2023, and the separate End User Access and License Agreement previously referenced in our Community Standards.

1. This Agreement and How You Accept It

In short: This one document is both our Terms of Service and our End User License Agreement. You accept it by creating an account, installing our launcher or game client, or using anything we operate. If you do not agree, do not use our services.

1.1 Parties

This Terms of Service and End User License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is a legally binding contract between An Old Man in the Village, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity, doing business as SWG Restoration (“SWG Restoration,” “SWGR,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and you, the individual who accesses or uses our Services (“you” or “Player”).

1.2 What this Agreement Covers

This Agreement governs (a) your access to and use of the Services and (b) your license to download, install, and use the Software (each defined in Section 2). It combines into one document what many game operators publish as a separate "terms of service" and "end user license agreement." References anywhere on our Services to the "Terms of Service," the "Terms," the "EULA," or the "End User Access and License Agreement" mean this Agreement.

1.3 Documents Incorporated by Reference

The following are part of this Agreement, and you agree to them when you agree to this Agreement: the Community Standards, the Multiple Account Policies, the Privacy Policy, the Cookies Policy, and any game rules, event rules, or support policies we publish on the Site or in our Knowledge Base (together, the “Policies”). If this Agreement conflicts with a Policy, this Agreement controls.

1.4 How You Accept

You accept this Agreement by doing any of the following: (a) clicking "I agree" or a similar button when you register an Account or when the Launcher or Website presents this Agreement to you; (b) downloading, installing, patching, or running the Software; or (c) otherwise accessing or using any part of the Services. If you do not agree to this Agreement, you may not use the Services, and you must uninstall and delete the Software.

1.5 Plain Language Summaries

Each section of this Agreement begins with a short summary in italics marked “In short.” The summaries are provided for convenience only, are not legally binding, and do not expand, limit, or otherwise modify the section they introduce.

1.6 Important Notices

Please read the following sections with particular care:

• Dispute Resolution. This section requires that most disputes between you and us be resolved first through informal negotiation and then through binding individual arbitration. It includes a waiver of jury trial and a waiver of class and representative actions. You may opt out of arbitration within 30 days, as described in that section.
• Characters, Virtual Items, and Credits. This section explains that Characters, Virtual Items, and in-game credits are licensed to you, are not your property, have no real-world value, and may be changed, reset, or deleted.
• License Restrictions and Integrity Measures. This section describes the technical measures we may use to detect cheating and unauthorized software.
• Changes to the Services and to this Agreement. This section explains that the Services may change, be suspended, or be discontinued, and how we will notify you of changes to this Agreement.
• Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability. These sections limit our liability to you to the extent permitted by law.

1.7 Keep a Copy

We recommend that you print or save a copy of this Agreement. The current version is always available at swgr.org/terms, and prior versions are available on request to legal@swgr.org.

2. Definitions

In short: Capitalized words have specific meanings. "Player" is you, the account holder. "Character" is a persona on your account. "Services" is everything we run. "Software" is our launcher and game client. In this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings given below. Other terms are defined where they first appear.
"Virtual Items" and "Credits" are in-game things that have no real-world value.

In this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings given below. Other terms are defined where they first appear.

• "Account" means the registered account you create on the Site, which is used to log in to the Site, the Launcher, the Game, and our other Services.
• "Character" means a persona you create and play on the Game through your Account. A Player may have several Characters.
• "Credits" means the in-game currency of the Game, and any other in-game points, tokens, or units of value we may introduce.
• "Game" means the online multiplayer game we operate under the name Star Wars Galaxies Restoration, including every world, server, test server, update, publish, hotfix, and item of content we make available through it.
• "Game Client" means the executable program and data files (including .tre and other asset files, configuration files, and updates) that the Launcher installs on your device so you can connect to the Game.
• "Launcher" means the SWG Restoration installer and launcher application, including the HoloNet companion application and any successor, update, or patch-delivery tool we provide.
• "Official Content" means material that we publish ourselves rather than Player Content, such as the Site's own pages, navigation, and news posts; the Launcher; email sent from an address ending in @swgr.org; and statements made by Staff in their official capacity on the Services, including under a Staff Account.
• "Player" or "you" means the individual person who holds an Account or otherwise accesses or uses the Services.
• "Player Content" means anything you create, post, upload, send, or transmit on or through the Services, including text and voice chat, forum posts, wiki edits, bug reports, PlayerVoice submissions, Galactic Senate submissions, Character names and appearances, guild and city names, item names, player-built structures and decoration layouts, screenshots, videos, and feedback.
• "Policies" has the meaning given in Section 1.3.
• "Sanction" means any enforcement action we take under Section 15, including a warning, infraction, communication restriction, temporary suspension, permanent ban, Character or item adjustment, or Account termination.
• "Services" means, collectively, the Site, the Launcher, the Game Client, the Game, our wiki, forums, knowledge base, Discord server, social media channels, tools such as the skill and GCW calculators, and every other product or service we operate or provide in connection with SWG Restoration.
• "Site" means the website at swgr.org and its subdomains, together with the other domains we maintain, including swgr.media, swgr.link, swgr.dev, swgr.gg, swgr.app, and swgr.email, and any other domain that (a) is registered to or controlled by us and (b) is linked to, or identified as ours, in Official Content. A domain that we do not control is not a Site even if it uses "swgr" in its name or links to, resembles, or imitates the Services, and a link posted by a Player does not make the linked domain a Site.
• "Software" means the Launcher and the Game Client, together with all updates, patches, and related documentation we provide.
• "Staff" means the volunteers, directors, officers, and other individuals who operate the Services on our behalf, whether they act under a Staff Account or otherwise.
• "Third-Party Materials" means content, software, trademarks, characters, names, artwork, music, and other material in or accessible through the Services that is owned by someone other than us, including all intellectual property in the Star Wars universe and in the original Star Wars Galaxies game.
• "Virtual Items" means in-game objects, resources, schematics, deeds, structures, vehicles, pets, mounts, ships, badges, titles, collection rewards, and any other digital item or attribute associated with a Character or Account.

3. About SWG Restoration

In short: We are a volunteer-run, nonprofit fan project. We are not affiliated with Disney, Lucasfilm, Electronic Arts, Daybreak, or Sony, and we do not own or license any Star Wars intellectual property. The Game is free to play and always will be.

3.1 A Fan Project

SWG Restoration is a fan-made, non-commercial, community-driven project that preserves and continues the experience of the massively multiplayer game Star Wars Galaxies, which ceased commercial operation on December 15, 2011. We operate the Services as a charitable and educational preservation effort, staffed entirely by volunteers and funded entirely by voluntary donations.

3.2 No Affiliation

SWG Restoration is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm Ltd., Lucasfilm Games, Electronic Arts Inc., Daybreak Game Company LLC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, or any of their affiliates, successors, or licensees. Star Wars and all related characters, names, marks, and indicia are trademarks and copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd. No Star Wars or Star Wars Galaxies intellectual property is owned by, or licensed to, SWG Restoration. We make no claim of right in any Third-Party Materials.

3.3 Free to Play

We do not sell the Game, the Software, Accounts, Characters, Credits, or Virtual Items, and we do not sell access to any part of the Services. Donations are voluntary and are governed by these Terms. We do not, and will not, offer any paid advantage in the Game.

3.4 Rights Holders

We respect the rights of intellectual property owners. If a rights holder asks us to change, restrict, or discontinue any part of the Services, we may do so at any time and without liability to you.

3.5 Our Volunteers

Our Staff are volunteers who give their own time to run the Services. Nothing in this Agreement creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint venture relationship between you and us, or between you and any Staff member.

4. Eligibility

In short: You must be 18 or older (or the age of majority where you live, if higher). Minors may not use the Services at all. You must also be legally able to enter into this contract and must not be banned or barred by sanctions law.

4.1 Adults Only

The Services are intended for, and may be used only by, adults. You may create an Account and use the Services only if you are at least 18 years old and at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside. Persons under 18 are not permitted to register for, access, or use the Services, with or without parental consent, and no parent or guardian may register an Account for a minor or allow a minor to use their Account.

4.2 If We Learn a Player is a Minor

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we obtain actual knowledge that a Player is under 18, we will terminate the Account and delete the personal information associated with it as described in our Privacy Policy. If you believe a minor is using the Services, please report it to https://swgr.org/privacy-inquiry.

4.3 Other Requirements

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (a) you have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement; (b) you have not previously been permanently banned from the Services; (c) you are not located in, and are not a national or ordinary resident of, a country or territory subject to a comprehensive embargo by the United States, and you are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties; and (d) your use of the Services does not violate any law that applies to you.

4.4 Local Law

We operate the Services from the United States. We make no representation that the Services are appropriate or available in any other location. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local law.

5. Accounts

In short: One person, one Account. Keep your login details to yourself, give us accurate information, do not use a VPN to hide where you connect from, and do not buy, sell, or share Accounts. Households with several Players must follow the Multiple Account Policies, and we may ask you to verify your identity.

5.1 Registration

You need an Account to use the Game and most of the Services. When you register, you must provide a valid email address and information that is true, accurate, current, and complete, and you must keep it that way. We may refuse registration, or suspend or terminate an Account, if we reasonably believe the information you provided is false or incomplete.

5.2 One Person, One Account

Each Account must be registered to and used by exactly one individual. You may not register more than one Account, and you may not use, log in to, or play on any Account other than your own. Where more than one person plays from the same household, internet connection, or device, each person must have their own Account and all of them must comply with the Multiple Account Policies, which limit the number of Accounts that may connect from one location and make the household jointly responsible for each Account's compliance with this Agreement.

5.3 Identity Verification

To enforce these Terms, to investigate suspected misuse, or to recover an Account, we may require you to complete identity verification through a third-party provider, which may involve providing a government-issued identification document and a live image of yourself. Verification data is processed as described in our Privacy Policy and is used only for the purposes stated there. You may decline verification; if you do, we may limit you to a single Account or restrict the Account until the matter is resolved.

5.4 No VPNs or Masking

You may not register for, log in to, or use the Services through a virtual private network, proxy, Tor exit node, or any other means intended to conceal or misrepresent your true network location or IP address. We may block connections that we reasonably believe originate from such services.

5.5 Account Security

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity that occurs under your Account, whether or not you authorized it. You must use a unique password, and we strongly recommend enabling two-factor authentication. Our Staff will never ask you for your password. If you believe your Account has been compromised, change your password and contact Community Support immediately; you remain responsible for the Account until you have notified us. Our Account Security Guide has further guidance.

5.6 No Sharing, Transfer, or Sale

Accounts are personal to you. You may not share, lend, rent, sell, give away, trade, or otherwise transfer your Account or any Character to anyone, and you may not accept an Account or Character from anyone else. Any attempted transfer is void, and we may terminate every Account involved.

5.7 Usernames and Profile Information

You will choose a username that serves as your public persona. Usernames, Character names, and all other names you choose must comply with the naming rules in the Community Standards. Do not include your legal name or other real-world identifying information in your username, Character names, or public profile. We may reclaim, change, or remove any name that we determine, in our reasonable judgment, is inappropriate, misleading, infringing, or inconsistent with the Policies.

5.8 Dormant Accounts or Characters

We may remove Characters, structures, or Virtual Items from an Account that has been inactive for 24 months or longer, after sending notice to the email address on the Account at least 30 days in advance. Player-built structures and placed items may also be subject to in-game maintenance and decay rules that operate regardless of Account activity.

5.9 Closing Your Account

You may close your Account at any time by submitting a request at https://swgr.org/privacy-inquiry as described in our Privacy Policy. Closing your Account ends your license under these Terms, and your Characters and Virtual Items will become inaccessible and may be deleted. We may retain certain information after closure as described in the Privacy Policy.

6. Your License to the Software and the Services (End User License)

In short: We give you a personal, free, revocable license to install our launcher and game client on your own devices and to play the Game on our servers. The Software is licensed, not sold. You get no ownership of anything, and nothing here gives you any rights in Star Wars or Star Wars Galaxies. You may stream and record your gameplay.

6.1 License Grant

Subject to your continued compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable, royalty-free license to: (a) download and install the Software on computers that you own or control; (b) use the Software solely to connect to the servers we operate and to play the Game; and (c) access and use the Services, in each case solely for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment. The license lasts for as long as this Agreement remains in effect between you and us.

6.2 Scope of Our Rights

We grant this license only to the extent of the rights we hold. The Software and the Services contain Third-Party Materials that belong to their respective owners. Nothing in this Agreement grants you any right in or to any Third-Party Materials, and nothing in this Agreement is a representation that we hold any right in Third-Party Materials beyond what we may lawfully hold. Your use of Third-Party Materials through the Services is at your own risk and subject to the rights of their owners.

6.3 Licensed, Not Sold

The Software is licensed to you, not sold. You do not acquire any ownership interest in the Software, the Game, the Services, your Account, any Character, any Credits, or any Virtual Item. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by us and, as applicable, by the owners of Third-Party Materials.

6.4 Online Services

The Game is playable only online through servers that we operate or authorize. The Software by itself does not give you the right to play the Game; an active Account, an internet connection, and your acceptance of this Agreement are also required. You are responsible for the equipment, internet connection, and data charges required to use the Services.

6.5 Updates

The Launcher may automatically download and install updates, patches, and new content, and may verify the integrity of your installation. We may require you to install updates in order to continue using the Services, and we have no obligation to support prior versions of the Software.

6.6 Supported Platforms

The Software is officially supported only on the operating systems identified on the Site. You may run the Software through compatibility layers (such as Wine or Proton) on other platforms, but we do not support such use and cannot guarantee that the Services will work.

6.7 Open-Source Components

The Software may include components licensed under open-source licenses. Those components are governed by their own license terms, which are identified in the Software or on the Site, and those terms take precedence over this Agreement with respect to those components. Nothing in this Agreement limits any rights you have under an applicable open-source license.

6.8 Streaming and Content Creation

You may record, stream, and publish videos, screenshots, and other media of your gameplay ("Gameplay Media"), and you may receive advertising or platform revenue from such Gameplay Media through services such as YouTube or Twitch, provided that you (a) do not charge anyone for access to the Gameplay Media itself; (b) do not state or imply that SWG Restoration endorses or is affiliated with you or your content; (c) comply with the Community Standards and the rules of the platform you use; and (d) acknowledge that your Gameplay Media may include Third-Party Materials, that we cannot license Third-Party Materials to you, and that rights holders may require platforms to remove it. We may ask you to stop distributing Gameplay Media that violates this Agreement or the Policies.

7. License Restrictions and Integrity Measures

In short: Do not copy, modify, redistribute, or reverse engineer the Software; do not use cheats, bots, hacks, unauthorized clients, or exploits; and do not attack or overload our systems. Cosmetic client modifications are allowed. The Software may check your system for cheating software while the Game runs. If you find a bug or security hole, report it instead of using it.

7.1 Restrictions

Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by law that cannot be excluded by contract, you may not, and may not help or encourage anyone else to:

1. copy, distribute, publish, sell, rent, lease, lend, sublicense, mirror, or otherwise make the Software or any part of it available to any third party;
2. modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works of the Software, including the Game Client executable, except for client-side modifications that are solely cosmetic and that do not alter gameplay, as permitted by the Community Standards;
3. decompile, disassemble, decrypt, de-obfuscate, or reverse engineer the Software or any of its files, or attempt to derive its source code, protocols, or data formats;
4. connect to our servers using anything other than the unmodified Software we provide, or use any program that emulates, replaces, or wraps the Game Client;
5. operate, host, or assist in operating any server that permits the Game to be played other than on servers we operate, or use the Software to connect to any such server;
6. use, develop, or distribute any cheat, bot, macro program, auto-clicker, script, trainer, packet editor, memory editor, overlay, or other third-party program that automates gameplay, alters game behavior, grants an advantage not available to all Players, or collects information from the Game, except in-game macro functionality that we provide to all Players and that is used in accordance with the Community Standards;
7. intercept, monitor, modify, inject, replay, or interfere with any communication between the Software and our servers;
8. exploit any bug, glitch, unintended mechanic, or design oversight, or engage in any activity that circumvents or alters the normal functioning of the Game;
9. probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our systems, bypass any authentication or security measure, or access any system, data, or feature you are not expressly authorized to access;
10. interfere with, disrupt, overload, or place an unreasonable burden on the Services or the networks that support them, including through denial-of-service attacks or deliberate lag induction;
11. systematically scrape, harvest, or extract data from the Services, or use any spider, crawler, or data-mining tool on the Services, except through tools or APIs we expressly make available for that purpose;
12. remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice in the Software or the Services; or
13. use the Software or the Services for any commercial purpose, or in connection with any business or revenue-generating activity, except as permitted herein.

7.2 Integrity and Anti-Cheat Measures

To detect and prevent cheating and unauthorized software, the Software may, while the Game Client or Launcher is running, inspect the Game Client's own files and memory, the list of running processes and loaded modules on your device, and the integrity of your installation, and may transmit to us information about any unauthorized program, modified file, or anomaly it detects, together with your Account identifier and the date and time of detection, in addition to general information about your computer. The Software does not install a kernel-mode driver and does not run when the Game Client is not running. Information collected under this Section is used only for investigation and enforcement, is handled as described in the Privacy Policy, and is reviewed by a member of Staff before any Sanction is imposed on the basis of it.

7.3 Reporting Exploits and Vulnerabilities

If you discover an exploit, bug, or security vulnerability, you must stop using it immediately and report it through our bug report process or to security@swgr.org. We will not take enforcement action under this Agreement, and will not pursue legal action, against a Player who discovers a vulnerability in good faith, reports it promptly, does not exploit it beyond what is necessary to confirm it, does not access or alter other Players' data, and gives us a reasonable time to fix it before disclosing it to anyone else.

7.4 Consequences

Any violation of these Terms is a material breach of this Agreement, immediately terminates the license granted, and may result in any Sanction described hereunder, including a permanent ban of every Account associated with you. We may also report unlawful conduct, such as unauthorized access to computer systems or denial-of-service attacks, to law enforcement and cooperate with any resulting investigation.

8. Rules of Conduct

In short: Follow the Community Standards. Be civil, play fair, obey the law, and do not sell game stuff for real money. We moderate chat and content with a mix of automated filters and human review, you can report anything to us, and you can appeal most decisions. You are always free to review or criticize us honestly.

8.1 Community Standards

Your conduct on the Services, and all of your Player Content, must comply with the Community Standards, which are incorporated into this Agreement. The Community Standards explain in plain terms what is and is not allowed in communications, naming, gameplay, the in-game economy, and dealings with Staff, and describe the infraction-point system we use to apply Sanctions consistently. Any violation of the Community Standards is a violation of this Agreement.

8.2 Honest Reviews and Criticism

Nothing in this Agreement or the Policies prohibits you from posting honest reviews, criticism, or opinions about the Services, the Game, or SWG Restoration on any third-party platform, or from making truthful statements about your experience. Within the Services, the Community Standards govern how and where concerns about Staff decisions should be raised.

8.3 How We Moderate

We use a combination of automated systems and human review to enforce this Agreement and the Policies. Automated systems may include profanity filters that mask certain words in chat, name filters that block prohibited Character and guild names at creation, connection filters that block VPN and proxy traffic, anti-cheat checks described herein, and systems that flag spam-like behavior or repeated reports for Staff attention. Automated systems may apply temporary, automatic restrictions (such as a chat mute) but do not, on their own, impose a suspension or ban; those Sanctions are issued through the infraction-point system described in the Community Standards after Staff review of the underlying report or detection. Staff may read chat logs, forum content, and other Player Content to investigate reports, to enforce the Policies, or where we reasonably believe a Player may be at risk of harm or may harm others.

8.4 Monitoring and Recording

You acknowledge that text chat, voice communications made through any feature we provide, and other Player Content on the Services may be seen by other Players and by Staff, and may be logged, stored, and reviewed by us for the purposes described in this Section and in the Privacy Policy. To the extent the law where you live requires consent to such monitoring or recording, you give that consent by using the Services. We may monitor communications made through third-party services such as Discord.

8.5 Reporting

If you see conduct or content that violates this Agreement or the Policies, please report it using the in-game report function, the forum report tool, or Community Support. Players in the European Union or the United Kingdom may also report content they believe to be illegal to legal@swgr.org, which is our designated point of contact for such notices; your report should identify the content, explain why you believe it is illegal, and include your name and email address unless the content involves child sexual abuse material, in which case you may report anonymously. We will review reports in a timely, diligent, and objective manner. Depending on the nature of the action, we may or may not share what action, if any, we took.

8.6 Reporting to Authorities

We may disclose Player Content, chat logs, and Account information to law enforcement, courts, regulators, or emergency services where we are required to do so by law, where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to respond to a threat to someone's life or safety, or as otherwise described in the Privacy Policy.

9. Intellectual Property

In short: Star Wars and the original Star Wars Galaxies belong to Lucasfilm and the other rights holders, not us. The things we made ourselves, including our name, logos, website, original game content, and tools, belong to us. You may use our name and logos for community purposes as long as you do not imply we endorse you. If you send us ideas or feedback, we can use them without owing you anything.

9.1 Third-Party Materials

All intellectual property in the Star Wars universe, in the original Star Wars Galaxies game and its expansions, and in any other Third-Party Materials belongs to its respective owners. We do not own, claim, or license any of it, and nothing in this Agreement transfers or licenses any Third-Party Materials to you. Your use of the Services does not give you any right to use Third-Party Materials outside the Services.

9.2 Our Original Content

As between you and us, we (or our volunteer contributors, who license their work to us) own all right, title, and interest in the original works of authorship we have created for the Services, including original code, scripts, data, tools, documentation, website design, text, graphics, key art, music and sound that we have composed or commissioned, and game content, features, mechanics, and systems that are original to SWG Restoration (together, "SWGR Content"), to the extent those works are protectable and are not Third-Party Materials. SWGR Content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of the United States and other countries. Except for the license as provided herein and the permissions herein, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, modify, or create derivative works from SWGR Content without our prior written permission.

9.3 Our Marks

"SWG Restoration," "SWGR," "Star Wars Galaxies Restoration" as used to identify our project, and our logos, icons, and other brand elements (the "SWGR Marks") identify SWG Restoration. You may not use the SWGR Marks in any way that is likely to cause confusion about the source of goods or services or that suggests we sponsor or endorse you or your content.

9.4 Community Use of Marks and Content

We grant you permission to use the SWGR Marks and reasonable excerpts of SWGR Content in guild websites, fan sites, videos, streams, wikis, tools, and similar non-commercial community projects, provided that you (a) do not modify the SWGR Marks; (b) include a statement that your project is not affiliated with or endorsed by SWG Restoration; (c) do not use the SWGR Marks or SWGR Content in connection with any other game server, with anything that violates this Agreement or the Policies, or in a way that disparages us; and (d) stop any use we ask you to stop. This permission does not extend to Third-Party Materials.

9.5 Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions, feature requests, bug reports, PlayerVoice or Galactic Senate submissions, or other feedback about the Services ("Feedback"), you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose without compensation, attribution, or obligation to you, and you agree not to assert any claim against us based on our use of Feedback. You retain any rights you have in your Feedback, and we do not acquire any obligation of confidentiality regarding it. If you contribute code, art, or other work to the project as a volunteer, that contribution is governed by the contributor terms you agree to at that time rather than by this Section.

9.6 No Implied Rights

Nothing in this Agreement grants you any license or right, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, in any intellectual property of ours or of any third party, except as expressly stated.

10. Player Content

In short: You own what you create, but you give us permission to host, show, and use it to run and promote the Services, and you give other Players permission to see and interact with it in the Game. You are responsible for what you post. We may remove content that breaks the rules, and we will tell you why.

10.1 You Own Your Player Content

You retain whatever ownership rights you have in your Player Content. We do not claim ownership of it. However, Player Content that incorporates SWGR Content or Third-Party Materials (for example, a screenshot of the Game) does not give you any rights in those underlying materials.

10.2 License to Us

By creating or submitting Player Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, and otherwise use your Player Content, in whole or in part and in any media now known or later developed, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, moderating, improving, and promoting the Services, including in news posts, trailers, social media, and other promotional material for SWG Restoration. This license includes the right to use your username and Character names in connection with your Player Content. It does not include the right to use your legal name, voice, or likeness except as they appear in Player Content you have chosen to submit. To the extent permitted by law, you waive any moral rights in your Player Content as against us and our sublicensees.

10.3 License to Other Players

You also grant every other Player a non-exclusive license to view, interact with, and (where the Services permit it) reproduce and share your Player Content within and through the Services, without compensation or attribution to you.

10.4 Your Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for your Player Content. You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or have all rights necessary to submit your Player Content and to grant the licenses in this Section; (b) your Player Content does not infringe or misappropriate anyone's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; (c) your Player Content complies with this Agreement, the Policies, and applicable law; and (d) your Player Content does not contain anyone else's personal information without their consent.

10.5 No Pre-Screening; Removal

We do not pre-screen Player Content and are under no obligation to monitor it, although we may do so as described herein. We may, at our reasonable discretion, remove, edit, restrict, or refuse to display any Player Content that we believe violates this Agreement or the Policies, is unlawful, is the subject of a credible complaint, or creates risk or liability for us or others. When we remove or restrict your Player Content for a Policy violation, we will notify you, tell you the reason, and tell you how to appeal, unless we are prohibited from doing so or the content is spam or plainly unlawful.

10.6 Your Ability to Delete

You may delete Player Content you have posted on the forums and wiki using the editing tools provided. Player Content embedded in the Game world (such as Character names, structures, and chat history), in backups, or in logs may persist as described herein and in the Privacy Policy.

10.7 Other Players’ Content

Player Content reflects the views of the Player who created it, not ours. We do not endorse any Player Content and are not responsible for it. You may encounter content that you find offensive or inaccurate; you use the Services at your own risk in that respect, and you should report content that violates the Policies as described herein.

11. Characters, Virtual Items, and Credits

In short: Your Characters, items, structures, and Credits exist only inside the Game. They are part of your license, not your property. They have no real-world value, cannot be sold or cashed out, and may be changed, rebalanced, reset, or deleted as the Game evolves.

11.1 Part of Your License

Characters, Virtual Items, and Credits are features of the Game that we make available to you under the license herein. You have a limited, personal, revocable right to use them within the Game in accordance with this Agreement. You do not own them, you have no property interest in them, and they are not transferable or inheritable outside the Game's own mechanics.

11.2 No Real-World Value

Characters, Virtual Items, and Credits have no monetary value and no value outside the Game. They are not currency, securities, or financial instruments. They cannot be redeemed for money or anything of value, and we will never buy them from you or sell them to you. Any trade of Characters, Virtual Items, or Credits for real-world value is prohibited by these Terms, and any such trade that occurs outside the Game is at your own risk and is void as between you and us.

11.3 Trading within The Game

The Game includes player-to-player trading, vendors, the bazaar, and other economic systems. You may trade Virtual Items and Credits with other Players using those systems, subject to the Community Standards. Trades between Players are between those Players; we are not a party to them and do not guarantee their outcome, although Staff may at their discretion assist with disputes under our support policies and in protecting the interests of the community.

11.4 Changes, Reset, Wipes

The Game is a continually developing project. We may at any time add, remove, rebalance, re-price, rename, or otherwise change any Virtual Item, Credit value, profession, mechanic, or system; adjust drop rates, decay rates, and economic parameters; and roll back, reset, or wipe Characters, Virtual Items, Credits, or the entire Game state, including to correct bugs, to address exploits, to restore from backups, to rebalance the economy, or to launch a new publish or server. Such changes may set back your progress. We will give reasonable advance notice of a planned full wipe of a live server through the Site and the Launcher, but we may act without notice where necessary to protect the integrity of the Game or other Players.

11.5 Loss or Corruption

We perform routine backups, but we cannot guarantee that Characters, Virtual Items, or Credits will be preserved. We are not responsible for loss or corruption of Characters, Virtual Items, or Credits caused by bugs, outages, hardware failure, data corruption, your own actions, the actions of other Players, or unauthorized access to your Account. Our support team may, under the policies published in the Knowledge Base, attempt to restore lost items in some circumstances, but any such assistance is discretionary and does not create an obligation.

11.6 Donor Recognition Items

In-game badges, titles, or similar recognition that we provide to acknowledge donations are cosmetic Virtual Items subject to this Section. They confer no gameplay advantage, are not purchased, have no value, and may be changed or discontinued like any other Virtual Item.

12. Donations

In short: The Game is free. If you choose to donate, your donation is a gift to a nonprofit, not a purchase; it buys nothing in the Game and no special treatment. Recurring donations can be cancelled any time. Donations are not refundable except where the law requires it or we made a mistake.

12.1 Voluntary Gifts

We accept voluntary donations to fund the costs of operating the Services. Donations are gifts to An Old Man in the Village, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity. A donation is not a purchase, subscription, or payment for goods, services, or access, and you receive no gameplay advantage, Virtual Item of value, priority support, influence over decisions, or other preferential treatment in exchange for donating. Cosmetic donor-recognition badges or items are a token of thanks of insubstantial value, not consideration.

12.2 Donation Platforms

Donations are processed by third-party payment platforms (currently PayPal and Stripe) and its payment processors. Your donation is subject to that platform's terms and privacy policy. We do not receive or store your payment card or bank account details.

12.3 Recurring Donations

If you choose a recurring (for example, monthly) donation, you authorize the platform to charge your chosen payment method at the interval you select until you cancel. You may cancel a recurring donation at any time through the platform's donor portal or by contacting the platform's support, and cancellation is at least as easy as enrollment. Cancellation stops future charges; it does not refund charges already made. We will notify you before any change to the amount or frequency of a recurring donation that you have not initiated yourself.

12.4 Designated Funds

Where we offer a choice of funds (such as monthly operating costs or an annual capital campaign), we will use your donation for the fund you select. If that fund is fully subscribed, or if its purpose becomes impracticable, we may apply your donation to the purpose most closely aligned with your designation or to our general charitable purposes.

12.5 Refunds

Donations are final and non-refundable, except (a) where a refund is required by law; (b) where we charged you in error or charged an amount other than the one you authorized; or (c) where a charge was made without your authorization. Refund requests should be sent to Community Support within 60 days of the charge. Initiating a chargeback for a donation you authorized is a violation of this Agreement, and we may suspend the associated Account while the matter is resolved.

12.6 Tax Matters

We are recognized as exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and donations may be tax-deductible for U.S. taxpayers to the extent permitted by law. The platform will email you a receipt containing the necessary information for you to retain for your records for such purposes. Whether and how much of your donation is deductible depends on your personal circumstances and on the laws of your country; we do not provide tax advice, and you should consult a tax professional.

12.7 No Obligations to Spend

Donations fund the project as a whole. Except as stated in herein, we decide how to allocate funds, and no donation obligates us to develop any particular feature, keep any particular server online, or continue the Services for any period of time.

13. Privacy, Data, and Communication

In short: Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and why. Playing the Game sends us technical and gameplay data, and our servers are in the United States. We will email you about your Account and about changes to this Agreement; marketing emails are optional.

13.1 Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect, how we use and share it, how long we keep it, and the rights you have over it. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into this Agreement. If this Agreement conflicts with the Privacy Policy on a matter of personal data, the Privacy Policy controls.

13.2 Data Collected Through the Software

When you use the Software, we collect information needed to operate and secure the Services, including your IP address, device and operating-system information, hardware and installation identifiers, Launcher and Game Client version and settings, crash and error reports, connection and session logs, gameplay statistics and Character data, chat logs, and the integrity information described herein. We use this information to run the Game, to keep it fair and secure, to enforce this Agreement and the Policies, to diagnose problems, to improve the Services, and to communicate with you, as further described in the Privacy Policy.

13.3 Public Gameplay Information

Certain information about your Characters is visible to other Players and may be published through the Services and through community tools that we support, including Character names, guild and city membership, leaderboard rankings, badges and prestige, structure placement, and vendor and bazaar listings. Do not use a Character name or other in-game information that you would not want to be public.

13.4 Where Your Data is Processed

Our servers are located in the United States. If you use the Services from elsewhere, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and in any other country where our service providers operate, which may have different data-protection laws from your own. We rely on the safeguards described in the Privacy Policy for those transfers.

13.5 Service Communications

By creating an Account, you agree that we may send you communications about your Account, the Services, security, and changes to this Agreement or the Policies at the email address on your Account, through the Launcher, or through in-game or Site notices. These service communications are part of the Services, and you cannot opt out of them while you have an Account. You may opt out of marketing or promotional communications at any time following the procedures set forth in our Privacy Policy.

13.6 Electronic Records and Signatures

You agree that this Agreement, the Policies, and all notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide electronically satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing, and that clicking to accept, or continuing to use the Services after notice, has the same legal effect as a signature. You may download, save, or print a copy of this Agreement from the Site at any time.

14. Third-Party Services and Links

In short: Discord, PayPal, Stripe, community tools like SWG Tracker, and other sites we link to are run by other people under their own terms. We are not responsible for them.

14.1 Third-Party Platforms

Parts of the Services are delivered through, or linked to, platforms operated by third parties, including our Discord server, our donation platform, social media channels, and content platforms such as YouTube. Your use of those platforms is governed by their own terms of service and privacy policies in addition to this Agreement. We do not control those platforms and are not responsible for their availability, content, or data practices. Where we operate a presence on a third-party platform (such as our Discord server), the Community Standards apply to your conduct there, and Sanctions apply across all of the Services as described herein.

14.2 Community Tools and Sites

The Services may link to tools, wikis, guides, and sites built by members of the community (such as SWG Tracker or SWG Aide) that are not operated by us. We do not endorse, verify, or take responsibility for them. Some community tools may receive limited game data from us through interfaces we make available; the operators of those tools are responsible for their own compliance with this Agreement and with applicable law.

14.3 Links

Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience. The presence of a link does not mean that we endorse the linked site or that we have reviewed it. If you leave the Services through a link, this Agreement no longer governs, and you should review the terms and privacy practices of the site you visit.

14.4 Third-Party Software

The Software may be used with third-party software such as operating systems, graphics drivers, compatibility layers, and voice-chat applications. We are not responsible for third-party software, and you use it at your own risk. Nothing in this Section permits the use of third-party software prohibited by these Terms.

15. Enforcement, Suspension, and Termination

In short: If you break the rules, we may warn you, issue infraction points, restrict your chat, suspend you, or ban you, using the point system in the Community Standards. We will tell you what we did and why, and you can appeal. Creating a new Account to get around a ban is itself a violation. When your Account ends, so does your license.

15.1 Sanctions

If we reasonably determine that you have violated this Agreement or the Policies, or that your Account has been used to do so, we may impose one or more Sanctions, including: a warning; an infraction carrying demerit points under the Community Standards; removal or editing of Player Content; renaming of a Character, guild, or city; a restriction on chat or posting; adjustment, removal, or rollback of Characters, Virtual Items, or Credits obtained through a violation; a temporary suspension; a permanent ban; or termination of your Account. Suspensions and bans are issued by the infraction-point thresholds set out in the Community Standards, so that like violations are treated alike. Sanctions apply across all of the Services, including the Game, the Site, and our Discord server.

15.2 Investigation

While we investigate a suspected violation, we may temporarily lock your Account or restrict its features. We may consider evidence from any source, including automated detections, reports from other Players, chat logs, and Account and connection data. We may also act on verifiable conduct outside the Services where the Community Standards say so or as we deem reasonably necessary in the best interests of maintaining our Community and Services.

15.3 Notice and Reasons

When we impose a Sanction, we will notify you through the Services or by email and will tell you the rule you were found to have violated, the conduct or content at issue, and how to appeal, except where notice would compromise an ongoing investigation, would be prohibited by law, or concerns spam or plainly unlawful content. Where a Sanction was triggered by an automated system, the notice will say so.

15.4 Appeals

You may appeal a suspension, ban, or other Sanction through our Ban Appeal Process. Appeals are reviewed by a member of Staff who was not involved in the original decision, are not decided solely by automated means, and will be answered with a reasoned decision within a reasonable time. Our decision on appeal is final within the Services, but nothing in this Section limits any right you may have under applicable law.

15.5 Ban Evasion and Related Accounts

If your Account is suspended or banned, you may not create or use another Account, and no one may create or use an Account on your behalf, for the duration of the Sanction. We may apply a Sanction to every Account that we reasonably believe is controlled by you or by the same household, as provided in the Multiple Account Policies, and may block IP addresses, devices, or payment methods associated with a banned Account.

15.6 Termination by Us

We may terminate your Account and this Agreement immediately if you materially breach this Agreement, if required by law or by a rights holder, or if we discontinue the Services. We may also terminate your Account for any other reason with or without notice where we believe doing so is in the best interests of our Community and/or Services.

15.7 Termination by You

You may end this Agreement at any time by closing your Account as described herein and uninstalling the Software.

15.8 Effect of Termination

When your Account ends for any reason: (a) the license ends and you must stop using the Software and delete it from your devices; (b) your Characters, Virtual Items, Credits, and Player Content in the Game become inaccessible and may be deleted; (c) donations you have made are not refunded, because they were gifts and not payments for access; and (d) the provisions of this Agreement concerning intellectual property; Player Content; Characters, Virtual Items, and Credits; the effect of termination; disclaimers of warranty; limitation of liability; indemnification; dispute resolution and governing law; and general provisions, together with any other provision that by its nature is intended to survive termination, continue to apply.

15.9 Legal Remedies

Sanctions are in addition to any other remedy available to us. We may pursue civil claims, seek injunctive relief, and refer unlawful conduct to law enforcement.

16. Changes to the Services and to this Agreement

In short: The Game will keep changing, servers go down for maintenance, and one day the project may end; we will give at least 30 days' notice of a permanent shutdown where we can. If we change this Agreement in a way that matters, we will tell you at least 30 days before it takes effect, and you can close your Account if you do not agree.

16.1 Changes to the Services

We may add, change, suspend, or remove any feature, content, world, server, tool, or other part of the Services at any time, with or without notice, including to fix bugs, balance gameplay, respond to exploits, comply with law or the requests of rights holders, manage cost, or pursue the project's development roadmap. We have no obligation to provide any particular feature or content, to continue any feature or content for any length of time, or to provide updates, corrections, or support.

16.2 Availability and Maintenance

The Services are provided by volunteers on donated infrastructure. We do not guarantee that the Services will be available at any particular time or without interruption. We may take the Services offline for maintenance, updates, publishes, security, or other reasons, with or without notice, and we will not be liable for any downtime.

16.3 Discontinuation

We may discontinue the Game or any other part of the Services, permanently or temporarily, at any time. Where we decide to permanently shut down the Game, we will give at least 30 days' notice through the Site, the Launcher, and the email address on your Account, except where earlier shutdown is required by law, by a rights holder, by a court or regulator, or by circumstances beyond our reasonable control (including loss of funding or infrastructure). On discontinuation, your license ends as described herein, and we have no obligation to preserve, return, or make available any Character, Virtual Item, Credit, or Player Content, or to release any code, data, or assets.

16.4 Changes to this Agreement

We may amend this Agreement and the Policies from time to time to reflect changes in law, in the Services, in our practices, or for other legitimate reasons. We will post the amended version on the Site with an updated "Last updated" date. If an amendment materially reduces your rights or materially increases your obligations, we will also notify you at least 30 days before it takes effect by email to the address on your Account, by a notice in the Launcher, or by a prominent notice on the Site, and we will give you the opportunity to review and accept the amended Agreement the next time you log in. Amendments take effect on the date stated in the notice (or, for non-material amendments, on posting). Your continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the amended Agreement. If you do not agree, your only remedy is to stop using the Services and close your Account before the effective date.

16.5 Changes to Dispute Resolution

Any amendment to the Dispute Resolution provisions will not apply to any dispute of which either of us had already given written notice before the amendment's effective date, and you may reject any such amendment by sending us written notice within 30 days after the effective date, in which case the version of Dispute Resolution you most recently accepted will continue to apply to you.

16.6 Version History

Prior versions of this Agreement are available on request to legal@swgr.org.

17. Disclaimer of Warranties

In short: The Services are provided as they are, by volunteers, for free. We do not promise they will work perfectly, be available, be bug-free, or keep your data. If you live in the EEA or the United Kingdom, you keep the rights consumer law gives you.

17.1 As Is

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE, THE GAME, AND ALL OTHER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND "WITH ALL FAULTS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE.

17.2 No Specific Promises

WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS; (B) THE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; (C) ANY CHARACTER, VIRTUAL ITEM, CREDIT, OR PLAYER CONTENT WILL BE PRESERVED OR RECOVERABLE; (D) THE SOFTWARE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR HARDWARE, OPERATING SYSTEM, OR OTHER SOFTWARE; (E) ANY DEFECT WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (F) ANY INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WIKI AND FORUM CONTENT, IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM US OR OUR STAFF CREATES ANY WARRANTY.

17.3 Your Own Risk

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, AND YOUR DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR DATA THAT RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICES, AND FOR MAINTAINING BACKUPS OF YOUR OWN DATA.

17.4 Third-Party Materials and Other Players

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, THIRD-PARTY SERVICE, OR THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY OTHER PLAYER, AND WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS ARISING FROM YOUR DEALINGS OR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PLAYERS, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE.

17.5 Consumers in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Elsewhere

IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR SWITZERLAND, WE WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITH REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL, AND NOTHING IN THIS SECTION AFFECTS ANY RIGHT YOU HAVE UNDER CONSUMER LAW THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED BY AGREEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CERTAIN STATUTORY RIGHTS, SO SOME OF THE DISCLAIMERS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

18. Limitation of Liability

In short: Because the Services are free and run by volunteers, our liability to you is limited. We are not liable for indirect losses or for lost game progress, and our total liability is capped at the greater of what you donated in the past year or US$100. These limits do not apply where the law does not allow them, such as for death, personal injury, fraud, or gross negligence.

18.1 Exclusion of Certain Damages

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SWG RESTORATION OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, CONTRIBUTORS, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (THE "SWGR PARTIES") BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR DATA, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO ANY CHARACTER, VIRTUAL ITEM, CREDIT, OR PLAYER CONTENT, COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE, OR THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND EVEN IF A SWGR PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

18.2 Cap on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE SWGR PARTIES TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE, OR THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU DONATED TO US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100).

18.3 Exceptions

NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT EXCLUDES OR LIMITS ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, FOR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, OR FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR SWITZERLAND, THESE SECTIONS APPLY ONLY TO LOSSES THAT WERE NOT A REASONABLY FORESEEABLE RESULT OF OUR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OUR NEGLIGENCE, OR THAT RESULT FROM YOUR OWN BREACH OR FROM EVENTS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

18.4 Release Regarding Other Players

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU RELEASE THE SWGR PARTIES FROM ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, AND DAMAGES OF EVERY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER PLAYER OR THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING IN-GAME TRADES, SCAMS, GUILD AND CITY DISPUTES, AND INTERACTIONS ON THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS.

18.5 Basis of the Bargain

You acknowledge that the Services are provided free of charge, that we are a volunteer-run charity, and that the disclaimers in the above section and the limitations in this Section are an essential basis of our agreement to provide the Services to you without charge. They will apply even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose.

18.6 Volunteers

The protections in this Section extend to each Staff member and volunteer individually. Nothing in this Agreement limits any protection available to our volunteers under the federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, the Delaware General Corporation Law, or similar laws.

19. Indemnification

In short: If your conduct or your content gets us sued or costs us money, you will cover those costs. This does not apply to consumers in the EEA or UK beyond what their law allows.

19.1 Your Indemnity

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the SWGR Parties from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by a third party arising out of or relating to: (a) your Player Content; (b) your use or misuse of the Software or the Services; (c) your breach of this Agreement or the Policies; (d) your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights; or (e) any harm you cause to another Player.

19.2 Procedure

We will notify you promptly of any claim for which we seek indemnity and will give you reasonable cooperation at your expense. We may, at our option and expense, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense. You may not settle any claim in a way that imposes any obligation or admission on us without our prior written consent.

19.3 Consumers in the EEA and United Kingdom

If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, this Section applies only to the extent that you are responsible under applicable law for the loss in question, and it does not require you to indemnify us for losses caused by our own breach or negligence.

20. Copyright and Other Rights Complaints

In short: If you believe content on the Services infringes your copyright, send a complete notice to our designated agent. The person who posted it can send a counter-notice. We remove content and terminate repeat infringers as the law requires.

20.1 Notices of Claimed Infringement

We respect the intellectual property of others and respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 ("DMCA"). If you believe that Player Content on the Services infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to enforce, send a written notice to our designated agent at the address below that includes: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (such as a URL, forum post link, or in-game location and Character name); (d) your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

20.2 Designated Agent

Our DMCA Agent is Registered as DMCA-1083118.
An Old Man in the Village, Inc. (d/b/a SWG Restoration)
16192 Coastal Hwy. Lewes, DE 19958
Email: legal@swgr.org

20.3 Counter Notice

If we remove or disable access to your Player Content in response to a notice, we will notify you. If you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a counter-notice that includes: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal; (c) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; and (d) your name, address, and telephone number, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if you are outside the United States, the District of Delaware), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or their agent. If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that it has filed an action seeking a court order.

20.4 Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages. Please consider consulting an attorney before submitting a notice or counter-notice if you are unsure.

20.5 Repeat Infringers

We will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the Accounts of Players who are repeat infringers.

20.6 Other Complaints

Complaints about trademark infringement, defamation, privacy violations, or other unlawful content may be sent to legal@swgr.org with the information described herein. Rights holders in the Star Wars or Star Wars Galaxies properties who have concerns about the Services may contact us at the same address.

21. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

In short: Delaware law applies. If we have a dispute, we first try to work it out informally for 60 days. If that fails, most disputes go to individual arbitration (or small claims court), not to a judge or jury, and not as a class action. You can opt out of arbitration within 30 days. If you live in the EEA, the UK, or another place whose law protects you from mandatory arbitration, these arbitration terms do not apply to you.

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT AND TO HAVE A JURY DECIDE YOUR CLAIMS.

21.1 Governing Law

This Agreement, and any dispute arising out of or relating to it or to the Services, is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, and by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. ("FAA"), without regard to conflict-of-law rules that would apply the law of another jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act do not apply. If you are a consumer who resides outside the United States, you also have the benefit of any mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the law of your country of residence.

21.2 Who this Section Applies To

This Section (the "Arbitration Agreement") apply to every Player except: (a) consumers who reside in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or Quebec; (b) residents of any other jurisdiction whose law prohibits mandatory pre-dispute arbitration or class-action waivers in consumer contracts; and (c) Players who validly opt out as described hereunder. If the Arbitration Agreement does not apply to you, the Court section governs where disputes will be heard, and nothing in this Section limits your right to bring claims before the courts of your country of residence or to use any dispute-resolution body available to you under local law.

21.3 Informal Resolution First

Before starting an arbitration or a lawsuit, you and we agree to try to resolve any dispute informally. The party raising the dispute must send the other a written "Notice of Dispute." You must send yours to legal@swgr.org with the subject line "Notice of Dispute," and it must include your name, the username on your Account, your email and mailing address, a description of the dispute and the facts as you understand them, and the specific relief you are seeking. We will send ours to the email address on your Account. The Notice of Dispute must be individual to you; a notice sent on behalf of multiple Players is not effective. For 60 days after a Notice of Dispute is received, you and we will make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute, which may include a telephone or video conference at either party's request. Neither party may start an arbitration or lawsuit before the 60-day period ends. All applicable limitation periods are tolled from the date a proper Notice of Dispute is received until the end of the 60-day period.

21.4 Small Claims Court

Instead of arbitration, either party may bring an individual claim in a small claims court with jurisdiction over the dispute, provided the claim remains individual and within that court's monetary limit. If a small claims court is used, the Notice of Dispute requirement in Section 21.3 does not apply.

21.5 Agreement to Arbitrate

If a dispute is not resolved informally within the 60-day period, you and we agree that the dispute will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect at the time the arbitration is filed (the "AAA Rules"), as modified by this Section. The AAA Rules are available at adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. "Dispute" is intended to be interpreted broadly and includes any claim or controversy between you and us (including our directors, officers, volunteers, Staff, and successors) that arises out of or relates to this Agreement, any prior version of it, the Policies, the Software, the Services, or your relationship with us, under any legal theory, including claims that arose before you accepted this Agreement. The arbitrator, and not any court, will decide all questions about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Arbitration Agreement, except that a court has exclusive authority to decide (a) whether a party has complied with this Section, (b) any dispute about the class-action waiver hereunder, and (c) any request to enjoin an arbitration that does not comply with this Section.

21.6 Arbitration Procedure

To start an arbitration, submit a Demand for Arbitration to the AAA as described in the AAA Rules and send a copy to legal@swgr.org, together with a statement that you complied with this Section. The arbitration will be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator. If you reside in the United States, any hearing will be held by telephone or video conference, or, if the arbitrator finds that an in-person hearing is necessary, in the county where you reside. If you reside outside the United States, any hearing will be held by telephone or video conference or, if in person, in New Castle County, Delaware, or another location the arbitrator finds reasonably convenient for both parties. For a Dispute in which the amount claimed is US$10,000 or less, the arbitration will be conducted on the basis of written submissions unless the arbitrator decides that a hearing is necessary. The arbitrator may award the same relief to you individually that a court could, must follow this Agreement and applicable law, and will issue a reasoned written decision. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's individual claim. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Payment of AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules; if the arbitrator finds that a claim or defense was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, the arbitrator may reallocate fees as permitted by the AAA Rules and applicable law.

21.7 Class and Representative Action Waiver

YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one Player's claims and may not preside over any form of class or representative proceeding. If a court or arbitrator determines that this waiver is unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief (such as a request for public injunctive relief), then that claim or request, and only that claim or request, will be severed and heard in court as specified hereunder after the arbitration of all other claims has concluded; the waiver will otherwise remain in full force.

21.8 Coordinated Filings

If 25 or more Disputes with similar claims are filed against us by or with the assistance of the same law firm or coordinated law firms within a 90-day period ("Coordinated Cases"), the parties agree that the AAA's Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules will apply, that a process arbitrator appointed under those rules may make administrative decisions that promote the efficient and fair resolution of the Coordinated Cases, and that after the first ten Coordinated Cases have been resolved on the merits either party may require a single global mediation session before further Coordinated Cases proceed, during which applicable limitation periods will be tolled. Each Coordinated Case will nonetheless be decided individually, and no award in one case will have preclusive effect in another. A court has exclusive authority to enforce this Section.

21.9 Your Right to Opt-Out

You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement by sending an email to legal@swgr.org with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" that includes your name and the username on your Account and states that you wish to opt out, within 30 days after the date you first accept this version of the Agreement (or any later version that changes this Section). Opting out does not affect any other part of this Agreement, and it means that neither you nor we will be bound to arbitrate Disputes with the other. If you have previously opted out under an earlier version of our terms, you do not need to opt out again.

21.10 Jury Waiver; Limitation Period

TO THE EXTENT ANY DISPUTE PROCEEDS IN COURT, YOU AND WE EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY. To the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services must be filed within one year after the later of (a) the date the claim accrued or (b) the date you knew, or reasonably should have known, of the facts giving rise to the claim; a claim not filed within that period is permanently barred. This one-year period is tolled as provided herein. It does not apply to consumers who reside in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, or to any claim for which applicable law does not permit the limitation period to be shortened by agreement; the limitation period provided by law applies to those claims instead.

21.11 Courts

Any Dispute that is not subject to the Arbitration Agreement (including claims by Players who have opted out or to whom this Section applies, claims severed under this Section, and actions to compel arbitration or to confirm or vacate an award) will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Castle County, Delaware, and you and we consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts, except that (a) a consumer who resides in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or Quebec may bring and defend claims in the courts of their place of residence, and (b) either party may bring a claim in small claims court as specified herein.

21.12 Excluded Claims; Equitable Relief

The Arbitration Agreement does not apply to (a) claims to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, our or our licensors' intellectual property rights, or (b) claims arising from a violation of the License Restrictions and Integrity Measures. Either party may seek a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other provisional relief from a court under this section to prevent irreparable harm pending arbitration. You acknowledge that a breach of the Sections on License to the Software and Services, License Restrictions and Integrity Measures, and Intellectual Property may cause us irreparable harm for which monetary damages would be inadequate.

21.13 Severability of this Section

If any part of this Section is held unenforceable, the remainder of this Section will remain in effect. If the Class and Representative Action Section is held entirely unenforceable, then the Arbitration Agreement will be void and Disputes will be heard in Court.

21.14 Survival

This Section survives the termination of this Agreement and of your Account.

22. General Provisions

In short: Standard contract terms: this is the whole agreement, we can assign it but you cannot, unenforceable parts get fixed or dropped, and English controls.

22.1 Entire Agreement

This Agreement, together with the Policies, is the entire agreement between you and us about the Services and supersedes all prior terms, agreements, and understandings on that subject, including the Terms of Service last updated July 30, 2023.

22.2 Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and will otherwise be severed, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, except as provided in the Dispute Resolution and Governing Law Section.

22.3 No Waiver

Our failure or delay in exercising any right or enforcing any provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of that right or provision. A waiver is effective only if in writing and signed by an authorized officer of ours.

22.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer this Agreement, your Account, or any of your rights or obligations under it, and any attempt to do so is void. We may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any successor organization that continues the project, to an affiliate, or in connection with a merger, reorganization, or transfer of the Services, provided the assignee assumes our obligations to you.

22.5 Force Majeure

We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including hosting or network outages, cyberattacks, actions of third parties, loss of volunteer availability, changes in law, or the acts or demands of rights holders.

22.6 Notices

We may give you notice by email to the address on your Account, through the Launcher, by in-game message, or by posting on the Site. Notices to us must be sent by email to the address specified in the relevant Section of this Agreement or, if none, to legal@swgr.org and, for legal notices, also by mail to the address provided below.

22.7 Export Control

You agree to comply with all applicable United States and foreign export control and sanctions laws and not to export, re-export, or transfer the Software to any prohibited country or person.

22.8 Government Users

The Software is a "commercial item" consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" within the meaning of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and related regulations. Any use by or on behalf of the United States government is subject to the terms of this Agreement.

22.9 Interpretation

Headings and summaries are for convenience only. "Including" means "including without limitation." This Agreement will not be construed against either party as the drafter. This Agreement is written in English; any translation is provided for convenience, and the English version controls in the event of conflict.

22.10 No Third-Party Beneficiaries

Except for the SWGR Parties, who may enforce the Limitation of Liability and Indemnification Sections, and the owners of Third-Party Materials, who may enforce the provisions of this Agreement that protect their rights, there are no third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

22.11 California Residents

Under California Civil Code § 1789.3, California residents are entitled to the following notice: the Services are provided by An Old Man in the Village, Inc., at the address below. Complaints may be directed to that address or to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N-112, Sacramento, California 95834, telephone (800) 952-5210.

23. Contacting Us and Version History

23.1 Contact

Questions about this Agreement, and legal notices, may be sent to:

Mailing Address:

An Old Man in the Village, Inc. (d/b/a SWG Restoration)
16192 Coastal Hwy. Lewes, DE 19958
United States

Email: legal@swgr.org

For Account, gameplay, and donation questions, please use Community Support.

23.2 Version History

Version	Date	Changes
2.0	December 1, 2026	Merged the Terms of Service and End User License Agreement into one document; added plain-language summaries; added 30-day notice and opt-out for material changes and for changes to dispute resolution; narrowed the Player Content license to operating and promoting the Services; replaced the assignment of Feedback with a license; removed the restriction on criticizing the Services; added content-moderation, reporting, statement-of-reasons, and appeal commitments; added integrity-measure and vulnerability-disclosure terms; added EEA/UK consumer carve-outs; updated donation and recurring-donation terms; updated the DMCA process.
1.0	July 30, 2023	Original Terms of Service.