Terms of Service
Last updated: February 27, 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using U-God (u-god.com), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use this site.
2. Intellectual Property & Copyright
The following are the exclusive intellectual property of U-God and are protected by copyright law:
- Β©The selection, arrangement, and curation of sacred texts into this library
- Β©All original written content including tradition descriptions, holiday summaries, and editorial commentary
- Β©The site design, architecture, user interface, and visual presentation
- Β©The cross-reference engine, search system, and recommendation logic
- Β©The sacred holiday calendar, holiday descriptions, and associated data
- Β©All structural data including tradition configurations, passage mappings, and schema markup
Note on source texts:
The underlying sacred scriptures are ancient texts in the public domain. Our copyright applies to the original layer we built β the curation, structure, descriptions, cross-references, and presentation.
3. Prohibited Uses
You may not:
- βScrape, crawl, or systematically extract content from U-God to build a competing service
- βReproduce, duplicate, or mirror this site's structure, design, or curated content without written permission
- βUse automated tools to harvest holiday data, tradition descriptions, or editorial content in bulk
- βTrain AI or machine learning models on our original content without explicit written consent
- βRepresent U-God's curated content as your own original work
- βCommercially exploit any portion of our original content without a licensing agreement
4. Permitted Uses
You may:
- βRead, study, and share individual passages for personal, educational, or spiritual purposes
- βLink to any page on U-God from your website, blog, or social media
- βQuote brief excerpts (under 200 words) with clear attribution and a link back to the source page
- βAccess the underlying public domain scriptures directly from their original sources
5. AI Training & Automated Access
We welcome AI search engines and citation tools that help users discover our content. However:
Any use of automated tools to extract our original content β tradition descriptions, holiday data, cross-references, editorial annotations, or site architecture β for the purpose of training AI models or building derivative products is strictly prohibited without a written licensing agreement.
6. DMCA & Takedown Policy
If you believe content on U-God infringes your copyright, or if you discover our original content has been copied without permission, please contact us. We take IP violations seriously β both as a target and as a responsible publisher.
7. Disclaimer
U-God is provided βas isβ for educational and spiritual purposes. Sacred texts are living documents with centuries of scholarly debate β we present them with care but encourage independent study.
Β© 2026 U-God Sacred Library
All original content, curation, and architecture reserved.
The sacred texts themselves are ancient and belong to all of humanity. Our work building this library is ours.