# Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP)

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We want everyone to use Goose safely and responsibly. You agree you will not use, or allow others to use, Goose to:

### 1. Violate the law or others’ rights, including use of Goose to:

a. Engage in, promote, generate, contribute to, encourage, plan, incite, or further illegal or unlawful activity or content, such as:
   - Violence or terrorism
   - Exploitation or harm to children, including the solicitation, creation, acquisition, or dissemination of child exploitative content or failure to report Child Sexual Abuse Material
   - Human trafficking, exploitation, and sexual violence
   - The illegal distribution of information or materials to minors
   - Sexual solicitation
   - Any other criminal activity

b. Engage in, promote, incite, or facilitate the harassment, abuse, threatening, or bullying of individuals or groups of individuals.

c. Engage in, promote, incite, or facilitate discrimination or other unlawful or harmful conduct in the provision of employment, employment benefits, credit, housing, other economic benefits, or other essential goods and services.

d. Violate any person's privacy rights as defined by applicable privacy laws, such as sharing personal information without consent, accessing private data unlawfully, or violating any relevant privacy regulations.

e. Misuse, collect, solicit, or gain access to private information without permission, such as non-public contact details, health data, biometric or neural data (including facial recognition), or confidential or proprietary data.

f. Infringe or misappropriate any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights.

g. Create, generate, or facilitate the creation of malicious code, malware, computer viruses, or do anything else in an intentional or malicious way without third-party consent that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or impair the proper working, integrity, operation, or appearance of a website or computer system.

### 2. Engage in, promote, incite, facilitate, or assist in the planning or development of activities that present a risk of death or bodily harm to individuals, including use of Goose related to the following:

a. Guns and illegal weapons (including weapon development).

b. Illegal drugs and regulated/controlled substances.

c. Any content intended to incite or promote violence, abuse, or any infliction of bodily harm to an individual.

### 3. Intentionally deceive or mislead others or engage in other abusive or fraudulent activities, including use of Goose related to the following:

a. Generating, promoting, or furthering fraud or fraudulent activities, scams, phishing, or malware.

b. Generating, promoting, or furthering defamatory content, including the creation of defamatory statements, images, or other content.

c. Impersonating another individual without consent, authorization, or legal right.

d. Generating or facilitating false online engagement, including fake reviews and other means of fake online engagement.

e. Plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty.

f. Compromising security systems or gaining unauthorized access to computer systems or networks without authorization or permission from the affected party, such as spoofing.

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You also agree that you will not use, or allow others to use, Goose in violation of any agreements that you have with, or commitments you have made to, third parties. This may include any licenses, agreements, and other terms that apply to the models you use with Goose.

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**Please report any violation of this Policy through the following means:**  [open-source-governance@block.xyz](mailto:open-source-governance@block.xyz) 


