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If you have an interesting collection of Games or
other game data and you would consider entering all the details
and submitting them into GARD, please get in touch. Researchers
who contribute significant material and who need access to restricted
material can apply for Participant status. Reasons to post information in GARD:
- Gathering information on a topic for your own research projects (the reason that James Masters originally created GARD)
- For personal satisfaction/reference - it's nice to have your entire collection listed in one place
- As a useful repository of information for all Games Board / GARD participants
- For the edification of the general public, other collectors and anyone with an interest in games (Richard Ballam's main focus)
- For posterity - it's understood that a participant's records will all be made public upon their death, if they are not already.
GARD is a not-for-profit resource that has been
written by James Masters. GARD is managed by James Masters and
Richard Ballam. Decisions on GARD participation is made by a group consisting primarily of founding members of the Games Board.
The data within GARD is the valuable part and this
has been created and submitted by volunteers. The primary motivation
in all cases is to ensure that vital historical information that
is secreted in collections and game expert's minds is not lost
to posterity.
GARD Participant Agreement
Prior to being given a logon ID for GARD, participants must agree that they understand and agree to the following conditions:
- Participants undertake, unless they have the agreement of the owner of the copyright, that they will not publish any non-publicly available GARD image or data, nor use it for commercial purposes.
- Participants will be given the option to make data and images that they enter into GARD available publicly or for other GARD participants only.
- Ownership of intellectual property submitted to GARD does not pass to GARD and participants remain responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions to publish it on GARD.
- There is no guarantee that data, images, names, identities or intellectual property will be protected although it is the intention of the administrators of GARD that all such information will be protected according to the wishes of participants.
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Any images and data submitted by a GARD participant may be viewed by all current GARD participants, and anybody in the future who is given a login ID to GARD
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All data submitted by a participant will be made public after the death of the participant.
Additional Notes
- The above does not apply to the Copyright registrations data and pictures which have a separate agreement.
- Copyright law supercedes any GARD rules or agreements. If you wish to publish any picture, regardless of whether it is visible publicly in GARD or not, permission should first be obtained from the owner.
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