Terms of Use
Last updated June 2026
Xrathus.com is a community-enriched multi-sided collaboration platform.
Xrathus, Inc. ("Xrathus," "we," "us" or "our") operates the website www.xrathus.com, our community platform at cluster.xrathus.com, and mobile versions of the site (collectively, the "Site"). These Terms of Use (these "Terms") apply to the Site, our service offerings and to any other website offered by us that references or links to these Terms (collectively, the "Services"). Please read these Terms carefully before registering with, accessing or using the Services. Along with these Terms, read the Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated and made part of these Terms.
By registering an account or using the Services through any other means, you warrant that you are of legal age and have unrestricted legal capacity in your country of domicile or residence, or that you have duly obtained the consent of your legal representative(s). If the account is created for a legal entity, any subscription for the use of the Services by any of its employees, agents or representatives, on behalf of the legal entity, is deemed as acceptance of these Terms. If you're agreeing to these Terms on behalf of an organization or entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to agree to these Terms on that organization and/or entity's behalf and bind them to these Terms. Every member from your organization/entity is required to sign up individually.
1. Use of the Services
The Services are for your personal, non-commercial and lawful use only. Other than as expressly permitted below, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, modify, translate, adapt, create derivative works from, transfer, sell, or otherwise exploit the Services or any content, information, software, products or services obtained from the Services, for any commercial purpose or enterprise. You may not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms, or to solicit the performance of an illegal activity or other activity which infringes our rights or the rights of other individuals or entities.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, and nontransferable license to access and use the content and services made available in or otherwise accessible through the Services.
2. Prohibited Uses
You may not (a) decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the Services or any portion thereof; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or any other system or platform through the Services; (c) use any automatic device, program, algorithm, or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Services; or (d) reverse look up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Services to its source.
You will not use the Services to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation and you will not encourage or enable others to do so.
Rule Violation Enforcement
Xrathus aims to have the following qualities in enforcement of its rules:
- Impartiality — regardless of who breaks the rules, the consequences consistently reflect the action.
- Transparency — any rule violations will be communicated to the users involved through all possible channels of communication, and the rules will remain public and open to change from user input.
- Sympathy — we understand that rule enforcement can sometimes be miscarried or misguided, so you can appeal any rule enforcement decisions.
3. Accounts
Certain Services require the registration of an account and sign-in before those Services can be used. When you create an account with us, you represent that the information you provide is truthful, accurate, complete, current and otherwise in compliance with these Terms at all times. Submission of false, misleading, inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in immediate termination of your account.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, including your password and restricting access to your account. You are responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
4. Intellectual Property
You acknowledge and agree that the Services are provided under limited license and access rights and not sold to you. You do not acquire any ownership interest in the Services under these Terms. The Services and all content and materials on the Services — including all graphics, interfaces, features, functions, text, button icons, data compilations, software, code, the "look and feel", selection and arrangement, design and organization, trademarks and logos, audio and video clips — are owned by, or licensed to, us.
You shall not (a) remove, delete, alter, or obscure any trademarks or any notices of copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights from the Services; or (b) rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, publish, transfer or otherwise make available the Services, or any features or functionality of the Services, to any third party for any reason.
5. Updates and Unavailability
We may from time to time, in our sole discretion, develop and provide Services updates, which may include upgrades, bug fixes, patches or other error corrections, or new features. We may add or remove features or requirements and we may suspend or stop a feature altogether. You agree that we have no obligation to provide any updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality.
You acknowledge that the Services may, from time-to-time, be unavailable due to events like scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, system upgrades, internet outages, and other reasons, some of which are beyond our control. We cannot, and do not, guarantee any specific minimum availability of the Services.
6. Third-Party Offerings
You may be able to access websites, content or services provided by third parties through links made available through the Services. If you elect to use such Third-Party Offerings, you understand that (a) you will be leaving the Site and (b) your use of any such Third-Party Offering will be subject to any terms and conditions required by the applicable third party. We are not responsible for any such Third-Party Offerings and these Terms do not grant you any rights to access, use, or purchase any Third-Party Offerings.
7. Termination; Expiration; Suspension
You can stop using the Services at any time and may terminate these Terms at any time by stopping use of the Services. We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, in our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever, including a breach of these Terms or our Privacy Policy.
Accounts may expire due to account inactivity of one (1) year. You may cancel your account at any time by contacting us at community@xrathus.com. Upon cancellation, you will immediately forfeit your right to participate in any training and/or challenge. Before a termination or suspension, the account is given a warning through email (if possible) and account message. An email is sent notifying the user of the termination or suspension and reasons behind it — community@xrathus.com.
All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including IP ownership, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
8. Mobile Services and Fees
You are responsible for any fees, including internet access fees and mobile data fees, that you incur when using the Services. You understand that by accessing or using the Services via your mobile device you are responsible for all applicable data fees and for complying with all terms of use imposed by your mobile carrier.
9. User Contributions; Monitoring and Enforcement
The Services may contain interactive features that allow users to upload, post, submit, display, link to or transmit text, files, images, photos, videos, software code, content or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Services. Your participation in Challenges and training programs is additionally governed by the Training & Challenge Participation Terms.
Unless specifically otherwise stated, by submitting User Contributions to us (a) such User Contributions shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and (b) you grant to us a perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up, irrevocable, transferable, worldwide right and license to use, transmit, copy, reproduce, publicly display or perform, create derivative works of, or otherwise use such User Contributions, without compensation, acknowledgement or notice to you.
You understand and agree that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We are not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user.
User Contributions must not:
- Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
- Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
- Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations.
- Be likely to deceive any person.
- Process or store any data that is subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations maintained by the U.S. Department of State.
- Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act.
- Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
- Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising without our consent.
10. Warranty Disclaimers
Your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, non-interference, data accuracy, system integration, and warranties arising from trade usage, course of dealing or course of performance. We do not warrant that (a) the Services will function uninterrupted, securely or be available at any particular time or location; (b) any errors or defects will be corrected; (c) the Services are free of viruses or other harmful components; or (d) the results of using the Services will meet your requirements. If you are dissatisfied with the Services, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Services.
11. Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and our respective officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, as well as other users of the Services, from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind, including all reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from or relating to (a) use and access of the Services by you or any person using your account; (b) breach of these Terms by you or any person using your account; (c) violation of the law or any third-party right by you or any person using your account; and (d) any activity otherwise related to use of the Services by you or any person using your account.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will we or our affiliates have any liability arising from or related to these Terms or your use of or inability to use the Services for: (a) personal injury, death, property damage, lost profits, cost of substitute goods or services, loss of data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, computer failure or malfunction, or any other consequential, incidental, indirect, exemplary, special, or punitive damages; or (b) direct damages in amounts that in the aggregate exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). You agree that any claim or cause of action related to the Services and/or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
13. Governing Law and Venue
These Terms and the relationship between you and us will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Texas, United States of America, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of Harris County, Texas, United States of America. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
14. Entire Agreement; No Waiver; Assignment
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, each as may be amended from time to time, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Services. These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be delegated, transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. Any purported delegation, transfer or assignment by you shall be null and void.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision will be deleted from these Terms and the remaining provisions will continue with full force and effect.
16. Jurisdictional Issues; Export Regulation
The Services are operated out of the United States. We make no representation that the Services, or content or information available via the Services, is appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. The Services may be subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations.
17. Electronic Communications
The communications between you and us use electronic means, whether through the Site or via email. For contractual purposes, you (i) consent to receive communications from us in an electronic form; and (ii) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if in writing.
18. Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. Any changes to these Terms will become effective upon posting of the revised terms.
19. Copyright
If you believe your copyright or other intellectual property or privacy right has been violated by content accessible via the Services, please contact us at community@xrathus.com.
20. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms or our Services, please contact us at:
Xrathus Inc.
820 Gessner Road, Suite 300
Houston, TX 77024, United States
Email: community@xrathus.com
Website: www.xrathus.com