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MonoGame Foundation Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of websites and online services operated by MonoGame Foundation, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 93-3803929) ("the Foundation", "we", "us"). The services covered by these Terms (together, the "Services") include:

  • monogame.net — the MonoGame project website;
  • community.monogame.net — the MonoGame community forum, operated using Discourse;
  • docs.monogame.net — the MonoGame documentation site;
  • Any other website or service we operate that links to these Terms.

These Terms do not govern the MonoGame framework itself, which is open-source software, licensed separately under the Microsoft Public License (and other licenses for certain portions) as stated in the source repository. Nor do they govern third-party platforms where the community is also present (GitHub, Discord, Reddit, and others), which have their own terms.

By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.

1. Eligibility and Age Requirement

The Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old. By creating an account you represent that you meet this requirement. We will remove accounts that we learn belong to children under 13, consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you are between 13 and the age of majority where you live, you may use the Services only with the consent of a parent or guardian.

2. Your Account

If you create an account on the community forum, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activity that occurs under it. Choose a strong password, do not share your credentials, and notify us promptly at privacy@monogame.net of any unauthorized use of your account or other security issue. We are not liable for loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your credentials.

You may close your account at any time. Closing or anonymizing an account is handled as described in our Privacy Policy.

3. Community Conduct and Content Standards

The community forum exists to help people build games. When you post material to the Services ("Content"), you are entirely responsible for that Content and any harm resulting from it. You agree that your Content:

  • will not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights, and that you have any permissions or waivers needed from an employer with rights in what you post;
  • complies with any third-party licenses that apply to it, including passing through required notices;
  • does not contain viruses, worms, malware, or other harmful or destructive code;
  • is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and is not unwanted commercial or promotional material;
  • is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence, does not harass others, and does not violate anyone's privacy or publicity rights;
  • does not impersonate any person or organization or mislead readers about its source; and
  • where it includes code, accurately describes what the code does.

You must also follow our published Community Guidelines, which form part of these Terms. We may (but are not obligated to) refuse, remove, or moderate any Content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful or objectionable, and we may suspend or terminate access to the Services for any individual or entity that violates these Terms.

4. License to Your Contributions

So that the community can function, contributions you post to the forum are licensed by you to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Contributions posted before [July 2026] remain licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported, the license in effect when they were posted. You retain copyright in your contributions. You also grant the Foundation the technical rights needed to host, display, distribute, back up, and moderate your Content as part of operating the Services.

If you include source code in a post and wish it to be available under a more permissive license (for example, the same license as MonoGame itself), say so in the post.

5. Free Services; No Commercial Offerings

The Services are provided free of charge. The Foundation does not sell subscriptions, paid hosting, paid support tiers, or advertising on user content through the Services. Donations to the Foundation are voluntary, are processed by third-party payment processors, and are governed by the terms presented in the donation flow. Merchandise purchases through our store are fulfilled by a third-party storefront under its own terms of sale.

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all material posted to the Services, and we are not responsible for that material's content, use, or effects. Operating the Services does not mean we endorse material posted there or believe it to be accurate or harmless. The Services may contain links to third-party websites that we do not control; we are not responsible for their content or practices. You are responsible for taking reasonable precautions to protect yourself and your systems from harmful content.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect users of the Services to do the same. If you believe material on the Services infringes your copyright, send a notification consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) to our copyright complaints contact:

Copyright Complaints, MonoGame Foundation, Inc. Email: privacy@monogame.net Address: 12225 Greenville Ave. STE. 1040 Dallas TX 75243. U.S.A.

Your notice must identify the copyrighted work, identify and locate the allegedly infringing material, include your contact information, a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized, a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act, and your physical or electronic signature. We will respond to valid notices, including by removing or disabling access to the material. Users may submit counter-notifications under § 512(g). We will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

8. Intellectual Property of the Foundation

These Terms do not transfer to you any Foundation or third-party intellectual property. The MonoGame name, the MonoGame logo, and other marks used in connection with the Services are trademarks of the Foundation or its licensors, and except as permitted by our published brand/press guidelines, your use of the Services grants you no right to use them. The MonoGame framework source code remains governed by its own open-source licenses.

9. Changes to These Terms or the Services

We may modify these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised Terms with a new version number and effective date, and for material changes we will make reasonable efforts to give notice (for example, a forum announcement). Your continued use of the Services after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. We may also change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without cause or notice, including for violation of these Terms. You may stop using the Services at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination (including content licenses, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification) survive.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Services are provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Foundation and its suppliers and licensors disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Services will be error-free or uninterrupted. You obtain content or services through the Services at your own discretion and risk.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event will the Foundation, or its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, suppliers, or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of these Terms under any theory for: (i) any special, incidental, or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute products or services; (iii) interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) any amounts in the aggregate exceeding one hundred US dollars (US $100). The Foundation has no liability for failure or delay due to matters beyond its reasonable control. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you; nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Foundation, its contractors and licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Services or your violation of these Terms.

14. Governing Law; Disputes

These Terms and any access to or use of the Services are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A., excluding its conflict-of-law provisions. Before filing any claim, you agree to first contact us at legal@monogame.net and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights, exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any dispute arising under these Terms lies in the state and federal courts located in Dallas, Texas, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there.

15. Contribution to MonoGame Source

The MonoGame Foundation adheres to strict Contribution Guidelines in relation to additions to the MonoGame Foundation code base.

For further details, please see: https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md

16. Use of AI

We prohibit all content created with generative AI and/or LLMs from being contributed to MonoGame. It CANNOT be used for any reason for new code features, documentation, bug fixes, or art content. If you did not write the code yourself, you should not be contributing it to MonoGame. If we find a contribution to be made with LLMs or other generative AI tools, it will be immediately removed. All use of AI for building games is not within the remit of the MonoGame Foundation and is purely personal use.

17. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Foundation concerning the Services. If any part of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions remain in full force. A waiver of any term in one instance is not a waiver of that term generally. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign our rights under these Terms in connection with a reorganization of the Foundation. Notices to the Foundation should be sent to legal@monogame.net.

18. Contact

Questions, concerns, complaints, or rights requests:

MonoGame Foundation, Inc. 12225 Greenville Ave. STE. 1040 Dallas TX 75243. U.S.A. General: contact@monogame.net · Legal: admin@monogame.net · Privacy/Security: privacy@monogame.net

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