The Australian Extensions Collection is a free service provided for the worldwide Joomla! community.

This terms and conditions page describes the terms upon which you may access and use our Collection. By using our Collection, you confirm that you have read and accept all of the following terms and conditions, which may be updated by us from time to time without notice.

Australian Quality Solutions Group maintains and has the right, in its sole discretion, to set and revise rules concerning what benefits are offered to each level of participants. Australian Quality Solutions Group may modify and change these rules at any time without notice but in turn will notify you by posting revised rules on our site.

Ownership of Copyrights and Intellectual Property

You acknowledge that Australian Quality Solutions Group or it's content providers, own the copyright and all other intellectual property rights to the materials and reviews presented in the Collection unless otherwise expressly indicated. You agree not to copy, reproduce, download, disseminate, publish, or transfer content in any form or by any means, except with our prior written permission. You further agree not to collect any information from the Collection using any unauthoried automated means (e.g., spiders or scraping).

Submissions

By providing content for the Collection or a review, you grant Australian Quality Solutions group a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive and limited license to reproduce, edit, publish, translate, and distribute the information provided in any medium whatsoever. You represent and warrant that: (a) you are the author of such content or review and have the right to grant this license; and (b) the content or review does not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right of any other party.

General Site Usage

1. You must not violate or attempt to violate the security of the Australian Extensions Collection, interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of our Collection, servers or networks.
2. You must not post, upload, email, link to, or otherwise transmit any content that contains any viruses, harmful code, or other computer software or program that may damage or adversely affect the functionality of the Australian Extensions Collection or impair others’ ability to use the Collection.
3. You must not use the Collection to send unsolicited emails (spamming).
4. You must not impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent an affiliation with another person or entity.
5. Only one account is allowed per person. Users found having multiple accounts will have all extra accounts deactivated. Users found in repeated violation of this policy will have their account deactivated.

Listings

Any person or company is welcome to submit their extension for inclusion in the Australian Extensions Collection. There are some basic rules that all extensions must comply with to in order to qualify for inclusion in the Collection. Failure to comply may result in removal from the Collection. By submitting a listing to the Australian Extensions Collection, you agree to be bound by these rules.

Extensions

1. All extensions must be installable on the Joomla! platform. The only exception to this rule are the applications in the 'Tools' category. This contains tools for creating and maintaining websites or for developing extensions. They are not meant to be installed or change core files in Joomla!.
2. Extensions which alter any code must do so through the standard Joomla! install and uninstall process. Uninstalling should revert any changes made to the original code.
3. An extension's XML file should contain the tag and state which licence governs the extension.
4. The file headers of an extension should contain a author and copyright notice.
5. Extensions which are forks must comply with the forking policy listed below.
6. Extensions must have basic functionality. Basic functionality is to be determined at the discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group.
7. Extensions may only solicit votes and/or reviews in the manner defined below.

Listings

1. Listings may not solicit votes or reviews.
2. Extensions will be listed in only one category. Assignment to a category is at the discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team.
3. Developers may not list extensions in their own extension specific category. Developers should rather promote the available extra features in their main listing.
4. Only accredited translations will be listed in the Collection.
5. Translations for extensions will not be listed in the Collection. These should be sent to the developer of the extension for inclusion in the extension.
6. The listing name is the name of the extension only. Promotional text should not be part of the listing name.
7. Extension listing descriptions must be written in English only.
8. The project homepage link should link to the page that contains information about your listing.
9. The download link of an extension has to point straight to the download page the extension can be downloaded from, even if registration is required.
10. Extensions can not be hosted on file hosts. If hosting is required, JoomlaCode provides an excellent service.
11. Developers must provide a working email address through which the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group can contact them. Failure to respond to email from Australian Extensions Collection team members or Australian Quality Solutions Group in a reasonable amount of time may lead to an extension being unpublished.
12. The submission of a large number of listings at one time is not allowed without prior approval of the Australian Extensions Collection team. Approval is at the discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and and Australian Quality Solutions Group.

Developer Sites

1. Sites must state what licence governs the use of the extension.
2. Extension home and demo sites must not contain content of an adult or sexually explicit nature.
3. Extension home and demo sites must not promote or engage in illegal activities.
4. Extension home and demo sites must not contain content that is libelous, defamatory, fraudulent, misleading or that otherwise violates the legal rights of others (such as the right of privacy)
5. Extension home and demo sites links must be to the site that is most relevant to the extension; links must not result in redirection to an alternative URL.
6. Sites may not imply in any way that inclusion in the Australian Extensions Collection constitutes endorsement by the Australian Extensions Collection, the Australian Extensions Collection team or Australian Quality Solutions Group.
7. Sites that redistribute Joomla! will not be listed for security reasons.
8. Sites that host other developer's extensions will not be listed.
9. Sites may only solicit votes and/or reviews in the manner defined below.

All extensions, listings and developer sites must comply with the latest version of the Joomla! license.

You are solely responsible for all content submitted to the Australian Extensions Collection. All developers must ensure that their listings are accurate and review or update their listing at least annually. We reserve the right to remove any content that we believe is out of date.

Extension listings that infringe upon one or more of the criteria listed above will not be considered for inclusion in the Australian Extensions Collection. In such cases the Australian Extensions Collection team may choose but is not obligated to inform the developer as to the reason for rejection.

Rejected listings will be removed from the collection after a period of 14 days.

Inclusion in the Australian Extensions Collection is a privilege, not a right and is at the sole discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group. Any listing can be removed at any time at the discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team without notice.

Extension Specific Categories

Extension specific categories can be requested by a developer but are created at the sole discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group.

In general, extension specific categories are created when there are 5 or more extension specific listings for a specific extension created by a developer other than the one who made the main extension.

Developers cannot list any extension specific listing for any of their own extensions. However, developers are welcome to create extension specific listings for other extensions

Extensions and Forks

An extension that is derived from another extension will only be listed under the following conditions:

1. The original extension license allows this, or the current developer of the original extension has specifically authorised it if the license does not.
2. The extension is renamed, so it is very clear that this is a separate project.
3. A new version scheme, so it is clear that this is a separate project.
4. Extension will be actively developed on.

If the original extension is listed on the Australian Extensions Collection:

1. The fork will only be considered for listing if the original extension has been listed for more than 6 months.
2. It will only be allowed when the extension has been changed by adding new functionality.The amount of functionality to be added is determined on a case by case basis and is at the sole discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group.
3. Development of the extension follows it's own path, and will not be based on the original extension after listing.

Reviews and Voting

Any person is welcome to submit their review and vote for an extension listing. There are some basic rules that all reviews and votes must follow. By submitting a review to the Australian Extensions Collection, you agree to be bound by these rules.

Review

A review is a serious examination of a person's experience with an extension which is presented on the Australian Extensions Collection. Praise, difficulties, or comparisons with other extensions are all valid parts of a review, including the reasons why.

1. Reviews must be honest, unsolicited and uncompensated.
2. Reviews should be courteous and not use offensive language and must be written in English.
3. Self promotion, by creating unnecessary links to personal/business sites, should not be part of a review for an extension. Links will be removed from the review.
4. A review is not a location for requests for support, feature requests or bug reports. Support questions, feature requests, and bug reports should be taken to the developer of the extension.
5. A review is not the place to raise a commercial dispute with a developer. If you have a dispute with a developer, please contact the developer. If you believe that the editors need to be informed, you can contact the editors using the contact information below.
6. While code contribution and patches are welcome, a review is not the location to post it. Our review system strips out tags and as a result, code does not come out as intended. You should send code contributions and patches to the developer of the extension.
7. Reviews are the opinions of the respective authors and not of Australian Quality Solutions Group.

Voting

1. A user account can only vote once per extension. Please do not vote until you've used an extension thoroughly, making sure you have configured it correctly.
2. It is not allowed for a any person to solely rate an extension with the purpose of artificially inflating the rating or vote count.
3. It is not allowed for the same person to have more than one account on the Australian Extensions Collection.
4. It is not allowed for an extension developer to give negative votes to other extensions who are in competition for rating ranks, or to submit votes to extensions which offer similar functionality.
5. An extension developer, his family and\or colleagues are not allowed to vote on extensions from that developer.

Acceptance of reviews and votes is at the sole discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group. The Australian Extensions Collection reserves the right, but not the obligation, to edit and moderate all reviews and votes to make sure their content is appropriate and accurate for publication on the Collection.

Developers are more than welcome to respond to reviews using the review reply option. Review replies are subject to the same guidelines as reviews. After submission, the review reply will be accepted and published by a member of the Australian Extensions Collection team if it abides by the guidelines.

If you believe that a review contains incorrect information, please contact the Australian Extensions Collection team using the contact information provided below. If a review poses a problem in some way, the review will be pulled offline. An investigation will follow and after which the review will be kept offline or it will be put online again, as determined in our sole discretion.

Violations

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Australian Extensions Collection to determine compliance with our rules. Any published listing that is found to be in conflict with the rules, as determined by the Australian Extensions Collection team in its sole discretion, will:

1. Be immediately deactivated (unpublished).All of the developer's other extensions will also be deactivated.
2. Depening on the violation, the developer may be allowed 14 days to rectify the problem.
3. If no reply is received in 14 days, the extension will be permanently removed from the Australian Extensions Collection.

Suspensions

1. All of a developer's extensions are to be unpublished for a minimum period of one month for the first violation.
2. All of a developer's extensions are to be unpublished for a minimum period of three month for the second violation.
3. All of a developer's extensions are to be unpublished indefinitely for the third violation. After one year, a developer may appeal the suspension. Appeals will be reviewed by the Australian Extensions Collection and Australian Quality Solutions Group and does not guarantee termination of the suspension.

Exact suspension time is to be determined at the sole discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection Team and Australian Quality Solutions Group.

Attempts to circumvent the Collection's suspension may, at the discretion of the Australian Extensions Collection team and Australian Quality Solutions Group, result in a longer or permanent suspension from the Collection.

If you believe any listing or developer is violation of the rules, please either use the report function to report the listing or contact us using the information provided below.

Privacy

Unless required by law, no personal information from Australian Extensions Collection members will be shared with third parties, unless this is the direct wish of said member. Australian Quality Solutions Groupwill divulge any information collected from you when required to do so by law. In the event that Australian Quality Solutions Group or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

The listings and reviews listed in this area have been submitted by the community and are for general informational purposes only. Their listing does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by Australian Quality Solutions Group.

Because the listings and reviews are provided by others, Australian Quality Solutions Group and the Australian Extensions Collection team cannot be held liable for the accuracy of the information. Visitors wishing to verify that the information is correct should contact the parties responsible for creating the content of the resource.

The information on this web site is presented "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. AUSTRALIAN QUALITY SOLUTIONS GROUP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUSTRALIAN QUALITY SOLUTIONS GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE OR LOSS OF USE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE THIS SITE, EVEN IF AUSTRALIAN QUALITY SOLUTIONS GROUP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitations on liability. Accordingly, the above limitations may not apply to you.

We reserve the right at any time to modify, suspend or discontinue the Collection (or any part thereof) with or without notice, and we are not liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or interruption in services.