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Last updated: 13 June 2026 · Effective: 13 June 2026

These Terms govern your use of the website at joebones.dev (the “Site”) and the content on it. By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. Please read them — they include important provisions on disclaimers and limitation of liability. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Site.

1. About the Site

This is the personal and professional website of Joe Bones (“Joe Bones,” “I,” “me,” or “my”). It exists to share my work, writing, and contact details, and to let you reach me. It is an informational site: it has no user accounts, takes no payments, and processes no bookings or subscriptions.

Therapy is separate. Counselling is provided through Inner Motus Therapy under that practice’s own terms and arrangements — not under these Terms and not through this Site.

2. Changes to these Terms

I may update these Terms by posting a revised version on the Site with a new “Last updated” date. Changes take effect when posted, and your continued use of the Site means you accept them.

3. Content is for information only

Everything on the Site — including blog posts, project write-ups, and other materials — is provided for general informational and educational purposes. It is not professional, legal, financial, medical, or other regulated advice, and you shouldn’t rely on it as a substitute for advice suited to your own situation. How you use any information from the Site is your responsibility.

4. Enquiries and consultation work

You can use the contact form to get in touch about technical consultation, research, collaboration, or general questions. Nothing on the Site is an offer that you can accept to form a contract, and submitting the form does not create one. Any engagement to do paid work is agreed separately, in writing, and is governed by that separate agreement — not by these Terms.

5. Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the text, design, graphics, and code of the Site are owned by me or my licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. Some of my work is published or licensed elsewhere on its own terms — for example, open-source projects under their respective licenses, and research papers held by their publishers; those terms govern that work.

You’re welcome to:

  • share links to anything on the Site;
  • quote brief excerpts with attribution for commentary, education, or review; and
  • save pages for your own personal reference.

Please don’t, without my permission:

  • copy, republish, or redistribute substantial portions of the Site’s content;
  • pass my work off as your own or remove attribution; or
  • use automated tools to scrape, harvest, or overload the Site, or otherwise interfere with its operation or security.

6. Acceptable use

When using the Site, you agree not to:

  • break any applicable law or infringe anyone’s rights;
  • send spam, harassing, threatening, or abusive messages;
  • impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation;
  • attempt to gain unauthorised access to, probe, or disrupt the Site or its infrastructure;
  • submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or infringing.

I may restrict or block access to the Site if it’s misused in these ways.

7. Third-party links and services

The Site links to and relies on third-party sites and services — including Inner Motus Therapy, my published research, projects I’ve built, and the providers that run the Site. I don’t control those third parties and am not responsible for their content, products, or practices. Your dealings with them are subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. I don’t warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that its content is accurate, complete, or current.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, I won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, data, or business, arising from your use of (or inability to use) the Site or your reliance on its content.

Australian Consumer Law. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other law that cannot lawfully be excluded. Where the law allows me to limit my liability, I limit it to the extent permitted.

10. Indemnity

You agree to be responsible for, and to reimburse me for, any loss or claim arising from your misuse of the Site, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of the law or another person’s rights.

11. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. If a dispute arises, please contact me first through the contact page so we can try to resolve it informally and in good faith. If that doesn’t work, the matter is subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory.

12. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between us about the Site. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. My not enforcing a provision isn’t a waiver of it. I’m not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond my reasonable control. Headings are for convenience only.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Please reach me through the contact page.