Legal

1. About This Website

The Ward website is provided for information, demonstration, and exploration.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, material on this site should not be understood as a representation that a particular feature, product, service, geographic deployment, business model, partnership, integration, funding arrangement, or other future development is currently available or will become available.

Descriptions of planned or potential capabilities reflect the project as it is understood when they are published. Plans change. Features may be added, modified, delayed, replaced, or abandoned.

Nothing on this website constitutes an offer to sell securities, a solicitation of an investment, an offer of employment, or an offer to enter into a partnership, license, franchise, joint venture, or other commercial relationship.

2. Demonstrations and Embedded Applications

The website may contain or provide access to working applications, interactive maps, prototypes, simulations, visualizations, experiments, development builds, or other demonstrations of The Ward and its underlying systems.

These experiences are provided to demonstrate the project. They are not guaranteed to be complete, accurate, continuously available, or suitable for any particular purpose.

A demonstration may contain experimental features, incomplete information, approximations, temporary content, test data, errors, or functionality that changes without notice. A feature appearing in a demonstration does not constitute a commitment that the feature will appear in a future product or deployment.

Embedded applications may also depend on third-party services, APIs, public datasets, infrastructure, or other resources outside our control. Their availability and behavior may change independently of The Ward.

3. Do Not Rely on The Ward as an Authoritative Record

The Ward combines information from many sources. These may include public records, open datasets, government agencies, third-party services, businesses, institutions, community contributors, direct observation, and original research.

We make reasonable efforts to represent this information faithfully, but we do not warrant that information displayed by The Ward is complete, current, accurate, or authoritative.

In particular, maps, property lines, building information, zoning, addresses, tree locations, business information, weather information, historic information, transportation information, and similar material should not be treated as substitutes for the authoritative source responsible for that information.

The Ward should not be relied upon for emergencies, navigation where safety depends on accuracy, property transactions, surveying, legal determinations, regulatory compliance, public safety decisions, or other circumstances in which incorrect or outdated information could cause harm.

When it matters, check the source.

4. Real-Time and Environmental Information

Some Ward experiences are designed to reflect the current conditions of a place. This may include time, weather, daylight, atmospheric conditions, seasons, vegetation, or other environmental information.

These representations may combine live information, calculated information, models, historical information, artistic interpretation, and other inputs. A representation that responds to real-world conditions should not be understood as a scientific instrument or authoritative observation.

Weather and environmental information displayed by The Ward is for general informational and experiential purposes only.

5. Ownership

The Ward and its original materials are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Except where otherwise identified, original software, source code, designs, interfaces, graphics, illustrations, animations, written materials, documentation, visual systems, compilations, workflows, and other original works appearing on or through this website remain the property of their respective owner or owners.

Names associated with the project, including The Ward and names used for its constituent systems, products, tools, and services, may also function as trademarks, service marks, product names, or identifiers of source.

Access to this website does not grant you ownership of or a license to The Ward or its underlying technology.

You may view and use the website for its intended purpose. You may also link to publicly accessible pages and discuss, describe, criticize, review, or report on the project in the ordinary manner permitted by law.

You may not reproduce, distribute, sell, license, commercially exploit, or hold out as your own protected Ward materials except with permission or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these terms is intended to restrict rights that the law independently gives you, including applicable rights of fair use.

6. Ideas, Methods, and Public Disclosure

This website necessarily describes aspects of how The Ward works.

Publication of those descriptions does not constitute a waiver or abandonment of copyright, trademark, patent, trade-secret, contractual, or other rights that may apply to particular materials or technology.

At the same time, The Ward does not claim ownership merely by describing a general idea, fact, method, public dataset, geographic feature, community practice, or other material that is not subject to exclusive ownership.

The project incorporates and builds upon a substantial body of public information, open technology, established methods, and third-party work. Those materials remain subject to their own rights and licenses.

7. Open Data and Third-Party Materials

The Ward uses and refers to data, software, imagery, maps, records, research, and other materials produced by third parties.

Those materials remain subject to the copyrights, database rights, licenses, attribution requirements, terms of use, public-domain status, and other conditions established by their respective owners or publishers.

Where appropriate, the site identifies the source or license associated with third-party material.

The inclusion of third-party material within The Ward does not convert that material into Ward property. Likewise, any rights The Ward may have in its original software, design, organization, transformation, presentation, or compilation do not eliminate rights or permissions associated with the underlying material.

8. Names, Logos, Businesses, Institutions, and Governments

The Ward is about real places. As a result, the website and its demonstrations may identify or depict real businesses, institutions, governments, nonprofit organizations, landmarks, publications, products, services, neighborhoods, and other third parties.

Their appearance does not, by itself, mean that they sponsor, endorse, operate, fund, authorize, or are affiliated with The Ward.

Likewise, discussion of a company, city, institution, organization, or individual as a possible partner, customer, host, supplier, investor, collaborator, data source, integration, or example does not mean that such a relationship exists.

When an actual relationship is important to understanding a representation on this site, we will endeavor to identify it accurately.

All third-party names, trademarks, logos, and other identifying materials remain the property of their respective owners.

9. Partnerships and Prospective Relationships

The Ward is designed to support many possible forms of collaboration. The website may therefore discuss potential relationships with neighborhoods, municipalities, developers, investors, businesses, publishers, cultural organizations, technology providers, insurers, transportation providers, nonprofits, property owners, institutions, or other parties.

These discussions are possibilities, not commitments.

A reference to a possible relationship does not create that relationship. Neither does an introduction, email, meeting, demonstration, presentation, proposal, conversation, exchange of materials, access to a prototype, or discussion of terms.

No such interaction creates a partnership, joint venture, agency relationship, fiduciary relationship, employment relationship, exclusivity obligation, investment commitment, license, franchise, distribution agreement, development obligation, or other binding commercial relationship unless the appropriate parties actually enter into an agreement establishing one.

Nobody is authorized to rely on an exploratory discussion as though a deal has been completed.

10. Proposals, Estimates, and Future Plans

The website may discuss prospective prices, costs, schedules, staffing, funding, geographic expansion, revenue models, technical capabilities, market opportunities, transaction structures, or other plans.

Unless expressly identified as a binding term of an executed agreement, these are informational or illustrative.

Estimates are estimates. Examples are examples. Projections are projections.

They may be based on assumptions that later prove incorrect, and they may change as the project, technology, market, regulatory environment, available data, partners, or circumstances change.

Past development work or the successful operation of one Ward does not guarantee the cost, schedule, feasibility, performance, or outcome of another.

11. No Investment Representation

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as investment advice or as a representation concerning the present or future value of The Ward, any entity associated with it, or any prospective investment.

References to investors, funding, markets, revenue, scale, growth, commercial opportunities, or prospective business models are provided as descriptions of the project and its possibilities unless expressly stated otherwise in separate legally sufficient materials.

Any actual investment opportunity would be subject to its own documentation, disclosures, diligence, risks, and agreements.

12. Communications and Submitted Ideas

We welcome questions, introductions, observations, and conversations about The Ward.

Unless we have agreed otherwise in writing before you send something, however, ordinary communications sent through or in response to this website are not confidential.

Please do not send trade secrets, confidential business information, proprietary concepts, or other material that you expect us to hold in confidence without first establishing an appropriate confidentiality arrangement.

Sending an idea, suggestion, proposal, introduction, or other communication does not by itself create an obligation to use it, compensate you for it, pursue it, or enter into a relationship with you.

This provision does not transfer ownership of your original work to The Ward. It simply means that an unsolicited communication does not, on its own, create a confidential, fiduciary, compensation, or partnership obligation.

13. Acceptable Use

You may use publicly available portions of the website for their intended informational and interactive purposes.

You may not intentionally:

• interfere with the operation or security of the website or an embedded application;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, administrative functions, infrastructure, or nonpublic information;
• introduce malicious code or use the site to distribute harmful material;
• circumvent technical measures intended to control access or protect the service;
• impersonate another person or falsely represent your relationship with The Ward;
• use Ward branding or original materials in a way that falsely suggests sponsorship, authorization, or affiliation; or
• use the website in violation of applicable law.

Nothing in this section prohibits lawful security research, interoperability, ordinary indexing, fair use, or lawful use of underlying public or openly licensed data merely because that data can also be found through The Ward.

14. External Links and Services

The website may link to or interact with websites, services, APIs, datasets, maps, platforms, or resources operated by others.

Those resources are governed by their own terms and policies. We do not control them and are not responsible for their availability, security, content, accuracy, or practices.

A link is not an endorsement unless we expressly say that it is.

15. Availability

The Ward is under active development.

We may modify, suspend, restrict, replace, or discontinue any part of the website or its demonstrations at any time. We do not promise that the site, a particular Ward, an embedded application, a dataset, or any individual feature will remain available.

We may also correct errors or update material without notice.

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THIS WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY APPLICATIONS OR DEMONSTRATIONS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH IT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR SUITABLE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Some jurisdictions do not permit certain warranty exclusions. Where they do not, these exclusions apply only to the extent permitted by law.

17. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WARD AND THE PEOPLE OR ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING IT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON THIS WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ITS EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS.

THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS ARISING FROM INACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE DATA, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, THIRD-PARTY SERVICES, BUSINESS DECISIONS, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR RELIANCE ON A DEMONSTRATION OR PROSPECTIVE FEATURE.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.

18. Separate Agreements Control

These terms govern use of the public website.

They are not intended to govern every relationship that may eventually exist around The Ward.

A neighborhood, municipality, customer, investor, partner, contractor, employee, licensee, data provider, technology provider, or other participant may enter into a separate agreement concerning its relationship with The Ward.

Where a valid separate agreement applies and conflicts with these website terms, that agreement controls the relationship it governs.

19. Changes to These Terms

The Ward will continue to change, and these terms may change with it.

We may revise this page as the website, applications, business, or applicable law develops. The effective date at the top of the page identifies the current version.

Your continued use of the website after an updated version is posted is subject to the terms then in effect, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

20. Governing Law

These terms and your use of this website are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Any dispute arising from these terms or use of the website will be subject to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts having jurisdiction in St. Louis, Missouri, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

21. Contact

Questions about these terms, rights in material appearing on the site, attribution, data sources, or legal matters concerning The Ward may be directed through the contact information provided on the website.

If you believe material appearing through The Ward is inaccurate, improperly attributed, or infringes a right you hold, please contact us with enough information to identify the material and understand the issue.