Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing the dev.alphabell.com website (the "Site") or any service the Site provides, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Site. These Terms are entered into between you and alphabell (the "Lab").

2. Definitions

• "Lab" means alphabell, the distributed research organisation described at /about.
• "Site" means the public website hosted at dev.alphabell.com and its sub-paths.
• "Content" means the editorial text, images, code, data, research outputs, and other materials made available on the Site, excluding User Submissions.
• "User Submissions" means any data you submit via the Site — including contact form submissions, careers applications, newsletter signups, and Talent Network signups.
• "Code" means the source-code artefacts the Lab publishes under the github.com/alphabell-labs organisation and any other repositories explicitly linked from the Site.
• "User" means anyone who accesses the Site.

3. Use of the Site

The Site is provided for informational and research-engagement purposes. You may access and use the Site in compliance with these Terms, the Acceptable Use Policy, and applicable law. Specific elaboration of prohibited conduct is set out in the Acceptable Use Policy and is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

4. Intellectual property

4.1 Site content

Except where expressly noted otherwise, the editorial text and accompanying media on the Site are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You may copy, redistribute, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, subject to providing appropriate attribution and indicating any changes.

4.2 Code

Source code published in the Lab's open-source repositories is licensed under the MIT License, except where a repository's own LICENSE file specifies a different licence. The MIT licence text applies as provided in the repository.

4.3 Exclusions

The following are not covered by the CC BY licence and are reserved by the Lab: the alphabell name and word-mark; the bell-and-α logo; cell-name conventions (fourier-67, etc.) used as identifiers in the internal index; and any third-party content shown on the Site that bears its own attribution. Research papers and data may carry their own licences as set out in their respective publication pages; where such a licence applies, it supersedes the default CC BY 4.0 grant for that content.

5. User Submissions

By submitting User Submissions to the Site you grant the Lab a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to receive, store, and use the submission for the limited purpose for which it was submitted (responding to your enquiry, evaluating your application, sending you the newsletter). You retain all other rights in your User Submission. We do not claim ownership of CVs, research proposals, or other applicant materials, and we delete them per the Privacy Policy retention schedule.

6. Disclaimers

The Site and the Content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, or any warranty arising from a course of dealing. Research outputs published on the Site reflect the state of the Lab's research at the time of publication; they are not, and should not be treated as, finished engineering artefacts ready for safety-critical deployment.

Forward-looking statements (about cells, runs, releases, policies, partnerships, anchors, or funding) reflect the Lab's current expectations and are subject to revision without notice. Nothing on the Site constitutes legal, financial, medical, or professional advice.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will the Lab, its contributors, its funders, or its operators be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages — including loss of profits, business, data, or use — arising from or related to your use of the Site or the Content, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. The Lab's aggregate liability for any direct damages arising from or related to the Site will not exceed one hundred United States dollars (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions, the foregoing limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law.

8. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Lab, its contributors, its operators, and its representatives from and against any claim, liability, loss, damage, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from or related to: (a) your misuse of the Site or the Content; (b) your violation of these Terms or of the Acceptable Use Policy; (c) your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party in connection with your use of the Site.

9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time, with or without notice, for any reason — including, without limitation, for a violation of these Terms or of the Acceptable Use Policy. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law, dispute resolution) survive.

10. Governing law

These Terms are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.

11. Dispute resolution

The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute arising from or related to these Terms through good-faith mediation. Mediation will be conducted in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the English language, under the mediation rules of the Israeli Institute of Commercial Arbitration ("IICA") then in force. The mediator will be jointly appointed by the parties, or, failing agreement, by the IICA. The costs of the mediation will be borne equally by the parties unless the mediator determines otherwise. Where mediation does not resolve the dispute within 60 days of commencement, the parties retain their respective rights to pursue any other remedy.

12. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced in the public news index at /news/ and reflected in the version number on this page. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms should be directed to legal@alphabell.com. The Lab's address for legal notice is published in the Impressum.

Version 2.0 · Last updated 2026-05-17.