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Terms of service

Last updated November 12, 2026. These terms are an agreement between you and Oskar N., Norway (“we”).

1. Using DIY Outdoor Builds

You may browse DIY Outdoor Builds without an account. To publish, comment, rate or save projects you need an account. You must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent where you live), give accurate information and keep your password safe. One person, one account.

2. Your content

You keep all rights to the photos, text, plans and files you publish (“your content”). You choose a license for each project (All rights reserved, CC BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0), which says how other visitors may use it.

By publishing, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, resize, display and distribute your content on DIY Outdoor Builds and in its feeds, sitemaps and share previews, and to show it to search engines, for as long as it is published. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies in backups, which are deleted in the normal backup cycle, and except where others have made a version under the license you chose.

3. You are responsible for what you publish

You alone are legally responsible for everything you upload, publish or write on DIY Outdoor Builds: photos, text, plans, files, comments and profile information. DIY Outdoor Builds only stores and shows content on behalf of its users; we do not create, check or approve its legality in advance, and we do not take over your responsibility by hosting it.

By publishing, you promise that:

  • you own all rights to the content, or have the written permission of every rights holder to publish it here under the license you choose. This includes photos, drawings, plans, cut lists and text. Plans you bought, found online or copied from books, magazines or other websites are normally not yours to share;
  • your content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, design right, patent, trade secret or other right of anyone else;
  • you have the consent of any recognisable person in your photos, and you do not publish other people's personal information (such as names, addresses, faces or number plates) without a legal basis;
  • your content complies with all laws and regulations that apply to you and to the content, including copyright, privacy and data protection (such as the GDPR), marketing and consumer protection, product safety and building rules, and laws against defamation, hate speech and illegal content;
  • your content is not misleading, and any safety risks in your project are described honestly.

If you break these promises or the law, the consequences are yours. Rights holders and authorities may make claims against you directly. To the extent the law allows, you agree to indemnify and hold Oskar N. harmless from any claims, damages, fines, losses and reasonable costs (including legal fees) that arise because of content you published or because you broke these terms or the law.

We may remove content, suspend or close your account, keep records and, where the law requires it, pass information to authorities or rights holders. Removing content does not end your responsibility for having published it.

4. Safety and building work

Projects are shared by users and are not checked by us for accuracy, structural safety or legal compliance. Building work can be dangerous. Check local building codes, permits and safety rules, and use qualified professionals where required. If you build something you found here, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for following the rules where you live.

5. Moderation

We use automatic checks, user reports and manual review, but we cannot see everything. We may review, hold, remove or refuse content and suspend or close accounts that break these terms or the content policy, or where the law requires it. We tell you when we remove your project and why, unless the law or safety prevents it, and you can ask us to reconsider by contacting [email protected].

6. Copyright and other legal complaints

We act as a hosting provider. If you believe content on DIY Outdoor Builds infringes your rights or is illegal, send a notice through our copyright page or to [email protected]. We review notices promptly, remove content that is infringing or illegal, inform the uploader, and close the accounts of repeat infringers.

7. Advertising

DIY Outdoor Builds may show advertising. You may not click ads on purpose to generate revenue, or ask others to do so.

8. Liability

DIY Outdoor Builds is provided “as is”. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for content published by users, for any infringement or law violation by users, for indirect losses, or for damage resulting from building projects found here. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your mandatory rights as a consumer.

9. Ending

You can delete your account at any time in Settings. Section 3 continues to apply to content you published while you had an account. We may end or change the service; for major changes to these terms we notify registered users in advance.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].