Legal Information

To keep things nice and friendly for everyone, here are some things to keep in mind. I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. I'm acting in good faith and ask that you do as well.

Website Privacy, Cookies, and Analytics

Your privacy and security matter. This website does not use cookies or tracking technologies.1

The only information stored when using this site is your preference for using the dark theme. This is done using LocalStorage and is stored in your browser, allowing the site to keep your theme preference selected.

We get basic analytics from GitHub, where this site is hosted. The DNS provider also provides some statistics. These statistics are completely anonymous, and we cannot trace, track, or link any of the data to any individual. Please see the respective providers' websites for more information on how they handle data.

Community Guidelines and Code of Conduct

Hyde has adopted the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct, which you can find at hydephp.com/code-of-conduct.

Contact Information

Please visit hydephp.com/contact to learn how to contact us, or just send an email to [email protected] to say hi!

License and Copyright

HydePHP is open-source software licensed under the MIT license, which you can find in all copies of the source code, on GitHub, and below by opening the details menu.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Caen De Silva

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

HydePHP.com Content

Please note that all content on HydePHP.com is the protected under copyright unless otherwise stated.

Guest Posts

The HydePHP website accepts guest posts from the community. Open the dropdown to learn more about the legal aspects of these:

Legal Considerations

Copyright and Ownership

  • Contributors retain full copyright and ownership of their submitted content
  • By submitting a guest post, you grant HydePHP.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish and maintain the content
  • You confirm that the content is your original work or that you have the necessary rights to publish it
  • The guest post author is responsible for all aspects of the content they submit

Editorial Rights We reserve the right to:

  • Accept or decline any submission without providing a reason
  • Schedule posts for publication at our discretion
  • Make minor edits for formatting, clarity, and consistency
  • Remove any content that violates our guidelines or terms
  • Update or modify these terms at any time

Attribution and Links

  • We provide attribution to authors with their name and optional website link
  • For republished content, we may include canonical links to the original post
  • We do not compensate authors for guest posts
  • Authors may request removal of their content, though we retain the right to preserve archive copies

Content Guidelines

  • All guest posts must comply with our Code of Conduct (hydephp.com/code-of-conduct)
  • Content must be suitable for our technical audience
  • Posts should not contain:
    • Malicious code or harmful instructions
    • Plagiarized content
    • Excessive self-promotion or advertising
    • Content that violates others' intellectual property rights

AI Usage and Disclosure

  • We allow the use of AI tools to assist in the writing process (e.g., proofreading, editing, feedback)
  • Purely AI-generated content is not accepted
  • Authors must disclose any significant AI assistance used in creating their content
  • We reserve the right to reject submissions that don't meet our AI usage guidelines

For questions about guest posts, please contact [email protected] or visit hydephp.com/contact.

Attributions, Acknowledgements, and Credits

Hyde would not be possible without the open-source community. This list may not be exhaustive, feel free to contribute to this page.

Please see the respective authors' repositories for their license files.

Laravel is a trademark of Taylor Otwell. Copyright © 2011-2022 Laravel LLC. HydePHP is not affiliated with Laravel.

General

Branding

The HydePHP logo is based on the following graphics from the Twitter Twemoji project:

This Website

Sponsorships and Affiliates

Want to sponsor the HydePHP project? Send us an email at [email protected]!
You can also ping the creator on Twitter at @CodeWithCaen.

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