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Last updated:

May 21, 2025

Circle Internet Services, Inc.’s (“CircleCI”) Services include the optional ability to upload, download, install, or access shareable packages of CircleCI configuration (each an “Orb”) through CircleCI’s Orbs Registry. If you upload, download, install, or access any Orbs, these Code Sharing Terms of Service (the “Code Sharing Terms”) shall govern such upload, download, installation, or access and supplement any online or negotiated SaaS or Software License Agreement (collectively, “Agreement”) that you have entered or may enter into with us. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

Authority and Effective Date

These Code Sharing Terms do not have to be signed to be binding. Your download, installation or access of any Orb is your acceptance of these Code Sharing Terms, and these Code Sharing Terms become effective on that date. We may modify these Code Sharing Terms at any time by posting a revised version at https://circleci.com/legal/code-sharing-terms/. The revised version will become effective on the day it is published, superseding the prior version.

Namespaces

You may not, and may not allow any third party, to engage in namespace squatting. We reserve the right to reclaim the namespace from anyone who we believe, in our sole discretion, is engaged in namespace squatting. We may also reclaim namespaces on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark to those namespaces. Accounts using business names and/or logos that may be considered misleading to others may be permanently suspended. Namespaces that are inactive for more than three (3) months may be terminated at our discretion and without further notice.

• You may not and may not allow any third party to buy or sell namespaces; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply in connection with a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of your company to another entity that any associated namespaces used by your company may be transferred as part of such transaction, provided that your other CircleCI-related assets, including your organization’s account, is also included in such a transfer.

License Grant, Ownership

The Orbs Registry allows you and other users to submit, post, transmit, and share Orbs with other users. While you retain all your ownership rights in your Orbs, you grant us, our Affiliates and licensors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, non-transferable license to receive, host, store, analyze, process, enhance, copy, transmit, create derivative works of, maintain and display any Orb you upload or submit to the Orbs Registry.

Exclusion of Warranties

NOTHING IN THESE CODE SHARING TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT CIRCLECI’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES THAT MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

• YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE ORBS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ORBS OBTAINED VIA THE SERVICES ARE EACH PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CIRCLECI, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ORBS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, CIRCLECI, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AN ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND/OR ANY ORBS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND/OR ANY ORBS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, (C) USAGE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR (D) THE SERVICES OR ANY ORBS, SERVICES, OR FEATURES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.