With data collection from the user .		Without data collection from the user .

These icons are located in the Platform services are, at the beginning of the UFA. They describe the nature of the Services, if data about the user will be collected in order to use the Platform Services.

If in your Terms of Service, User Agreement, or Terms of Use you have clauses like these:

For using our website(s) and service(s) you need to create an account.

In order to access our website(s) and service (s) you need to provide to us some information, such as your name and/or your contact details, as part of the registration process for the use of our website(s) and service(s).

Or similar ones, then you should choose this icon for your UFA.

However, if you don’t have any clauses relating to “data” or, your Services are provided without needing to collect any data from the user, then you can choose this other icon to let your users know that the services are provided without any data collection.

With Ads.		Without Ads.

These icons are located in the Platform services are, at the beginning of the UFA. They describe the nature of the Services, if the Platform Services are provided with or without ads.

If in your Terms of Service, User Agreement, or Terms of Use you have clauses like these:

we provide all website(s) and service(s) free of charge. however, you understand and agree that in order to provide to you our content as part of our website(s) and service(s), is accompanied with, but not limited to, advertisements and sponsored content.

Or similar ones, then you should choose this icon for your UFA.

However, if you don’t have any clauses relating to “ads” or, your Services are provided without any ads, and you want to inform your users about it, then choose this other icon to let your users know that the services are provided without ads.

Payed, a fee is required for using the services.		Royalty-free.

These icons are located in the Platform services are, at the beginning of the UFA. They describe the nature of the Services, if a payment will be needed or not in order to use the Platform Services.

If in your Terms of Service, User Agreement, or Terms of Use you have clauses like these:

You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes associated with our website(s) and service(s), in a timely manner, using a valid credit card.

You authorise us or our third party payment provider to charge your credit card (herein “payment method”) for all charges to your use of our wesite(s) and service(s).

Or similar ones, then you should choose this icon for your UFA.

However, if you don’t have any clauses relating to “payments” or, your Services are provided for free, then choose this other icon to let your users know that the services are provided royalty-free.

The first one relates to the “Additional Terms” you might want to have along with your Real Legal Code Agreement (that’s your Terms of Service, or Terms of Use). Having such a clause is very useful so that, if you want to add something more specific in the future, it will be “incorporated” automatically into your RLCA.

If you answer NO, no clause will be added to your RLCA. However, if you do answer YES, something like this will be added:

“In addition, your use of any Website(s) or Service(s) may also be subject to the Terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Website(s), in addition to the Terms of Use.”

In other words, “you have to follow extra rules, apart from this agreement, like other legal notices that might appear into our Websites or Services”.

All such Terms of Use are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Website or Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Website or Service.

Which means that, “all these notices will be called “additional terms” from now on. You will be able to read them either into our Website or through it. And, these rules will be used for that certain website or service”.

The Terms of Use, together with any Additional Terms, form a biding legal agreement between You and Us in relation to your use of the Website(s) and the Service(s). Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as “the Terms”.

Both the “terms of use” and these extra notices that you might find into the webpage(s) or service(s), called “additional terms”, form together an agreement between “you” and “us”. And we called this “the Terms”.

If there is any contradiction between the Additional Terms and the Terms of Use, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to the Website or Service to which the Additional Terms apply.

It is common sense to think that, when some discrepancies appear between the RLCA and the Additional Terms, these last ones shall be applied. Mainly because they usually are more specific and up to date compared with the general ones. Even if it might be “common sense”, adding the clause makes it just “clear”.

Remember that you can participate with us to make the RLCAB or improving the FUFAB, or becoming one of the Core participants, you can do it here, or sending us an e-mail at:

As some of us are living in Tokyo, and due to these extraordinary events, our work has been, inevitably, interrupted. However, we are back again, with all our strength to keep this project moving on. We are working on FreeLex again, thrilled and excited making the community spreading around.

Emails with questions & volunteers are welcomed at:

If you don’t have your own Terms of Use, you will be able to use, in short, the RLCAB (Real Legal Code Agreement Builder). Answering to a set of simple questions you can generate the Real Legal Code of your User Agreement for your Website or Service, both in ASCII and html. Simple, isn’t it?

Are you a Lawyer or a Law student? Are you interested in helping us with the RLCAB? Would you like to become a Core Participant? FreeLex is open for you. We welcome participants who wish to share their knowledge while helping the community in a pro bono basis

If you are both interested in getting more details about the RLCAB or how you can participate with us, do not hesitate contacting with us at:

Are you a Lawyer? A Law student? Are you interested in creating a strong voice for Certainty, Assurance, Trust, Openness and Freedom around the world? Do you believe in sharing your knowledge in a pro bono publico basis?

If so, FreeLex is open for you. We welcome participants who wish to share their knowledge while helping the community. You can participate:

• Improving our User-Friendly Agreements Legal Code and summaries
• Improving our developing User-Friendly Agreements Real Legal Code
• Improving our FreeLex Terms of Use
• Improving our Participant Agreement
• Improving our developing Privacy Policy
• Adapting our User-Friendly Agreements Legal Code, summaries and Real Legal Code to the different jurisdictions around the world
• Etc.

Grow with us! We are searching for Core Participants right now. And… what is a “Core Participant”? A “Core Participant” is a Participant whose pro bono collaborations have been continuous, devoted to FreeLex and notorious. (You can only become a “Core Participant” through your own merits.)

Core Participants will be attributed in FreeLex website through a small bio into FreeLex Core Participants section including an hyperlink (if wanted by the participant and where possible) or URL to the webpage, blog, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter or pages alike.

We are really glad to finally announce the birth online of FreeLex. This is the result of an idea and its development, from a tiny bit of light in the dark without shape nor perspective, to a huge project thanks to the many hours of work inverted, many advices from friends, inspiration from Creative Commons, and a constant flow of suggestions that came from the constant review of other sites. After so many efforts and brains working for it, finally, we are here.

We know that there are still things under development, but, as long as the big part is done, we are glad to provide you with the necessary tools to make your site User-Friendly. Please check our User-Friendly Agreement Builder and the rest of the site to be able to understand what FreeLex is. The concept is simple and the potential could be huge if used in the proper way.

We also encourage you to take part in this Project. If you want to know how to help us, please check collaborate.