Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) & Copyright Policy

1. Statement of Intellectual Property Principles

OpenBoard (sohamxyz.com/openboard) is an independent, 100% free, non-commercial, open-source educational resource designed to support student study and research. OpenBoard fully respects the intellectual property rights of test creators, copyright holders, and authors.

It is the strict policy of OpenBoard to respond expeditiously to clear, valid notices of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the provisions of Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) ("DMCA"). Upon receiving a compliant notice, we will act promptly to remove or disable access to the contested material.

2. How to Submit a Copyright Infringement Notice

If you are a copyright owner (e.g., College Entrance Examination Board, ACT, Inc., or ETS), or an authorized legal agent acting on their behalf, and you believe that any question, passage, solution step, or content rendered through OpenBoard infringes upon your copyright, please provide a written communication containing the following elements:

1. Physical or Electronic Signature: An authorized physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of Copyrighted Work: Clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
3. Specific Location of Material: Clear identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed, including specific URLs, Question IDs (e.g. ID: 740de32f), or parameters sufficient to permit OpenBoard to locate the material.
4. Contact Information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit OpenBoard to contact you, such as your full name, organization, physical mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. Good Faith Statement: A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. Accuracy & Perjury Statement: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

3. Expedited Removal Protocol

Upon receipt of a valid and complete DMCA notification satisfying the statutory requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), OpenBoard will:

• Expeditiously remove or disable public access to the identified item(s) within 24 business hours.
• If requested by a test maker or copyright authority, purge any associated cached records or disable the corresponding exam module entirely.
• Confirm remediation in writing to the reporting party.

4. Open Source & Repository Scope

The public OpenBoard open-source codebase (GitHub: SohamXYZDev/openboard) contains strictly the original application user interface, interactive graphing calculators, styling, and server proxy code. No question bank databases, proprietary test materials, or copyrighted question files are stored, hosted, or distributed within the GitHub repository.

5. Trademark Notice & Non-Affiliation

SAT® and AP® are registered trademarks of the College Board. ACT® is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc. GRE® is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS). Desmos is a registered trademark of Desmos Studio PBC.

OpenBoard is an independent project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, authorized by, or endorsed by the College Board, ACT, Inc., ETS, or any other standardized testing organization. All references to test names are nominative fair-use references identifying the exam subject matter.