Proposal to remove SDG

README.md

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 # Sandstorm Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
 
-This repository contains the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy documents for Sandstorm Oasis. You can see the history of edits as the commit history.
+This repository contains the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy documents for Sandstorm services. You can see the history of edits as the commit history.
+
+Note that neither Sandstorm Oasis nor the Sandstorm Support Service are still offered, and Sandstorm Development Group, Inc. has been dissolved. Those terms are retained here for historical record only.

sandcats-overview.md

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 # Overview: Sandstorm Sandcats
 
-Sandstorm is a platform for server-oriented and web-based applications. Sandstorm the platform is open source; anyone can run Sandstorm on their own personal server hardware. When you run Sandstorm on your own hardware, you can do anything you want with it: Sandstorm the platform is licensed under the Apache 2.0 open source license which places no restrictions on usage.
+Sandstorm is a platform for server-oriented and web-based applications. Sandstorm is open source; anyone can run Sandstorm on their own personal server hardware. When you run Sandstorm on your own hardware, you can do anything you want with it: Sandstorm is licensed under the Apache 2.0 open source license which places no restrictions on usage.
 
-Sandstorm Development Group, Inc., is the company that distributes the Sandstorm software. It also offers a DNS service called Sandcats. Sandcats makes it easy to obtain a hostname and TLS certificate for your personal Sandstorm server, as a subdomain of sandcats.io. Sandstorm Development Group, Inc., owns the domain sandcats.io but delegates a subdomain, such as "example.sandcats.io", to you for free. The purpose of the service is to make it easy for you and your friends to easily find your Sandstorm server on the network and ensure that they are communicating with it securely. Basically, it acts like a phone book. The Sandcats service never sees any of the content of your server nor any of the traffic to your server.
+The Sandstorm project offers a DNS service called Sandcats. Sandcats makes it easy to obtain a hostname and TLS certificate for your personal Sandstorm server, as a subdomain of sandcats.io. Our project owns the domain sandcats.io but delegates a subdomain, such as "example.sandcats.io", to you for free. The purpose of the service is to make it easy for you and your friends to easily find your Sandstorm server on the network and ensure that they are communicating with it securely. Basically, it acts like a phone book. The Sandcats service never sees any of the content of your server nor any of the traffic to your server.

sandcats-privacy.md

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 # Privacy Policy
 
-This privacy policy describes in detail how the Sandstorm Sandcats DNS service ("the service"), as run by Sandstorm Development Group, Inc. ("we"/"us"), protects your privacy.
+This privacy policy describes in detail how the Sandstorm Sandcats DNS service ("the service"), as run by the Sandstorm project ("we"/"us"), protects your privacy.
 
-This policy does NOT apply to any other Sandstorm service, such as Sandstorm Oasis. These terms also do not apply to users running the Sandstorm open source software under their own domain name. Use of the Sandstorm software on your own server (whether under sandcats.io or your own domain) is covered by [the Sandstorm license](https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/LICENSE).
+These terms do not apply to users running the Sandstorm open source software under their own domain name. Use of the Sandstorm software on your own server (whether under sandcats.io or your own domain) is covered by [the Sandstorm license](https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 ## Introduction
 
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 When you run a Sandstorm server that uses Sandcats, the service gathers these pieces of information about you:
 
 * Your server's IP address. This address will be published to the world via the DNS protocol, as is the purpose of the service.
-* Your email address. We will use this address to contact you with service issues if needed and to help you recover a lost hostname. We will not share this address with anyone unless required by law, in which case we will notify you unless prohibited by law.
+* Your email address. We will use this address to contact you with service issues if needed and to help you recover a lost hostname, or to notify you of changes to the terms of service or privacy policy. We will not share this address with anyone unless required by law, in which case we will notify you unless prohibited by law.
 * Your chosen Sandcats subdomain. Although we do not actively publish a directory of Sandcats hostnames, this name may appear in certificate transparency reports and other public places.
 
 ## Data gathered by other users' servers
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 ## Effective Date
 
-This policy is effective as of October 6, 2015.
+This policy is effective as of July 1, 2022.

sandcats-tos.md

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 # Terms of Service
 
-The following terms apply to your use of the Sandstorm Sandcats DNS service ("the service"), as offered by Sandstorm Development Group, Inc. ("we"/"us").
+The following terms apply to your use of the Sandstorm Sandcats DNS service ("the service"), as offered by the Sandstorm project ("we"/"us").
 
-These terms do NOT apply to any other Sandstorm service, such as Sandstorm Oasis. These terms also do not apply to users running the Sandstorm open source software under their own domain name. Use of the Sandstorm software on your own server (whether under sandcats.io or your own domain) is covered by [the Sandstorm license](https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/LICENSE).
+These terms do not apply to users running the Sandstorm open source software under their own domain name. Use of the Sandstorm software on your own server (whether under sandcats.io or your own domain) is covered by [the Sandstorm license](https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 ## What you may do with the services
 
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 All problems should be reported by emailing [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), except for security problems, which should be reported to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
 
-You also may contact us by snail mail at:
-
-    Sandstorm Development Group, Inc.
-    475 Fernando Ave
-    Palo Alto, CA 94306
-
 ## Copyright and Trademark Issues
 
-To notify Sandstorm of a copyright or trademark violation, please contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), respectively, or contact us by snail mail at:
-
-    Sandstorm Development Group, Inc.
-    475 Fernando Ave
-    Palo Alto, CA 94306
+To notify Sandstorm of a copyright or trademark violation, please contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), respectively.
 
 Please note that we do not host any content via the Sandcats service; it only points to other people's servers. We cannot control the content of those servers. If the infringing content is on a Sandcats user's server, you will need to contact them directly.
 
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 **Waiver.** The failure of Sandstorm to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by Sandstorm.
 
-**Governing Law.** The Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction, and shall be considered to have been made and accepted in the State of California.
+**Governing Law.** The Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction, and shall be considered to have been made and accepted in the State of Texas.
 
-**Jurisdiction for Legal Disputes.** Legal disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and State courts located in San Francisco, California. You hereby consent and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.
+**Jurisdiction for Legal Disputes.** Legal disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and State courts located in Austin, Texas. You hereby consent and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.
 
 **Severability.** If any provision of the Terms of Service is found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the Terms of Service and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
 
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 ## Effective Date
 
-This policy is effective as of October 6, 2015.
+This policy is effective as of July 1, 2022.