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Terms of Use.

The conditions under which POPPy is offered — an open, non-commercial resource provided for research and education.

Effective June 2026 · Version 0.1

By accessing POPPy, you agree to these terms. POPPy is maintained by the Romano Lab at the University of Pennsylvania and is offered to the research community in good faith. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the resource.

The resource & its license

POPPy — its ontology, curated records, and documentation — is released under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. You are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, provided you give appropriate credit and indicate any changes. Commercial use requires separate written permission.

Acceptable use

You may
Query, download, and cite the resource; build upon it for academic and educational work; and redistribute it under the same license with attribution.
You may not
Use POPPy for commercial purposes without permission, misrepresent its provenance, attempt to disrupt the service, or scrape it in ways that degrade access for others.
Not medical advice

POPPy is a research and informational resource. It is not medical, pharmacological, or professional advice, and must not be used to diagnose, treat, or guide the use of any plant or compound. Many medicinal plants are toxic. Always consult a qualified professional before acting on any information here.

Accuracy & third-party data

POPPy harmonizes information from many primary and secondary sources. We curate carefully, but we cannot guarantee that every record is complete, current, or free of error. The resource is a secondary aggregation; for authoritative detail, consult the cited primary sources, which remain subject to their own terms.

Intellectual property

Names, marks, and the POPPy identity belong to their respective owners. Third-party data and illustrations remain the property of their sources and are used under their respective licenses or in the public domain. Your use of POPPy does not transfer any rights beyond those granted above.

Disclaimer of warranties

POPPy is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the resource will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Romano Lab and the University of Pennsylvania are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of — or inability to use — POPPy or its data.

Changes

We may update these terms as the resource develops. Continued use after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms, whose effective date appears at the top of this page.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions.

Questions

Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact page.