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| ===== Rules ===== | ===== Rules ===== | ||
| + | ==== No Spamming ==== | ||
| No mass-advertizing (spam) is allowed. Our services are not to be used to push any product, service, or agenda. It is a violation of this policy to use our service to gather information for such use, or to send mass messages to our users of any kind. | No mass-advertizing (spam) is allowed. Our services are not to be used to push any product, service, or agenda. It is a violation of this policy to use our service to gather information for such use, or to send mass messages to our users of any kind. | ||
| - | We provide several mechanisms for our users to control their experience, such as rate limits, channels, bans, ignores, etc. You may not intentionally defeat any of these control mechanisms e.g. by changing your host to evade a ban or ignore, or using multiple connections to flood. | + | ==== No " |
| + | We provide several mechanisms for our users to view and control their experience, such as rate limits, channels, bans, ignores, etc. You may not intentionally defeat any of these control mechanisms e.g. by changing your host to evade a ban or ignore, or using multiple connections to flood or make a channel appear more populated than it is. | ||
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| + | Multiple connections originating from the same person (clones, bouncers, bots, etc) are **not** allowed, EXCEPT: | ||
| + | * To connect for legitimate use of the network from multiple devices (such as having irc open on 2 computers) | ||
| + | * To connect for legitimate use of the network via multiple software packages (such as using both pidgin and mirc) | ||
| + | * A friendly bot. | ||
| + | * Other legitimate activity pre-approved by us. | ||
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| + | ==== No Harm ==== | ||
| + | You may not cause real harm, or make **serious** threats of real harm against us or other persons. This includes threats of physical violence or denial of service attack. | ||
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| + | ==== Other ==== | ||
| + | We reserve the right to bar anyone from the use of the network for any reason, and you may not use our services if you have been barred from doing so. | ||
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| + | In addition, people who have filed, or threatened to file civil legal claims against the network or its administrators may not use our services. | ||
| - | While IRC is an open environment in which to freely discuss just about anything, we draw the line at making serious threats of real harm against other persons. This includes threats of physical violence or denial of service attack. | + | Finally, we may make changes to this policy |
| ===== Disclaimer ===== | ===== Disclaimer ===== | ||