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 * incitement to religious hatred
 
 or any other behaviour meant to deliberately put upon a person harassment, alarm or distress.
-We do NOT endorse or encourage discrimination on the grounds of e.g. race, religion gender or sexual preference and 
+We do NOT endorse or encourage discrimination on the grounds of e.g. race, religion, gender or sexual preference and 
 operate with a zero-tolerance policy for libel and defamation.
 
 While we believe in the concept of freedom of thought and freedom of expression, freenode does not
@@ -127,3 +127,13 @@ before entering into financial transactions of any kind and stress that any
 financial transactions entered into on the freenode network must be undertaken
 entirely at the user's risk and freenode accepts no liability for any losses
 incurred as the result of such transactions. 
+
+Public Logging
+=============
+If you're considering publishing channel logs, think it through. The freenode network is an interactive environment. Even on public channels, most users don't weigh their comments with the idea that they'll be enshrined in perpetuity. For that reason, few participants publish logs.
+
+If you're publishing logs on an ongoing basis, your channel topic should reflect that fact. Consider providing a way for users to make comments without logging, and get permission from the channel owners before you start. If you're thinking of "anonymizing" your logs (removing information that identifies the specific users), be aware that it's difficult to do it well—replies and general context often provide identifying information which is hard to filter.
+
+If you just want to publish a single conversation, be careful to get permission from each participant. Provide as much context as you can. Avoid the temptation to publish or distribute logs without permission in order to portray someone in a bad light. The reputation you save will most likely be your own.
+
+In addition to these policies, you may wish to read our [Catalyst Guidelines](https://freenode.net/catalysts), [Channel Guidelines](https://freenode.net/changuide), [Philosophy](https://freenode.net/philosophy), [Group Registration Information](https://freenode.net/groupreg) and [this KB article on Conduct](https://freenode.net/kb/answer/conduct).