slug: updates-to-policy-document
title: Updates to Policy Document
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Changes have been made to the site to reflect [new content](http://freenode.net/policy.shtml#output) on the [policy page](http://freenode.net/policy.shtml). This does not represent a change in network philosophy; we're just starting to formalize our policies so that we can keep our focus on free software, open source and other sorts of peer-directed projects as the network grows.