X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/irc/freenode/web-7.0.git/blobdiff_plain/1194a3e71a427a669ccdddee22006416d46eeb43..53a47a094283bfef9adda5d8ea5fb8b369d7caa1:/content/pages/policies.md diff --git a/content/pages/policies.md b/content/pages/policies.md index f3158b95b..2ddd04ffc 100644 --- a/content/pages/policies.md +++ b/content/pages/policies.md @@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ Channel ownership Channels on freenode fall into one of two categories. Primary channels, which begin with a single # character, are reserved for on-topic projects. If you’d like to take over one of these channels, then you’ll need to be associated in -some way with the project in question. For abandoned project channels that -have moved or are no longer available to the public, you may request the -ownership of the channel be transferred to you. Please make said requests in -the #freenode IRC channel. Topical, or ‘about’ channels, begin with +some way with the project in question. Topical, or ‘about’ channels, begin with two # characters, and these are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis to the first person who registers it with ChanServ. As with nicknames, however, we reserve the right to remove or alter registrations where we believe they have @@ -84,11 +81,10 @@ applicable where freenode operates. Use of freenode and its facilities is a privilege, not a right, and may be withdrawn where we believe that this has not been the case. -Off topic channels are required to act in good faith in accordance to the freenode -community as a whole. Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered -off-topic, as are inappropriate advertising such as unused channels for the purpose of -polluting the channel list results, transmission of illicit content such as warez or -illegal content, spam, or squatting a namespace preventing others from utilizing it. +Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered off-topic, as are +inappropriate advertising, heavy media file trading, proprietary game software modding, +warez, porn and various forms of antisocial behaviour, including (but not limited to) +political, racial, ethnic, religious or gender-related invective. In accordance with UK law freenode has no tolerance for any activity that could be construed as: