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XeroNet Policy Draft v1.7 [ 28 NOV 94 ]
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XeroNet Information, Tolerance, and Policy
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[portions omitted for space conservation]
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II. HISTORY
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XeroNet's first policy officially drafted 15 JUL 94.
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The first draft of policy was dated 15 JUL 94 although
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XeroNet BBS's were actually running months prior to
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release of official documents.
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XeroNet was established as a network between Bulletin Board Services
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in the United States and Canada for the exchange of information
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via posts and electronic mail. The original founding Boards are :
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Bear Facts II (USA) 1-515-287-2008
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The Inner Sanctum (CANADA) 1-905-732-9826
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III. STANDARDS
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The official language of XeroNet is English.
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The rules and regulations associated with running a XeroNet board are
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as follows:
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A. General
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In general, a XeroNet board is an honourable system which does not
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discriminate against users because of race, religion, creed,
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nationality, sex, age or other reason except for instances to protect
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the user.
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B. SysOp Character and Conduct
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System Operators of bulletin boards must be of good standing. All SysOps
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are expected to keep the private information including but not limited
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to name, password, phone number, and address of all users on all nodes
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strictly confidential. No exceptions.
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XeroNet SysOps are not to participate in the planning or actual
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participation of computer hacking other bulletin boards, and must openly
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proclaim any knowledge they might have regarding such an event.
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XeroNet SysOps may connect to any and as many XeroNet nodes as they
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desire. At no time will any XeroNet SysOp be forced to connect to
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node(s) that he/she wishes not to. All connections must be approved and
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installed by the NC or their designee.
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All XeroNet SysOps are required to remain in XeroNet for 3 months upon
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entry.
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Sending non-message files through the network requires the advance
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approval of all nodes though which the file will pass.
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Sending unsolicited Multi-Mail is strictly prohibited in XeroNet.
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Taglines shall be three lines max and shall not use ANSI codes. Sig
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hosts may require or allow other guidelines to posts.
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SysOps are expected to refrain from abusing users and will deal with
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disruptions on their board in a mature manner. Problem users should be
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dealt with via e-mail, have their access lowered, or simply barred from
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participation in XeroNet Message bases.
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XeroNet boards are not to engage in pirating activities such as
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advertising the availability of stolen software, asking for commercial
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software, or encouraging the participation of pirating or exchanging of
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software that is made for sale by the author. XeroNet boards are not to
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engage in any illegal activities, including phreaking or carding.
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XeroNet policy does not mean your board will be inspected or policed by
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XeroNet. Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties
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including fines and imprisonment for the unauthorized reproduction or
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distribution of copyrighted computer programs (Title 17, U.S.C.
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Sections 501 and 506, et. al.).
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IV. JOINING XeroNet / REQUIREMENTS
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To join XeroNet, you must have your own BBS running FIDO compatable
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software. Your board must be up for at least 1 month to join XeroNet;
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this may be waved by the NC. By agreeing to policy at the bottom of
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your application you are committing to XeroNet at least 3 months of
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your life, subject to approval of your application.
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You are not required to register your BBS software to join XeroNet.
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You will be expected to register your BBS to help assure the continued
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support of the Author of the software, and to help protect the
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investment made by other XeroNet SysOps who have already registered
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theirs.
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You are expected to run a real names only BBS. It is expected to
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have a real name in the echoes. Writing to Aliases is not preferred.
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If for some reason you run an Alias BBS, software permitting toggle
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XeroNet conferences for real names only. If your software is configured
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to only accept aliases and can not toggle real names, your BBS maybe
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considered as long as your users enter real names at the end of their
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messages. When entering your real name you must print first and last
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name. <ie Judge Dredd aka Jamie Lee >. SysOps running alias BBS's
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will be held responsible for their users actions.
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Also all echoes are expected to be policed by all XeroNet SysOps.
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There will be no profanity allowed in the echoes. All SysOps will be
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responsible for their users actions. And the SysOp will be expected to
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take appropriate actions, including discontinue of posting.
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XeroNet does not support the use of private node numbers in
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the nodelist. A private node number was supplied to the ZEC
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temporarily for administrative purposes until permanent
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accomodations can be setup.
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XN-ADMIN ; XeroNet International SysOps Echo <required>
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XN-ALEXI ; AlexiWare - FreeMail,Alexi/Mail - * Chad Nelson *
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XN-AXE-BETA ; Axe and Fang Beta - Beta Testers Only
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XN-CHAT ; XeroNet International General Chat <required>
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XN-CMD ; Charles Marchant Doors - * Charles Marchant *
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XN-FFS ; Fresh Water Fishing Door - * Eric Hamilton *
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XN-FREQ ; Files and File Requests
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XN-FRONT ; Front End Mailers Discussion
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XN-HSMOD ; High Speed Modem Discussion and Help
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XN-JSW ; Jibben Software - * Scott Jibben *
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XN-KSL ; Klingon Software Labs - * Robert J. Ferguson *
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XN-L&K ; L & K SoftWare - * David Koons & Paul Lewis *
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XN-MAIL ; Mail Tossers and Scanners
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XN-MUSIC ; Music Interests Discussion
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XN-OLG ; On Lines Games Discussion
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XN-RALIN ; RaLin Software - * Rand Nowell *
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XN-RSW ; RainbowSoft Wares - * Richard Sleegers *
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XN-SAGS ; Seth Able Games Support - * Seth Able Robinson *
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XN-SPITFIRE ; Spitfire BBS & Utils - * Spitfire Programmers *
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XN-SUNRISE ; Sunrise Doors - * Al Lawrence *
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XN-T&T ; T & T Software - * Timothy J. Ward *
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XN-TRIBBS ; TriBBS & Utils - * TriBBS Programmers *
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XN-USRPBETA ; Usurper BETA team - Beta testers only
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XN-USRPCHAT ; Usurper Chat echo - SysOps & Users
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XN-WILDCAT ; Wildcat! BBS & Utils - * Wildcat! Programmers *
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XN-4SALE ; For Sale International Echo
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