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