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 ===== Rules ===== ===== Rules =====
 +==== No Spamming ====
 No mass-advertizing (spam) is allowed. Our services are not to be used to push any product, service, or agenda. It is a violation of this policy to use our service to gather information for such use, or to send mass messages to our users of any kind. No mass-advertizing (spam) is allowed. Our services are not to be used to push any product, service, or agenda. It is a violation of this policy to use our service to gather information for such use, or to send mass messages to our users of any kind.
  
-We provide several mechanisms for our users to control their experience, such as rate limits, channels, bans, ignores, etc. You may not intentionally defeat any of these control mechanisms e.g. by changing your host to evade a ban or ignore, or using multiple connections to flood.+==== No "Gaming the System" ==== 
 +We provide several mechanisms for our users to view and control their experience, such as rate limits, channels, bans, ignores, etc. You may not intentionally defeat any of these control mechanisms e.g. by changing your host to evade a ban or ignore, or using multiple connections to flood or make a channel appear more populated than it is.
  
-While IRC is an open environment in which to freely discuss just about anything, we draw the line at making serious threats of real harm against other persons. This includes threats of physical violence or denial of service attack.+Multiple connections originating from the same person (clones, bouncers, bots, etc) are **not** allowed, EXCEPT:  
 +  * To connect for legitimate use of the network from multiple devices (such as having irc open on 2 computers) 
 +  * To connect for legitimate use of the network via multiple software packages (such as using both pidgin and mirc) 
 +  * A friendly bot. 
 +  * Other legitimate activity pre-approved by us. 
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 +==== Legal Use ==== 
 +You may not connect to AfterNET from any computer or network which you do not have permission to use, and you may not use AfterNET for any illegal activities or to coordinate activities that are illegal. 
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 +==== No Harm ==== 
 +You may not cause real harm, or make **serious** threats of real harm against us or other persons. This includes threats of physical violence or denial of service attack. 
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 +==== Other ==== 
 +We reserve the right to bar anyone from the use of the network for any reason, and you may not use our services if you have been barred from doing so. 
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 +In addition, people who have filed, or threatened to file civil legal claims against the network or its administrators may not use our services. 
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 +Finally, we may make changes to this policy at any time.
  
 ===== Disclaimer ===== ===== Disclaimer =====
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 Due to the open nature of IRC, children can and will be exposed to inappropriate content online. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to discuss such issues with children, and protect them. Due to the open nature of IRC, children can and will be exposed to inappropriate content online. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to discuss such issues with children, and protect them.
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 By initiating a connection, you agree to be poked, prodded, and probed by us to verify you are not running an open relay, proxy, trojan horse, virus, or other software we deem unacceptable. Our probes may set off alarms in your firewall. Be prepared to live with this.  By initiating a connection, you agree to be poked, prodded, and probed by us to verify you are not running an open relay, proxy, trojan horse, virus, or other software we deem unacceptable. Our probes may set off alarms in your firewall. Be prepared to live with this. 

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