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Bulletin RULES - Policies of this Board
[SysOp - customize this to fit your operation]
OPERATIONS
1 phone line
Operates 24 hours a day
60 min per session, 60 min per day
CONFLICT OF INTEREST. This board and its sysop have no ties
to any commercial product, and derive no financial benefit
from any recommendations made.
PROPRIETARY Programs. This board supports only open architecture,
non-proprietary programs, which require no licensing fees of
shareware authors who wish to develop better versions. No
proprietary programs will be supported or aided by this BBS,
which is dedicated to the public domain and public service.
This policy applies across the board to graphics, the format of
stored files, file transfer protocols, as well as to the BBS
software.
ZIP files are preferred over "ARC" files, which is a
proprietary format owned and licensed by SEA.
NEW CALLERS. Immediate, full, free access on first call. No
verification.
QUESTIONNAIRES. Information collected from users is not shared
with others nor sold, and is for the private use of the
sysop.
ALIASES. Okay to use. Only ask that you be willing to reveal to
sysop who you really are. You must, however, must use at most
1 id on this system. Do not register under more than 1 name.
SEXUAL MATERIALS. Sexually oriented uploads are/are not welcome.
GAMES. Welcome. But only games that can be freely distributed please.
DOWNLOADING. Free to download as much and as often as you like.
Nothing asked in return, no penalties for heavy downloading.
No ratios to maintain.
UPLOAD FORMAT. This board runs like a free market, in which people
are free to upload files in whatever format they prefer, as long
as the files are compressed. The preferred format is ZIP, but
ARC, ZOO, PAK and others are acceptable.
UPLOAD MODIFICATION. This board does not modify uploads. Headers
advertising this board are not added to libraried files, and
no files are added to the libraries. The file uploaded may be
reformatted to reduce size, but nothing is changed inside.
GETTING MORE TIME. You get 10 extra minutes between midnight and 6am,
uploads should be rewarded with extra time, or make a donation.
MAILING SOFTWARE. Sysop does not mail software. Too busy.
Software clubs like CPCUG do a much better job than I would.
PRIVACY OF MESSAGES. Sysop reserves right to read all mail. Private
messages will be otherwise respected.
BREAKING COPY PROTECTION. Directions on how to break (unprotects)
are/are not welcome.
COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE EXCHANGE (Piracy). Do not upload or exchange
commercial software. Authors deserve compensation. If they insist
on payment before you can try their software, so be it.