Aktivix:Aup

these acceptable use polcies were lifted from riseup.net

the idea is to use them as a basis for discussing AUP for aktivix.org lists

List Creation Conditions

If you create an aktivix.org list, you agree to the following conditions:

• The list is of a radical or progressive nature. We do not approve lists which are of a personal, hobby, or commercial nature. We do not provide purely cultural or educational lists. Examples of lists which are outside our mission might include lists for college classes or majors, lists for upcoming music shows, lists for the general discussion of religion, etc.
• If you are a paid activist or work for a non-profit with a significant budget we require that you donate to keep this service running.
• You agree to take responsibility for administering the list. This may involve subscribing and unsubscribing people, moderating the list, removing bouncing subscribers, etc.
• You promise that everyone who you mass subscribe to your list is someone who really wants to be on your list.

List Subscription Conditions

If you subscribe to any aktivix.org list, you agree to the following conditions:

• You will not send tofu: Tofu is activist spam, and it can be almost as annoying as the corporate variety. Not everyone in the world needs to know about your planned rally/campaign/protest/rant. Tofu is defined as a political email sent to a wide number of people or lists which is totally off topic or unsolicited.
• If someone complains that you are tofuing their lists, we will block you from posting to any riseup.net list.

List Termination

Your list may be removed for any of the following reasons:

• It was found to be non-political.
• The list is spamming people. Spamming is when someone sends out large quantities of unsolicited email. Spam is evil and we have a zero tolerance policy for spam. If people complain that they were unwillingly subscribed to your list, we will remove the list and potentially ban you from the server.
• The list has had no traffic for the last three months.

Reporting List Abuse

If someone is using a aktivix.org list to send spam, please notify us immediately at XXXXXXwhere?XXXXX

We have a zero-tolerance policy toward spam. However, often legitimate lists admins will make mistakes and subscribe people who did not want to be subscribed. We usually let this slide. If a pattern develops of multiple 'mistakes,' then we kill the list.