GNU Sovix

IRC-rules

Rules and guidelines for the official Sovix IRC channels.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) provides a wonderful resource to connect free software users and developers together. Our channels try to be welcoming to both new people and long-time regulars. These guidelines exist with that goal in mind.

Everyone who uses or contributes to free software is a valuable member of the free software community. The goal of Sovix IRC channels is to provide a place for the community to discuss about and help each other with Sovix.

List of channels

This is a list of our channels.

• #sovix - Sovix Channel
• #sovix-webmasters - The Sovix Webmasters channel, for discussions about www.sovix.org

Channel rules

1. Respect -- don't engage in racism or hate speech. People are entitled to different opinions.
2. Appropriate -- think before you type, is your comment appropriate? Is it possible someone may misinterpret what you're saying in jest as hateful speech?
3. Keep it ontopic -- personal attacks, trolling/baiting or flooding (posting multiple repetitive lines or large amounts of code) of the channel will not be tolerated.
4. And finally -- each Sovix channel exists to promote a specific aspect of Sovix development or use; more generally, they all exist to promote free software and software users' freedom. Use the channel in ways that support these goals.

Freenode guidelines

Freenode also maintains a list of channel guidelines which you should also consider.

Remember

IRC is there for everyone, not just seasoned Sovix Developers. It is unreasonable to expect everyone to ignore a user who is misbehaving, and if you have a Sovix cloak, you may be reassigned an 'unaffiliated' cloak, in accordance with Freenode guidelines if you continue to abuse your privileges.