The rules of this community. Short on purpose: they say what the community is for, what members may and may not
do, and what happens otherwise.
*Version 1.0, effective [date].*
## 1. What this community is
[Organisation name] ("we") runs this community for [its members / its staff / its volunteers / its customers]:
[one sentence on the purpose]. Access is [by invitation / on registration approved by us / open to anyone who
registers]. By using the community you accept these terms and the privacy policy.
## 2. Your account
One account per person, under your own name [or: a pseudonym is allowed]. You keep your password to yourself and
tell us at once if you think someone else used your account. You are responsible for what is done with it.
[Members must be at least [16/18] years old.]
## 3. What you may publish
Posts, comments, files and messages that relate to the purpose of the community and respect the other members.
You keep the rights on what you publish; you allow us to display it to the other members and to keep it for as
long as the community exists, within the rules of the privacy policy.
## 4. What you may not do
- Publish anything illegal, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing or pornographic, or that infringes someone
else's rights (copyright, privacy, trade secrets).
- Publish personal data of other people without their agreement, beyond what the purpose of the community needs.
- Send unsolicited advertising, spam or chain messages.
- Try to access content or accounts you are not entitled to, disrupt the service, or copy the community's data
in bulk.
- Share your account or let someone else use it.
## 5. Moderation
The administrators may edit or remove content that breaks these rules, warn a member, and suspend or delete an
account after a warning, or without one when the breach is serious. A member may ask the administrators to
review a decision at [email address]. Reports of problematic content go to the same address or through the
"Report content" function.
## 6. Availability and changes
The community is provided as it is, with the hosting provider's availability targets. We may change its features,
suspend it for maintenance, or close it, with notice to the members where possible. We may change these terms;
the new version is announced in the community and applies from the date it states.
## 7. Leaving
You may delete your account from your settings [or: by writing to us]; what happens to your content is described
in the privacy policy. We may delete an inactive account after [N] months of inactivity, with a notice sent to
your address first.
## 8. Law
These terms are governed by the law of [country]. Disputes are brought before the courts of [city], without
prejudice to mandatory consumer rules of your country of residence.
Questions: [email address].