When you connect to the GeekShed Network, you agree to the following rules. If you break any of the following rules, you may find yourself banned from the GeekShed network and all our other services. If you do not agree, simply disconnect from the network and do not reconnect.

Open proxies are not allowed on the GeekShed network. When you connect to GeekShed IRC, your connection will be port scanned for open—and potentially insecure—proxies. This is not an attack on your computer and will only happen when you connect.

 

Geek Shed prohibits the following on its network:

  1. Hate Speech
    1. You may not use any language defined as Hate Speech, which includes – but is not limited to – text or actions that are any of the following:
      1. Demeaning in any manner.
      2. Harmful.
      3. An attack on religion, race, or sexual orientation.
  2. Harassment
    1. You may not use any text or action that harasses another user, which includes text or actions that are intended to annoy, offend, or intimidate.
    2. Do not send Private Messages, Notices, and or CTCP requests to a user without his or her permission.
    3. Do not send messages to all channels (/AMSG’s or /AME’s) that are intended to annoy or intimidate another user (or other users).
  3. Creating a Hostile Environment for Minors
    1. You may not attempt to exchange a Private Message with a minor. A minor is defined as a child under the age of 18.
    2. You may not share personal information with a minor.
    3. You may not share sexually explicit material with a minor.
  4. Evade A Ban
    1. If you are banned from a channel or the GeekShed network, do not attempt to reconnect, not even to see if you are still banned. If you are banned and reconnect, your action is considered ban evasion. See Ban Appeals for more information.
    2. If you repeatedly evade a ban (or bans), you will be permanently banned from the GeekShed network and your Internet Service Provider will be contacted.
  5. Spamming
    1. Spamming is strictly prohibited on GeekShed. Spamming includes, but is not limited to, the advertising or promotion of free, pay, personal, commercial, corporate, non-profit, or private web sites, products, programs, other chat programs and/or services, other IRC channels, and/or other IRC networks.
  6. Illegal Activities of any Kind
    1. The rules of the offline world do apply to the online world, and all illegal activities are prohibited on the GeekShed network.
    2. Illegal behavior includes, but is not limited to, the following:
      1. File sharing of copyrighted or protected content.
      2. Distribution of child porn.
      3. Hacking or Cracking.
      4. Attempting to Exploit another user or computer.
      5. Credit Card fraud or trading.
      6. Bot Net or spam bot control channels.
  7. Non-Friendly Bots
    1. We welcome friendly bots on the GeekShed network, providing they do NOT do the following:
      1. Enter a channel without the permission of the channel owner.
      2. Kick or ban Geek Shed Staff.
      3. Flood the network or channel.
      4. Log channels for 3rd parties with out the channel owner’s permission.
      5. Advertise for 3rd parties with out the channel owner’s permission.
      6. Attempt to share or host files.
      7. Attempt to send harmful material, such as a virus or Trojan horse.
      8. Kick for ‘abusing desync’. See Eggdrop manual for more information.
  8. Infringement of Privacy or Copyright

    1. Copyright and privacy infringement are strictly prohibited. Details of users found infringing copyright will be passed to our legal team, without fail.
    2. Copyright and privacy infringement includes, but is not limited to:
      1. Unauthorized posting of channel logs to the web or other mediums.
      2. Distributing geekshed.net content, including but not limited to that of the website and forums, through unauthorized mediums.

Always follow the directions of GeekShed staff. The network staff has final determination on all matters relating to the network. If a GeekShed staff member asks you to do something and you refuse, your action does constitute a breach of these rules.

GeekShed is not responsible for the content you may transmit or receive. Due to the real time nature of IRC, we cannot monitor or police the exchange of data. To protect yourself, we highly recommend that you run a current antivirus program and never click on links from people you do not know.

We will cooperate with any law enforcement agency’s request for information when it is sent to us through proper legal channels.

Questions? If you have a question regarding the terms of service, please stop in #help and ask one of the staff members for assistance, or post your question on the GeekShed Help! forum.