Forum Guidelines

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Guidelines

1. You warrant that you will not post any message that is obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, discriminatory, in breach of copyright, of religious or political content, or otherwise in violation of law or accepted community standards.
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2. When addressing another forum user, you will be polite. Courteous discussion is welcome here but heated and abusive argument is not. If attacked you are not allowed to respond in kind. Instead use the Private Message system and try to resolve matters privately and amicably. If problems persist ask for the help of a Moderator.
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3. “Attack the post, not the poster!” You can disagree with the subject matter of a post, but never personally attack the poster.
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4. Treat people as you want to be treated yourself; with respect and politeness.
   • Flaming is not permitted.
   • Trolling includes (but is not restricted to):
     • Flooding the board with comments coming from a single point of view in pretty much every posting made.
     • Posting something which is against our forum rules.
     • Posting something deliberately inflammatory - either to start a "flame war" or simply to cause difficulties for the moderators.
     • Posting snide comments about another member.
     • Posting continuous criticism of moderators and their moderation activities.
   • Engaging in behaviour which is disruptive to the general operation of the forum or community. You may criticise a moderator, or how the site is run. However, such comments should be made privately not publicly.
   • A breach of any of the above rules may result in removal of your privilege in participating in the forums.
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5. Stick to the topic. Do not deviate from the subject discussed in a thread. That can happen easily sometimes. Open a new thread if a new issue arises from the discussion so others can always see by the title what the thread is about. Do not post the same topic in several forums (no double posting/cross-posting)
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6. Freedom of Speech
   Your contribution to this forum is not a right but a privilege. As a privately owned, financed and operated website, we are not covered by 'Freedom Of Speech' legislation. The rules we have in place are to protect the site, and to provide the convivial environment for our users
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7. Although the administrators and moderators of Gizmo's Freeware Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author alone, and neither the owners or administrators of the Gizmo's Freeware Forum, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
   SEO by vBSEO 3.3.0 (the plugin developers), will be held responsible for the content of any message.
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8. You must not post copyrighted material here unless it is done so under a Fair Use agreement.
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9. You retain copyright to any original content you contribute, but agree to assign to this site and its successors perpetual and unlimited license to use your content free of charge.
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10. You must not use this forum for advertising. Any post that seems to have been made for advertising will be deleted.
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11. You must not linkspam the forum. Genuine messages with genuine links that are relevant and of use to our community are permitted. Linkspam will be deleted.
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12. Signature: you are permitted
    • a single line signature, which may include one link to your own website.
    • You may link to an internal page on your site. The link may not be to a product, a download, or an affiliate link.
    • The maximum length of your signature is 80 characters including spaces, and the maximum font size is 2.
    • A signature must not be deliberately made to stand out visually. It may be smaller than the standard font size, and/or of a less-noticeable color - but it may not be larger or brighter. Neither graphics nor graphic links are allowed.
    • No links (including in signatures) are allowed to websites either for, or that feature prominently:
      commercial software, pharmaceuticals, porn, gambling, violence, loans, credit, political parties, religious views, or information considered illegal in most countries.
    
    A signature is a privilege - not a right - and can be withdrawn any time for any reason and without notice.
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13. Avatar: a photo or graphic is allowed. The maximum dimension are 80px and 20KB.
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14. No direct links to executable files are allowed in the Forum. Please link to the page the file is referenced on.
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15. The administrators of Gizmo's Freeware Forum reserve the right to edit, move, delete or close any message or thread for any reason. In the event of any dispute the decision of the administrators is final.
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16. Persons who contravene these Guidelines will be asked politely to desist. Further contraventions will result in a ban.