Terms & Rules of Conduct
We hope that you find the time you spend in the Ingres Users Association community Web site to be useful and fun. To ensure that everyone has the best possible experience, we've established a few guidelines. Please take a moment to read them, and thank you for participating in the IUA community.
Expectations of Service
The IUA’s Role: The IUA does not offer formal support for the
communities you'll find here. Instead, our role is to provide
a platform for people who want to take advantage of the global community
of Ingres users and product experts. The IUA may monitor content
to ensure the accuracy of the information you'll find, but any
information provided by the IUA is offered "AS IS" with
no warranties, and no rights are conferred. This applies to the whole
of the IUA’s website. You assume all risk for your use.
IUA Forum Moderators: Moderators volunteer technical answers and assist the
IUA in managing the content of the forum. Moderators come from a wide range
of backgrounds and professions. All share a willingness to give their time,
expertise, and advice to enhance the technical skills of others.
Rules of Conduct
Appropriate Language: The purpose of our website communities is to
exchange technical information and expertise about Ingres products
and IUA events. Please avoid personal attacks, slurs, and profanity
in your interactions.
Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your postings in newsgroups and
chats are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some topics to
drift from the stated subject. However, to ensure maximum benefit for everyone,
we encourage you to keep your postings as close to the subject as possible.
Advertising/Solicitation: These communities were created as a forum for providing
peer-to-peer knowledge and assistance on Ingres products and services. We
ask that you refrain from posting advertisements or solicitations that do
not pertain directly to the intended use and purpose of the newsgroup or
chat.
Confidentiality: Please keep in mind that our communities are public spaces,
so don't post anything that you don't want the world to see. Credit
card numbers, product keys, and other confidential information, including
anything covered under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), should not be posted
to a newsgroup, chat, or other community.
Chat Code of Conduct
As part of the IUA’s commitment to make this website a great place to meet and interact with others around the world, you agree to abide by our code of conduct. Your commitment to these guidelines in all of your IUA Forum chats ensures a positive experience for all participants.
Chat Rules:
- Please treat all other online participants with respect and do not use IUA Forum Chats to threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse other users.
- Impersonating an IUA committee member, agent, manager, moderator, host, or another user is forbidden.
- Do not use IUA Forum Chats services to spam others. Spam includes sending identical and irrelevant or unsolicited submissions to many different users, and includes misrepresenting the source of anything you post. Spamming and scrolling in chat rooms are serious violations of online etiquette.
- The IUA does not allow behavior or content related to illegal activities. You cannot use IUA Forum Chats to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or discussion. This includes, but is not limited to, child pornography, bestiality, incest, illegal drugs, software piracy, and harassment.
- You may not use IUA Forums for the purpose of linking to external sites that violate this code of conduct.
- Do not post or promote any materials that could harm or disrupt another user's computer or would allow others to inappropriately access software or web sites.
- In addition to upholding this code of conduct, you are responsible for adhering to all local and national laws that pertain to your location.
- You are responsible for any actions you may take based on advice or information you receive online. Use your own judgment when evaluating information provided through any communication service, and remember that the information provided could be from people at any age and experience level. The decision to conduct transactions is your own and you should perform your own research prior to making any decisions.
- You are responsible and liable for all your activities while participating in the IUA Forum Chats. Remember, you are responsible for anything you say or post.
- The IUA reserves the right to ban any participant from the chat rooms for violating any of the rules above.
- The IUA also reserves the right to amend or change the Code of Conduct at any time without notice. You agree to periodically review this document to ensure you are doing your part.
- We caution you against giving out any personally identifiable information (such as social security number, credit card number, name, address, telephone number, driver's license number, password, etc.) online. This information can easily be used for illegal or harmful purposes.
- You are responsible for protecting your computer against interference or viruses that may be encountered on the Internet and IUA Forum Chats.