GUIDELINES FOR CONNECTING TO THE RED ECLIPSE MASTER SERVER

The Red Eclipse Team provides the play.redeclipse.net master server for the
benefit of the Red Eclipse Community. We impose a general set of guidelines
for any server/user which connects to the play.redeclipse.net master server.
The team reserves the right to block any attempt to connect to the master
server at their discretion. Access to services provided by the project are
considered to be a privilege, not a right.

These guidelines are imposed to ensure the integrity of both the Red Eclipse
game, and its community. If you do not agree to these terms, you should not
connect to the play.redeclipse.net master server, or any servers which are
connected to it. These guidelines are not designed to limit your opinion or
freedoms granted to you by the open source licenses employed by the project,
nor do they cover usage of the game in either offline play or on servers
which are not connected to the Red Eclipse master.

If you have questions or comments regarding these guidelines please contact
the Red Eclipse Team. Any person seeking to modify their game or server for
use on the master server should first seek permission from the Red Eclipse
Team, each modification must be approved and will be done on a case-by-case
basis.


    Guidelines for Servers

(See RE Mark Policy for definitions of "substantially (un)modified")

* The gameplay of the server must not grant an undue or unfair advantage to any
  party.
  - "Humans vs Zombies" is fine, as long as it rotates roles in a fair manner.
  - Giving one player double the health of other players permanently is not
    permitted.

* If the gameplay of the server is modified substantially this must be
  indicated clearly, preferably through the use of "servermotd".

* If the source code of the server is modified substantially you must contact
  the Red Eclipse Team to check that the changes are permitted.

* The server must honour the auth system, allowing global bans and grant the
  correct access by the Red Eclipse Team, or moderators assigned by them.

* The server must not advertise or otherwise spam messages excessively.

* The server must not have a name that is offensive or send any messages that
  could be interpreted as offensive.
  - Offensive language covers things such as bigotry (racist, religious, or
    sexually derogatory [gender or orientation] remarks)

* The owner of a server may outline their own rules, specific to their server.
  - These rules may not revoke any part of this document.
  - These rules must not make any unreasonable or illegal demands.

* Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the immediate ban and
  removal of the server in question from listing on the master server, without
  warning.


    Guidelines for Users

* Players must behave in a manner that is not disruptive to the game.
  - Cussing is fine, so long as it doesn't involve bigotry (racist, religious,
    or sexually derogatory [gender or orientation] remarks), unless a server is
    designated as "family friendly" and provides a clear definition of what
    kind of language is not permitted.
  - Intentionally killing team mates or scoring for an opposing team is not
    permitted.
  - Cheating, flooding and/or spamming is not permitted.

* The owner of a server may outline their own rules, specific to their server.
  - Players on a server with additional rules must follow said rules unless the
    demands are unreasonable, illegal, or revoke part of this document.
  - If any part of the rules supplied by a server violate this document, then
    all rules supplied by the server are considered to be null and void.

* Failure to adhere to a request by a moderator to follow the rules can result
  in an immediate ban, without warning, possibly from the master server and
  all Red Eclipse servers listed on it.


    Guidelines for Moderators

* Moderators must act in a fair and impartial manner, employing the "warn, then
  kick, then ban" approach, unless there is an emergency or immediate need.

* The use of kick and/or ban should only be used when a user violates sections
  of this document. If in doubt, moderators should seek the advice of their
  peers (other players and/or moderators) before proceeding with disciplinary
  action. A moderator may kick and/or ban for other reasons if there is due
  cause to do so.

* If a moderator believes that any behaviour not covered by this document
  should result in disciplinary action, and they have the support of their
  peers, they should contact the Red Eclipse Team immediately to propose an
  amendment.

* Failure by a moderator to follow or uphold the rules may result in their
  access being immediately revoked, without warning.


    Attribution

This text is Copyright (C) 2011-2012, the Red Eclipse Team
and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>
