From 4aeee074af60e5c55bb638bd7c58e55fba52fca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sase25sep26a Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:45:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Hubzilla Terms of Service draft --- .../hubzilla/hubzilla_terms_of_service.md | 140 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+) create mode 100644 artifacts/policies/hubzilla/hubzilla_terms_of_service.md diff --git a/artifacts/policies/hubzilla/hubzilla_terms_of_service.md b/artifacts/policies/hubzilla/hubzilla_terms_of_service.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ade7695 --- /dev/null +++ b/artifacts/policies/hubzilla/hubzilla_terms_of_service.md @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +--- +artifact: hubzilla-terms-of-service +version: 1.0-draft +status: draft +publication_cid: null +supersedes: null +--- + +# Hubzilla Terms of Service + +## 1. Scope + +These Terms apply only to the Hubzilla service provided as part of the Civic Infrastructure. + +They govern creation and use of Hubzilla accounts, access to Hubzilla channels and facilities, and material submitted through the Hubzilla service. + +They do not govern the Civic Infrastructure as a whole or separately operated infrastructure, services, repositories, publication systems, mail systems, or evidentiary systems. + +## 2. Private Network + +This Hubzilla service is a private network. + +It is not intended to operate as a general public social-media platform or unrestricted public forum. + +Participation is voluntary. + +Access is provided for people who want to explore or participate in the civic purposes supported through this Hubzilla installation. + +## 3. Provisional Accounts + +A visitor may create a provisional Hubzilla account using the visitor's own email address. + +A provisional account exists so the visitor can: + +- inspect the Hubzilla service; +- ask questions about the SASE process; +- explain what they want to accomplish through the Civic Infrastructure; +- determine whether they wish to become a Participant. + +A provisional account is not a SASE Participant account. + +Provisional accounts are deleted every second Friday as part of the normal operation of this Hubzilla service. + +Deletion on that schedule is not disciplinary action and does not imply misconduct. + +Material kept only in a provisional account should not be considered permanent storage. + +## 4. SASE Participant Accounts + +A qualifying Kane County resident may receive a `sase*` account through the SASE process. + +The account is issued through the returned SASE and is used for continuing participation through Hubzilla. + +A Participant may retain the original `sase*` account that was issued. + +The Participant does not receive a replacement account every six months merely because residency must be revalidated. + +## 5. Six-Month Revalidation + +Continued Participant standing requires revalidation through the SASE process every six months. + +The purpose of the SASE renewal is to establish that the Participant continues to qualify as a Kane County resident. + +Account identity and current Participant standing are separate. + +A Participant may therefore retain the same Hubzilla account while periodically re-establishing current standing. + +Expiration of current standing does not erase the historical use of that account. + +## 6. Account Responsibility + +Users are responsible for protecting access to their Hubzilla accounts. + +Accounts should not be transferred or knowingly used by another person as though that person were the account holder. + +Hubzilla can establish that an authenticated account was used. Authentication alone does not establish who physically operated a device at a particular moment. + +## 7. Use of the Hubzilla Service + +The Hubzilla service may be used for communication, discussion, questions, channels, civic collaboration, and other purposes consistent with the function of this private network. + +Users may not use the service to: + +- impersonate another user; +- interfere with operation of the Hubzilla service; +- obtain unauthorized access; +- conduct unauthorized automated scraping or collection; +- transfer or sell account access; +- use the service as an unrelated mass-advertising or bulk-distribution platform. + +These restrictions exist to preserve the intended function of the private Hubzilla network. + +## 8. Hubzilla Content and Durable Evidence + +Content appearing in Hubzilla is not automatically a permanent or immutable Civic Infrastructure record. + +Posts, messages, files, channels, account information, federation, and other ordinary Hubzilla functions remain subject to the normal operation of the Hubzilla service. + +Some material may separately enter a Civic Infrastructure evidentiary or publication process. + +When that occurs, the separate process—not ordinary presence in Hubzilla—determines the status and durability of that material. + +Users should therefore distinguish between ordinary Hubzilla content and material deliberately published or preserved elsewhere as durable evidence. + +## 9. Availability + +The Hubzilla service is provided as an operating network service and may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical failure, network conditions, software changes, or security requirements. + +Delivery of messages, federation, notifications, or other network activity cannot be guaranteed. + +Users remain responsible for retaining copies of material they consider important unless that material has separately entered an identified durable publication or evidentiary process. + +## 10. Account Administration + +Routine account administration may include: + +- creation of provisional accounts; +- scheduled deletion of provisional accounts; +- establishment of SASE Participant accounts; +- revalidation of Participant standing; +- account maintenance; +- technical restrictions necessary to operate or protect Hubzilla. + +Scheduled lifecycle actions are administrative operations rather than findings of misconduct. + +## 11. Responsibility for User Statements + +Users remain responsible for statements, submissions, and other material they intentionally place into Hubzilla. + +Operation of the Hubzilla service does not mean that the Civic Infrastructure adopts, verifies, or endorses statements made by individual users. + +## 12. These Terms + +These Terms describe use of this Hubzilla service. + +Changes to these Terms are made by issuing a replacement version rather than silently rewriting the existing published version. + +Prior published versions may remain available as part of the Civic Infrastructure publication history. + +The applicable version may be identified by publication date, cryptographic hash, IPFS CID, or other publication metadata. \ No newline at end of file