There is a new IRC network forming -- here's the constitution, if any of the
users and operators of servers here would like to join in.
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* Constitutional Document for CIRC *
* Commercial IRC Network Operators *
* November 5, 1995 *
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DRAFT NOTICE: The following is a draft copy of the Consitution for the
CIRC Network. This document is subject to amendment by the
procedures outlined herein.
Preamble: Recognizing that Internet users desire a place to hold
conversations in and among themselves without interferance;
that the existing EFNet structure of power is unsuitable to
that task and has demonstrated itself to be arbitrary and
capricious, and finally that site administrators are
soverign over their own infrastructure and components,
we band together as ISPs and other system administrators
to provide a better and easier-to-use IRC Network.
Article I: Purpose
CIRC is a network of commercial-AUP IRC servers interconnected for
the purpose of providing interactive keyboard-based chat for the
general public on the Internet.
Article II: Governance and holding of office
A: CIRC shall be governed by a Constitutional document, as amended
from time to time.
B: The server administrator(s) (declared by the "A" line) shall be
the governing authority for a given site. Operators shall have
no power of vote by virtue of their operator status.
C: Each legal entity operating server(s) shall be entitled to one
vote. (IE: If MCSNet operates three servers, it is entitled to
one vote on the governing committee). The voting member shall be
selected by the legal entity (company, etc) from those listed in
the "A" line. That person shall be identified clearly in the "A"
lines of the server.
D: Each voting person shall be reachable by electronic mail on the
Internet.
E: A site may name a "proxy", who shall be an operator of the site
in question, to vote in the absence of the names server
administrator.
F: There shall be no "officers" of this association, as its purpose
is the preservation of this constitution and an effective medium
for communications on CIRC.
Article III: AUP
A: CIRC shall have an AUP for use of the Commercial IRC Network,
which shall include sanctions for violations.
B: The following are prohibited on CIRC at all times:
1. War, clone, or flood bots.
2. Any bot which operates on more than one channel or
coordinates more than one instantiation of itself (as
defined by "connections" and "nicks") at a given time.
3. Any bot running with operator privileges (with the
exception of the enforcement-bot defined below.)
4. Riding netsplits and other natural and unnatural server
activity with the purpose of disrupting operation of a
channel, removing existing channel operators, or becoming
a channel operator.
5. Actively causing disruptions (netsplits, server quits,
etc) to the user base of the CIRC network.
C: The following server operator actions are prohibited:
1. Use of /kill on a remote server for other than purely
technical reasons. (Ie: a client program which has gone
insane, is sending tens of kilobytes to a channel, and
the user cannot be otherwise contacted quickly is a
technical reason for a /kill).
2. Use of /squit without the consent of the server
ADMINISTRATOR being /squit.
3. Juping a server for other than purely technical reasons
(ie: a server which is being actively NUKEd and is not
patched to prevent this from being effective). Any Jupe
placed for technical reasons must be announced
immediately to "circ-operat...@mcs.net" (the CIRC
operators mailing list) along with the reason and
conditions for removal.
4. Intentional disruption of channels or servers, or
exploiting accidental disruptions in any fashion.
D: No server may run code which (1) permits any person abilities of
data inspection which are not granted to a user of ordinary
permission on any other server, (2) is hacked to hide or
obfuscate the identities of users of the network, (3) does not
log and use identd returns, and (4) otherwise is "hacked" in
violation of community standards as defined by the Jurists
currently sitting.
E: All servers shall have this Constitution, as amended from time
to time, referenced to in HTTP or FTP format. Pointing to the
canonical source at http://www.circ.net constitutes sufficient
notice to users of each server.
Article IV: Complience
The following set out minimum complience measures that are agreed to
be undertaken by the administrative community on CIRC. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit stronger enforcement actions than
called for here by any individual server administrator for their
local server.
A: For the purpose of enforcement, a "user" is a person without
ANY "O" lines on any server. An "operator" is a person who
has "O" or "o" lines on any CIRC server, regardless of whether
or not privileges are being used at the point in time under
consideration.
B: Allegation of violations by a user of Articles III-B2, B3, and
B4 shall be deemed "misdemeanor" violations when proven.
1. A user violating these terms shall be warned *once* by an
operator via email (with copies to circ-operat...@mcs.net)
and pointed to the Constitution.
2. Second violations shall cause the user to be "Klined" at the
originating server for a period of the server operator's
choosing, but not less than 24 hours.
3. A third violation shall cause the user to be entered in the
"kill bot" cache for a period of 7 days.
4. Subsequent violations shall double the disabled period for
each subsequent violation.
C: Allegations of all other violations, and any violation of the AUP
by an operator, shall be deemed "felony" violations when proven.
1. Any user violating Articles III-B1 or B5 shall be placed
on the "kill bot" cache for 48 hours.
2. Subsequent offenses will double the time quarrantined for
each offense (4 days, then 8 days, etc).
3. Any *operator* violating any of Articles III-C shall have
the penalty applied to their operator privileges by the server
administration, with the exception that after three offenses
the Operator shall be permanently removed.
D: Should any server administrator refuse to comply at a minimum level
with these enforcement measures their server shall be removed.
E: Any server refusing to delink a server for violation of IV-D
shall itself be removed or permanently juped.
Article V: Adjudication
A: Each server administrator shall be elegible for random lottery
to serve on a tribunal to adjudicate disputes and judge evidence
of procedings brought under Articles III and IV. This shall be
known as the "CIRC Jury".
B: The term of jury service shall be one month.
C: The jurists shall be maintained on a list at "circ-j...@mcs.net".
Disputes shall be submitted to "circ-disp...@mcs.net", which
shall reflect to the server operator list and the jury list.
D: The names and network addresses of the current jurists shall be
retrievable from majordomo at the mailing list processing site at
all times.
E: Conviction for violations under Articles III and IV shall be by
vote of all jurists; all responding jurists shall be required to
agree for conviction. Convictions for offenses shall be public
knowledge and be posted during the term of the sentence as
defined above.
F: All judgements by the jurists are final.
G: All server admins must have "jury duty" in a given round before
any admin may sit twice, with the same holding true for each
subsequent round of jury service.
H: The number of jurists shall number 7 once there are at least
seven servers linked. Until that time the number of jurists shall
equal the number of administrators, and no lottery is necessary.
I: The jurists are allowed to request evidence sufficient to draw
conclusions about the charge(s) being made.
Article VI: Linkage policy
It is the general policy of CIRC to link servers where the
following conditions exist:
A: There is a significant existing or projected user base for the
server which is to be linked.
B: The server is able to technically support the userbase and load
intended to exist, and sufficient bandwidth exists between it and
its uplinks to permit stable and efficient operation.
C: The server admins are willing to abide by the Constitution for
CIRC as amended from time to time.
D: The server is connected by at least a T1 connection to the
Internet.
E: Hubbing and other linkage disputes may be submitted to the
sitting jurists - unanamous consent is required for a dispute
to be resolved by these jurists.
F: All servers linked to CIRC shall be maintained in a file
retrievable from the circ-operators mailing list. These entires
shall name the legal entity responsible for the operation of the
server, email contact for requests and inquiries, physical
location and address, and telephone number for the NOC (network
operations center) responsible for the physical machine on which
the server operates.
Article VII: Amendment of Constitution
This Constitutional document may be amended by vote of the
administrators of the servers connected to CIRC as follows:
A: The proposed amendment must be submitted to
"circ-operat...@mcs.net" and clearly noted as a Constitutional
Amendment.
B: At least one calendar week of discussion shall take place.
C: An Administrator vote shall then be taken. The requirements for
passage of amendments are as follows:
1. Until CIRC reaches 20 servers operating: 100% assent.
2. From 20 - 50 servers operating: 90% assent.
3. 50+ servers operating: 75% assent.
D: The number of ballots "outstanding" which must be cast in assent
for a Constitutional change shall be determined from the total
number of servers defined as linked to CIRC (as in Article VI-F).
Signatories: Server Administrators in Complience
We, the undersigned, pledge to uphold this Constitution and abide its terms
during the period we are CIRC members and operate servers on this IRC
Network.
Signed Email Address Server:port
Karl S. Denninger k...@mcs.net irc.mcs.net:3333
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