Foreword
Azzurra is an IRC network open to anyone. The staff is committed to keeping it free, respectful and safe. Following the rules is a precondition for using the network.
The conditions stated in the MOTD of the server you connect to also apply: reading it is your responsibility, and not knowing them is no excuse.
The service is offered free of charge: Azzurra reserves the right to deny or limit access to any user or domain, without notice or explanation. Azzurra and its staff do not monitor the content of messages and are not responsible for it.
General rules
1. Mutual respect
It is forbidden to insult, harass or threaten other users in any channel or in private query. Aggressive, discriminatory or hateful behaviour against people or groups is not tolerated.
2. Spam and flood
Sending repetitive messages, unauthorised advertising, or so much volume that it disrupts normal conversation (flood) is forbidden.
3. Illegal content
Distributing, linking or promoting content that is illegal under Italian or European law is strictly forbidden — including but not limited to: child sexual abuse material, copyright-infringing content, other people’s personal data.
4. Clones, proxies, bots and bouncers
At most 4 simultaneous connections from the same IP are allowed; the fifth triggers an automatic AKill. To get more connections, write to the staff through the contact form.
Connecting through anonymous proxies, or any other system used to bypass bans or limits, is forbidden; incoming connections may be checked automatically.
Bouncers, bots and permanent connections are allowed within reason. A bot may sit in a channel only with its founder’s consent, and must not generate traffic towards servers or services (lag checks, automatic pings and the like).
5. Nicks and channels
Nicknames and channel names must not contain offensive, sexist, racist references, or anything otherwise contrary to public decency. The staff reserves the right to force a nickname change or close any channel that breaks this rule.
6. Attacks and abuse
Attacks of any kind against users, channels or servers of the network are forbidden: flood and DoS, channel takeover scripts, mass-invites, sending viruses, trojans or unsolicited files.
7. Services
Abusing the services (NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ…) is forbidden: registering nicks or channels you don’t use, using memos to flood or harass. In case of dispute, what the services recorded is what counts.
8. Evading sanctions
Evading a ban, a K-Line or an AKill — with other nicks, other IPs or any other means — is itself a violation and extends the sanction.
In case of repeated evasion, the staff reserves the right to report the abuse to the provider (ISP) the connections come from.
Channel rules
Each channel may set its own additional rules, as long as they do not conflict with the general network rules. Channel staff (operators) are responsible for enforcing them.
Channel operators must act fairly and not abuse their privileges. A channel’s founder is the one registered with ChanServ.
Opening channels that present themselves as the network’s official help is not allowed: official help is #IRCHelp.
Sanctions
Rule violations may result in:
- Kick from a channel
- Ban (temporary or permanent) from a channel
- K-Line (temporary or permanent ban from the network)
- AKill (global network ban) in the most serious cases
In the most serious cases the sanction may extend to a whole address range and the abuse may be reported to the provider.
Reports
To report rule violations, join #IRCHelp or use the contact form.