Terms and rules

Main terms

The providers ("we", "us", "our") of the service provided by this web site ("Service") are not responsible for any user-generated content and accounts. Content submitted express the views of their author only.

This Service is only available to users who are at least 13 years old. If you are younger than this, please do not register for this Service. If you register for this Service, you represent that you are this age or older.

All content you submit, upload, or otherwise make available to the Service ("Content") may be reviewed by staff members. All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential.

You agree to not use the Service to submit or link to any Content which is defamatory, abusive, hateful, threatening, spam or spam-like, likely to offend, contains adult or objectionable content, contains personal information of others, risks copyright infringement, encourages unlawful activity, or otherwise violates any laws. You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content or your conduct.

We may remove or modify any Content submitted at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at our discretion. We may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

You are granting us with a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content.

These terms may be changed at any time without notice.

If you do not agree with these terms, please do not register or use the Service. Use of the Service constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you wish to close your account, please contact us.

Registration

Language

We are an English language forum and all posts to the message boards should be in English. Short phrases or quotes in foreign languages are permissible if relevant to the topic under discussion and the section of the forum. Please remember that many of our members are not native speakers of English, so avoid the use of textspeak, unexplained abbreviations and excessive jargon to ensure a wider understanding of your posts.

Registration rules

Contributing to this forum requires registration. Certain information is mandatory - such as a name and a valid email address. The personal details which you provide on registration will not be disclosed to third parties.

• Do not use an inappropriate username (vulgar, offensive).
• Do not use a temporary email address, your account may be blocked/rejected/deleted after periodic review (we do not send spam, all technical messages can be turned off in your profile).
• Do not share your account credentials with other people or sites.
• You are prohibited from having more than one account = instant ban for all accounts.
• Keep member profile, avatar and signature clean and appropriate.

Forum rules

Moderation

Moderators may remove or modify any post submitted for any reason, with or without explanation. Requests for posts to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at the discretion of the moderators. Forum moderators may also issue infraction points for violations of the rules or disruptive behaviour. Your account's access may be limited based on these actions. Infraction points remain valid for a period of 3 months, after which time points expire. The accumulation of 10 active infraction points results in the offending member being banned from the forum. Moderators can reverse infractions if warranted, but they are under no obligation to do so.

No discussion of moderation is permitted on the public message boards. If you have a question or a problem with a moderation action, please contact the moderator directly via the private "Conversation" system. Please signal a problem with an individual post using the "Report" button – the small triangular caution sign in the bottom left corner of the message box.

Advertising

Advertising of any sort is limited to the "Marketplace" section. Please note that the following are considered "advertising".

• Self-solicitation (offering of one's own goods or services, whether spontaneously or in response to a query or discussion on the message boards).
• Spontaneous recommendations of third party goods or services other than in response to a direct query from a forum member.

Rules

• Do not post messages in languages other than English.
• Use only readable English.
• Do not flood with meaningless information.
• Send your message only to the most appropriate thread.
• Do not spam several threads with the same message.
• Include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply.
• Do not repeat already published programs and others' posts.
• Send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals with private "Conversation" system – not to the entire forum.
• Do not post messages such as "password/link?" or "give me a password/link".
• Bumping your thread is allowed if you have something of value to add, however, consider editing the topic instead of adding a new post to it.
• Do not copy and paste tables, charts, articles, code or materials from other websites.
• Do not post personal data such as email addresses, phone numbers, etc.

Forum attachments

• Any image file must be attached to a message with "Attach files" button.
• Any video/audio/pdf file of an acceptable size can be attached to a message with "Attach Files" button.
• [IMG] BB code is disabled, more information about the BB codes we set on this page.
• Any archive or large file must be attached to a message with "Attach external link" button.
• We do not provide internal space for archives and large files.
• Torrents are not allowed here.
• You need to have 5 posts and at least 5 positive reactions for your posts to download attachments/files.
  You can bypass this restriction by making a donation through "Account upgrades" section of your account.
• Begging for likes/links = instant ban.

Private "Conversation" attachments

• Internal attachment sytem is disabled.
• [IMG] BB code is disabled, you can use [URL] BB code or "Insert link" button for external files, more information about the BB codes we set on this page.

Archive passwords

• If you submit password protected archive, please notify members in a message body how they can get the password.
• Do not submit password protected archive without special notification in a message body.
• autogmt.com is a default password, almost all archives submitted by the staff members are protected with it.

User ranks

Badges below username indicate the number of posts you have made.

User groups

Banner below rank badge can be set by staff members. Donator banners can be set in the "Account upgrades" section of your account.