Active Worlds Conduct Guidelines

The following constitute the general rules of behaviour while visiting Active Worlds in Public meeting areas (areas within 400 meters of ground zero). Please read these thoroughly.

• Please do not insult other tourists or citizens by use of inflammatory or offensive statements or images. We ask that you refrain from expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity. Please do not harass other users, including verbal abuse or personal attacks.
• Please do not engage in racial, religious, ethnic, or sexual slurs, lewd comments, or generally disruptive behaviour in public areas.
• Public meeting areas are not appropriate spaces for cyber-sexual behaviour, sexual orientation discussions or activity.
• The use of all caps is considered shouting, please refrain from using caps unless you are intending to shout. Please refrain from flooding (continuous posting of repetitive text)as this can be annoying to users.
• Activeworlds Inc. or its associates reserve the right to enforce compliance with these guidelines, which may include temporary or permanent ejection from the world.

Please submit any complaints or queries regarding these rules to violation@activeworlds.com.

Activeworlds Inc. also reserves the following rights: To amend or change the Activeworlds Inc. conduct Guidelines or End User License Agreement at any time and without notice. To release current or past member information if Activeworlds Inc. believes that a member's account is in violation of the Activeworlds Inc. conduct Guidelines or End User License Agreement, is being used to commit unlawful acts, if the information is subpoenaed and/or if Activeworlds Inc. deems it necessary and/or appropriate. To deny membership to serious or repeat offenders of the Activeworlds Inc. conduct Guidelines or End User License Agreement. To remove members for conduct that Activeworlds Inc. believes is harmful to other members, to non-members or to Activeworlds Inc. as a business. Activeworlds Inc. makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any functionality or feature of Active Worlds.

In no event will Activeworlds Inc. be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use Active Worlds or any conduct therein. This disclaimer applies, without limitation, to any damages or injury, whether for breach of contract, tort, or otherwise, caused by any failure of performance; error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; file corruption; communication-line failure; network or system outage; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any record.