Covered by Nabble's Terms and Conditions?

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Covered by Nabble's Terms and Conditions?

CK
Hello,

I am launching my first website and I have a Nabble forum embedded on my site.  Am I covered by Nabbles terms and conditions?  I don't want to get sued.  I have created some general rules for my forum that I pulled from another forum sites  terms and conditions BUT can I just post a link to Nabbles terms and conditions and say that my form functions under Nabble's terms?

Thanks,

CK
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GregChapman
Nabble's T&C are designed to protect Nabble from anything you or your users might do so, obviously, you and your users are bound by them, so it could be appropriate to include a link to them. It is then up to you to add further rules which define how your forum is to be used. Typically, they might include statements about the range of acceptable topics, how personal abuse will be treated and whether registered usernames take any particular form, for example, some forums might require that real names are used rather than anonymous pseudonyms.

Unless, your forum is one aimed at a business market, where people's profits or income is at stake, or it covers topics likely to slander or libel people, then it is highly unlikely that anything as formal as "terms and conditions" will be required. Most forums are just places for friendly conversation and swapping ideas and information and suing won't be on anyone's mind.
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CK
Great!  Thanks Greg!  If you get back to me on this again could you please shoot me a link to your terms and conditions.   Again,  THANKS

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GregChapman
None of my forums have a formal/legal page of terms and conditions.

A number have some guidance notes on how to get the best out of the software, and what to be aware of when using email to post to a forum, but no rules as such. In my case I tend to rely on the common courtesies I expect of any adult, and the very rare private email explaining what I expect to any transgressors of what I feel is appropriate.

Two examples:
http://seahawk-forum.968426.n3.nabble.com/Announcements-and-FAQs-f1595845.html
http://www.rustonreaches.plus.com/forum.html
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