Chat with OpenMandriva team: guide and FAQ

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 13:03:17 +0000

If you’re a newcomer just want a quick and easy way to join OpenMandriva chat rooms, please follow this tutorial.

:Generic questions

? How to talk with OpenMandriva team ?

There are two ways to get in touch with the team: using [?Matrix (communication protocol)] or Telegram(bridged).

? Where to join the team?

Matrix rooms and Telegram are briged, meaning they are the same place, whichever protocol you choose.
There are two places where you can meet OpenMandriva team.

Terms of service

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:50:14 +0000

By using any of OpenMandriva services (ABF, forum, issue tracking…) you agree to be bound by the following terms.
OpenMandriva reserves the right to update and change these terms from time to time.

Short version

For ease of reading, without the legal talk, we propose for you here below an understandable version of a normal human being.

**We’re nice:

Your content belongs to you (but we encourage you to publish under free license);
OpenMandriva will not exploit your personal information except to achieve internal statistics (anonymous) or to alert you of an important change to the service;
OpenMandriva does not provide or resell your personal data (your privacy is important to us - really);
OpenMandriva is committed to collaboration, knowledge sharing, and Free software support.

**But we’re not Care Bears:

“The law is the law, and we don’t wanna end up in jail”: you must obey the law (as good or silly it may be), otherwise your account will be deleted;
“Thank you for being polite and respectful”: you must respect other users by demonstrating good citizenship and civility, if not your content or your account may be deleted without negotiations;
“If it breaks, we are not obliged to repair” OpenMandriva offers this service for free and freely. If you lose data, your fault or ours, sorry, but it happens. We will do what we can to get them back, but we do not assign any obligation of result. Clearly, avoid putting sensitive or important data on OpenMandriva services without backup, because in case of loss, we do not guarantee its recovery;
“If you are not happy, you are invited to go elsewhere” if the service does not suit you, you are free to find an equivalent (or better) elsewhere, or mount your own.
“Any violation will be punished” if a user abuses the service, eg. by monopolizing shared machine resources, or publishing content considered irrelevant, its content or account may be deleted without warning or negotiation. OpenMandriva remains the sole judge of this notion of “abuse” in order to provide the best possible service to all of its users. If this sounds anti-democratic, anti-libriste, anti-freedom-of expression, please refer to the preceding clause;
Clause “Nothing is eternal”: the services can shut down (for lack of funds to maintain, for example), they can be victims of intrusion (“100% secure” does not exist). We encourage you to keep a copy of the data that matter to you because OpenMandriva can not be held responsible for their accommodation without time limits.

Full version

**Terms of Service

Use of the Service is at your own risk. The service is provided as is.
You must not change another site to falsely imply that it is associated with this OpenMandriva service.
Accounts can be created and used by humans. The accounts created by bots or other automated means will be deleted without warning.
You are responsible for the security of your account and your password.
OpenMandriva can not and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your violation of this safety requirement.
You are responsible for all content posted and activity that occurs under your account.
You can not use the service for illegal or unauthorized purposes.
You must not violate the laws of your country, or the country in which the services are hosted.
You can not sell, trade, resell or exploit for any unauthorized commercial purpose an account of the service used.

Violation of any of these agreements will result in termination of your account.
You understand and agree that OpenMandriva association can not be held responsible for content published on this service.