Create terms of acceptable use for site

[miketaylr]

Relates to #3137.

We're moving to a moderation model for anonymous bug reports. We need to be able to link to what the terms are, so we have to create them.

Obviously illegal and abusive things are not acceptable.

Open question: ...what else?

[miketaylr]

Useful links here:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/acceptable-use/
https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service#c-acceptable-use

Maybe it's enough to defer to GitHub TOS in the short-term, since we're bound by them.

[miketaylr]

There's 2 parts to this. Defining the terms, and then creating a front-end for them. cc @magsout

[miketaylr]

A draft of something mostly edited from bits of Mozilla & GitHub webpages, deferring to the terms on their sites.

r? @karlcow

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WebCompat.com Terms of Service

Effective Date: Jan 14, 2020

Webcompat.com is a Service that allows users to report web compatibility issues though a simple web form. Volunteers and employees of Mozilla view the reports, identify solutions, then share the reports and solutions with the website admins, or escalate bugs to browser vendors. For more details see our About page.

Acceptable Use

Your use of the Website and Service must not violate any applicable laws, including copyright or trademark laws, export control or sanctions laws, or other laws in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for making sure that your use of the Service is in compliance with laws and any applicable regulations.

Webcompat.com is sponsored and hosted by Mozilla, and as such, users are bound by the general Mozilla Conditions of Use as well as the Mozilla Websites & Communications Terms of Use

Some parts of webcompat.com are hosted on GitHub, and as such, users are bound by GitHub Acceptable Use Policies.

User Generated Content

You may create or upload User-Generated Content while using the Service, but by doing so, agree to be bound by the Mozilla Websites & Communications Content Submission terms and GitHub terms for User-Generated Content.

We do not pre-screen User-Generated Content, but we have the right (though not the obligation) to refuse or remove any User-Generated Content that, in our sole discretion, violates any of these terms or policies.

Community Participation Guidelines

In addition to our own Code of Conduct, it's useful to model interactions with other users of the Service on the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines as well as the GitHub Community Participation Guidelines. Behavior which falls into the areas forbidden by either document is unwelcome and will result in further escalation.

[karlcow]

WebCompat.com Terms of Service

nit: Webcommpat is not camel cased elsewhere in the text.

Webcompat.com is a Service that allows users to report web compatibility issues though a simple

- though a simple 
+ through a simple 

web form. Volunteers and employees of Mozilla view the reports, identify solutions, then share
the reports and solutions with the website admins, or escalate bugs to browser vendors. For

- with the website admins
+ with the website stewards

more details see our About page.

- details see
+ details, see

Maybe?

Acceptable Use

Your use of the Website and Service must not violate any applicable laws, including copyright or

- Your use of the Website and Service 
+ Your use of the webcompat.com website and service 

trademark laws, export control or sanctions laws, or other laws in your jurisdiction. You are

IANAL 👨‍⚖ I don't think in the case of webcompat.com, "in your jurisdiction" matters. What is happening if someone posts a text where the author died 52 years ago? From Canada, no issue, the text is in the public domain. From USA, the text is still protected. And webcompat-bot is in this case the one posting things on GitHub.

but as I said maybe i'm talking non-sense.

responsible for making sure that your use of the Service is in compliance with laws and any
applicable regulations.

Webcompat.com is sponsored and hosted by Mozilla, and as such, users are bound by the general Mozilla Conditions of Use as well as the Mozilla Websites & Communications Terms of Use

Some parts of webcompat.com are hosted on GitHub, and as such, users are bound by GitHub Acceptable Use Policies.

User Generated Content

You may create or upload User-Generated Content while using the Service, but by doing so,

- while using the Service,
+ while using the webcompat.com service,

agree to be bound by the Mozilla Websites & Communications Content Submission terms and GitHub terms for User-Generated Content.

We do not pre-screen User-Generated Content, but we have the right (though not the obligation)

pre-screen is not a term. Maybe something along:

- We do not pre-screen User-Generated Content,
+ We do not review before publication all User-Generated Content, except for anonymous bug report, 

to refuse or remove any User-Generated Content that, in our sole discretion, violates any of these terms or policies.

Community Participation Guidelines

In addition to our own Code of Conduct, it's useful to model interactions with other
users of the Service on the

- users of the Service on the 
+ users of the webcompat.com service on the 

Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines as well as the GitHub Community Participation Guidelines. Behavior which falls into the areas forbidden by either document is unwelcome and will result in further escalation.

I did my best with my current set of English skills. 🐨 🍷

[karlcow]

@miketaylr also on this previous comment.

is this correct

Behavior which falls into

I thought you could say:

Behaviors which fall into…
or A behavior which falls into…

[softvision-sergiulogigan]

We think we should explicitly specify the content that will lead to an issue being not published.

[laghee]

I'm guessing that some of the bits where "website" and "service" are capitalized is maybe intentional legalese?

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is this correct

Behavior which falls into

I thought you could say:

Behaviors which fall into…
or A behavior which falls into…

"Behavior" without the indefinite article is correct, but technically (or at least traditionally) speaking, it should be "behavior that falls into" in this case because it's a restrictive clause. 🤓

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pre-screen is not a term.

True -- the "pre" makes it redundant -- but using regular "screen" would be fine.

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You may create or upload User-Generated Content while using the Service, but by doing so, agree to

I feel like this might flow better with a "you" inserted -- "... but by doing so, you agree..."

[miketaylr]

Thanks for the feedback @karlcow and @laghee!

We think we should explicitly specify the content that will lead to an issue being not published.

I think we can perhaps get there in the future, but it's probably hard to list everything that violates TOS at first. There will have to be some kind of judgement applied. For now, I think just linking out to stuff that's bad is probably OK (but not perfect).

[miketaylr]

@karlcow

Behavior which falls into

Yeah, this is correct. Behavior is typically used as an "uncountable" noun, but sometimes the plural can be correct. I think either could probably work, but I'll leave it as is.

[miketaylr]

OK! updated version here:

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webcompat.com Terms of Service

Effective Date: Jan 14, 2020

Webcompat.com is a Service that allows users to report web compatibility issues through a simple web form. Volunteers and employees of Mozilla view the reports, identify solutions, then share the reports and solutions with the website stewards, or escalate bugs to browser vendors. For more details, see our About page.

Acceptable Use

Your use of the webcompat.com website and service must not violate any applicable laws, including copyright or trademark laws, export control or sanctions laws, or other laws. You are responsible for making sure that your use of the Service is in compliance with laws and any applicable regulations.

Webcompat.com is sponsored and hosted by Mozilla, and as such, users are bound by the general Mozilla Conditions of Use as well as the Mozilla Websites & Communications Terms of Use

Some parts of webcompat.com are hosted on GitHub, and as such, users are bound by GitHub Acceptable Use Policies.

User Generated Content

You may create or upload User-Generated Content while using the webcompat.com service, but by doing so, you agree to be bound by the Mozilla Websites & Communications Content Submission terms and GitHub terms for User-Generated Content.

We do not review before publication all User-Generated Content, except for anonymous bug reports, but we have the right (though not the obligation) to refuse or remove any User-Generated Content that, in our sole discretion, violates any of these terms or policies.

Community Participation Guidelines

In addition to our own Code of Conduct, it's useful to model interactions with other users of the webcompat.com service on the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines as well as the GitHub Community Participation Guidelines. Behavior that falls into the areas forbidden by either document is unwelcome and will result in further escalation.

[miketaylr]

I'm gonna close this one, and open a new bug for the front-end part.

[softvision-sergiulogigan]

Here's a piece of (maybe) valuable information, from the CPG slack channel:

https://github.blog/changelog/2020-01-10-use-duplicate-as-a-reason-for-hiding-comments/