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Some of the terms are borrowed from the pico peering agreement Pico Peering Agreement.

pplznet is being run by users. Together they form a community driven network. In order to get Internet connectivity supernodes and uplinks to upstream providers can be implemented. By running a pplznet node you agree to follow the rules of the pplznet Terms of use. By running a pplznet node you become a node owner. As the node is being maintained by the community it's being administered by the node operator, which is a representative of the local cluster.

Transit

  • The node operator guarantees free data transit via its node
  • The node operator guarantees not to
    • record
    • disrupt
    • interfere
    • manipulate

data passing its node in any way.

Open information

  • The node operator submits to openly distribute all information necessary to interconnect with its node.
  • This information has to be under a free / libre license.
  • The node owner agrees to be contactable at least via email.

Warranty

  • The node owner agrees to give administrative access to the node to the elected cluster Administrators.
  • The node owner agrees to give physical access to the node to the elected cluster Administrators if necessary.
  • Administrators agree not to abuse that power.
  • The node owner agrees to keep the node switched on and connected 24/7. Always up agreement.
  • The node owner agrees not to disrupt the node in any way. Node downtime needs to be scheduled with the cluster board.
  • When the owner discovers a problem with its node it agrees to inform the cluster board ASAP
  • Planned downtime needs to be scheduled with the cluster board
  • A withdrawing note to the cluster board is mandatory before decomissioning a node.

Terms of use for a node

  • The node owner is allowed to define its own Terms of use as long as it does not conflict with the pplznet Terms of use.

Local amendments

  • optional. To be filled out by the node operator.

Distribution

  • The pplznet Terms of use shall be implemented in data readable form following agreed standards in community network node data bases to facilitate automatic interconnection of nodes.