Community Participation Standards

To maintain the positive, collaborative, inclusive culture of the community, members are expected to follow certain community standards, which govern their participation:

• Members should contribute to the community in ways that will benefit the group or its members.
• As an inclusive, global community, Webcast Academy's members represent a number of different cultures. An understanding of - and tolerance for - differing cultural standards is necessary for everyone involved.
• Participation should be fundamentally centered around the mission of the community.
• Members should refrain from referencing politics and religion in divisive ways.
• The Webcast Academy community shall not be used by its members for personal financial gain. In the event that commercially available goods or services are recommended by members who are compensated by the entities providing those goods or services, such relationships shall be fully disclosed.
• Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or threats against any individual  shall not be tolerated.
• The Webcast Academy  is a family-friendly community. All content produced by the community shall be safe for children. It is inappropriate to use profanity, sexual content, or descriptions of graphic violence.
• Content on the community network shall not promote any illegal activity, including but not limited to the use of illegal substances, and the violation of copyright law.

Content Use and Copyright

All content produced by the Webcast Academy community shall be released under an attribution, sharealike Creative Commons license. This includes, but is not limited to, chat transcripts, web site content, discussion forums, online comments, and audio and video programs. Participants in the community agree to the community's non-exclusive use of their contributed content in this way in perpetuity, for which no remuneration shall be provided.