Default TOS & AUP?

[Jonathan]

Hmm; I don't really want to take Dathorn's as its...very long,
even though I know it'd cover EVERY single possibility, most likely...

I'm not sure; I'm thinking of making my own TOS and AUP policies;
if so, anybody got any ideas for "Short, sweet, and to the point" sort of ones?

I don't want one of 'em jumbo five pages, super legality talk ones;
basicly, just a "plain good ol' " one; something everyone can understand.

So ~ I can't think of anything *obvious* nor *off the beaten path*
that I should define as allowed/not allowed/equals account termination...

so any ideas guys?

[DomainDog]

My TOS and AUP = Andrew's TOS and AUP (except for any references to reselling, etc...)!

Reason? That way my clients are on exactly the same page as me!

[Jonathan]

ic ic; lol any ideas on how to shorten it into "General English",
so that my customers can understand what the hell it means?

[Frank Hagan]

I agree on this one. I always start out with Andrew's AUP and TOS, and then expand on it for what I want. Otherwise, my customers may inadvertently violate one of the terms without knowing it. Better to give too much information rather than too little!

[Jonathan]

lol alright; you guys convienced me....
*grabs soda, wrist gel thingy, and lots of snacks*

I'm ready for my hours of Hell on Earth
(converting 'DIS', 'Dathorn' to my site name + adding all those <br /> tags!)

[Jonathan]

*WARNING - WHAT NOT TO DO*

1) Start working on the AUP then 3/4ths way through
realize you've been copying the TOS.

2) Start working on the TOS and then realize
you've yet to complete the AUP.

[Frank Hagan]

lol alright; you guys convienced me....
*grabs soda, wrist gel thingy, and lots of snacks*

I'm ready for my hours of Hell on Earth
(converting 'DIS', 'Dathorn' to my site name + adding all those <br /> tags!)

I had my own fun when I did a global search and replace. Its amazing how many times the letter combination "DIS" comes up. DISturbing, actually!

[james]

That's exactly what happened to me, Frank!

Very annoying isn't it.

I knew i should have done a case sensitive search and replace for DIS instead :P

[Jonathan]

*cries*

some-odd 2-days later, a caloused hand, and losing my sanity,
and countless spelling and XHTML mistakes later, its done

I'm gonna crawl back to my cave now, this hurts...

[Frank Hagan]

That's exactly what happened to me, Frank!

Very annoying isn't it.

I knew i should have done a case sensitive search and replace for DIS instead :P

Yeah, case sensitive, and replace "DIS " (notice the space) with "hostname " (again, notice the space.)

I may have been able to retype the thing faster than fix my "Find and Replace" errors! Oh well.