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+= Hosting Letter =
+
+{{{
+$collective Hosting Letter
+--------------------------
+
+$collective is part of an intersection of various groups that discuss politics and
+technology in different ways. We work with internet servers turned to various
+cooperative goals. Then, our ideia is to colaborate with groups/projects that
+are part of mutual and multiple aid and support.
+
+$collective is an autonomous project kept by a collective of volunteers. One of our
+main goals is the collective creation of public spaces, common areas with projects and
+groups that intend to enforce and straighten coexistence.
+
+Our intention is not just offer a "hosting service" and then we're not available
+for groups that just want such thing. We want that groups we host colaborate with
+the construction of a neighborhood, a rhizome, meaning that technology doesn't have to be
+a barrier, but exactly the opposite. As technology is also a social construction,
+its purposes, its configurations and the processes it interferes with can't
+impose themselves independently of the choices made by the social groups where it's used.
+
+The internet is not only an environment of cooperation, but also of apropriation and
+exploitation of common goods. We understand that it just turns essentially into a
+public space when people can control their production and access means, things that
+don't happen on corporate and governmental spaces. Because of this we try to
+create public spaces, non-corporative and non-governmental and we hope that
+groups we host colaborate to the construction of such spaces.
+
+During the construction of these kind of spaces, we make discussions where we try to
+discover themes such as culture, society, technology, activism, social change
+and many others. Such a research, when possible, is shared pubicly.
+
+We research the political implications of technology and develop systems and
+instruments using different political values. We also keep a political dialogue
+in the logics of theory/practice.
+
+So, one of our proposals is to collectivelly establish a network of mutual
+support among groups and individuals interested in sharing the same physical
+structure to share their knowledges, activities and researches.
+
+We attempt then to break the relation between service provider/clients,
+because we're not service providers and the groups/individuals we host are not
+our clients.  We both make part of the same collaboration network where diverse
+interests converge towards mutual empowerment. And who knows if such way of
+organizing things won't spread to other parts of society.
+
+Thinking about knowledge distribution and with an incentive to new groups
+interested in keeping their own server infrastructure, we try to share the most of
+our organization scheme.
+
+And remember: for us, $collective is not just a hosting system or a service provider.
+
+Interesting links:
+
+ - Researches available: http://wiki.$domain
+ - Configurations and operational procedures: http://padrao.$domain
+
+In solidarity,
+$collective Group
+}}}
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+= Hosting Policy =
+
+{{{
+$collective Group Hosting Policy
+--------------------------------
+
+1. The Collective reserves to istelf the power to host or discontinue the
+   hosting of any group or individual according to the ethical, political and
+   practical principles of the Collective.
+
+2. In the case of hosting discontinuation for a given group, the Collective
+   commits itself to inform the hosted part with sufficient time and to make
+   available the hosted data.
+
+3. Groups and individuals are just hosted by the Collective if they want to
+   have a mutual relation of resources and activity sharing.
+
+4. Once the hosting partnership is created, the Collective must be informed of
+   actions and ways the hosted part is taking if those affects the Collective. By
+   the other hand, the Collective commits to inform the hosted part of anything
+   that can affect it.
+
+5. The terms of partnership must be clear in the sense of the commitment
+   between both sides on support, maintenance and development of the host and
+   sites.
+
+6. The hosted part is responsible for the hosted content and the Collective
+   cannot suffer legal consequences of improper or illegal content. Anyway the
+   Collective will make everything possible to protect the identity and privacy of
+   the hosted part.
+
+7. The relations should be established as transparently as possible, avoiding
+   hidden or manipulated information by both parts.
+
+8. The relations have the purpose of solidarity on knowledge, complementarity
+   on actions and exchange among groups, being vital to achieve ways of mutual
+   teaching-learning and develop policies that unite groups towards social and
+   political changes.
+
+9. The Collective commits itself to inform at least in general ways its
+   security and privacy policies on the hosting platforms.
+
+10. Hosting of social movements with sensitive content are kept, when possible,
+    hosted on platforms abroad.
+
+11. The hosting consists in cooperation and not in service providing.
+}}}
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+= Refusal hosting letter =
+
+{{{
+Hi $requisitante,
+
+Unfortunatelly we can't host the project you requested because:
+
+  - We think it doesn't match the etical principles we adopt[1].
+
+  - And/or we consider it matches the kind of projects we have a critical
+    position with[2].
+
+We believe that there's not just one way to fight. We also don't believe that
+our etical principles and our criticisms represent the "right" viewpoint.
+Our viewpoint just reflect the conclusions we got after a lot of discussions.
+We try just to be coherent with what we believe and that's the reason why we
+can't accept your request.
+
+We don't want for this statement to mean that we want to give no value for
+the thing your project do or about what do you believe.
+
+[1] See http://encontro.sarava.org/Principal/ConjuntoDePrincipiosEticos
+[2] See http://wiki.$dominio
+}}}
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+= Hosting Terms =
+
+{{{
+Hi :)
+
+Agreement on Hosting
+--------------------
+
+We discussed and we agree to offer hosting as you requested. Now, in order for we to
+effectivelly maintain this hosting, we need to:
+
+  1. State what is our commitment  in relation to this hosting.
+  2. That you and/or your group agree with the present term of agreement and
+     with our Hosting Policy.
+
+These are mutual commitment agreements, where we explain what is our commitment
+with the hosting and that the hosted part needs to agree so we can keep such
+relation.
+
+In case you agree with the terms of this letter and accept our Hosting Policy,
+just reply saying so and the hosting will start as soon as possible. :)
+
+Our commitment
+--------------
+
+We commit ourselves to keep the hosting working. The hosting maintenance
+happens through volunteer and responsible work.
+
+The used infra-structure is stable, but subject to eventual power and network
+outages or even more sensitive problems.
+
+Then, sometimes hosting can go offline. We will always be allert and we care
+for security and integrity of the hosted data. But, for a lot of reasons, we
+cannot garantee the total availability or even the eternity of such data.
+
+We commit ourselves as much as possible to keep security copies of the data we
+host. But we ask for you to also arrange, as much as possible, backup copies of
+your data.
+
+Our group is composed by people that do a lot of tasks. The most important and
+sensitive tasks, such as hosting, are dependent to other taks and each one is
+associated to a workgroup of responsible persons.
+
+It may happen that someone leaves a workgroup and eventually some tasks will lack
+commited people to get them accomplished. It's on this sense that we garantee
+hosting: according to the available workforce at our group. It's possible that,
+in the future, something happens and we stop hosting in a given platform.
+But, if we do so, we garantee that it won't happen from night to day and we'll
+give enough time for you and your project to migrate the data somewhere else.
+
+We also have the commitment to inform, when you ask, our procedures according to
+our accounting policy. Such procedures vary from privacy and security policies
+to choices of platforms and our group's situation.
+
+As our procedures can change with time, we recommend you to ask for procedures
+descriptions when you feel necessary.
+
+We have our limitations but we'll keep things working as much as we can. :)
+
+Your commitment
+---------------
+
+We hope that you and/or your project use the offered resource with wisdom.
+Don't ask for websites and tools if you will abandon them. If you install your own
+programs, please have the responsibility to keep it up-to-date as security holes at
+your place can compromise other hosted projects.
+
+Please don't forget that the maintenance of multiple projects needs a lot of work
+and is difficult to keep secure. Then we ask for everyone's collaboration. We would be
+very pleased if you informed us about your plans to install tools in your space. :)
+
+Sharing interfaces
+------------------
+
+A possible space for interactions among projects is the Neighborhood Mailing
+List[1] (subscription just for sufficiently secure mail accounts, get in touch for
+more information). When we host groups and individuals, we hope that they will also
+be responsible in what comes to taking care of such spaces.
+
+Our neighborhood is also a place for articulations, where all groups and
+individuals sharing the same infra-structure can communicate between
+themselves.
+
+If the subjects we research are inspiring for you too, we invite you to
+participate in such discussions. To avoid centralization, we propose you to
+collectivelly discuss with your group and publish the conclusions you
+get. For us it is fundamental to try to build a metodology that makes possible the
+dissemination of such discussions.
+
+[1] $neighborhood_mailing_list_address
+
+In solidarity,
+$grupo Collective
+}}}
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