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| þ Use of WPI-IRC is a privilege, not a right, it may be  |
|   suspended at any time.                                 |
| þ Harassment of anyone is not permitted.                 |
| þ Only harmless bots such as channel management bots are |
|   permitted, no flooders etc. - ALL harmful bots will be |
|   K:lined when they are found, no exceptions.            |
| þ Flooding, Spamming, and other abuse of the network is  |
|   not permitted under any circumstances.                 |
| þ Warez discussion and trading is not permitted, this    |
|   server is on a University inet link and thus must      |
|   abide by its AUP.  Any warez channels will be          |
|   cleared and all users in them K:lined, please don't    |
|   make us do this.                                       |
| þ We don't know about DC/DC++/whatever you want to call  |
|   it today. Seriously, stop asking.                      |
| þ Multiple connections will be permitted unless they     |
|   are abused.                                            |
| þ Abuse of services (nickserv, chanserv, etc.) will not  |
|   be taken lightly.  Don't do it, you can't hide from    |
|   /whowas.                                               |
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