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title: "Community Rules"
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slug: "rules"
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weight: 3
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translationKey: "legal-rules"
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---
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**Version 1.0 — 13 July 2026**
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The market and messages in Tane are shared spaces built on trust between neighbours.
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These rules are what everyone accepts before joining. They also define what counts as
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content that can be reported and removed from the servers we operate.
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## The rules
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1. **Be honest about your seeds.** Describe what you actually have: the variety as you
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know it, the harvest year, anything relevant about how it was grown. Don't invent
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provenance.
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2. **Share only what you may share.** Don't offer:
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- seed of **commercially protected varieties** (plant variety rights, patents)
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unless you are authorized;
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- **invasive or protected species** where their exchange is prohibited;
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- anything else that is illegal to share or sell where you or the recipient live.
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3. **Seeds and seedlings, not anything else.** The market is for seeds, seedlings and
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other plant reproductive material (cuttings, bulbs, tubers) in the spirit of the app.
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It is not a general classifieds board.
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4. **Respect people.** No harassment, threats, hate, or discrimination — in offers,
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profiles, ratings, or messages.
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5. **No spam or scams.** No repeated postings, misleading offers, phishing, or
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pressure to move people onto shady deals.
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6. **Honest reputation.** Vouch only for people you have actually met or exchanged
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with; rate only real experiences. Don't game the trust system.
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## What happens if someone breaks them
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- Anyone can **block** you — your offers and messages disappear for them.
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- Anyone can **report** an offer or a person. Reports travel to the servers that carry
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the content; on the relay operated by Comunes (`relay.comunes.org`), content and keys
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that break these rules are removed. Other servers apply their own policies.
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- There are no appeals or account suspensions because there are no accounts: the
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network simply stops carrying and showing what breaks the rules.
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## A note on good faith
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Most seed sharing is between amateurs, in small quantities, for the joy of keeping
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varieties alive. When in doubt, prefer **gifting and swapping** over selling, label
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things clearly, and ask. That's how it's always been done.
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