The following rules govern the behavior of all active and inactive developers of the modification, be they full Traction Wars Developers (TWDEV) or Contributing Artists (TWCON).
General Rules
| 1.1: | Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but please remember that wherever you use your alias with or without your tag prefix you are representing the whole mod. So please behave respectfully to all other users both in-game and on the official forums as well as the wider internet. |
| 1.2: | Although English isn't the first language of everyone you are expected to write in full sentences and to reasonable standard using capitals and no "1337 speak". |
| 1.3: | At present developers are permitted to use custom signatures; however the mod reserves the right to standardise all developer signatures onto a template. All signatures must be approved by "General Naga" if standardisation is introduced. |
| 1.4: | Do not correct other developers or contributing artists about any rules in front of others. Use a private message instead. If the problem cannot be resolved between you then contact your direct superior about the issue. The Direct Superior can elevate the issue to the Mod Director at his own discretion if he feels this to be necessary. |
| 1.5: | Do not openly speak negatively about Crytek or Electronic Arts with the public. |
| 1.6: | Do not post ideas for the mod in the public forum. Developers have the concept area to post new ideas or start debates on old ones. Although posting in the public area does give the public something to read it is read by other mod teams and potentially game companies and we don't want to run the risk of any ideas being used elsewhere. |
| 1.7: | Only use the official file transfer system using the FTP or direct file transfer (e.g. File transfer via xFire) to send files. Developers may not store files anywhere where they are accessible to non team members. Developers may however upload images relating to the mod onto a image hosting service (e.g. Photobucket) for the purpose of displaying images on the official forums. Developers may only use image hosting services which enable the user to prevent the browsing of user images. |
| 1.8: | This license is made under the law of the United Kingdom and any dispute will be made under United Kingdom Law. |
Internal Rules (including Confidentiality)
| 2.2.1: | You will not inform people outside the team what you do for, or what others do for, Traction Wars or what is planned for Traction Wars without express permission from "General Naga". This includes but is not limited to all media, code & builds which the team produces, as well as the content of the developer forums. If you're in any doubt whether or not something is permitted ask "General Naga". Breaching this rule may result in immediate dismissal without warning. |
| 2.2.2: | You will not show or distribute, or assist any other person to show or distribute, any Traction Wars files or any parts of Traction Wars files, to any person who is not a current Traction Wars Developer on the team without the express written permission of "General Naga". |
| 2.3: | Developers are expected to visit, read and contribute on the internal forums regularly so you can stay up-to-date and voice your views. |
| 2.4: | Be considerate and reasonable to other developers and contributing artists. General thoughts are welcome outside your area of expertise and constructive criticism is encouraged if you have a general knowledge of in a field. |
| 2.5: | You are expected to post regular updates on progress to your current task assignment in the developer forums. |
| 2.6: | You must inform your direct superior and the Mod Director of any prolonged [I](defined as any length of time away from the mod over 2 weeks)[/I] absences as well as your expected return date. This includes vacations, business trips, other significant offline times or times you cannot work on your task assignment. It is the duty of the team member who is going to be absent to ensure the message has been received and understood. |
| 2.7: | In the event of a team member being absent for a period of over 3 weeks outside of an prolonged absence the "General Naga" may suspend or dismiss that member from the team at his discretion. |
| 2.8: | Membership of the Traction Wars team entitles members to work for Traction Wars Mod. Membership remains at the sole discretion of "General Naga". |
| 2.9: | Membership of the team automatically authorizes dissemination of a member’s contact details amongst team members. |
Property Agreement
| 3.1: | Any work you do for Traction Wars (e.g. whilst being a trial contributing artist, contributing artist (TWCON), trial developer, or full developer (TWDEV)) becomes the permanent property of the mod and cannot be released to, or utilized by any other person without the express written permission of "General Naga". A TWDEV or TWCON is however permitted to display images or videos of the asset he created on his portfolio after those images or videos already have been released into the public domain in a official Traction Wars news update authorised by the team member know as General Naga (as at 1st January 2009 "General Naga"). |
Failure to observe any of the rules above may result in your dismissal from the team with or without warning.