# Acceptable use policy

## 1. Scope

This page would govern use of a hosted service. Teasim publishes packages rather
than running a service, so nothing here restricts anything today. It exists to
demonstrate the policy template.

## 2. The software

Use of the packages is governed by their MIT licence, which permits commercial
use, modification, distribution and private use, and which asks only that the
copyright notice travel with the code.

## 3. What a policy of this kind usually covers

A real acceptable use policy names the conduct a service will not host:
attempting to breach its security, interfering with other users, automated
access that degrades it for everyone, and distributing content the operator is
required to remove.

## 4. Reporting

A hosted service names a route for reporting abuse and commits to a response
window. See the [DMCA policy](/dmca-policy) for the takedown-specific version of
the same shape.

## 5. Enforcement

A real policy states what happens when it is breached, and in what order —
notice, suspension, termination — so the consequences are predictable rather than
discretionary.