Gigarank VPS (free) ToS

[okapyh]

I'm interested in building my Quality Posts count to apply for the Gigarank Free VPS Hosting offer, but I would also like to read the Terms and Conditions for the offer, which is linked to in the "Free VPS Hosting Applications (click here to apply)" forum description but not available for me to read (I'm guessing because since I do not have the 100 posts required to view the forum?).

Would it be possible to make this public or should I just ask here about what I'm looking for?

I'm particularly interested to know if there is a clause similar to the one in the called "Background Running Programs (bots/daemons/monitors)" in the Gigarank SHARED Hosting Terms and Conditions. I'm interested in running a low resource single connection irc client which would do nothing more than store a log of incoming messages to a specific channel (channel-owner approved), so an irc logging bot for a single humble irc channel, for daily, bi-weekly, or monthly data retrieval (accumulating to about 1 MB of data per week).

This would be on behalf (and with approval) of the channel owner, and within the terms of the host network, and will have been made known to current users as would be told to new users as well, for the purpose of generating feedback for the owner and developers, and historical data of unsavory users for operators.

Edit: If it's more appropriate for this thread to be in the "Gigarank Website Support" forum, it would be great if a moderator could move it there.

 

[Genesis]

I'm interested in building my Quality Posts count to apply for the Gigarank Free VPS Hosting offer, but I would also like to read the Terms and Conditions for the offer, which is linked to in the "Free VPS Hosting Applications (click here to apply)" forum description but not available for me to read (I'm guessing because since I do not have the 100 posts required to view the forum?).

Would it be possible to make this public or should I just ask here about what I'm looking for?

I've reinstated the VPS Terms & Conditions, but in absence of the owner who is away for the weekend, it may have been removed for modification as we are currently discussing a change to the requirements for receiving a free VPS. The 100 post requirement may be changed to something less. And we may make it a requirement to have a free hosting account first so we are able to assess the ability of the hosted member to manage a VPS on his/her own. Particularly since there will be no admin support given for the VPS other than its technical installation. The basics of the TOS however I'm sure will remain the same.

I'm particularly interested to know if there is a clause similar to the one in the called "Background Running Programs (bots/daemons/monitors)" in the Gigarank SHARED Hosting Terms and Conditions. I'm interested in running a low resource single connection irc client which would do nothing more than store a log of incoming messages to a specific channel (channel-owner approved), so an irc logging bot for a single humble irc channel, for daily, bi-weekly, or monthly data retrieval (accumulating to about 1 MB of data per week).

This would be on behalf (and with approval) of the channel owner, and within the terms of the host network, and will have been made known to current users as would be told to new users as well, for the purpose of generating feedback for the owner and developers, and historical data of unsavory users for operators.

Edit: If it's more appropriate for this thread to be in the "Gigarank Website Support" forum, it would be great if a moderator could move it there.

No, this is a good place for a discussion about it. I don't see a problem with "background running programs", as it would no longer be shared hosting. However, this is obviously subject to approval by our Technical Admin @un4saken and @"DJB" the owner.