Policy on Advertising

The Moodle.org community sites contain a lot of places where anyone can contribute text to discussions and documentation.

To keep these sites fun for all to use we have the following policies that apply to all participants:

Describing commercial affiliations in profiles is welcome

All participants are welcome (as part of their self-disclosure to the community) to write about and even link to their company and other commercial affiliations as part of their description in their moodle.org user profile. It helps us all understand who we are speaking with.

Mentioning commercial products and services in discussions is OK

All participants are welcome to write about and link to commercial products or services (Moodle-related or not, yours or otherwise) if it's in the natural context of a discussion such as an answer to a question. This is not seen as advertising.

Unsolicited advertisements will be deleted

No-one should post unsolicited and blatant advertisements for products and services with no appropriate context. Moderators will delete any such blog entries, forum discussions, docs or other unwanted content when they find it. This applies to Moodle services just as much as it applies to diet pills and stock tips.

Official advertising is designed to support Moodle

The Moodle Trust (which is reponsible for the core development of Moodle) permits four types of official advertising to takes place on moodle.org sites:

• Moodle Partners have banner advertisements on most pages that are targeted to users based on their country location. This privilege is one of the benefits Moodle Partners get for paying royalties to the Moodle Trust.
• The Moodle Shop is promoted on the front page as a place to buy Moodle merchandise (a small margin from most items goes to the Moodle Trust).
• Several Moodle books are promoted on the front page and elsewhere. Not only are these good books but sales of them via these links will earn a commission for the Moodle Trust.
• Companies and individuals who donate money directly to the Moodle Trust earn the right to be displayed on the Moodle Donations page for a year.

Further questions or clarifications about this policy should be asked on the talk page, or if urgent, emailed to: support @ moodle . com