View source for 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 services in discussions is OK==

All participants are welcome to write about and link to commercial products or services (Moodle-related 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 advertisements (eg in blogs, forum discussions, docs or elsewhere).  Moderators will delete any such posts that are blatant advertisements for products and services with no appropriate context.  This kind of information can be posted on other sites if required. This applies to Moodle services just as much as it applies to diet pills, books on mysticism and stock tips.

==Official advertising is designed to support Moodle==

The Moodle Trust (which is reponsible for the core development of Moodle) permits three types of official advertising to takes place on moodle.org sites:
* Moodle Partners have banner advertisements on most pages that is targeted to users based on their country location.  This privilege is one of the benefits of 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.