Rules for Posting Comments

The purpose of this blog is to discuss and hopefully give direction to the next generation of Supply Chain Management software. Commenting is not only allowed it is encouraged! Please share your ideas and thoughts.

However, there are some rules to stick to in order to make this blog a pleasant place to visit or subscribe to for everyone. All comments are subject to moderation according to the rules specified on this page. Comments will be moderated before being published to avoid spam to live feed subscribers. No comments will be rejected or removed for reasons other that those specified on this page. However, these rules may be adjusted or more may be added at any time, as needed.

Rule #1: Spam
Absolutely NO SPAM allowed. Anything that can be considered spam is subject to rejection or removal without notice, whether in comment content or via a hyperlink, whether live hyperlink or just a representation of a URL. Note that marketing, promoting, or linking to commercial products on any page other than on the “products” page is also considered spam. We run a strong automated spam filter, so be thoughtful of any content you consider posting if it is not intended as spam. Repeated spammers are subject to being blacklisted on this blog and other blogs. Blacklisted spammers on certain other blogs may also preemptively be blocked on this blog.

Rule #2: Objectionable content
No objectionable content allowed. Objectionable content may be but is not limited to content or links to other sites that contain racism, pornography, extreme opinions, prejudice, gossip, libel, or anything reported as objectionable by readers and judged to be so by the moderator. Objectionable content may be rejected or removed without notice.

Rule #3: Copyrights, Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Quoting
All comments made should be your own material in your own words. If you refer to anything copyrighted, trademarked, authored, patented or owned by someone else or a legal entity it is mandatory to clearly state this in your comment. You will be requested to adjust your comment if a violation of this rule is signaled, either before or after publishing. Failure to do so in a timely fashion may result in rejection or removal of the comment.

Rule #4: Relevance
If a comment is considered irrelevant to the posting being commented on, the author may be requested to re-enter it at an appropriate posting, or if no relevant posting exists may be notified that the comment is rejected. In some cases the comment may be accepted with a moderator comment or question about relevance to the topic at hand.

Rule #5: Pingback, Trackback and linking
We encourage linking to our site, individual pages, or topics. We also encourage letting us know we have been linked. In line with this we appreciate pingbacks and trackbacks from other sites and blogs. We do not appreciate if such links, pingbacks or trackbacks are libelous, or originate from objectionable sources (see rule #2 above for our view on what is objectionable).

Rule #6: Liability and Responsibility
At no time can scm2.org, its owners, hosting service, registered authors or moderators be made liable for any damages, real or perceived, financial or otherwise, as a result of any postings or comments. Liability and responsibility for any comments lay completely with the author of those comments. Although we will do our best to keep this blog clean of anything damaging and anything violating the rules on this page it is impossible to catch every violation instantly or keep everybody happy. If you object to any content,we strongly suggest you contact a moderator immediately. If no moderator agrees with or is willing to act on your point of view, may we suggest you avoid the objectionable topic or this site in its entirety.