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Community Rules

Version 1.0 — 13 July 2026

The market and messages in Tane are shared spaces built on trust between neighbours. These rules are what everyone accepts before joining. They also define what counts as content that can be reported and removed from the servers we operate.

The rules

  1. Be honest about your seeds. Describe what you actually have: the variety as you know it, the harvest year, anything relevant about how it was grown. Don’t invent provenance.
  2. Share only what you may share. Don’t offer:
    • seed of commercially protected varieties (plant variety rights, patents) unless you are authorized;
    • invasive or protected species where their exchange is prohibited;
    • anything else that is illegal to share or sell where you or the recipient live.
  3. Seeds and seedlings, not anything else. The market is for seeds, seedlings and other plant reproductive material (cuttings, bulbs, tubers) in the spirit of the app. It is not a general classifieds board.
  4. Respect people. No harassment, threats, hate, or discrimination — in offers, profiles, ratings, or messages.
  5. No spam or scams. No repeated postings, misleading offers, phishing, or pressure to move people onto shady deals.
  6. Honest reputation. Vouch only for people you have actually met or exchanged with; rate only real experiences. Don’t game the trust system.

What happens if someone breaks them

  • Anyone can block you — your offers and messages disappear for them.
  • Anyone can report an offer or a person. Reports travel to the servers that carry the content; on the relay operated by Comunes (relay.comunes.org), content and keys that break these rules are removed. Other servers apply their own policies.
  • There are no appeals or account suspensions because there are no accounts: the network simply stops carrying and showing what breaks the rules.

A note on good faith

Most seed sharing is between amateurs, in small quantities, for the joy of keeping varieties alive. When in doubt, prefer gifting and swapping over selling, label things clearly, and ask. That’s how it’s always been done.

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