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Our Geocaching platform is open to all cachers and free to publish all legal kinds of geocaches. However, we would like to point out that our geocaching websites do have special principles and goals: | Our Geocaching platform is open to all cachers and free to publish all legal kinds of geocaches. However, we would like to point out that our geocaching websites do have special principles and goals: | ||
<p class="ocp3">Geocaching with heart and mind!</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Geocaching with heart and mind!</p> | ||
There are no binding rules regarding hiding a geocache but most cachers prefer geocaches with a certain quality level. We want geocaching to be a pleasant experience. We favor geocaches which bring fun to geocaching, show places of interest, history, nature or a special hiding place. | :There are no binding rules regarding hiding a geocache but most cachers prefer geocaches with a certain quality level. We want geocaching to be a pleasant experience. We favor geocaches which bring fun to geocaching, show places of interest, history, nature or a special hiding place. | ||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is open and free of charge</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is open and free of charge</p> | ||
Our geocaching websites' content is publicly accessible without registration or payment. The content is licensed under [[Data license|Creative Commons]]. The Opencaching software is "Open Source" and licensed under a [https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/blob/master/doc/license.txt GNU GPL license]. Most website features are usable without [[Registration]]. | :Our geocaching websites' content is publicly accessible without registration or payment. The content is licensed under [[Data license|Creative Commons]]. The Opencaching software is "Open Source" and licensed under a [https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/blob/master/doc/license.txt GNU GPL license]. Most website features are usable without [[Registration]]. | ||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is non-commercial</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is non-commercial</p> | ||
It is a fundamental principle of Opencaching, not to allow that others earn money out of your caches or logs. The "NC" = "Non-Commercial" part of the [[Data license|data license]] is ensuring that. The team members are all volunteers and do not gain benefit from their membership. | :It is a fundamental principle of Opencaching, not to allow that others earn money out of your caches or logs. The "NC" = "Non-Commercial" part of the [[Data license|data license]] is ensuring that. The team members are all volunteers and do not gain benefit from their membership. | ||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is independent</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is independent</p> | ||
Opencaching does not represent the interests of third parties and is independent. The Opencaching Deutschland e.V. as responsible body is funded by donations. | :Opencaching does not represent the interests of third parties and is independent. The Opencaching Deutschland e.V. as responsible body is funded by donations. | ||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching encourages owners' responsibility</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching encourages owners' responsibility</p> | ||
Each owner is responsible for the listings of her/his geocache(s). There are now binding rules how to describe or design the descriptions as long as cachers can find the geocache and legal regulations are observed. The owner can decide the status of a geocache, for example the time of publication of a new geocache. Furthermore, an owner can even reactivate a geocache from the archive if useful. | :Each owner is responsible for the listings of her/his geocache(s). There are now binding rules how to describe or design the descriptions as long as cachers can find the geocache and legal regulations are observed. The owner can decide the status of a geocache, for example the time of publication of a new geocache. Furthermore, an owner can even reactivate a geocache from the archive if useful. | ||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is fair and user-oriented</p> | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is fair and user-oriented</p> | ||
:All users are bound to the same understandable and reasonable [http://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=impressum#tos terms of use]. There are no binding rules how and where to hide a geocache or how a geocache has to look like. | |||
:The Opencaching team acts in the interest of the website's users. Support requests or geocache reports (function "Report this cache") are handled case-related and reliable. | |||
;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching helps to protect nature</p> | |||
:The Opencaching websites display an information if a geocache is located within a [[Nature protection areas|protected area]]. Cachers therefore know that they have to respect special regulations in the vicinity of the geocache. If a geocache is reported as in conflict with nature protection, the support team might archive a geocache after a case-by-case review. | |||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is open for new ideas</p> | ||
:There are established habits and written and unwritten rules in geocaching. But Opencaching might go new ways or try new ideas. The same counts on owners' creativity that might produce unprecedented geocaches. | |||
:In the past, Opencaching introduced a recommendation system, a user-friendly editor and new innovative map functionalities. | |||
<p class="ocp3">Opencaching | ;<p class="ocp3">Opencaching is no competitive sports</p> | ||
:Opencaching is about single caches not power trails. We do not wish to promote geocaching as an competition. Statistic shall not supersede quality. Therefore we do not provide sophisticated statistics. We prefer geocaches which are only listed at one of the Opencaching websites - so called '''OConly'''-geocaches. | |||
== Technische Besonderheiten == | == Technische Besonderheiten == | ||