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We place trust in the people of the community to do the right thing. It is always first and foremost the responsibility of the host themselves to think how their words would impact on others in the community.
The very fact you are asking about when to put in an explicit tag, means you should put it in.
While Swearing is allowed, remember JWP's Granny is listening. Always use the explicit tag, and don't go out of your way to be belligerent.
We follow the principle that inside the shows, free speech applies. As with Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater, there are exceptions. We do not post hate speech, copyright music, etc.
If you think it's going to be excessive then, please put a warning at the beginning of the show. Something like - "Sorry I went off on a bit of a rant in this one, so if you're listening to this in a public place it might be best to put in headphones or listen later". Have a listen to hpr1309 for how we did it. If there are complaints we have policies to deal with it.
Outside the podcast audio, eg shownotes, tags, feeds etc we still expect the host to do the right thing. In cases where they don't the janitors can and do intervene. We follow the Parental Advisory approach, akin to the covers on the cd's in the shops. Listen to "hpr2210 :: On Freedom of Speech and Censorship" for more information. There is no point in having a warning on the intro of the show if the shownotes, title, and text to speech intro already contain the offending phrases.
This of course extends to anywhere where we have an "official HPR" presence, this room included.
Perhaps I need to bring this up at the next Community News or should I do a dedicated show about it ?
The policy is that within your own show the freedom of expression is upheld.
https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2025-July/004883.html Rejecting a show on the grounds that it is "using HPR as a means to push a particular product or view"
Policies
Did you notice Harm ?
--reset Therefore if there are any shows that are on the site which you feel harm HPR, first see if a response episode is sufficient to address the grievance. If not then please bring it to the attention of the janitors at hpr, and we will see if the concerns are grounded based on the same criteria as if the show was been posted today.
We don't tolerate Harassment, Trolling
Hacker Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge in a welcoming community that offers positive feedback and encourages respectful debate.
Free speech and general conduct
So while Swearing is allowed but remember JWP's Granny is listening. Always use the explicit tag, and don't go out of your way to be belligerent.
Schedule Guidelines
You must have your show recorded before you reserve a slot.
You must only post a show every two weeks.
Changes to scheduling guidelines
Community News
The Community News presenters may exercise discretion in what they read out and refer the audience to the skipped content.
HPR Community News Comment Summaries
Janitors
They are the people who work in the background to make sure the shows come out every day.
Auditors
The Auditors role is to observe and report if necessary that the Janitors are been faithful in their communication.
Permission to move out a show
Janitors can move shows on host permission as normal, but will always ask the mail list where the host cannot or will not move their show.
The janitors really do not like to move shows around once they are posted.
Before a show is posted, it's ID is more or less the key you get when you upload, once it's posted the unique id is the hpr episode number.
Moving the primary key leads to a mess with the synchronization of files between the HPR site, the Internet Archive, and the HPR CCDN.
We've had to do it in the past, so I'm again speaking from experience. We moved a show from a host which happened to be part 2 and it would have gotten aired before the part 1. This meant we had 4 shows to move. So we will never move a show without getting permission from the Host, and if they do not get back to us, or we feel that it's important enough, the mail list.
Moving shows breaks some RSS readers that only look at the enclosure/@url element. If that remains the same, then they have no reason to download it again. So anyone who has already downloaded any of the moved shows will not download them again. Which basically breaks the future feed entirely.
Moving a show can easily spiral into a lot of work. We will and have done it on occasion, but if it's urgent enough, you should reserve a slot.
HPR is not a podcast platform
Is HPR a podcast or podcast hosting platform ?
There seems to be a clear desire to keep HPR as a podcast and not transition to a podcast hosting platform. What I came to realize was that the HPR setup could be adapted to become a podcast hosting platform with minor changes. For example, were we to not release the main feed, remove the HPR branding, and provide each show their own schedule, then each hosted podcast (now HPR series) would be their own entity. However it's not something that the community, janitors, or the HPR patrons are enthusiastic about implementing.
Not everything that "could be of interest to hackers" is allowed.
We promote other Creative Commons Works
On dropping the Non Commercial License: HPR: RFC Changing show to CC-BY-SA
Supporting Various Creative Commons Works, that allows people to to submit (a single) interesting/important creative commons works on a given topic to the queue. It should be prefixed with a short introduction as to why we should be interested, then submit it under your own name to the queue.
Policy Change: removal of non free CC-BY-NC license
Policy Change: Clarification that contributions are CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise stated
Policy Change: Should we reject a show with copyrighted fair use clips in it ?
- From Kevin O'Brien: "Fair Use is not, in the U.S., a right recognized by any statute. It is best understood as "the right to hire a lawyer"."
- From stankdawg: "Sorry. Not worth the risk. I appreciate the contribution and do not want to discourage the submissions. But it is too dangerous. And for the record... no one else can voluntarily accept responsibility. It falls back to me as site owner no matter what."
- From Ken Fallon: Remember that our policy is also a commitment to anyone using our feed. I know there are downstream projects like college radio, workplaces, shops etc that are using our feed. They would not need to buy a public music license, for feeds [that] contains only Creative Commons content.
Search Page
Boo, Hiss, a google search on top of the HPR webpage!
Why we do search like we do.
Site Security stays with the Site admin
Implemented a deny list on HPR
Attacks to our site get blocked, no discussion required.
Avoiding background music
It can be distracting so avoid if possible.
What is a Syndicated show ?
If a show is posted elsewhere prior to been posted to HPR then it would be considered to be a syndicated show.
When to wind down HPR
After a period of intermittent posting, the community decided to continue posting HPR shows.