docs(files): spell out access policy — members-only, free for all (not Premium-gated)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ The username (`files`) is conventional and ignored — **identity is your SSH
key** (one key = one account, like the rest of the BBS). `scp`/`rsync` work
because they tunnel over the same SSH transport.
## Who can use it
**Members only — but free for every member.** Like IRC and News, file storage is
gated on membership, *not* on the paid Founding Lifetime plan:
- **Non-members can't connect.** A key that isn't a registered account is
refused at the SFTP handshake (`this key isn't a member — register first`), and
guests don't see the in-hub Files browser.
- **Every verified member can connect, run, and join** — free and paid alike.
There is no Premium gate anywhere in the Files path; the plan only affects
unrelated perks (custom email, domains, Tor).
- Operators can revoke an individual account's SFTP access (abuse response)
without touching its BBS login — see the management TUI below.
## Two areas
When you connect you see a virtual root with two directories: