From: alanc@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Coopersmith) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: "Conditions of Use" policy document Date: 13 Sep 1993 04:04:25 GMT Message-ID: <270rg9$t1k@agate.berkeley.edu> In article <1993Sep9.172240.5682@honte.uleth.ca>, wrote: )I would like to see what other academic institutions have written in terms )of a "Conditions of Use" policy document for administrative and academic )computing services. Here's two very different examples from machines at U.C. Berkeley that all undergraduates can get an account on: (these (and more details) are avaialble from gopher at uclink.berkeley.edu & ocf.berkeley.edu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appropriate Use of UCLink UCLink accounts are available free to UC Berkeley faculty, students, and staff. The UCLink service is expressly to provide electronic mail and networked information services to the campus community. UCLink is to be used only for purposes of communication and information retrieval and dissemination. Valid use of UCLink accounts includes use of electronic mail programs, Gopher, Infocal, ftp, and Usenet News readers. Examples of activities UCLink is NOT to be used for include, but are not limited to, items in the following list: - programming assignments, - playing games, - accessing games at other sites, - running servers, - developing software, - shell programming, - sending chain letters, - sending harassing e-mail such as sending unsolicited mail to strangers, - any commercial uses If you have questions about appropriate use of UCLink, please send email to "consult." If you encounter perceived misuse of UCLink, please refer the problem to "consult" - please do not attempt to perform your own diagnostics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** UC Berkeley Open Computing Facility User Behaviour Policy *** *** OCF Board of Directors & Staff *** The Open Computing Facility exists to provide Open computing to its members. As OCF members/accountowners, you have the right to use the machines on a first-come/first-serve basis, on an equal footing with all other users. OCF Members are allowed to use the machines for any purpose that they want, including personal (not class) programming, personal communications, reading/posting usenet news, collecting information or programs, or any other normal uses of Unix computers. They may use them in any manner that is not specifically prohibited below. The OCF Board of Directors has made some special rules regarding using the cluster to Play Games during busy mid-day hours, so that users wishing to do other activities will have the opportunity. OCF Members are not allowed to abuse the cluster or other persons. If your actions are causing problems with the rest of the user community, or with the cluster itself, OCF Staff can and will take action to stop you. For minor problems you will be send email requesting you to stop. For more major problems, Staff can turn your account off. Should you wish to appeal any such actions, you should do so to the OCF Board of Directors (meetings times and places are posted). What actions are 'causing problems'? All of the following are considered to be inapropriate actions: * Harrasing other computer users, here or elsewhere * Interfereing with the normal operation of the OCF by software or actions (damaging the Operating System, system cracking,etc.) or by physical action (rebooting machines without Staff approval). * Interfereing with other OCF users by interrupting or impedeing their use of the cluster. * Using excessive amounts of diskspace. * Violating users' privacy. * Using the OCF for illegal activity (cracking into remote sites, sending chain letters, sending email threats, etc.). * Harrasing OCF Officers or Staff+ Staff will generally give you the benefit of the doubt, unless we feel you are intentionally causing problems. Extreme infractions can be dealt with by immediate account deactivation by staff if they feel it warranted. + Asking OCF Staff questions or for help is not harrasing them. That's their job. If you have any questions about OCF user policies, send mail to gm@ocf or staff@ocf. Staff generally handles enforcement, while the BoD makes policy. Other behaviour may also qualify as causing problems. You will be notified if staff feels you are causing a problem. If you feel you are being treated unfairly then send mail to gm@ocf explaining your position. If this does not satisfy you, mail to bod@ocf is the next step, or showing up to a BOD meeting to protest in person. Thank you for your attention. Please try and keep the OCF as friendly and useful cluster as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you tell which one is run by the Univ. & which one is run by the students? I thought you could... -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Coopersmith Internet: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facilty Bitnet: alanc@ucbocf