Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject:  Cal State Fresno Policy
Message-ID: <9211122243.AA19730@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:43:45 GMT

       Department of Computer Science Policy on Computer Use
                California State University, Fresno
                       August 1992

The Department of Computer Science and California State University, Fresno
provide computing resources to students, faculty and staff in support
of programs of the Department.  Computing resources includes local
area networks and connections to other computer networks.

All students, faculty, and staff are responsible for seeing that
computing resources are used in an effective, ethical, and
lawful manner.

The Department disclaims responsibility for the loss of data or
interference with files resulting from its efforts to maintain the
privacy and security of the Department's computer facilities.
 
The following policies relate to the use of Departmental facilities.
These policies are in addition to existing University policies on
plagiarism and appropriate use of facilities.
 
1. Computer facilities are owned by the University or Department
and are to be used for Department-related activities only. Facilities
will not be used for private consulting, other commercial purposes,
or the installation of fraudulently or illegally obtained software or
data.
 
2. An account assigned to an individual by the Department must not
be used by others. The individual is responsible for the proper use of
the account, including password protection.  The individual must
take all reasonable precautions, including password maintenance and
file and directory protection measures, to prevent use of their
account by unauthorized persons.
 
3. Programs and files are confidential unless they have explicitly
been made available to other authorized users.  Copying, renaming,
changing, examining, or deleting files belonging to someone else is
against policy. Department faculty and staff may access others' files
when necessary for the maintenance of the computing facilities. When
preforming maintenance, however, every effort will be made to insure
the privacy of users' files.
 
4. Departmental computing resources, including electronic mail and
other electronic communication, will not be used to annoy others.  It
is against policy to send obscene, abusive, or threatening messages.
 
5. Attempts to bypass standard procedures are not allowed. This
includes, but is not limited to,  attempts to discover another user's
password, taking resources from other users, distribution or execution
of a program that damages another user's files or Departmental
computing resources, and  gaining access to resources for which proper
authorization has not been given.
 
6. Physical tampering with departmental resources is not allowed.
 
7. Users will not deliberately attempt to degrade system performance or
to deprive authorized users access to Departmental computing resources.
 
Failure to comply with the above guidelines shall constitute a violation
of Department policy and will subject the violator to disciplinary or
legal action by the Department or University. In addition, the
University may require restitution for any use of computing resources
that is in violation of the above guidelines.
 
Users of Departmental computing resources are also subject to local,
state, and federal laws.