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For those who might be interested (I found it interesting since I manage
another email list), here is the NSF's Acceptable Use Policy in its
entirety. (It's short!) The address where you can get it by anonymous
ftp is shown at the top. I just checked, and this 6/92 version is still
the current one. Note item (7) as relevant here.
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<NIC.MERIT.EDU> /nsfnet/acceptable.use.policies/nsfnet.txt June 1992
THE NSFNET BACKBONE SERVICES ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
June 1992
GENERAL PRINCIPLE:
(1) NSFNET Backbone services are provided to support open research and
education in and among US research and instructional institutions,
plus research arms of for-profit firms when engaged in open
scholarly communication and research. Use for other purposes is
not acceptable.
SPECIFICALLY ACCEPTABLE USES:
(2) Communication with foreign researchers and educators in connection
with research or instruction, as long as any network that the
foreign user employs for such communication provides reciprocal
access to US researchers and educators.
(3) Communication and exchange for professional development, to
maintain currency, or to debate issues in a field or subfield of
knowledge.
(4) Use for disciplinary-society, university-association,
government-advisory, or standards activities related to the user's
research and instructional activities.
(5) Use in applying for or administering grants or contracts for
research or instruction, but not for other fundraising or public
relations activities.
(6) Any other administrative communications or activities in direct
support of research and instruction.
(7) Announcements of new products or services for use in research or
instruction, but not advertising of any kind.
(8) Any traffic originating from a network of another member agency of
the Federal Networking Council if the traffic meets the acceptable
use policy of that agency.
(9) Communication incidental to otherwise acceptable use, except for
illegal or specifically unacceptable use.
UNACCEPTABLE USES:
(10) Use for for-profit activities, unless covered by the General
Principle or as a specifically acceptable use.
(11) Extensive use for private or personal business.
This statement applies to use of the the NSFNET Backbone only. NSF
expects that connecting networks will formulate their own use
policies. The NSF Division of Networking and Communications Research
and Infrastructure will resolve any questions about this Policy or its
interpretation.
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