[11546] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Revision of CoVis AUP -- please comment (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Manning)
Thu Apr 7 00:26:56 1994
From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
To: lisa@access.digex.net
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 20:48:11 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, bfishman@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9404061033.A26983-0100000@access1.digex.net> from "Lisa Losito" at Apr 6, 94 11:48:08 am
Lisa Losito
>
> Recently in the IETF statement on AUPs that Bill Manning (as I recall) sent
> to com-priv, some people thought that the CoVis AUP definition of the
> Internet was not entirely correct. Barry Fishman, the AUP author, would
> like to improve it. He would like some comments and suggestions on this
> altered section regarding the "pupose of the Internet."
>
> My question, after some thought, is why is a Purpose of the Internet
> statement necessary for the CoVis AUP? Their AUP has no bearing on the rest
> of the Internet, and governs all CoVis use. Maybe an NSFNet definition
> only is a better choice?
>
Actually, this makes a very good point. I believe that the Scope of the
CoVis AUP very clearly points out one of the points made in the draft.
Since CoVis is driven by NSF, the NSF AUP applies. When the NSFnet component
scales back to the vBNS, then CoVis may need to redefine its scope to include
a larger view of the (hopfully) global Internet.
--
Regards,
Bill Manning
