[2501] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
From Whence Cometh the A. U. P.?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Thu Mar 12 22:43:15 1992
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: 12 Mar 92 22:21:23 EST (Thu)
From: cook@tmn.com (Gordon Cook)
<<MESSAGE from>> Gordon Cook 12-MAR-92 22:21
cook@tmn
An example of the difficulty of the commercial use problem. As Mitch
pointed out in his short testimony....the commercial use restrictions are
preventing mny information providers from setting up businesses on the net.
Steve Wolff averred toward the very end that this was just not so....any
information provided on behalf of research or education would fall within
acceptable use.
When querried by the chair why the NSF did not just drop acceptable use
policy and either give every one free use of the backbone or charge
everyone for use of the backbone, Steve said that he believed that the NSF
was required by statute to maintain the acceptable use policy.
I am struck by the fact that he did *NOT CITE* **WHAT** the statute is.
Nor in 18 months of reading this list have I to my knowledge ever seen
anyone site the statute.
If indeed the AUP is based in statute would someone please give us a full
citation? Or is AUP just an administrative requirement of the NSF?
