[2503] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
re: From Whence Cometh the A. U. P.?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Partridge)
Thu Mar 12 23:24:35 1992
To: cook@tmn.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
From: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 92 20:20:31 -0800
My recollection (and this is now some time ago so I may be wrong) was that
when the AUP first appeared, it was in part explained as being a result of
an OMB ruling about how NSF money could be spent. If this recollection is
correct, then it is presumably the Executive Branch party line that there
exists a statute to justify the OMB ruling.
I do remember that NSF quietly resisted issuing an AUP and that, in part,
it was the demands of the regional networks for an AUP that caused one
to come about.
Craig
