[2590] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
world.std.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff.Ogden@um.cc.umich.edu)
Thu Mar 19 00:35:19 1992
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 00:27:26 EST
From: Jeff.Ogden@um.cc.umich.edu
To: SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
This whole business about AUPs is confusing, but I think it is
really simpler than most people think. The key thing would be for
the folks at world.std.com not to initiate any use of NSFNET that
isn't in support of education and research. This means not using
their link to NSFNET themselves unless it is in support of education
and research and it would mean explaining to their users at the
time that accounts are setup that there are rules that need to
be followed for activities that originate on world.std.com.
All people need to do is work to follow the rules themselves
and to take reasonable steps to let others know what the rules
are so that they too can follow them.
Once that is done, I think we are all set. Other folks (say
just to pick an example - some folks at the University of Michigan)
who have access to NSFNET should already know the rules (or they
wouldn't have access to NSFNET in the first place).
I agree that it would be simpler if there weren't all these rules
and it is my hope that things will get simpler in the future.
-Jeff
MichNet
> From: SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
>
> >Finally I don't really know enough about world.std.com to know
> >if they should be added or not. I just suspect that access from
> >the University of Michigan would be in support of Education and
> >Research and so could be allowed under the NSF AUP.
>
> You say you don't know enough about the World to know if it access would
> be acceptable. But you are the one at the not-for-profit research and
> educational facility that any access to World is supposed to be in support.
> How is the World supposed sign a piece of paper that access from places
> like U of M would be in support of Education and Research and allowed under
> the NSF AUP when the people at those places don't know?
>
