[840] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Software Sales via e-mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Jun 17 03:28:25 1991
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 2:10:49 CDT
From: SEAN@dranet.dra.com (Sean Donelan)
To: com-priv@psi.com
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>They're a client of our's and signed a contract which referenced the
>NSFNET Appropriate Use Policy. They've been scolded. Thanks for the
>report.
Perhaps I'm not on the right lists, but just where are determinations
about various policies publicized. Both the interim NSFNET policy, and
the FARNET position paper encouraged wide circulation for decisions whether
a particular use is acceptable.
I know, wait a bit, and none of this will matter anymore. They may also
find there are other reasons for not shipping the software electronically
through something that touches a government funded network. The accountants
won't like it due to the lack of proof of shipment (real important when
you're trying to take revenue on the last day of your fiscal year). The
laywers won't like it because strange things may happen to intellectual
property rights if you use public funds to deliver the product.
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>From the Interim NSFNET Acceptable Use Policy (3 July 1990)
(3) The NSF NSFNET Project Office may at any time make determinations
that particular uses are or are not consistent with the purposes
of NSFNET. Such determinations will be reported to the NSFNET Policy
Advisory Committee and to the user community.
>From the FARnet Position Paper #2
Decisions made by mid-level networks or backbone providers regarding
specific instances of acceptable and unacceptable use should be widely
circulated to encourage consistency.
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Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO 63132-1806
Domain: sean@dranet.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100
