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- OARnet Acceptable Use Policy
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- This policy represents a guide to the acceptable use of OARnet. OARnet
- provides access to state, national and international resources to its clients
- through connections with networks outside OARnet. In general, it is the
- responsibility of those networks to enforce their own acceptable use policies.
- OARnet will inform its clients of any restrictions on use of networks to which
- it is directly connected.
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- OARnet accepts no responsibility for traffic which it originates which violates
- the acceptable use policy of any directly or indirectly connected networks
- beyond informing the client that they are in violation if the connected
- network so informs OARnet.
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- 1. Use of OARnet must be consistent with the goals of facilitating and
- disseminating knowledge, encouraging collaborative projects and
- resource sharing, aiding technology transfer to Ohio businesses, fostering
- innovation and competitiveness within Ohio, and building broader
- infrastructure in support of education and research.
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- 2. It is not acceptable to use OARnet for illegal purposes.
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- 3. It is not acceptable to use OARnet to transmit threatening, obscene, or
- harassing materials.
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- 4. It is not acceptable to use OARnet so as to interfere with or disrupt
- network users, services, or equipment. Disruptions include, but are not
- limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising, propagation of
- computer worms or viruses, and using the network to make
- unauthorized entry to any other machine accessible via the network.
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- 5. It is assumed that information and resources available via OARnet are
- private to those individuals and organizations which own or hold rights
- to those resources and information and unless specifically stated
- otherwise by the owners or holders of the rights. It is therefore not
- acceptable for an individual to use OARnet to access information or
- resources unless permission to do so has been granted by the owners or
- holders of rights to those resources and information.
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- 6. OARnet will review violations of our Acceptable User Policy on a case-
- by-case basis. Clear violations which are not promptly remedied by the
- client organization may result in termination of OARnet network
- services.
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