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- The
- (insert uni University University Computing Services
- logo) of
- Newcastle
-
- USE OF UNIVERSITY COMPUTING FACILITIES
-
- Set out below are the rules governing use of University
- computing facilities. These rules apply to all users
- (students, staff and others) and both to central and
- departmental computers.
-
- 1. General
-
- Computing facilities are provided by the University for the
- use of staff and students. Access may be given to
- stand-alone microcomputers, stand-alone minicomputers, or to
- computers on the University's local area network.
-
- Student access is primarily for use in association with a
- course of study and activities related to that course.
-
- Staff are given access for use as part of their duties.
- Arrangements for computer use for external work such as
- consulting must be negotiated and will usually be on a
- 'payment for use' basis.
-
- It is expected that all users will make use of University
- computers in a manner which is ethical, legal and not to the
- detriment of others.
-
- The basic guidelines are that any use must be legal and not
- such as to interfere with the use by others.
-
- Failure to abide by the following rules will be treated as
- misconduct and may result in disciplinary action including
- denial of access to computing facilities. In particular, if,
- in the opinion of the Director, University Computing
- Services, you have failed to abide by these rules, you may
- be denied access to the University's local area network.
-
- (my note: this university treats misconduct VERY seriously,
- expulsion is one of the options)
-
- 2 Disclaimer
-
- The University makes available to users, both internal and
- external, computing facilities consisting of hardware and
- software. The University accepts no responsibility for any
- damage to or loss of data arising directly or indirectly
- from the use of these facilities or for any consequential
- loss or damage. The University makes no warranty, express or
- implied regarding the computing services offered, or their
- fitness for any particular purpose.
-
- The University's liability in the event of any loss or
- damage shall be limited to the fees and charges paid to the
- University for the use of the computing facilities which
- resulted in the loss or damage.
-
- 3. Regulations
-
- 1 You may only use those facilities which have been
- authorised for your use. If access is protected by
- a password, you are not to make this password
- available to others. You may not use any account
- set up for another user, nor may you attempt to
- find out the password of another user.
-
- 2 You may only use authorised facilities for
- authorised purposes. For example, facilities made
- available for teaching may not be used for private
- gain.
-
- 3 You must be aware of the law of copyright as it
- affects computer software. Software must not be
- copied except with the express permission of the
- copyright owner.
-
- 4 You may not attempt to copy information belonging
- to other users (whether the be staff, students or
- other users) without their express permission.
-
- 5 You may not attempt to interfere with the
- operation of computing facilities.
-
- 6 You may not attempt to subvert the security of any
- of the University's computing facilities.
-
- 7 You may not use the University's computing
- facilities to send obscene, offensive or
- harassing messages.
-
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-
- Attached to this is another page outlining copyright law as
- it applies in Australia, which is beyond the scope of this
- discussion.
-
- It should be noted, that on UCS machines, the default for
- standard users, is that all their files are protected. In
- this case, I read "express permission" as the user changes
- the protection such that another has some form of access.
-
- The other thing that I find nice about these regulations is
- that they are easy to read and interpret. They are also
- deliberately vague. This gives a little scope for individual
- cases.
-
- There is also, currently being drawn up, a set of
- regulations for departments and other users wishing to
- connect to the campus ethernet.
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- I did not write these regulations, I just live by, and
- enforce them. It just happens that I see them as a pretty
- good guideline for computer usage on this campus.
-
- munnari!numm.nu.oz.au!alan@uunet.UU.NET (Alan Hargreaves)
-
-