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This is copied from the University of Pittsburgh's User's Guide to
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Academic Computing, September 1987 (the latest handy).
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Policy in Computer Resources
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Computing and Information Systems serves a large number and variety of
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users -- students, faculty, staff members and outside clients. Every
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member of the University of Pittsburgh has two basic rights regarding
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computing -- privacy and a fair share of resources. It is unethical
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for any other person to violate these rights. All users, in turn, are
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expected to exercise common sense and decency with regard to the
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public computing resources, thereby reflecting the spirit of community
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and intellectual inquiry at the University.
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Some guidelines:
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- All files belong to somebody. They should be assumed to be private
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and confidential unless the owner has explicitly made them available
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to others.
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- Respect the privacy of other users. Do not intentionally seek
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information about, obtain copies of, or modify tapes, files, or
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passwords belonging to other users unless explicitly authorized to do
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so by those users.
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- Computing resources should be used in a manner consistent with the
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instructional and research objectives of the academic community.
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- Respect the financial structure of the computing systems by not
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intentionally developing or using any unauthorised mechanisms to alter
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or avoid charges levied by the University for computing charges.
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- Do not deliberately attempt to degrade or disrupt system performance
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or to interfere with the work of others.
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- Computing and Information Systems resources are community resources.
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Theft, mutilation, and abuse of these resources violate the nature and
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spirit of the academic environment.
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- The distribution of programs and data bases is controlled by the
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laws of copyright, licensing agreements, and trade secret laws. These
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should be observed. (See below for CIS micro-computer software
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copyright policy.)
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Copyright Policy
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Software documentation and disks used in the University computing labs
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are licensed to the University of Pittsburgh. Failure to return
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software to the computing lab operator will be considered theft of
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University property and will be dealt with accordingly.
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Furthermore, with the exception of Kermit, PCWrite and WATCOM FORTRAN,
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all software in the computing labs is protected by U.S. copyright
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laws. Any attempt to duplicate this software is a violation of U.S.
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Title 17, the federal copyright law protecting rights of authors to
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their works. Any person found making unauthorized duplicates of
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copyrighted software will be subject to prosecution.
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Users may legally duplicate Kermit, PCWrite and WATCOM FORTRAM.
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