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<NIS.NSF.NET> [NSFNET] NETUSE.TXT
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Interim 3 July 1990
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NSFNET
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Acceptable Use Policy
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The purpose of NSFNET is to support research and education in and
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among academic institutions in the U.S. by providing access to unique
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resources and the opportunity for collaborative work.
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This statement represents a guide to the acceptable use of the NSFNET
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backbone. It is only intended to address the issue of use of the
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backbone. It is expected that the various middle level networks will
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formulate their own use policies for traffic that will not traverse
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the backbone.
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(1) All use must be consistent with the purposes of NSFNET.
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(2) The intent of the use policy is to make clear certain cases
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which are consistent with the purposes of NSFNET, not to
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exhaustively enumerate all such possible uses.
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(3) The NSF NSFNET Project Office may at any time make
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determinations that particular uses are or are not
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consistent with the purposes of NSFNET. Such determinations
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will be reported to the NSFNET Policy Advisory Committee
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and to the user community.
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(4) If a use is consistent with the purposes of NSFNET, then
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activities in direct support of that use will be considered
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consistent with the purposes of NSFNET. For example,
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administrative communications for the support infrastructure
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needed for research and instruction are acceptable.
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(5) Use in support of research or instruction at not-for-profit
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institutions of research or instruction in the United States
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is acceptable.
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(6) Use for a project which is part of or supports a research or
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instruction activity for a not-for-profit institution of
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research or instruction in the United States is acceptable,
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even if any or all parties to the use are located or
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employed elsewhere. For example, communications directly
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between industrial affiliates engaged in support of a
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project for such an institution is acceptable.
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(7) Use for commercial activities by for-profit institutions is
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generally not acceptable unless it can be justified under
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(4) above. These should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis
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by the NSF Project Office.
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(8) Use for research or instruction at for-profit institutions
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may or may not be consistent with the purposes of NSFNET,
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and will be reviewed by the NSF Project Office on a
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case-by-case basis.
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