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- ANS Acceptable Use Policy
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- Preamble
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- Advanced Network & Services, Inc. ("ANS") is a not-
- for-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement for edu-
- cation and research in the interest of improving competi-
- tiveness and productivity in the global economic environ-
- ment. Accordingly, ANS' objectives are to help expand
- access to and interchange of information technology
- resources among academic, government and industry users,
- provide state-of-the-art high speed data networks and
- related services, engage in related research and development
- work, and improve the ways that information is created and
- used for education and research purposes. ANS aims to sup-
- port the academic and research communities, enhance educa-
- tion and research at all levels, and contribute to improving
- the quality of education and research.
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- Organizations using ANS services will directly benefit
- if ANS services and facilities are used in ways which will
- build overall system efficiencies, maximize the accessibil-
- ity of the system, and minimize or eliminate unimportant or
- improper traffic over the systems. ANS will be able to
- provide better service for User Organizations if a reason-
- able Acceptable Use Policy is adopted, promulgated and
- applied by ANS and all User Organizations.
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- The Policy
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- (1) All use of ANS network services shall be intended to
- facilitate the exchange of information in furtherance
- of education and research, and otherwise be consistent
- with the broad objectives of ANS.
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- (2) Users of ANS network services shall promote efficient
- use of the networks to minimize, and avoid if possible,
- congestion of the networks and interference with the
- work of other users of the networks.
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- (3) Users of ANS network services shall not disrupt any of
- the ANS networks as a whole or any equipment or system
- forming part of its systems, or any services provided
- over, or in connection with, any of the ANS networks.
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- (4) ANS networks shall not be used to transmit any communi-
- cation where the meaning of the message, or its
- transmission or distribution, would violate any appli-
- cable law or regulation or would likely be highly
- offensive to the recipient or recipients thereof.
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- (5) ANS networks shall not be used for commercial purposes.
- However, if a use is consistent with the purposes and
- objectives of ANS, then commercial activities in sup-
- port of that use will be considered an acceptable use
- of the network.
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- (6) Advertising of commercial offerings is forbidden. Dis-
- cussion of a product's relative advantages and disad-
- vantages by users of the product is encouraged. Ven-
- dors may respond to questions about their products as
- long as the responses are not in the nature of adver-
- tisting.
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- (7) Interpretation, application, and possible modification
- of this Acceptable User Policy shall be within the sole
- discretion of ANS. Questions about any issue arising
- under this Policy should be directed to ANS by User
- Organizations when an issue first arises.
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