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@heading [Principles of Responsible Use of Project Athena]


@center(@i(Steve Lerman
Project Athena Director))
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Project Athena is a five-year experiment in the use of a large,
networked computer system as part of the educational process at M.I.T.
Athena's distributed computer system will open up entirely new ways for
members of the M.I.T. community to share information.  One consequence
of linking the entire community together, however, is the potential for
improper use of the system, a violation of M.I.T.'s high standards of
honesty and personal conduct.

@center(@b(Intended Use))

The hardware granted to Project Athena, and the software licensed for
that hardware, are intended only for educational use by M.I.T. community
members.  Use of Athena resources by anyone outside M.I.T. requires
approval of the Provost, and the sale of such use is prohibited.  The
use of Athena resources for financial gain is similarly prohibited.  Use
of Project Athena's facilities for sponsored research activities that
normally would make use of other M.I.T. facilities is not permitted,
except by permission of the Director.

@center(@b(Privacy and Security))

The UNIX@foot(UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.) operating
 system used by Project Athena facilitates sharing
information and software among its users.  Security mechanisms for
protecting information from unintended access--from within the system or
from the outside--are minimal.  These mechanisms, by themselves, are
inadequate for a community the size of M.I.T.'s, for whom protection of
individual privacy is as important as sharing.  Users must supplement
the system's security mechanisms by using the system in a manner that
preserves the privacy of others.

For example, users should not attempt to gain access to the files or
directories of another user without explicit authorization from that
user (unless that user has intentionally made them available for public
access).  Nor should users attempt to interept any systems
communications, such as electronic mail or terminal dialog.  Programs
should not store information about other users without the users' prior
knowledge.  Personal information about another individual, which a user
would not otherwise disseminate to the M.I.T. community, should not be
stored or communicated on the system without the other individual's
permission.  Such information includes grades, evaluation of students,
and their work.

@center(@b(System Integrity))

Actions taken by users intentionally to interfere with or to alter the
integrity of the system cannot be permitted.  These include unauthorized
use of accounts, impersonation of other individuals in systems
communications, attempts to crack passwords or encryption, and
destruction or alteration of data or programs belonging to other users.
Equally unacceptable are intentional efforts to restrict or deny access
by others to any of the resources of the system.

@center(@b(Intellectual Property Rights))

Some software and databases that reside on the system are owned by users
or third parties, and are protected by copyright and other laws,
together with licenses and other contractual agreements.  Users must
abide by these restrictions.  Such restrictions may include prohibitions
against copying programs or data for use on non-Athena systems or for
distribution outside M.I.T., against the resale of data or programs or
their use for noneducational purposes or for financial gain, and
against public disclosure of information about programs (e.g., source
code) without the owner's authorization.  It is the responsibility of
the owner of protected software or data to make any such restrictions
known to the user.
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June, 1986))