On Thu, 9 May 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
From: IN%"loki@obscura.com" "Lance Cottrell" 9-MAY-1996 18:58:23.21
On Thu, 9 May 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
I am not pushing the anonymous accounts until my laywer finishes the user agreement for them. It is a bit of a tricky document (Sameer, want a copy when it is done?). The whole site is days away from a complete redesign, so I am not putting much effort into the current interface. Thanks for the suggestions though.
I suspect that the legal types on cypherpunks would be interested in seeing it. Quite welcome on the suggestions.
The >= 18 condition is to cover my butt. Since minors can not be parties to contracts, I have no protection with them as clients. I am only a provider for adults, and they take full responsibility for any children allowed to use the connection. Fuck the CDA, but keep an eye on its claws.
I see your difficulty. It is an additional one with respect to anonymous accounts. Hmm... you could put the burden on other ISPs by only having anonymous accounts via telnet access - and not accepting such from k12.edu domains. Bit of a limit, though. -Allen
I expect the majority of our anonymous account to be telnet. We are setting up the contract to make it clear that any contract signed with a minor is invalid, and that any access of our system by that individual is actually illegal (various statutes on misuse of computer resources are quoted). I don't know about posting the agreement. My lawyer may not want to see all his hard work in the public domain. I will ask. -Lance ------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@infonex.com President Infonex Internet Services http://www.Infonex.com -------------------------------------