[gin-auth] Draft AUP for the GIN VO

[Stephen M Pickles]

Thanks, Dave. 

(snip)

> 
> Your two additional paragraphs seem reasonable and useful.
> 
> 1. I assume the "When in Rome" clause (3 words) will disappear? :=)

I don't mind. If we drop the tag, do we also drop the Reasonable Use
the from the next clause?

> 
> 2. The statement "Members of the VO are responsible for ensuring that
> their use of the GRID is consistent with all other applicable 
> policies."
> is a difficult one. We argued long and hard about such a sentence in
> EGEE and decided to leave it out. The problem is that you this
> immediately leads to the question - where does a user find these other
> policies?

It's true that a user is never likely to discover all these policies.
If my wording would lead people to start a useless search, then maybe
you're right and we should be more relaxed.

> 
> How about something like ""?
>

I could live with this, or something very like it.

What do others think?

Stephen

(snip)
> 
> Regards
> Dave
> 
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> Dr David Kelsey
> Particle Physics Department
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0QX, UK
> 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gin-auth-bounces at ogf.org 
> > [mailto:gin-auth-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Stephen M Pickles
> > Sent: 12 September 2006 13:51
> > To: gin-auth at ggf.org
> > Subject: [gin-auth] Draft AUP for the GIN VO
> > 
> > Here is my promised draft of the AUP for the GIN VO.
> > It is included in plain text below, and also attached as a 
> > Microsoft Word document.
> > 
> > The text is modelled on the examples from EGEE provided by 
> > Dave Kelsey. As discussed on the gin-auth list, in contrast 
> > to EGEE, we have a single AUP for the VO, instead of separate 
> > AUPs for the VO and GRID. I have tried to keep the wording as 
> > close to the EGEE model as possible, since that wording is 
> > proven to be acceptable to a large community. The preamble is 
> > modelled on the sample VO AUP from EGEE, while the numbered 
> > list of conditions of use is very close to the GRID AUP. I 
> > placed the "when in Rome" and "reasonable use" clauses in the 
> > pre-amble in order to preserve this similarity. However, I 
> > have departed from the EGEE wording in some areas for clarity 
> > or to avoid reference to things that don't exist in GIN.
> > 
> > Note that clause 3 refers to "the incident reporting 
> > locations specified by the VO". I've left that in because it 
> > seems right to have it. But it means that we need to specify 
> > these incident reporting locations.
> > 
> > Now is the time to quibble over the precise wording.
> > 
> > Stephen
> > 
> > -------
> > 
> > Acceptable Use Policy for the GIN VO
> > 
> > This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) applies to all members of 
> > the GIN Virtual Organization, hereafter referred to as the 
> > VO, and covers all usage under the auspices of the VO of the 
> > resources provided to it. These resources are hereafter 
> > referred to collectively as the GRID. The chairs of the GIN 
> > Community Group (GIN-CG) of the Open Grid Forum own and give 
> > authority to this policy. The goal of the VO is to conduct 
> > interoperation efforts among production Grid projects in 
> > fulfilment of the GIN-CG charter 
> > (http://forge.ogf.org/sf/projects/gin).
> > 
> > When in Rome: The major Grid projects and others who are 
> > providing resources to the VO, hereafter referred to as the 
> > Resource Providers, do so under various legal and policy 
> > constraints that may be peculiar to their organisational, 
> > regional, national or Grid affiliations. This AUP implies no 
> > waiver of any other policies or conditions that the Resource 
> > Providers may impose on the use of their resources. Members 
> > of the VO are responsible for ensuring that their use of the 
> > GRID is consistent with all other applicable policies.
> > 
> > Reasonable Use: The Resource Providers have agreed to donate 
> > resources to the VO on the understanding that the resources 
> > will be used for testing, monitoring and proof-of-concept 
> > experiments involving trial applications. Larger scale usage, 
> > such as might warrant the description production work, does 
> > not constitute reasonable use and MUST be cleared with the 
> > Resource Providers concerned through their normal channels.
> > 
> > Members and Managers of the VO agree to be bound by this 
> > Acceptable Use Policy and any other applicable policies of 
> > the VO or the Resource Providers, and to use the GRID only in 
> > the furtherance of the stated goals of the VO.
> > 
> > By registering with the VO as a GRID user you shall be deemed 
> > to accept these conditions of use:
> > 
> > 1. You shall only use the GRID to perform work, or transmit 
> > or store data consistent with the stated goals and policies 
> > of the VO and in compliance with these conditions of use. 
> > 
> > 2. You shall not use the GRID for any unlawful purpose. You 
> > shall not attempt to breach or circumvent any GRID 
> > administrative or security controls. You shall respect 
> > copyright and confidentiality agreements and protect your 
> > GRID credentials (e.g. private keys, passwords), sensitive 
> > data and files. 
> > 
> > 3. You shall immediately report any known or suspected 
> > security breach or misuse of the GRID or GRID credentials to 
> > the incident reporting locations specified by the VO and to 
> > the relevant credential issuing authorities.
> > 
> > 4. Use of the GRID is at your own risk. There is no guarantee 
> > that the GRID will be available at any time or that it will 
> > suit any purpose.
> > 
> > 5. Logged information, including information provided by you 
> > for registration purposes, shall be used for administrative, 
> > operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes 
> > only. This information may be disclosed to other 
> > organizations anywhere in the world for these purposes. 
> > Although efforts are made to maintain confidentiality, no 
> > guarantees are given. 
> > 
> > 6. The Resource Providers, the VO and the GRID operators are 
> > entitled to regulate and terminate access for administrative, 
> > operational and security purposes and you shall immediately 
> > comply with their instructions. 
> > 
> > 7. You are liable for the consequences of any violation by 
> > you of these conditions of use.
> > 
> > ----
> > 
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