[gin-auth] Draft AUP for the GIN VO

[David Bannon]

While just about everyone understands the "When in Rome" referance, it
probably is just a little informal for a document like this.

Otherwise fine.

David Bannon

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 14:52 -0400, Stephen M Pickles wrote:
> 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
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > Dr David Kelsey
> > Particle Physics Department
> > Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> > Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0QX, UK
> > 
> > e-mail: D.P.Kelsey at rl.ac.uk
> > Tel: [+44](0)1235 445746 (direct)
> > Fax: [+44](0)1235 446733
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > > -----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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