[gin-auth] Draft AUP for the GIN VO

[Stephen M Pickles]

We've already dropped the "When in Rome" tag from the text. 

Stephen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gin-auth-bounces at ogf.org 
> [mailto:gin-auth-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Oscar Koeroo
> Sent: 14 September 2006 03:27
> To: D.Bannon at vpac.org
> Cc: Mailing List for GIN-AUTH
> Subject: Re: [gin-auth] Draft AUP for the GIN VO
> 
> 
> Ok, here goes my ownest opinion about the 'When in Rome' 
> reference, I'm
> clueless about what this means. In Dutch we have all kinds of 
> references
> to Rome in the common vocabulary but I'm clueless how to translate the
> essential meaning to this phrase. I'm sorry but really needed 
> to look it
> up at Wikipedia ('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_in_Rome'). If you
> wish to use a proverb or a contraction of it, please include 
> the context
> or explination in the Appendix of the AUP for clarification 
> with a link
> to Wikipedia or Dictionary.com.
> 
> The logics in my brain tries to apply such phrases to: "Would Azian or
> Arabic people with a totally different culture and history 
> understand 'x'?".
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
>     Oscar
> 
> 
> 
> David Bannon wrote:
> 
> >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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