Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:07:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net (Neal Westfall) Cc: cmott@scientech.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Src code for @Home NIC Card for Slaming into UNIX - Re: (Form posted from Mozilla (KMM25773C0KM)) Message-ID: <199903121907.OAA01095@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9903121032110.7653-100000@Vorlon.odc.net> from Neal Westfall at "Mar 12, 99 10:41:06 am"
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[This has totally diverged from -hackers scope. Headers set so followups are going to -questions.] Neal Westfall wrote, > On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > > > As my address implies, I have @Home service. Specifically, I have > > Comcast@Home in NJ. > > So does this mean that @home does not really enforce their policy > of "no servers of any kind" that appears in their FAQ? I have > heard of some horror stories with them canceling people's accounts > for running Quake (only temporary sessions, not full-time servers). To quote from the service agreement (note the caps are how it appears in the agreement), "(b)In addition, Customer agrees not to: . . . viii) RESELL THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE CHARGE OTHERS TO USE THE SERVICE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ON A BUNDLED OR UNUNBUNDLED BASIS. THE SERVICE IS TO BE USED SOLELY IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE; LIVING QUARTERS IN A HOTEL, HOSPITAL, DORM, SORORITY OR FRATERNITY HOUSE, OR BOARDING HOUSE; OR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF A PREMISES USED FOR BOTH BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. THE SERVICE IS FOR PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY AND CUSTOMER AGREES NOT TO USE THE SERVICE FOR OPERATION AS AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, A SERVER SITE FOR FTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, E-MAIL HOSTING, "WEB HOSTING" OR OTHER SIMILAR APPLICATIONS, FOR ANY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE IN COMPETITION WITH THE SERVICE, OR AS AN END-POINT ON A NON-COMCAST LOCAL AREA NETWORK OR WIDE AREA NETWORK; or" My reading, and I am no lawyer, says to me that you cannot set up a server "for any business enterprises." Typically, it is written in precise legallese that is actually quite poor at getting the point across. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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