On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 10:36, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 08:56:04PM -0600, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> > XIII run programs or servers from the Premises which provide network content 
> > or any other services to others.  Examples of prohibited programs include, 
> > but are not limited to, mail, ftp, http, game, newsgroup, proxy, IRC servers 
> > and multi-user interactive forums;
> 
> Ah, ha.  Here's your loop: "provide network content or any other services to
> others", "to others" being the key, here.  I would say it's safe to run
> services for yourself but not others. ;-)
> 
> 	"This web server is run for my own personal edification and no other
> 	reason.  If you are not me and you're viewing this web server, you
> 	should not be here.  Go away.  Why, because AT&Greed are dorks. <link
> 	to license agreement>.
> 	
> 	[ Login ] [ Leave ]
> 	"
> 
Sure.  What it does -- all, apparently, that it does -- is give AT&T the
right and ability to close down somebody who is making a nuisance of
themselves by running high-bandwidth servers off their cable modem. 
While I wish they had phrased things more elegantly, it's not going to
interfere, in practice, with the ordinary sorts of things that even
power users are going to want to do.  
 

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