The NSFNET Backbone Services Acceptable Use Policy

                                 June 1992

General Principle

(1) NSFNET Backbone services are provided to support open research and 
    education in and among US research and instructional institutions, plus 
    research arms of for-profit firms when engaged in open scholarly 
    communication and research.  Use for other purposes is not acceptable.

Specifically Acceptable Uses

(2) Communication with foreign researchers and educators in connection with 
    research or instruction, as long as any network that the foreign user 
    employs for such communication provides reciprocal access to US 
    researchers and educators.

(3) Communication and exchange for professional development, to maintain 
    currency, or to debate issues in a field or subfield of knowledge.

(4) Use for disciplinary-society, university-association, government-advisory,
    or standards activities related to the user's research and instructional 
    activities.

(5) Use in applying for or administering grants or contracts for research or 
    instruction, but not for other fundraising or public relations activities.
 
(6) Any other administrative communications or activities in direct support 
    of research and instruction.

(7) Announcements of new products or services for use in research or 
    instruction, but not advertising of any kind.

(8) Any traffic originating from a network of another member agency of the 
    Federal Networking Council if the traffic meets the acceptable use policy 
    of that agency.

(9) Communication incidental to otherwise acceptable use, except for illegal 
    or specifically unacceptable use.

Unacceptable Uses

(10) Use for for-profit activities, unless covered by the General Principle 
     or as a specifically acceptable use.

(11) Extensive use for private or personal business.

This statement applies to use of the the NSFNET Backbone only.  NSF  expects 
that connecting networks will formulate their own use  policies.  The NSF 
Division of Networking and Communications Research  and Infrastructure will 
resolve any questions about this Policy or its interpretation.