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Acceptable Use

Please use the residence hall Ethernet connections appropriately. For a full list of guidelines read the UO's Computing Acceptable Use Policy.

Ethernet rules and guidelines

Prohibited Conduct: University Conduct Code, OAR 571-21-030, also applies to electronic forums. The code prohibits, among other things, lewd or indecent conduct, threat of imminent physical harm, sexual or other harassment, stalking, forgery, intentional disruption of university services, and damaging or destroying university property. Similarly, the code's prohibitions against illegal discrimination, including discriminatory harassment and sexual harassment, also apply to electronic forums. The University of Oregon respects copyright laws and insists that its faculty, students, and staff do likewise. Copying proprietary software is theft, and will not be tolerated on campus. Illegally copied software subjects the university to risk of litigation, and denies software authors the compensation they deserve. Moreover, use of such software could result in your suspension or dismissal from the university, and either criminal prosecution or a civil suit for copyright infringement, or both.

Similarly, if you make materials available for others to retrieve or use (via a World Wide Web server, postings to a USENET newsgroup, sharing programs, etc.), be sure to respect their copyrights. In general, every document, image, or sound is copy written upon creation, and may only be used or redistributed with the permission of the copyright holder. This statement includes such file sharing programs such as Kazaa, Gnutella, I-Donkey, BitTorrent, etc. If you choose to use this type of program please see the page on file sharing.
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