[WikiEN-l] Cheese Dreams/proposal for a new policy

Sun Feb 6 11:56:08 UTC 2005

Karl A. Krueger (kkrueger at whoi.edu) [050206 16:20]:

> Most ISPs do have acceptable-use policies that specifically exclude
> breaking the stated rules on other sites.  BT states that users "must
> not gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any computer systems
> for any purpose" [1] -- which would seem to include setting up sock-
> puppet accounts to gain access to Wikipedia editing after being banned.
    [...] 
> [2] Some ISPs -do- apparently allow privileged customers to spam with
>     impunity.  http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=158

This sort of thing is what I mean by the difference between the TOS that is
written and the TOS that is acted upon. Read
http://www.btopenwoe.co.uk/read_woe.asp?id=879 and tell me BT have a clue.

- d.

[WikiEN-l] Cheese Dreams/proposal for a *new* policy

[WikiEN-l] Cheese Dreams/proposal for a new policy