Acceptable Use Policy for the GIN VO.

This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) applies to all members of the GIN Virtual Organization, hereafter referred to as the VO, and covers all usage under the auspices of the VO of the resources provided to it. These resources are hereafter referred to collectively as the GRID. The chairs of the GIN Community Group (GIN-CG) of the Open Grid Forum own and give authority to this policy. The goal of the VO is to conduct interoperation efforts among production Grid projects in fulfilment of the GIN-CG charter (http://forge.ogf.org/sf/projects/gin).

The major Grid projects and others who are providing resources to the VO, hereafter referred to as the Resource Providers, do so under various legal and policy constraints that may be peculiar to their organizational, regional, national or Grid affiliations. This AUP implies no waiver of any other policies or conditions that the Resource Providers may impose on the use of their resources. Members of the VO must respect all other applicable policies and if they become aware that through their use of the GRID they are contravening any such policy they must immediately correct their activities to prevent further contravention.

The Resource Providers have agreed to donate resources to the VO on the understanding that the resources will be used for testing, monitoring and proof-of-concept experiments involving trial applications. Larger scale usage, such as might warrant the description production work, does not constitute reasonable use and MUST be cleared with the Resource Providers concerned through their normal channels.

Members and Managers of the VO agree to be bound by this Acceptable Use Policy and any other applicable policies of the VO or the Resource Providers, and to use the GRID only in the furtherance of the stated goals of the VO.

By registering with the VO as a GRID user you shall be deemed to accept these conditions of use:

1. You shall only use the GRID to perform work, or transmit or store data consistent with the stated goals and policies of the VO and in compliance with these conditions of use.

2. You shall not use the GRID for any unlawful purpose. You shall not attempt to breach or circumvent any GRID administrative or security controls. You shall respect copyright and confidentiality agreements and protect your GRID credentials (e.g. private keys, passwords), sensitive data and files.

3. You shall immediately report any known or suspected security breach or misuse of the GRID or GRID credentials to the incident reporting locations specified by the VO and to the relevant credential issuing authorities.

4. Use of the GRID is at your own risk. There is no guarantee that the GRID will be available at any time or that it will suit any purpose.

5. Logged information, including information provided by you for registration purposes, shall be used for administrative, operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes only. This information may be disclosed to other organizations anywhere in the world for these purposes. Although efforts are made to maintain confidentiality, no guarantees are given.

6. The Resource Providers, the VO and the GRID operators are entitled to regulate and terminate access for administrative, operational and security purposes and you shall immediately comply with their instructions.

7. You are liable for the consequences of any violation by you of these conditions of use.