vpoko
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Re: The Univ network must control its costs ...
said by TKJunkMail  :... and legal liabilities by blocking P2P use. Tor can be used to bypass University controls on P2P. If the professor can't follow employer guidelines, fire his ass. Do you know whether he's tenured? That would create a contractual obligation to only terminate him for cause. Did he actually violate the acceptable use policy, or is it vague and doesn't cover what he's doing, as he claims? This may not be a simple case of an at-will employee violating an employer's rules. |
nixen
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| said by vpoko :said by TKJunkMail :... and legal liabilities by blocking P2P use. Tor can be used to bypass University controls on P2P. If the professor can't follow employer guidelines, fire his ass. Do you know whether he's tenured? That would create a contractual obligation to only terminate him for cause. Did he actually violate the acceptable use policy, or is it vague and doesn't cover what he's doing, as he claims? This may not be a simple case of an at-will employee violating an employer's rules. Does all that matter? In TKJunkMail -land, the twin IP Gods of MPAA and RIAA must be worshipped and obeyed. Teaching someone how to use tools that might be abused in ways that could anger those Gods is to be punished.
Oh, wait: that pretty much wipes out a CS/CE department, doesn't it?
-tom
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