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 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to Rob
Re: Striving To Make Things Better said by Rob:Comcast's official policy is no servers, at all, allowed on their network. Rob, you're usually not wrong about such things, but I think that you may be wrong about this one. I'm not sure if you work for the company, for a contractor of the company, or if you're just well acquainted with them and not connected at all.
If you are connected, please go get the official line from your legal department. The TOS simply does not say, "No servers, at all." (If that were the intent, it would be clearer and simpler if it did say exactly that, wouldn't it?)
In addition to the TOS language, there is also an FCC policy statement that has some powerful effect of force. So Comcast has to walk a tight line. (I believe the FCC policy statement has a nullifying effect on the TOS, but I'm also obviously one very biased opinion.)
The question you are answering does seem to be a difficult one to parse, since it is a business use, but it is not a public service or server.
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
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| Business users have a different TOS/AUP which depending on the level of service purchased, may or may not allow servers.
As for home users, no servers no matter what tier you buy. Now to us technical people, a server is any app listening for requests and responding to them in some manner, which includes (some*) games and even p2p file sharing.
(*Diablo Classic, for instance, is a peer to peer game and would fall under the no servers clause. Diablo 2 Closed BNet OTOH is all hosted via BNet servers, and even if you created the game you're still just a client.)
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 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | reply to funchords
said by funchords:said by Rob:Comcast's official policy is no servers, at all, allowed on their network. Rob, you're usually not wrong about such things, but I think that you may be wrong about this one. I'm not sure if you work for the company, for a contractor of the company, or if you're just well acquainted with them and not connected at all. If you are connected, please go get the official line from your legal department. The TOS simply does not say, "No servers, at all." (If that were the intent, it would be clearer and simpler if it did say exactly that, wouldn't it?) In addition to the TOS language, there is also an FCC policy statement that has some powerful effect of force. So Comcast has to walk a tight line. (I believe the FCC policy statement has a nullifying effect on the TOS, but I'm also obviously one very biased opinion.) The question you are answering does seem to be a difficult one to parse, since it is a business use, but it is not a public service or server. And you may be right, I was simply paraphrasing from their Acceptable Use Policy:
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use or run dedicated, stand-alone equipment or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises local area network ("Premises LAN"), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited equipment and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;
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