Commercial Use of Computing Resources for Personal Gain

The following information was quoted from the Student Regulations Appendix V as of April 11, 2000:

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... "As defined in The Texas A&M University System Ethics Policy, employees may use computing resources for personal reasons as long as that use does not result in additional costs or damage to the university and generally does not hinder the day-to-day operation of university offices and facilities. Use of computing resources for unauthorized commercial purposes or personal gain is prohibited." ...

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The following information was quoted from the System Policy 07.01.99.M2 as of
August 21, 1997:

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..."Incidental personal use of computing resources at Texas A&M University is an exception to the general prohibition against the use of University equipment for anything other than official state business.

2. GUIDELINES
... Incidental personal use must not:
(1) result in financial gain for the user;
(2) be for business purposes where the business is owned by the employee or the work is done for another business (including consulting); ...

Personal use of computing resources which cannot be categorized as incidental should be guided by System Ethics Policy 07.01, subsection 8.4(1).

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Additional information can be found at the Unix Local Policies