new template.net form...

skw skw
Fri Aug 21 05:10:18 UTC 1992


Piet,
 
Thanks for the grammar clean-up!  Though I'm not sure about the 
distinction you are making between "complies" and "will comply".  
I'll have to run that one by the lawyers.  Just kidding.  :-)  But
I will run it by some others here just to be sure we aren't taking 
the law unto ourselves, so to speak.  
 
  --Steve W.


 >From: Piet.Beertema at mcsun.EU.net
 >To: skw at merit.edu
 >Subject: Re: new template.net form... 
 >Cc: regional-techs at merit.edu
 >Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 11:42:54 +0200
 >
 >Comment about the (new) NACR template:
 >
 >
 >    
 >                    ---- Network Announcement Change Request ----
 >    
 >     The networks which request access to the NSFNET backbone agree that traffic
 >     from the networks that will transit the NSFNET backbone comply with the
 >	  ^^^
 >     "NSFNET BACKBONE SERVICES ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY" dated June 1992.
 >
 >The leading "The" unequivocally denotes the networks
 >for which the NACR is submitted, but the marked "the"
 >can equally well denote the networks in the NACR as
 >"networks that will transit the NSFNET backbone" in
 >general. Since the latter in general is not under the
 >control of the networks mentioned in the NACR, this
 >"the" should be replaced by "these".
 >I spotted this quite some time ago already and I'm
 >consistently using "these" in my NACR's, but sofar
 >I just forgot to notify you. Sorry for that.
 >And to get even more picky ;-) note that the word
 >"comply" stands for the traffic, not the networks,
 >and thus should be "complies" or "will comply" (the
 >latter wording is better, since no one can be 100%
 >sure, one can always try the best and make a promise).
 >
 >All in all this leads to the suggestion to change
 >the text into:
 >
 >    The following networks, which request access to the NSFNET backbone,
 >    agree that traffic from these networks that will transit the NSFNET
 >    backbone will comply with the "NSFNET BACKBONE SERVICES ACCEPTABLE
 >    USE POLICY" dated June 1992.
 >
 >
 >
 >	Piet
 >
 





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