Conditions
of Use of Computing Laboratories
Before being allowed to commence your first laboratory session
you must fill in and sign an Acceptance of Conditions of Use
form, to indicate your agreement to the following conditions
specified by the School of Computer Science & Software
Engineering (CS & SE) and the University of Western Australia
for the use of CS & SE computing laboratories and any accounts
or software associated with them.
- You may use only those facilities which you have been authorised
to use. Authorisation can only be granted by the Head of School
or by staff so authorised by the Head.
- You must not tamper with laboratory facilities. This includes,
but is not limited to:
- connecting hardware;
- removing hardware;
- installing software without the authorisation of the CS &
SE Systems Committee;
- removing software;
- unauthorised access or alteration of data.
- You must obey the copyright law. Under this law all computer
software is copyright by the copyright owner regardless of whether
it contains a copyright notice. Software must not be copied or
adapted without the express permission of the copyright owner.
You must not use the School's facilities to illegally copy
software or illegally copy the software provided for your use
by the School.
- Where your use of the facilities is governed by an account
with a password, the password must not be divulged to any other
persons. Your account is for your own personal use; you must
take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of your account.
- You must not disturb other students by:
- tampering with facilities in such a way as to impede their
use by other students;
- making too much noise in the laboratory;
- using computer facilities to send inappropriate messages;
- inviting visitors into the lab;
- or in any other way.
If you feel that someone is disturbing your use of the laboratory
then you should report it to the lab supervisor or, after hours,
to university security (x2222).
- You shall not access any software or data except that which
belongs to you or has been provided for your use. Specifically,
you must not attempt to subvert any restrictions on the use of
facilities.
- You should report, without delay, any breaches in security.
- The laboratory facilities may be used only for the tasks
assigned in your course. They may not be used for unauthorised
purposes, including work assigned by other schools in other
courses, hobby computing, private consulting work, or the playing
of computer games.
- While every effort will be made to provide reliable School-wide
backups, the School will not be responsible for the loss
of any data in the case of an accident. If it is essential that
your files are not lost, you should maintain your own backup
using the facilities provided [eg floppy disk or network connection].
- The School reserves the right to examine all computer
data and software on its facilities.
- Laboratory facilities should not be wasted by inappropriate
or irresponsible computing [games], or excessive printing.
- Eating and drinking are absolutely prohibited in all
laboratories. Smoking is absolutely prohibited everywhere
in the Computer Science & Software Engineering building.
- Any equipment faults, however minor, should be reported immediately
to a lab supervisor or, after hours, to the unixsupport,
ntsupport or MacSupport e-mail addresses.
- Where printing facilities are provided you must:
- keep the printer area clean and tidy at all times;
- use "Paper Only" bins for waste paper;
- use your print quota only for course work;
- not unnecessarily print course-related documents that were
specifically provided in electronic form without specific authorisation.
- The Head of School, or any staff authorised by the Head,
may suspend any person from using the laboratory facilities if,
in their opinion, that person:
- was responsible for wilful physical damage to any of the
computing facilities;
- was in possession of confidential information obtained improperly;
- was responsible for the wilful destruction of information;
- was responsible for the deliberate interruption of normal
services provided by the laboratory;
- used, copied or destroyed all or part of a software product
not their own or not currently assigned for their use;
- copied, destroyed or removed from the laboratory any software
product whether or not it was assigned for their use;
- knowingly allowed someone else to use, copy, destroy or remove
from the laboratory any software product that was not assigned
to that other person.
Students disputing such suspension shall have the rights accorded
to them under University Statute 17 (Discipline).
- Any breach of these or any other conditions governing the
use of the laboratory facilities may result in disciplinary action
being taken under University Statute 17, or criminal proceedings
initiated as appropriate.
February 2003
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