From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: [ucb.org.csua, et al.]  The Schedule of Classes
Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,ucb.org.csua,ucb.org.ocf,ucb.english,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:54:24 GMT

[A repost - Carl]

From: hh@soda.berkeley.edu (Eric Hollander)
Newsgroups: ucb.org.csua,ucb.org.ocf,ucb.english,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk
Subject:  The Schedule of Classes
Date: 22 Jan 1993 01:05:13 GMT

Last semester, I wondered why the UC Berkeley Schedule of Classes was not
available on the Internet.  I knew that it was kept at jasper.berkeley.edu,
which is already on the net.  I asked the Office of the Registrar if they
could mail me a copy so I could put it up for ftp.  It would have taken a
system administrator less than one minute to type the required command:
mail hh@soda < socfile.  They told me they could not do this.  I decided to
do it myself.  I acquired the Schedule of Classes through one of the Infocal
terminals in Sproul Hall.  I unplugged the terminal and plugged in my
PowerBook.  I used a terminal emulator on the PowerBook, and performed a
Search for Class by Name.  I selected "start ascii text capture" and
searched for *.  Two hours later, I had the Spring 93 Schedule of Classes on
my PowerBook's hard disk.

I posted an anouncement of the on-line availability of the Schedule of
Classes to several newsgroups.  This announcement is still available for
anon ftp from soda in /classes/statement.

The Office of the Registrar did not like what I did, and the week before the
Spring Semester started I received the following letter from the Office of
Student Conduct:

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/Letterhead:  Office of Student Conduct, 326 Sproul Hall/

January 8, 1993

Mr. Eric Jonathan Hollander
1042 Merced
Berkeley, CA 94707

Dear Mr. Hollander:

SUBJECT:  _Notice_of_Possible_Violation_of_Code_of_Student_Conduct_

I have been asked to investigate a possible violation on your part of the
following section of the Berkeley Code of Student Conduct (CSC):

Section I. B. 4 (Unauthorized use of University Computer Equipment)

4.	Unauthorized entry to or use of University property, equipment, or
resources.  This section includes all forms of misuse of University
equipment involving electronic or computerized information storage.

A copy of the Berkeley Code of Student Conduct is enclosed for your
information.

This investigation is based on your reported misuse of a University computer
terminal in Sproul Hall during the 1992 Fall Semester.

It is necessary that I meet with you in my office on Thursday, January 21,
1993, at 12:00 Noon to discuss your case.  Please contact my office at
643-9069, as soon as possible to confirm your appointment.  Please be
advised that your failure to make that appointment will result in your being
dropped from the rolls of currently registered students.

This is an official University communication.

Be advised that under Section III. L. of the Berkeley Code Of Student
Conduct, a student may be represented by legal counsel or other
representative at any stage of University disciplinary proceedings.

Yours Sincerely,

/Signature/

Sanford H. Paganucci, Jr.
Student Conduct Officer
enclosure

cc:	LaVerne Lazzereschi
	Associate Registrar
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LaVerne Lazzereschi had complained to the Office of Student Conduct that I
had "misused" University computer equipment.

I talked with Mr. Paganucci in his office today at 10:00.  The discussion
was brief.  He told me that unplugging terminals is misuse of equipment.  He
told me that he is giving me an informal warning.  He made me state that I
did not intend to unplug terminals or "misuse" equipment again.

I stated to him that I will never again "misuse" computer equipment in order
to acquire public information in electronic form.

I believe that computers exist to provide access to information.  Using a
computer to give me this access can never be misuse.

Eric Hollander
-- 
Carl Kadie -- I do not represent any organization; this is just me.
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