Rules for Use

The LCFIB computers serve to support the School's teaching and administration tasks. Only students, teachers and administration and service staff assigned to the Barcelona School of Informatics (UPC) are allowed accounts. They are bound to the following rules for use:

1. Users must not physically mistreat the computer equipment or infrastructure, disconnect or re-route it, or modify any configuration without permission from the LCFIB.
2. The systems should not be used for private, commercial or professional activities (except for those persons who work at the FIB and use the systems in their work).
3. Users are responsible for ensuring that the information stored in their work area complies with current legislation regarding the protection of computer programs.
4. Users must not access the resources (computers, accounts, software, files, queues, terminals, folders, etc.) without authorisation. Please consult the LCFIB with any doubts.
5. No system may be used in such a way as to interfere with its normal functioning or that of or any of the computers it is connected to. Viruses, worms, or other programs that may harm the information processing systems must not be distributed. The systems and communication links must not be intentionally congested. The systems may not be used to play games.
6. Users must not send offensive or defamatory information via any of the available means of communication.
7. In order to rationalise the use of paper, the printing of non-printable formats (executable files, objects, indexed files, etc.) is prohibited, as is text that is not related to learning activities (for students) or work (for service and administration staff and teachers). It is also forbidden to print interactive help files (helps, manuals, etc.) Please consult the LCFIB with any doubts. If this rule is broken, it will result in restricted access to the resources until the user pays for the printing costs.

The account holder is the only person responsible for any activities carried out with the account. This includes password security. It is important that the users keep track of all the accounts they have assigned to the systems.

Lack of compliance with these rules may result in temporary or permanent restrictions on access to the systems, and the offender may be reported to the pertinent authorities.

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