[db-wg] RIPE Database legal documents

[Denis Walker denis@localhost]

Apologies for duplicates]

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE Data Protection Task Force (DP TF), working with the RIPE NCC
and the company lawyers, has finalised a set of legal documents for the
RIPE Database. These documents are:

- RIPE Database Terms and Conditions
- RIPE Database Acceptable Use Policy
- Procedure for the Removal of Personal Contact Details from the RIPE
Database

They can be seen on the RIPE DP TF web page at this address:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/tf/dp/index.html

The documents have been subjected to a final review by the DP TF but
they are not yet legally effective. They are now available for review
and comments by the wider community. Please let us know if you have any
considerations or issues. Please bear in mind that with any documents
such as these, the wording can always be changed. However, we would
prefer not to make any subjective changes at this stage but only amend
anything that is inaccurate.

The documents will become legally effective from 1 September 2008 and
they will then be available on a new Legal Documents page on the RIPE
NCC website.

Regards,
Denis Walker
(on behalf of the RIPE DP TF)