The CDF facility is owned and operated by the University in order to provide
computing support for specific courses, mostly in Computer Science.  The
University is not obligated to provide computing support for its courses (and
indeed, there are many courses, even in Computer Science, for which CDF
accounts are not issued).  But because access to computing facilities is
useful for students enrolled in certain computing courses, the Department of
Computer Science operates CDF in order to provide such access.  However,
access to CDF is a privilege, not a right, and the University is free to
withdraw this privilege should it believe it prudent to do so.  In particular,
the payment of tuition does not automatically give anyone the right to use CDF. 

CDF is not a computing service provider or a "common carrier".  The
University owns and operates the computing facility and carries a certain
amount of legal liability for the content.  Hence, students are given access
to the facility at the University's discretion and there is no intrinsic
right to a particular level of service, and no absolute right to privacy or
ownership of files or accounts.  However, while the University owns all files
on the CDF system, the University does not necessarily own the copyright for
those files.

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