[UK-CONTEST] Cluster

[Steve Knowles]

Rob

The term "The Public" refers to the Hoi-Polloi,  the general masses, 
all-and-sundry.  English law accepts that the public may be expected to pay 
for the provision of certain services, but that said services, if defined as 
'public' must be available to all without other qualification. The classic 
example is the Public Toilet - if you've got the penny ... you're in!

Therefore, since CDXC impose a notional membership requirement of having 
worked 100DCXX entities (even though this MAY be waived at the discretion of 
the Club) and also require prospective members to be sponsored (and this 
also MAY be waived), it can in no wise be considered a public entity. 
Therefore its cluster can not be 'public', requiring as it does membership 
of the club to obtain a user's password.

Fortunately, the Rules for HM-el Rey contest don't make this distinction!

Cheers

Steve
G3UFY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Thomson" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Cluster


>I guess from the lack of responses to my question that everyone else has as 
>much idea as I as to what constitutes a "Private Cluster" ??
>
> The reason that I asked the question was that I was using the CDXC cluster 
> at the weekend (for the King of Spain Contest) and wondered if it was OK 
> to use a cluster that required a password.
>
> In the end, I decided that a "public" cluster was any custer accessible 
> via the Internet (regardless of password, user lists) and "Private" was 
> one set up on a LAN/WAN or other closed network.
>
> Anyone wish to comment?
>
> Rob, G4LMW
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