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OK, I completely see where you are coming from. There is an idea I have suggested several times that has never been replied to, which is this:

Make a black list of behaviors that can and have gotten people banned. All of them. Then slap a boilerplate on it that the list is a guideline and not comprehensive, that CCP reserves the right to add, remove or alter entries without notice, then add it as an reference appendix to the EULA.

This way, third party developers will be able to get a solid understanding of the kind of behaviors that are not approved of without in any way infringing on CCP's ability to retain the final word on what is and is not allowed. The list wouldn't even be part of the EULA itself, just a list of behaviors that have historically bet met with severe disciplinary action.



When I was heavy into my networking coursework at university, one of my professors spent a full three hour lecture discussing the ins and outs of writing a good acceptable use policy, and the fundamental tenet was that everything in the document had to be enforced equally, that here in the States at least there is legal precedent of employees winning wrongful termination suits because of unequal enforcement of a policy, even when they were fired for something that was specifically in violation of a document they signed. That last doesn't really apply in this case, as the EULA does provision for banning with or without cause, but still.

The SANS Instutute (SysAdmin, Audit, Networking, and Security) actually has a published template for an acceptable use policy that may be an interesting read, if you have not already seen it. You can find that HERE. If you read through it, you will note that every single item in it is realistically enforceable in 100% of applicable cases, with no managerial hand-waving.