mirror of https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
42 lines
1.5 KiB
PHP
42 lines
1.5 KiB
PHP
<?php
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require_once("docutil.php");
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page_head("Choosing BOINC projects");
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echo "
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BOINC was originally developed at the University of California to support
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<a href=http://setiathome.berkeley.edu>SETI@home</a>.
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However, other distributed computing projects use BOINC.
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BOINC allows you to participate in multiple projects,
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and to control how your resources (such as computer time
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and disk space) are divided among these projects.
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<p>
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Projects are independent, and each maintains its own servers.
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The BOINC developers and the University of California
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have no control over the creation of BOINC-based projects,
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and do not endorse them.
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The BOINC web sites lists some, but not all, projects.
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A more complete list is on the
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<a href=http://boinc-wiki.ath.cx/index.php?title=Catalog_of_BOINC_Powered_Projects>BOINC Wiki</a>.
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<p>
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When you participate in a project,
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you entrust that project with the health of your
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computer and the privacy of your data.
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In deciding whether to participate in a project,
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you should consider the following questions:
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<ul>
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<li> Do you trust the project to ensure that its applications
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won't damage your computer or violate your privacy?
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<li> Do you trust the project to use proper security practices on their servers?
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<li> Does the project clearly describe its goals,
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and are these goals important and beneficial?
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<li> Who owns the results of the computation?
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If the results are valuable, will they be freely available to the public
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or will they belong to a for-profit business?
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</ul>
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";
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page_tail();
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?>
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