[mat-wg] Using Atlas for commercial services

[Originally discussed on the RIPE Atlas users mailing list and
forwarded here per suggestion of Daniel Karrenberg, to be sure the
proper WG has a say.]

After reading the Atlas ToS <https://atlas.ripe.net/service-rules/>
and checking the FAQ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/faq/>, I still have
a question:

Can I use Atlas as a basis for commercial services? The ToS is silent
about it.

The list in
<https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/future-of-ripe-ncc-technical-services>
gives interesting ideas about new uses of Atlas (specially the part
about using Atlas to monitor reachability from Nagios, which could
become a service sold to people). Of course, Atlas is "best effort",
so one cannot sue the RIPE-NCC if it breaks and stops the commercial
service. But it still can be an interesting platform.

Today, most Atlas uses seem to be for public research, or for
"selfish" measurements (checking my network), including by commercial
organisations. But I see nothing forbidding people to sell services
(monitoring, quality assessment) to other people, based on Atlas. Is
it a good idea to explicitely allow or disallow such services?