Re: Internet Info CDROM -- FAQs, RFCs, docs, etc.

Kent Landfield (Kent_Landfield@sterling.com)
Wed, 6 Apr 94 16:08:07 CDT

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>
> On Wed, 6 Apr 94 12:23:36 CDT, Kent Landfield <Kent_Landfield@sterling.com>
> said:
>
> > What do you write FAQ's for ? Profit or the good of the community they
> > serve ? A service is being provided that costs him money to provide.
>
> Why do I write FAQs? Simple: (1) to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in the
> newsgroups to which they are posted, and (2) to educate people.
>
> Why does [redistribution without authorization] concern me?
>
> (1) I want to ensure that the latest version possible is included in the
> collection
> (2) I want to know what collections the FAQ is in, and how that collection can
> be obtained (so that it can be a service to the FAQ readers)
> (3) I want to ensure that the FAQ is included in the collection without
> modification and that all of the contributors to the FAQ remain
> acknowledged
> (4) I want to ensure that the collection is compatible with the FAQ. Just as
> the Disney FAQ does not appropriately belong on a collection with XXX
> graphics, so too the s.c.j information has incompatibilities.
>
> Daniel
>
>

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