BFD. Since when is an incomplete Usenet feed not Usenet?
Shall we go after all those sites that don't carry all newsgroups
because they're in violation of someone's made up rules?
> If someone wants to sell "Usenet-groups-on-disk", that's fine
>and dandy, so long as they include on that disk *every* article
>posted to the group they're selling.
I don't see why. What if their target audience is only computer-related?
They would just bundle up comp.*.
> What Walnut Creek is doing, OTOH, is picking and choosing
>which articles to include, based on their value to Walnut Creek.
Perhaps, that's the job of any good editor.
>If I wanted to write a book, I couldn't just go out and get
>"The Great Gatsby", "Without Remorse", and a few other hot titles
>and put them in one binding and sell them for a profit!
You don't? It's been done before. Many many times.
--Dave
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