Re: Your FAQ on CDROM

Kent Landfield (Kent_Landfield@sterling.com)
Thu, 7 Apr 94 9:00:37 CDT

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>
> Cindy Tittle Moore <tittle@netcom.com> writes:
> > I just called the 800 number given in the Readme.txt file and they say
> > that they will remove my faqs. I advise the rest of you to call them
> > as well. The number is 1 800 786 9907. They promised to remove even
> > the faqs I had not explicitly copyrighted. We shall see.
>
> Too bad. The CD looks to be a really nice product, something I'd
> have a lot of fun browsing. In situations like this, maybe other
> people can start offering alternative FAQs that are truly freely
> distributable, in the original spirit of USENET, instead of freaking
> out over someone possibly making a nickel off their precious document.
>

Yeah, instead of trying to solve the problem, let's just set up a new
mailing list. faq-maintainers-greedy@mit.edu would be for those who
have lost the original sprit of USENET or are to young to have ever
known it...
-Kent+

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