Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdchema.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdchema!jwp From: jwp@sdchema.UUCP (John Pierce) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: "FREE"dom of the net is costing over $600,000 this year Message-ID: <284@sdchema.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 14:19:01 EST Article-I.D.: sdchema.284 Posted: Mon Nov 5 14:19:01 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Nov-84 00:43:55 EST References: <201@looking.UUCP> <7@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Reply-To: jwp@sdchema.UUCP (System management (jwp)) Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego Lines: 13 Summary: In article <7@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes: > To sum up: If everyone at your site has the right to post, except you, and > this decision was made on the basis of unpopular opinions in your postings, > your civil rights have been violated. At this site, *nobody* has a *right* to post articles to the net. However, everyone does have a qualified privilege to do so. The primary qualification is that site management not find such postings to violate reasonable standards of decency, the law, or contractual agreements with outside entities. John Pierce, Chemistry, UC San Diego {decvax,sdcsvax}!sdchema!jwp