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From: bantz@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: The purification of net.sources.mac
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 23:23:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 23:23:00 1985
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One of the express goals of the creationists is to force schools to buy
equal amounts of creationist and "evolutionist" teaching materials, and
to get funds for their religious endeavors from NSF.  This doesn't seem
much less commercial than the "freeware" postings to me.

The AI and laser-lovers notesfiles (from ARPAnet) contain a large number
of articles explicitly concerned with commercial products, by people who
stand to benefit from their success.  I find the information useful, and
don't mind at all paying (however indirectly) for its transmission.

Finally, there has been quite a bit of traffic in more than one group on
SDI/starwars; a good bit of the passionate argument for SDI comes, of 
course, from defense contractors who are going to get a whole lot more 
than a few $10 volutary donations for their efforts.  

My dictionary, by the way, for those concerned with the "principle," says
that "commercial" denotes LARGE SCALE buying and selling of goods, or 
BUSINESS.  (An alternate definition is "intellectual exchange" - is that
endangered too?)  It seem fa.laser-lovers, net.ai, and fa.arms-d should go
before net.sources is even an issue.  I would prefer to keep them all.