Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!rutgers!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!nsc!tron From: tron@nsc.NSC.COM (tron) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Swedish copyright laws Message-ID: <3983@nsc.NSC.COM> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 16:12:42 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.3983 Posted: Wed Dec 17 16:12:42 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 04:28:03 EST References: <961981.861214.KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU> <8612160134.AA08428@prep.ai.mit.edu> <1082@ihdev.UUCP> Reply-To: tron@sc.nsc.com (Ronald S. Karr) Organization: Rational Swamiconductor, Sanivale Lines: 15 In article <1082@ihdev.UUCP> dlr@ihdev.UUCP (55224-D. L. Ritchey) writes: > ... The so-called "hoarding of information" and >"wrongness" of someone selling software for a profit are what has >produced much of the software used to operate and use the network we are >now reading article from. As I see it this network is an excelent example of what can be done on a cooperative basis. Unix, the operating system base for the network, was done to a large extent on a cooperative basis between Bell Labs and Universities. Then, the news software, which rides on top of this operating system, is public domain. It was created and is maintained on a volunteer basis using feed-back from the user community. I do not necessarily disagree with you on all points, but I think you missed an important lesson through this misunderstanding of the USENET network. tron |-<=>-| ARPAnet: nsc!tron@sun.COM tron@sc.nsc.com UUCPnet: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,sun}!nsc!tron