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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
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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.

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