Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!necntc!cullvax!drw From: drw@cullvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,misc.legal,comp.emacs Subject: Free software and Usenet articles on CompuServe Message-ID: <1369@cullvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 09:52:13 EDT Article-I.D.: cullvax.1369 Posted: Tue Jul 14 09:52:13 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 00:58:09 EDT Organization: Cullinet Software, Westwood, MA, USA Lines: 22 Xref: utgpu comp.os.minix:1157 misc.legal:1517 comp.emacs:1300 johnl@well.UUCP (John A. Limpert) writes: > I find it hard to believe that they > have any legal right to impose conditions on the redistribution of > material that is in the public domain or copyrighted by third parties. Well, since you as user are bound by whatever contract you have with Compuserve, Compuserve can restrict you in any way you both agree to. (I.e., check your contract with Compuserve.) Compuserve can't, of course, restrict third parties who aren't Compuserve customers, but then, they aren't downloading from Compuserve, are they? > Compuserve > has this strange notion that anything uploaded to their system cannot > be downloaded and redistributed. Not strange at all: Compuserve charges by connect-hour. If you download and make copies for 9 friends, Compuserve gets to charge for only one download. (And why are these articles posed to comp.emacs?) Dale