Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!nbires!ico!ism780c!tim From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,misc.legal,comp.emacs Subject: Re: Free software and Usenet articles on CompuServe Message-ID: <6933@ism780c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 17:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780c.6933 Posted: Tue Jul 21 17:11:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 00:41:54 EDT References: <1369@cullvax.UUCP> <1147@csib.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA Lines: 16 Xref: mnetor comp.os.minix:1281 misc.legal:2202 comp.emacs:1476 In article <1147@csib.UUCP> jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes: < As a regular user of Compuserve, I know of no restrictions on redistribution < of material downloaded from Compuserve that was not generated by Compuserve < itself. This obviously includes all material uploaded by users of Compuserve. < This is not only my opinion but also the opinon of the sysops of MACUS. Can < anyone offer a quote from Compuserve that suggests that there are restrictions < or is this all just hearsay? It is all just hearsay. Compuserve published a statement explaining exactly what their policy is. I uploaded it and posted it on Usenet once before. If I still have a copy, I will post it again. Since this comes up every six months or so, I am thinking of setting up a crontab entry to post it every six months. -- Tim Smith, Knowledgian {sdcrdcf,seismo}!ism780c!tim