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From: johnl@well.UUCP (John A. Limpert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,misc.legal,comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Free software and Usenet articles on CompuServe
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Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 22:08:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 10 22:08:59 1987
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Summary: MINIX files removed from Compuserve
Xref: mnetor comp.os.minix:1204 misc.legal:2118 comp.emacs:1395

All of the MINIX files on Compuserve have been removed from the public
access file area on the IBM PC forum.  These files were abstracted from
articles on comp.os.minix by Tom Poindexter.  I believe the files were
removed due to questions about copyright and redistribution.  Compuserve
has this strange notion that anything uploaded to their system cannot
be downloaded and redistributed.  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.