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From: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells)
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Subject: Re: Neuron Digest V4 #6
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Date: 29 Sep 88 14:52:21 GMT
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In article <280@itivax.UUCP> dhw@itivax.UUCP (David H. West) writes:
:                               The network technology that enables
: you to read this message, and to obtain data from archive sites, is
: capable of handling most of this problem.  There are of course
: difficulties with the volume of the data, and with diagrams, and there
: are various ways round those difficulties.
:
: GNU (FSF) software is a fine example of how something useful but
: bulky can be widely available without formal publication.  Are we
: collectively too stupid to apply this lesson to non-executable
: information?
:
: The major residual problem that I see is that this method
: marginalizes those without net access (or the right kind of net
: access).  Again, it's hard to believe that we have insufficient
: ingenuity to solve this.

If all goes well, starting in the middle of October, I will be
moderating a new newsgroup: comp.archives.  While this
newsgroup's existence is motivated by the desire to make it
possible to find various software that exists on the net, I am
not restricting it to just that.  In particular, I am more than
willing to have archive information on publications which can be
freely distributed.  Following is part of a preliminary draft of
what I am intending to do with the newsgroup:

	...  contains information on any software, databases,
	documents, or what-have-you, that is both freely
	distributable and available electronically.  "Freely
	distributable" means that, if you have a copy of the
	item, you can (at least) make exact copies and give them
	away, and you don't have to tell the owner of the item
	(if any) that you have done so.  "Electronically
	available" means that it is either accessible through a
	publicly accessible network, or is available by a means
	that does not involve paying a fee to the distributor.

If you would like to see the that this newsgroup be created, send
an e-mail message to one of the following addresses:

UUCP:           { backbone } !killer!rpp386!vote
Internet:       vote@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US

The subject of the message should be the word 'YES' if you
approve of the creation of the newsgroup (and 'NO' if you don't
)-: ).  In order that the newsgroup be created, there must be 100
more YES votes than NO votes.  The latest word is that the voting
is lopsidedly in favor of YES.

The voting ends on October 14th, so vote soon!

If you have comments or questions, please feel free to send me
e-mail.  *Please* do not send me information about existing
archives and do not send requests that things be posted to the
newsgroup.

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Bill

You can still reach me at proxftl!bill
But I'd rather you send to proxftl!twwells!bill