Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!lsuc!ecicrl!clewis
From: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UUCP map for u.fra.0 (from comp.mail.maps)
Message-ID: <254@ecicrl.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 03:50:45 GMT
References: <7106@ki4pv.uucp> <1989Jul17.085440.9421@coms.axis.fr>
Reply-To: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Organization: Elegant Communications Inc. (Ferret Division)
Lines: 45

I wasn't going to say anything, but someone actually had the nerve
to support such a stupid thing.

In article <1989Jul17.085440.9421@coms.axis.fr> philip@coms.axis.fr (Philip Peake) writes:
>In article <7106@ki4pv.uucp>, tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) writes:
>> It has been pointed out via e-mail tha EUUG actively sues people who
>> turn the map entries into mailing lists, and that the copyright
>> supports this activity.
 
>> No written "autorization" has been received allowing me to use the
>> maps for their intended purpose, however.  I do acknowledge receipt
>> of notice that at least one postmaster blatantly violates the
>> copyright.

Well, my unpacker doesn't look for copyright notices.  I guess I'm
blatantly ignoring it too.  If you post something to comp.mail.maps,
there is an implicit understanding that they will be used, regardless
of copyright.

>Did you ask ?
>I don't suppose that you really think that somone is going to 'phone
>every site in the world to ask if they want permission do you ?

>Just send mail to postmaster@France.EU.net and ask if you want permission.

It's totally stupid to post articles like maps that are labeled with
an explicit prohibition against their use.  You're asking that EVERY SITE IN
THE WORLD send mail to postmaster@France.EU.net to politely ask
permission to use the maps.  And I'm not gonna.

If they're trying to prohibit the use of these maps for mailing lists,
then the restriction should say so - what could be simpler.

As it stands now, postmaster@France.EU.net is wasting quite a bit of other
site's money transmitting something that noone's allowed to use.

Unless this practice (prohibition of use) is stopped, I suggest that 
the people responsible for the posting of the maps refuse to
post maps containing such absurd restrictions.

(This is being CC:'d to postmaster@France.EU.net, and mel@rutgers)
-- 
Chris Lewis, Markham, Ontario, Canada
{uunet!attcan,utgpu,yunexus,utzoo}!lsuc!ecicrl!clewis
Ferret Mailing list: ...!lsuc!eci386!ferret-request