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From: drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Your articles sold for cash.
Message-ID: <1990Aug2.203121.21518@siia.mv.com>
Date: 2 Aug 90 20:31:21 GMT
References: <5414@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: Software Innovations, Inc.
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In <5414@castle.ed.ac.uk> tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:


>This is part of an ad that appears in Program Now, a UK based
>programming magazine:

>MINIX

>Run a Unix Type System
>For only $87.75
...
>Including printouts and patches from USENET.

>The Minix Centre 
>Forncett-End Nr Norwich Norfolk.

>	Several things disturb me about this. Firstly does this company
>have permission from Prentice Hall for what they are doing?
>Secondly they are selling the contents of this newsgroup for profit. The
>trouble is I don't see any way to stop them.
>	Tony

Depending on what, if any, they pay Prentice-Hall, they surely
aren't making much profit.  And, if some novice collects the
Minix patches via telecommunication, someone surely profits on that.

David Dick
Software Innovations, Inc. [the Software Moving Company(tm)]