Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!Ra.MsState.Edu!fwp1 From: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: c.u.wizards vs. c.u.internals Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 90 18:13:46 GMT References: <34639@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <18530@rpp386.cactus.org> <26E4EC42.42AB@tct.uucp> <18533@rpp386.cactus.org> Sender: usenet@ra.MsState.Edu Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: /home0/cc/fwp1/.organization Lines: 42 In-reply-to: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com's message of 6 Sep 90 16:58:44 GMT In article barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes: In article <18533@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: > Well, I'm tending to agree with Doug Gwyn. Doug's statement was > that he wouldn't be able to discuss UNIX internals because his > license prohibited him from doing so. What does the NAME of the newsgroup have to do with anything? As I understand it, John and Doug can post Unix(TM) articles in a newsgroup called comp.unix.spam, but can't legally post a SPAM recipe to comp.unix.internals? No-one said people are *required* to discuss proprietary info in c.u.i. If your license prevents you from doing so, then don't post anything proprietary. Hasn't this always been the case? Am I missing something here? One of the terms of a UNIX source license is that the licensee agrees not to discuss the internals of the UNIX operating system with unlicensed individuals. A posting to a group named comp.unix.internals could easily be viewed as prima facie evidence of a violation of that agreement. I can see Doug or John in court now: "Yes your honor I do participate regularly in a newsgroup named comp.unix.internals but I never discuss the internals of the UNIX operating system there! HONEST!" At least with comp.unix.wizards you'd have a reasable chance of defending your case. Regards, FWP -- -- Frank Peters Internet: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu Bitnet: FWP1@MsState Phone: (601)325-2942 FAX: (601)325-8921