Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!ubc-cs!van-bc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!math.ksu.edu!tar From: tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Xhash - choke cough gasp wheeze Message-ID: <1991Apr21.154623.9736@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Date: 21 Apr 91 15:46:23 GMT References: Sender: news@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (The News Guru) Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: hilbert.math.ksu.edu sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >I wonder what the publically funded network administrators would say >to this unauthorized use of their resources for direct commercial >gain? Wouldn't it be interesting if they threatened to pull plugs for >passing this manure? Well... there is precedent. comp.binaries.ibm.pc accepts shareware packages. Note that I don't completely agree with the idea of shareware packages being posted to anything besides a newsgroup created to pass commercial traffic. Perhaps biz.shareware? >X NOTICE ! ! ! ! >X >X X_HASH IS >SHAREWARE< ! YOU MUST READ AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS >X IN THIS FILE IF YOU WISH TO USE THIS DATA IN ANY WAY!!! >X >X X_HASH IS (C)1991 BY KENNETH JAMIESON >X >X ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) is meaningless, btw. I think he meant "Copyright" or . And why does just about every copyright notice scream at you in allcaps? Is there some legal reason? If I wish to use "THIS DATA" to line my birdcage, do I still need to send Ken $15? :-) -- Tim Ramsey/system administrator/tar@math.ksu.edu/(913) 532-6750/2-7004 (FAX) Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506-2602 -- Have you hugged your Diet Pepsi today?