Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!ox.com!caen!spool.mu.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cs!cs.umb.edu!ryan From: ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin Subject: Re: copyright status and future development of comp.archives Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 18:18:31 GMT Article-I.D.: ra.RYAN.91Jun19141831 References: Sender: news@cs.umb.edu (netnews) Followup-To: comp.archives.admin Organization: UMass Boston Dorchester, MA USA Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: emv@msen.com's message of 19 Jun 91 06:01:10 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ra.cs.umb.edu I too am very appreciative of emv's work on comp.archives but I have to question the direction he has chosen to take comp.archives. I think he may be able to make some money with it but I think the USENET community would be better off if the work is decentralized. I think we should be discussing ways which we could distribute the work load as widely as possible so that noone person is overly burdened. For example, whenever we find ourselves posting the location and/or availability of an item of information or software, it would be nice if there was a single newsgroup with an agreed upon article format which one could post that info to. It would be bad manners to carry on discussion in the designated newsgroup. That's just one idea. Maybe it will work, maybe not, but I think it is a better idea than having one person or one company sifting through megabytes of crap to find a few gems.