Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mitech!gjc From: gjc@mitech.com Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin Subject: Million dollars a year for COMP.ARCHIVES? Message-ID: <632@mitech.com> Date: 20 Jun 91 16:43:36 GMT References: Followup-To: comp.archives.admin Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA Lines: 24 In article , emv@msen.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes: > .... Hmm. Looks like an automatic way of producing this stuff is an idea who's time has come. There are hundreds of people who announce materials available for anonymous FTP. If there were an easy-to-use standard form for them to fill out on-line, I'm sure sure it could be popularized quite quickly. In fact, a good standard form would help some people to decide to announce something that they have been sitting on. > [*] Pointers to materials available under the GNU Public License will > of course be freely redistributable; MSEN will not assert any > copyright or place any restrictions over their redistribution, and > I'll continue to try to track GNU project announcements even if I give > up free distribution of everything else. Why? Are you afraid to rub them the wrong way? RMS is *for* the idea of people charging for services relating to GNU software. Being paid to find the right software would be a reasonable service. -gjc