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From: eric@milo.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Posting games
Message-ID: <730@milo.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Sep-84 08:01:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 13 08:01:33 1984
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	The problem has never been just game software. Other examples of
such problems were the list of Unix "holes" posted some time ago. One
obvous solution is to limit access to net.sources. But this does not stop
some of the damaging material that flows through unix-wizards and the rest.
I think we just have to accept this as one of the risks of the network.
Just think what could happen if someone posts an AT&T credit card number
to net.general - given some recent court decisions, we might all be
considered liable. For game software, I would recommend setting up
some kind of "delay" in the net.sources group to let you catch the
games as they come by. For the larger question, we will have to continue
to rely on peer pressure, and threats of death by flame.

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					eric
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