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From: fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. &)
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Subject: Re: Cleaning up net.sources.mac
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 08:14:45 EDT
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Time to be a wet blanket.

I don't care whether any specific shareware is good or not.

I don't care if it's a wonderful concept.

Use of the USENET for distribution of shareware constitutes `use of the
network for personal gain' which is roundly frowned upon, and if it
*ever* hits the ARPA Internet, could get us cut off from that very
vital and useful community of people, because they have an explicit
prohibition on use of their network for personal gain. I'm not exactly
sure, but I think it's a federal crime.

I personally don't read the groups in question, and to my knowledge, they
do not get gatewayed into the ARPA Internet. However, if I hear anything
to the contrary, I will cut off said groups from the ARPA Internet,
because I will not subject myself or this institution to possibility of
loss of our ARPA Internet connection and/or prosecution.

	keeper of the network news for ucbvax,
		and guardian of the gateway,

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU