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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Copyright status of the netnews software
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Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 16:22:08 EST
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In article <539@hao.UCAR.EDU> woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) writes:
>  I will give you a point for domain name registration, however. I was
>*shocked* when I heard about that! Since that *is* eventually going
>to be required, *that* is an issue that cannot be compared to
>Stargate.

Whoa - where did you ever get the idea that domain names are
"eventually going to be required"?  Domain names are required right now
if you want a name that is recognized by the domain community.  Always
have been.  But nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to
get a domain name.  I'm sure there will be lots of places that aren't
interested in officially registered names, especially those who only
want internal communication.  Bang paths will continue to work for them
as they always have, and in fact bang paths will continue to work for
everybody who speaks UUCP.

We do, of course, encourage people to join the UUCP Zone, because we
can provide better service with domains than without them.  But we
intend to continue publishing the u.* part of the UUCP map, without
charge, as a community service.

	Mark Horton