Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: news.stargate Subject: Re: Downloading from Usenet vs. downloading from CompuServe Message-ID: <6337@ism780c.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-May-87 01:05:29 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780c.6337 Posted: Sun May 17 01:05:29 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 17-May-87 11:46:54 EDT References: <213200002@mirror> <255@atlas.UUCP> <116@l5comp.UUCP> <3043@well.UUCP> <21445@styx.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA Lines: 10 Keywords: copyrights, compilations, public domain software When dealing with a commercial service, such as Compuserve or GEnie, there are things beside copyright law that determine what one can and can not do. In particular, you have to sign an agreement to abide by their rules in order to gain access to their service. This agreement can put restrictions on what you can and can not distribute. -- Tim Smith "O Freunde, nicht diese Toene! sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, Und freudenvololoand