Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!plx!slvblc!dick From: dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: ZOO Copyrights (was: Re: requests to post zoo) Summary: Why a per *hour* limitation? Keywords: ZOO COPYRIGHT Message-ID: <8809120017.AA03509@slvblc.UUCP> Date: 12 Sep 88 00:17:17 GMT References: <3668@bsu-cs.UUCP> <67033@sun.uucp> <3869@bsu-cs.UUCP> <814@mccc.UUCP> Reply-To: slvblc!dick@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Dick Flanagan) Organization: SLV Systems Group, Ben Lomond, California Lines: 21 Disclaimer: none In article <814@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: > > In article <3869@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: > > So let's avoid these strongly-worded arguments and realize that we are > > talking about free software that I write primarily for fun. > > I understand your not wanting anyone to make money from your efforts, > but not why it's OK for some commercial services to collect for > downloads but not others. What I don't understand is why it's OK for me to download ZOO from CI$ at 300 baud, but not at 1200 bps. Or from GEnie at 1200 bps, but not at 2400 bps. Someone else asked a similar question a few days ago and I still can't fathom an answer. Dick -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD GEnie: FLANAGAN UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!slvblc!dick Voice: +1 408 336 3481 Internet: slvblc!dick@ucscc.UCSC.EDU LORAN: N037 04.7 W122 04.6 USPS: PO Box 155, Ben Lomond, CA 95005