Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!spaf
From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Message-ID: <4850@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 88 02:19:25 GMT
Expires: 11 Dec 88 02:19:25 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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Supersedes: <4698@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of 
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.  New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

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  Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by Erik E. Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu)
  

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! [Most recent change: 11 September 1988 by Erik E. Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu)
  
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!      I'm not sure of the exact history.  It seems to be related to the
!      phrase "run command". It is used for any file that contains
!      startup information for a command.  One belief is that the "rc"
!      stands for "ReConfiguration" which is what the file does.
  

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!      It is related to the phrase "run commands." It is used for any
!      file that contains startup information for a command.  The use of
!      "rc" in startup files derives from the /etc/rc command file used
!      to start multi-user Unix.
  
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       find if one looks in the appropriate location FIRST.

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       find if one looks in the appropriate location FIRST.
+ 
+ 32.  Are there any restrictions on posting e-mail someone sends to me?
+ 
+      At a minimum, it is only polite for you to contact the author of
+      the letter and secure her or his permission to post it to the net.
+ 
+      On a more serious note, it can be argued that posting someone's
+      e-mail to the net without their permission is a violation of
+      copyright law.  Under that law, even though a letter was addressed
+      to you, it does not grant you the right to publish the contents,
+      since those are the work of the author and the author retains
+      copyright (even if no explicit copyright mark appears).  There
+      have been many court cases brought because someone tried to
+      publish a collection of letters by a famous person, and that
+      person (or their estate) objected.  No case has yet been brought
+      for unauthorized  publication of e-mail, but the law seems clear
+      that it is not legal.
-- 
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida  Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf