Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!erast1 From: erast1@cisunx.UUCP (Evan Ron Aussenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Clarification on used games offer Keywords: non-commercial Message-ID: <17074@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 26 Mar 89 01:59:02 GMT References: <11042@well.UUCP> <9903@smoke.BRL.MIL> <17026@cisunx.UUCP> <9917@smoke.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Evan Ron Aussenberg) Organization: The Zets Lines: 43 In article <9917@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: --- >In article <17026@cisunx.UUCP> erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu >(Evan Ron Aussenberg) writes: >>This newsgroup caters to the technical and nontechies alike. >No, it doesn't allow commercial use at all. What's that have to do with catering to technical and nontechies alike. (Oops, guess you quoted me out of context) >It's gatewayed among USEnet, >Internet, and CSnet, and at least one of the nets officially prohibits >such usage. That's only one. And you're not even sure of which; neither am I but if I new of some strict rule that was _well_ defined then that's another story. But as long as the net I use doesn't care I don't either. And besides... [continued] >Note also that the cost of distributing an individual's ad via this means >is much higher than would be economically feasible based on the value of >the articles being offered is. No, perhpas to someone, seeing a post from a user getting rid of their old apple ram chips is as valuable as seeing a post about page flipping (which, btw, is valueless (though semi-interesting) to me). So I repeat (in an abbreviated sort of way); if I occassionaly see 'spring cleaning type' of adds for Apple products from _individuals_ in comp.sys.apple then I'm all for it, and I welcome it; That and page flipping are all part of sharing info. A rose is a rose, and beauty (or information worthieness) is in the eye of the beholder. Evan Ron Aussenberg / erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu discl: I'm a nonaffliated motion in time and space. PS: This was not a flame, I enjoyed (sp?) replying to someone that doesn't agree with me. I hope not to see a jillion messages about this topic I must say, and I do.