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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Stargate
Summary: Thanks for the clarification.
Message-ID: <3585@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 89 18:27:02 GMT
References: <128@stargate.COM>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
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In article <128@stargate.COM> stargate@stargate.com writes:
>There seems to be considerable misinformation floating around in the
>current discussion regarding Stargate.  In particular, we DID NOT
>restrict our subscribers from redistributing articles they received
>from stargate that originated on Usenet.  

Thank you for clarifying what is a _very_ common misconception.

My question has to be this -- if you didn't have this policy, what was the
uproar all about?  Was it a simple misunderstanding?  If so, it was
certainly a widespread one.

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