Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware Message-ID: <18063@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 1 Mar 90 14:55:55 GMT References: <14010@s.ms.uky.edu> <125816@midas.UUCP> <635@magnus.Hotline.Com> <34720@watmath.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 13 In article <34720@watmath.waterloo.edu> bstempleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Brad Templeton) writes: >Sigh. USENET is *NOT* public domain. It's not even a public network. >It is *not* noncommercial. Saying it won't make it so. I have, and have >given, counterexamples. Counterexamples are generally accepted as a pretty >darn good way of disproving a thesis. So stop saying it! Your counterexamples have consisted of bogus analogies. You aren't the official spokesman for what USENET is or isn't. Quit pretending you are. -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org