From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Rules & Regs
Date:	Sun, 5 Dec 1993 21:36:19 -0600

On Sun, 5 Dec 1993, The Deb Decker wrote:

> So Rob, by what you're saying it's OK to post this stuff (with author's
> permission, of course) on a BBS as long as it isn't charged for, and may
> be archived (or whatever they call it) on Aol or Compu$erve as long as there's
> no additional charge beyond the basic membership fee, correct?

No, it is ok for people on Compu$erve to sign up to these lists. It is
NOT ok for Compu$serve to sign itself up and then maintain a local database.

One is people paying for access, the other is a commercial organization
taking advantage of a research network to charge money to its paying
customers.

For the BBS thing:

If he didn't keep anything online, then people on his BBS could get these
postings (as regular email for example). If he collects everything into
a local database, then he is in violation.

This assumes that he charges anything for access.

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Of course, I don't like the idea of stuff propogating outside of my own
control, but that is a personal opinion....