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Re: Banned Computer Material 1992

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From: Carl M. Kadie
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 20:54
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zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) writes:

[...]
>This is the central point by which I object to ALL censorship by computer
>centre staff (and others) of material distributed via Netnews.  They make a
>decision based on hearsay, rumor and a occasional personal observation mixed
>together with their own beliefs and then place a blanket ban on the group. 
[...]

Also, an part of academic freedom is that policy should be made in the
open with the particpation from faculty and students.

- Carl

ANNOTATED REFERENCES

(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)

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faq/policy
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q: What guidance is there for creating or evaluating a computer policy?

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These document(s) are available by anonymous ftp (the preferred
method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp
to ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4), and get file(s):

  pub/academic/faq/policy

To get the file(s) by email, send email to archive-server@eff.org.
Include the line(s) (be sure to include the space before the file
name):

send acad-freedom/faq policy
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Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: Banned Computer Material 1992
Message-ID: <1992Oct2.205452.14545@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
References: <1992Sep30.065537.23479@eff.org> <1992Sep30.182912.29524@mtek.com> <1992Oct1.024913.14347@news.iastate.edu> <5881@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
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