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From: Pete Ashdown
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:19

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hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke) writes:

>It's not the feed you're paying for, all Wayne demands is that if you use the
>software that he wrote, you pay for it, that's all.  The restriction against
>using pirated software on the net seems quite reasonable, and can even keep
>out those "K00L K1DZ" with unregistered programs.

Thank GOD I didn't have to register CNEWS.  You're talking about a network
here.  I can see paying for the BBS software, but the network should be in the
public domain (as I recall it once was), not the property of an individual.
-- 
			What's the frequency, Kenneth?

DISCLAIMER: My writings have NOTHING to do with my employer.  Keep it that way.
Pete Ashdown    pashdown@slack.sim.es.com    ...uunet!slack.sim.es.com!pashdown

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From: pashdown@javelin.sim.es.com (Pete Ashdown)
Subject: Re: j: WWIV newsgroup
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