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In article <PCG.90Aug3150143@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk> pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
# ... the UKNET gateway should check and verify that no such articles,
#especially those bearing a GNU copyright, pass thru it. 

As has already been pointed out, Piercarlo, in his continuing inability to
understand how the net works in the UK  (he's been posting distorted views
of how the net works for ages -- I'd think it was ignorance but he's been
a UK net user for long enough to know better),  has confused the UKUUG with
the UKnet, as run from ukc.   The UKnet exists specifically to pass things
on -- in both directions -- and the only restriction is that all sites fed
via ukc must share ukc's costs in providing the service.

As for the UKUUG, that body too exists to share knowledge and software,
especially but not exclusively between the members of the EUUG (the UKUUG
being part of the overall European group).    Much of the software we run
on our News/Mail gateway machine came via them, for example.

In another article, Peircarlo claimed that in the UK sites don't feed each
other on a mutual help basis but may only get news directly from ukc.  That
too is nonsense - for example stl feeds 7 non-STC sites (not all full feeds)
and receives articles from most of them (our main feed comes from 'stc',
which does get a direct feed from ukc).   Some of the sites we feed are leaf
sites, others feed on to several more.   We do of course expect them to all
register with ukc,  through which most (NOT all) non-UK postings flow.
That's how we (the UK news sites between us) can afford a leased line to
Amsterdam, and they in turn to the US.

Regards,          "None shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity"
        David Wright             STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex  CM17 9NA, UK
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