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In article <1991Jul28Su232915.Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM> Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM writes:

> On the other hand one must pay a membership fee in order to access,
> say, their TUGBoat publication.  One couldn't just FTP it and print it
> out.  Would TUG be seen as "information hoarders"?

Surprisingly perhaps, most of the membership fee that one pays to TUG
goes in the production and distribution of TUGboat and its new sister
publication TeX &TUG News.  What annoys many people outside North
America is that we pay an increased subscription (to cover postage)
but cannot receive the other `advantages' of TUG membership, such as
the hot-line, courses, etc.  However, if the discussions in the
prototype T&TN were anything to go by, this may all change soon.

Anyway, the ultimate aim of TUGboat is (IMHO) to become an acadmic
journal.  Do people object to paying for academic journals?


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