[news.config] Puting routes for other systems' connections in your map

nomad@verdix.com (Lee Damon) (03/20/89)

In looking through the maps I notice that a lot of people are posting
things like:

#N	foo
[deleted]
bar	bloviy(DEDICATED), blivit(EVENING)

Now, I realize that things are supposed to look like this, but in foo's
map?  This means that foo is advertising a link between bar and bloviy
and another between bar and blivit. Does foo have this authority? Or
even the right? What if bar doesn't want those links advertised? What
if bar removes one of those links and foo doesn't change their map?

What do you think? Should this kind of thing be allowed? Should the
mapping project paople (or what's left of 'em) delete this from submitted
maps (or just bounce them back)? 

I know that I would be a bit upset if someone else advertised a link
for castle or verdix in this manner. 

(followups to news.admin only please)

nomad (the nasty nit-picker)
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