comparc@twwells.uucp (comp.archives) (04/26/89)
When I posted the UUCP clone report, I excluded commercial packages from the listing, in spite of several people's desires that they be included. My feeling is that comp.archives is about freely distributable software, and that commercial packages don't have a place here. What do you think? Since I've got plenty of support for including them, you don't need to speak to me in favor of the idea. What I want to know is do you have any serious objections? If I don't get any significant objections, I will then ask for information about commercial UUCP packages. Please don't send me info till I ask for it, OK? --- Bill { uunet | novavax } !twwells!bill send comp.archives postings to twwells!comp-archives send comp.archives related mail to twwells!comp-archives-request
comparc@twwells.uucp (comp.archives) (04/29/89)
The response was as expected: comp.archives should be restricted to freely distributable stuff. So, shareware is OK, other commercial stuff isn't. Here's what I'll do: if you know of a commercially available UUCP, let me know. I'll collect the information, remove any advertising and hype, and create a message to be posted on comp.mail.uucp. Of course, I'll also add a pointer the comp.archives message. :-) --- Bill { uunet | novavax } !twwells!bill send comp.archives postings to twwells!comp-archives send comp.archives related mail to twwells!comp-archives-request