On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:11:33AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Tore" == Tore Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tore> Don't use Debian facilities in a manner which constitutes net > Tore> abuse. Debian does not have any Usenet news servers. It may > Tore> be that some of the Debian machines have access to such a > Tore> news server, but their use through Debian machines is > Tore> strictly forbidden. > > I take this to mean I should not read news on debian machines.
Then why is it mentioned in this context? Reading news is not 'net abuse', far from it. > Tore> If using news is not allowed at all in the first place, then this > Tore> would be redundant. > > Hmm. I guess this means that one should not telnet to port > 119, and paste large amounts of text either. Don't be silly. That's "using news" as much as anything else. Anyway, I agree wholeheartedly with Branden's paragraph #9 in his platform. When I discussed it on IRC, most awake people seemed to feel the same way. I just don't like agreeing to an ambiguous document. (btw; no need for Cc:'s - I subscribe) Regards, -- Tore Anderson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
