That doesn't prove anything. It's just somebodies opinion.
It is possible to point to the legal language that
defines public resources... not so with usenet
because it doesn't exist.
Show me where is says the internet was created as a public
resource. Or, if it was created as a private resource, show me
where this was made into a public resource.
At 07:52 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Ronda Hauben wrote:
>Richard Sexton wrote about public computer networks:
>
>
>> Prove it.
>
>Here's the discussion of why Usenet was a public network:
>
>>From Chapter 10 "Netizens: On the History and Impact of
>Usenet and the Internet" http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/
>
>-----
>
>Usenet as a Public Computer Users Network
>
> While the ARPANET was subject to the regulations and
>policies set by the U.S. Defense Communications Agency (DCA)
>during this period, Usenet was considered a public computer users
>network. Policies were proposed, and then were subject to
>discussion by the Usenet community.
>
> For example, in October, 1981, Horton proposed the following
>statement of policy for Usenet:
>
> USENET is a public access network. Any User is allowed to
> post to any newsgroup (unless abuses start to be a problem).
> All users are to be given access to all newsgroups except
> that private newsgroups can be created which are protected.
> In particular, all users must have access to the net and fa
> newsgroups, and to local public newsgroups such as general
> [net.general].
>
> He continued:
>
> "The USENET map is also public at all times, and so any site
> which is on USENET is expected to make public the fact that
> they are on USENET, their USENET connections (e.g. their sys
> file), and the name, address, phone number and electronic
> address of the contact for that site for the USENET
> directory.(27)
>
>
>
>Ronda
>
>
>
This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire
civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of
dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing.
Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny]
