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Aucbvax.5776 fa.digest-p utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!digest-people Thu Jan 14 04:01:50 1982 For Research Use Only etc. >From JPG@MIT-MC Thu Jan 14 00:03:34 1982 Date: 14 January 1982 00:48-EST From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY AT MIT-AI> Subject: For Research Use Only --- Not for Public Distribution To: Tcp-IP at BRL, Mike at BRL cc: DIGEST-PEOPLE at MIT-AI ... I think that the explicit banner on the masthead of the Digest is a bad idea, because this will cause many people to think that if such a banner is NOT present (ie., on any other Digests or on future TCP Digests) that it is alright to redistribute the material. I don't agree. If SOMEONE uses the banner, then at least those people who see it may stop and think about the issue, and other digests may choose to use such a banner as well. If NO ONE uses it, then I think we are more likely to perpetuate the kinds of problems CStacy mentioned earlier in his note. I think elucidating by example is a fine thing, and one usually doesn't wait for others to be consistent with one's good idea.

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