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Ahouxf.113 net.ham-radio utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!houxf!kutsch Mon Oct 12 10:08:42 1981 swap-n-shop legality issue The following discussion took place regarding the 'swap-n-shop' item in the net.ham-radio announcement. Other opinions are welcome.

>From harpo!chico!duke!unc!lrn Thu Oct 8 19:17:35 1981 To: duke!chico!harpo!houxf!kutsch Subject: net.ham-radio

This just to express interest in net.ham-radio. I have some question whether you want to include the "shop" part of "swap-n-shop" since that probably violates educational Unix licenses (though I'm no lawyer). Lee (WA3IRQ)

>From kutsch Fri Oct 9 15:24:49 EDT 1981 TO: vax135!duke!unc!lrn SUBJECT: re: net.ham-radio Thanks for your interest Lee. As far as swap-n-shop is concerned, I take the view of most repeater operators. That is: ham radio can be used to sstate that equipment is available or that a person is looking for a particular item. However, discussions of price and consumation of any deals MUST be done off-the-air. I think this interpretation can be applied to swap-n-shop via net.ham-radio. I (**PERSONALLY**) see no reason why one can't say that they want to get rid of or find something. The net is merely bringing together two people with similar interests. They must then go to landline, US Mail, or an eye-ball for further negotiation.

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