Bug#148034: DMUP: Please clarify limitation on news usage
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:11:33AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Tore" == Tore Anderson <tore@linpro.no> 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 debian-project-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: