Roy Smith writes:
>johnk at jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Kuszewski) writes:
>> Remember, it is forbidden for USENET to carry commerical traffic.
>>USENET != NSFNet.
>
BIONET <> USENET, either. The point is that the U.S. Gov't has
paid for this specific group to exist for a specific purpose.
Its traffic the therefore subject to all the regulations that
NSFnet is subject to, regardless of the network over which it
travels. Since this argument, as well as the posts we're
arguing about, isn't part of BIONET's proper use, I've
set the followup to alt.flame.
>>> Try posting an ad on one of the comp.* groups and see how many people
>> jump down your throat.
>> Well, if it's comp.newprod, nobody would mind. In fact,
>comp.newprod is specifically for posting ads.
As you should have known before posting, comp.newprod was invented so
that sites that worry about commercial postings can avoid most
of them. The laws may not be strictly enforced (or even apply) at
some sites, but the traffic on BIONET is *always* subject to
the Government's restrictions.
It is perfectly legal to discuss the importance of science funding,
but it is illegal to give partisan support for one candidate or
another on this group.
It just so happens that there's a similar discussion taking place
on comp.sys.super, and I imagine this might also be covered by
some of the posts to news.newusers.
Now that I've explained reality to you, would you *please* grow
up and take this elsewhere? We have work to do.
--
John Kuszewski
johnk at jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
I'm not an idiot, but I play one on USENET
