Re: Grind FTP site

[vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown)]

In <34l2kv$2ga4@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
snelson@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:

>PS  I've gotten some uploads of software from AOL (I think).  After Nov 1,
>the point is probably moot, but in the meantime should access to the
>files be denied or should the files be nuked or should they stay on
>Grind as is. ?

        Do you mean software that was downloaded from AOL?  If so, they
should stay on Grind (in the appropriate directory, of course).  Why not? 
AOL doesn't have any copyright on them--unless someone's uploading the entire
contents of their file libraries, in which case that would be a violation of
their compilation copyright.  IMHO, except in cases of Dr. Tom and similar
persons, read whatever documentation comes with the files to determine if
they can be legally distributed.

        If you mean that it's the AOL software (their garbage online
program), that should be deleted.

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Dan Brown
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