The Jargon File -- an apologia
John F Haugh II
jfh at rpp386.cactus.org
Thu Mar 21 23:11:56 AEST 1991
In article <1Zr0DW#37lgky6bXgdD31jqNy1Gg95B=eric at snark.thyrsus.com> eric at snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
>Recently I've seen a number of postings attacking the Jargon File
>project as overly commercial or an `ego trip', and email posing polite
>questions about the copyright status of the material and future access
>to it.
You cleverly ignored the complaint which I found the most support
for - VOLUME. I don't care if you make all the money in the world
(leave some for me, please), but you are reposting a very large
document to groups that don't want it. There are better ways, such
as context diffs or pointers to an anonymous FTP or UUCP site.
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