On 12 Sep 02  06:47:52, Thom Lacosta said the following to Bob Short:

TL> What control does Fidonet exercise over the editor to insure that
TL> the content facilitates any of the above?
 
TL>  BS> I believe the spirit (if not wording) infers that the /content/
TL>  BS> within a FidoNews issue is copywrited, not the medium itself.  :)
 
TL> OK...but that doesn't answer the question of why even have something 
TL> in Policy 4 that isn't controlled by or a part of the Network?

Perhaps because the assumption is that no editor in his/her right
mind would use the medium to do damage to FidoNet.  What control
do you think is needed?  And who would you propose to exercise it?

Bob

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