Bob Short wrote in a message to Thom Lacosta:

 BS> On 11 Sep 02  21:30:49, Thom Lacosta said the following to Bob
 BS> Short: 

TL> Not to diminish the importance of Fidonews, but I'm getting real
TL> curious no
TL> If Fidonews is copywritten by the editor, and the editor picks his/her 
TL> replacement, and the sysops don't have any say in who is the
TL> Fidonews Edito
TL> why even have Fidonews mentioned in Policy 4 at all?
 BS>  
TL> What control does Fidonet exercise over the editor to insure that
TL> the conte
TL> facilitates any of the above?

 BS> I believe the spirit (if not wording) infers that the /content/
 BS> within a FidoNews issue is copywrited, not the medium itself.  :)

OK...but that doesn't answer the question of why even have something in
Policy 4 that isn't controlled by or a part of the Network?

cya,
thom
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