PE> That's not a derived work.  Nor is it plagiarism.  Did you actually
 PE> listen to what I said?  Here is something I am writing from
 PE> scratch, no reference to any document authored by anyone else:

 PE> Paul Edwards's proposal of Tuesday, probably 29/10/96:

 PE> In addition to what is specified in FTS-4, you must ensure the
 PE> following things:

 PE> 1. tearlines are mandatory.

--- sure they are...

--- and you may not see the rest of my message...

 PE> 2. There must be a blank line before the tearline.

--- there is in the above and this one. tearlines are a figment

 PE> 3. Origin lines are mandatory.

--- yes, they are >

 PE> 4. Origin lines are restricted to 80 characters in length, not
 PE> including the terminating newline.

--- nope... 79 characters is better because of the cursor being
automatically on the next line when 80 is used. then with the newline, you
now have another blank line to deal with... 79 is good...

i>> It's preferable by far to have the author(s) fix their own s**t.

 PE> Yes, but you shouldn't be reliant on them.

--- i agree but it is up to THEM to fix it, not someone in the path of xfer
to repair screwed up messages...

--- so, how did you fair? did you make it this far? i think i'll use three
dashes to prefix my text from now on... they look so cool and unobtrusive
-=%-)

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