Happy First of March.


Last revised 01 May 1998

Follows are the current rules for the echo.  Please send any suggested
changes via NetMail or Internet E-mail.

Changes from the previous version are indicated by a "|" in the leftmost
column. This version is unchanged from the previous version

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                  FIDONET QUIK_BAS Programming Echo Rules

   1. FOCUS - This echo is dedicated to the BASIC programming language
      with major emphasis placed on Microsoft QuickBASIC (QB).
      Discussions of other BASICs are allowed so long as they are kept
      brief and relate to QuickBASIC in some way, though discussion of
      Power Basic should be directed to the POWER_BAS echo and
      discussion of Visual Basic to the VISUAL_BASIC echo.

      Language wars/comparisons are ESPECIALLY OFF TOPIC!

   2. OBSCENITY - This is a G rated conference.  Some of our most
      valuable members are in their early teens and have parents that
      would be most unhappy to see their kids reading vulgar and/or
      obscene messages.  Please "keep it clean" when posting.

   3. ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES - This echo may not be used for any illegal
      activity, including but not limited to distribution of commercial
      code outside of the licensing agreement and helping further the
      pirating of software by helping people who have illegal copies.


   4. RESPONSIBILITY - Each participant should act responsibly.  There
      will be times when someone really displeases you; but please, no
      flames.

      PERSONAL ATTACKS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  You may disagree with an
      idea, but attacking an individual is grounds for removal from this
      echo.

   5. QUOTING - Please limit your quoting.  This echo has quite a bit of
      traffic as is - limiting your quoting will make it take up a
      little less room in those .PKT files.  Remember that many Sysops
      pay to transfer mail and good quoting habits will help to save
      them some money.

      On the other hand, underquoting is just as bad as overquoting.
      Replying to a message with no quoting at all often results in at
      least one message which says "What are you talking about?  Please
      quote something so I remember what we were discussing", which
      further adds needless bytes to the mail packets and detracts from
      the enjoyment others will get from this echo.

   6. POSTING CODE - You are encouraged, though not required, to post
      code in this echo.  If you don't want your code critiqued, used,
      abused, used by someone else for profit, used by someone else for
      their own personal use, used by just about anybody for any purpose
      they see fit, DON'T POST IT.  If you feel the code you post is so
      valuable that no one else can use it without asking permission,
      keep it to yourself.  Free exchange of code is our goal.

   7. CREDIT TO ORIGINATORS - It is considered good echo behavior to
      give credit where credit is due.  For example - suppose some
      code is posted originally written by Ethan Winer - the following
      lines (or something similar) should be included:

         'Credit to Ethan Winer for the original code.
         'Modifications made by .

   8. CODE SIZE - Please limit code to a maximum of five messages for a
      given piece of code.  Code requiring more messages than that
      should be sent to the PDN Network for distribution.  If you need
      to post a larger file please contact me for permission prior to
      posting.

   9. CODE POSTING FREQUENCY - in order to control the echo's volume,
      the following rule will govern how frequently the same code may be
      posted: one week per the number of pages required, with a minimum
      of three pages.  That is, if the code you wish to post is two
      messages or less, there are no official restrictions (other than
      common sense) as to how frequently it may be posted.  As another
      example, if the code you wish to post requires three messages, you
      may only post that (unmodified) code once every three weeks.

      If you feel you need to post something more frequently than that,
      please NetMail me first.

  10. CODE FUNCTION - Please give a one or two line description of what
      the code does in the first paragraph of a message.  Even though
      you may be sending the code to a specific person in response to a
      request, others may also have a use for it if they recognize what
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